[Durham INC] Draft minutes for Nov/Dec meeting

[Pat Carstensen]

November/December
Delegate Meeting of the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham

NIS Conference
Room, Golden Belt

December 9, 2014

 

Attending the meeting were:

Neighborhoods

Colony Park – Don Lebkes

Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen

Downing Creek – Dick Ford

Duke Park – Bill Anderson

Fairfield – Steve Biccum

Golden Belt – DeDreana Freeman

Long Meadow – Pakis Bessias

Morehead Hill – Bruce Mitchell

Northeast Hills – Wanda Boone

Northgate Park – Debra Hawkins

Old North Durham – John Martin, Peter Katz

Stage Stop – Dolly Fehrenbacher

Trinity Park – Philip Azar

Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller

Woodcroft – Scott Carter

 

Visitors 

Lynwood D. Best – City of Durham, NIS

Jim Wise –  News and
Observer 

Will Wilson – DOST 

 

President Philip Azar called the meeting to order; those present
introduced themselves. 

 

Dolly Fehrenbacher reported that at their December
1st meeting, City Council voted against the proposed Unipole (slick stick for wireless) UDO Amendment since they
didn’t want to change the UDO piecemeal and will wait for the overall changes
in wireless regulations that planning, neighborhoods, and industry have been
working on. 

 

There will be an election for 3 council seats and the mayor in the
2015 municipal elections, but the primary isn’t until October.  We will probably partner with the League
of Women Voters again on a candidate
forum.  Bill Anderson moved to
spend up to $100 on a better INC banner, Dick Ford seconded, and the motion
carried. 

 

Bruce Mitchell moved to approve the October minutes, Scott Carter seconded, and the motion carried.    

 

Pat Carstensen moved to approve the solar
resolution (Appendix A), Bill Anderson seconded and the motion carried with
9 “yes” and 3 “abstain.”

 

Wanda Boone of Together for Resilient Youth (T.R.Y.) gave a presentation
on T.R.Y (see http://www.durhamtry.org),
the law on wine and beer outlets,
and community involvement with wine and beer outlets.  New alcoholic beverages that are sweetened or flavored and
have as much alcohol as 5 cans of beer make it hard for kids to know how much
they are drinking; “red cups,” which are built for beers, are being used for
liquor, making kids pour more than they should.  When merchant apply for a beer/wine permit, they get a
90-day temporary permit, and in the 90 days there is a 15-day window for local
government to look at the proposal and object (can be about fire code or
zoning, but this is the window when community groups and neighborhoods need to
get involved).  Density of outlets
is what we really object to, but that can’t be used to block an application, so
we need to bring up other data such as crime in the area.  Once a merchant has a permanent permit,
they apply for a local privilege license. No outlet has been denied in the
quasi-judicial review for renewal, but the pressure has made some “clean up
their acts.”

 

Committee Reports                                                                                                


 Parks,
     Public Spaces and Environmental Issues – Deb Hawkins mentioned the annual
     end of year donor drive for the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (www.ellerbecreek.org).  Those neighborhoods so inclined or
     in the watershed might consider a membership donation for the coming year.
     This will aid an upcoming special land acquisition adjacent to one of the
     existing preserve lands in 2015.  
 Hero Awards – The event will be February 15th
     at the Pit.  Nominations are
     due by January 15th. 
     Philip Azar will send out a reminder.


 

 

New Business 

·     
Phil Azar led a discussion of what aspects of
INC – knowledge sharing, advocacy, social opportunities, or other – were most
important to the delegates and their neighborhoods.  The results will be used to allocate time at meetings,
etc.  

·     
We will be trying to get the INC brochure in the
National Night Out packets in 2015.

 

 

Neighborhood Reports and Announcements                                                            

·     
If you are interested in a committee to discuss
“over-policing,” please contact DeDreana Freeman.

·     
As part of the budget process, the City of
Durham is conducting a survey on the strategic goals and where to focus
attention next.  Deb Hawkins will
send the link to the list-serve.  

·     
Most neighborhoods seem to be planning
luminaries for Sunday, December 13th.  Deb Hawkins is working on a map/route of where to see them.

·     
Greystone has withdrawn – but will probably be
back.  

·     
The schedule for Coffee with Council is in
Appendix B.  Facilitation is
available if your neighborhood or group wants to “hammer out” an “ask.”  

 

The
meeting adjourned.

 

 

 

 

 




Appendix A: Solar Power
Resolution

 

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MAKING
DURHAM A WORLD-CLASS SOLAR CITY

WHEREAS, the State of North
Carolina currently emits 72 million metric tons of carbon pollution annually to
produce electricity; and

WHEREAS, solar power is a clean
source of energy with which North Carolina can power its homes, businesses, and
cars to achieve better air quality and reduce carbon pollution; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina
receives more than 250 days of sunshine per year, and last year installed more
solar than every state but California; and

WHEREAS, the solar industry provides
over 3,100 jobs to North Carolinians, and has grown for six consecutive years;
and

WHEREAS, if the State of North
Carolina were to generate 14% of its electricity from distributed generation
solar, an additional 700,000 solar rooftops would be installed; and

WHEREAS, the City of Durham is the
fourth largest City in the State; and

WHEREAS, the City of Durham has
adopted a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Local Action Plan and has
committed to reduce emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030; and

WHEREAS, the City of Durham
recognizes the above assets of solar power and desires to renew its commitment
to this important clean energy solution; and

WHEREAS, neighborhoods support the
reduction in greenhouse gases,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the
Interneighborhood Council of Durham urges Durham to become the first North
Carolina city to officially set its own goal of generating 15% of the
electricity used by the City of Durham and its residents from solar by 2030 and
to call on the State of North Carolina to follow Durham’s lead in making
North Carolina a leader in solar power and to set a goal of having 700,000
solar roofs by 2030.

This _________ day of
______________________________, 2014.

 

THE INTERNEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OF
DURHAM

 

By:
__________________________________________

      Philip Azar,

      President

 

 

 

 

 




Appendix B:
Coffee with Council Schedule

 

PAC 2 - Monday, February 9 - 6:00 pm. - 8:00 pm. – Durham Public
Schools Resource Center,

2107 Hillandale Road, Durham, NC

PAC 4 - Saturday, February 14 – 10:00 am. - 12:00 noon – Campus Hill
Recreation Center, 2000 S. Alston Ave.

PAC 5 - Thursday, March 12 – 5:30 pm. - 7:30 pm. – City Hall -
Council Committee Room, (Spanish translation required) 

PAC 3 - Saturday, March 14 – 10:00 am. - 12:00 noon – Lyon Park Community
Family Life and Recreation Center, 1309 Halley St., Durham, NC

PAC 1 - Saturday,
March 21 - 9:30 am. - 11:30 am. – Holton Career and Resource Center, Child
Care Center, 2nd Floor, 401
North Driver Street, Durham, NC

 

 

 		 	   		  
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