[Durham INC] New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tonight on DTV8

[Blalock, Amy]

For Immediate Release: March 9, 2012

 

New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tonight

New Episode Begins Airing Friday, March 9 on DTV8 and

"On Demand" on Monday, March 12 on the City's DTV8 Website

 

DURHAM, N.C. - The following highlights from the March 5, 2012 Durham
City Council meetings and other topics of interest will be featured in
this episode of "City Hall This Week." The show begins airing on Friday,
March 9 at 8 p.m. and will also be available to watch on demand on
Monday, March 12 at www.DurhamNC.gov/DTV8/CityHallThisWeek.cfm. 

 

City Council Approves New Rental Inspection Program

The City has a new Proactive Rental Inspection Program. The new
ordinance will ensure that rental properties in 13 square miles of
central Durham receive regular housing code inspections. The new program
includes required inspections for properties within the target area.
They can also be completed if the Neighborhood Improvement Services
Department knows of violations or receives complaints about the
property.

 

City Council Adopts Section 3 Plan

A plan to make sure that low income Durham residents benefit from the
Southside Redevelopment Project is now in place. The Section 3 Plan
applies to certain projects financed by funds from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.  It ensures that employment and other
economic opportunities generated by the project be directed to low and
very low income people - particularly those who receive government
assistance for housing.

 

Durham Makes Significant Investment in City's Infrastructure

Durham is making another significant investment in the City's
infrastructure - through a major water and sewer improvements project.
The City Council approved a $1,633,668 contract for the construction of
water and sewer lines throughout the city. Funding for the project is
available from the Water and Sewer Extension and Improvement Fund.

 

Other interviews featured on this episode of "City Hall This Week":

*         Audit Services Director Germaine Brewington - Offers a look at
the most recent status report on the City's Strategic Plan. 

*         Strategic Initiatives Manager Jay Reinstein - Explains why a
recent Community Engagement Workshop was held and what it has to do with
the budget and the Strategic Plan.

*         Water Management Civil Engineer Jim Harding - Offers an update
on the West Main Street Waterline Replacement Project. 

 

"City Hall This Week" is a news program dedicated to informing Durham
residents about what is going on inside Durham's City Hall. Each edition
is taped on the first and third Tuesday of the month - the day after
City Council meetings. It airs three times a day on DTV8 (Time Warner
Cable channel 8) through the week of the next City Council meeting. 

 

For more information, call the City's Office of Public Affairs at (919)
560-4123, visit DTV8's Webpage at www.DurhamNC.gov/DTV8, "like" DTV8's
Facebook page at www.Facebook/DurhamTV8, follow DTV8's Twitter feed at 
www.Twitter.com/DTV8, or visit DTV8's YouTube page at 
www.YouTube.com/CityofDurhamNC.

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