[Durham INC] WHHNA votes to refuse changes on Club

[Adam Haile]

Just in: without public notice, the WHHNA board met behind closed doors
Tuesday night and voted to refuse any changes to the Club plan. They buried
the announcement at the end of the message below.

This is a huge blow to Complete Streets, to the Bike Plan, to BPAC, and to
neighborhood associations in general.  Actions like this confirm the worst
stereotype of neighborhood associations: a small group of insiders push a
narrow set of self-serving interests, avoiding public scrutiny and ignoring
dissenting input even when it comes from within their own neighborhood.

I don't believe, no matter what Mark Ahrendsen said at the BPAC meeting,
that this fight is over.  It's time to call on City Council to suspend the
Club project until a proper round of public input can be performed. A
single neighborhood association should not be allowed sole say in how
public money is spent on public roads. Nor should they be permitted to
singlehandedly override Durham's commitments to the Comprehensive Bicycle
Transportation Plan and to Complete Streets.
-- Adam

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Deborah Hughes via whhna-list <whhna-list at rtpnet.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 8:04 AM
Subject: [whhna-list] Monthly WHHNA Board Meeting Update
To: LIST-Watts-Hillandale <whhna-list at rtpnet.org>


The WHHNA Board met August 19, 2014 at the home of Tom Miller for its
monthly meeting. Among the topics discussed were our continued support for
Art Walk, a request to rezone the old Magnolia Restaurant building, and the
2nd Annual Bull City Run Fest, scheduled for October 19. Volunteers are
needed for this event, and anyone interested in helping out should contact
Mr. Clare Adkin at clareadkin at nc.rr.com. The Treasurer's report indicates
that the Board is in a strong financial position to continue supporting the
community's many great projects.

We also discussed the City's proposal to calm traffic on Club Blvd that was
presented to the Board at our July 2014 monthly meeting. After much
discussion, and with very serious consideration of the many points of view
influencing debate on this issue, the Board passed a motion to support the
City's plan as currently written.

Debbie Hughes

deborah.hughes08 at gmail.com
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