[Durham INC] October minutes: draft -- improved
Pat Carstensen
pats1717 at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 1 19:58:55 EDT 2021
Please let me know about additions or corrections. This version has Steven Knill's neighborhood and has the right month
Thanks, pat
October Delegate Meeting of the InterNeighborhood Council of DurhamBankson
Via Zoom
October 26, 2021
Attending the meeting were:
Neighborhoods
Bragtown – Vannessa Mason Evans
Burch Avenue – Richard Ziglar
Colonial Village -- Charles Giamberardino
Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen
Forest Hills – Sarah Morris
Leesville Road Coalition – Steven Knill
Long Meadow – Pakis Bessias
Merrick-Moore – Bonita Green
Morehead Hill – Rochelle Araujo
Northgate Park -- Keith Cochran
Old Farm -- David Harris
Old West Durham – David Eklund
Trinity Park – Philip Azar
Tuscaloosa-Lakewood – Susan Sewell
Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller
Guests
Annette Smith -- Durham Parks and Recreation, Durham Parks Foundation
Will Wilson -- president of INC
Mad Bankson -- DataWorks
Barbara Driscoll -- New Hope Audubon
Ellen Reckhow-- New Hope Audubon
DeDreana Freeman
ChayLa Hart -- Leave Your Leaves
John Killeen -- DataWorks
Steven Knill -- which neighborhood?
L’Tanya Durante
Tim Stallmann -- DataWorks
President Will Wilson called the meeting to order, and those present introduced themselves. The November/December meeting will be on December 7.
Folks from DataWorks presented data about what is happening with housing in Durham: who is moving here, how people leaving complicates the picture of growth, how fast rents are increasing, how eviction rates are changing, what housing has the highest eviction rates, and what is the effect of increasing levels of corporate and out-of-state investment. From the data, Durham is attracting more higher-income folks. Corporate evictions are concentrated around Duke Manor and The Mews, but smaller landlord evictions are focused around East Durham and NCCU. Area Media Income is wildly different among the Durham, the Chapel Hill MSA, Durham County, and individual neighborhoods. The annotated presentation is at Presentation on Housing for Inter-Neighborhood Council, Nov 2021 - Google Slides<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cuWzsbUa_xfiQ9LeCBuCrZtiqR1HjbDSQz4-NwwzThc/edit#slide=id.p> or https://bit.ly/durham_housing_inc
Leave Your Leaves saves time and money, increases biodiversity, and improves water quality. Especially compared to using leaf blowers, leaving the leaves reduces carbon and noise pollution, as well as stirring up less asthma-causing dust and pollen. Leaves in land fills break down, releasing methane. You can leave them on the lawn, pile them around trees and shrubs or compost them, all of which will nourish plants in your yard. More information is at https://keepdurhambeautiful.org/leaveyourleaves. The group is willing to give presentation in any neighborhood that would like to see it.
Bylaws Revision Update -- The committee has been reviewing the re-write the bylaws. Phil Azar went through the most recent agreements about the text. We would have three ways to become a member of INC: being a neighborhood, being a collective of neighborhood, or being a non-profit representing under-represented neighborhood stakeholders. All members would need to apply and continue to attend meetings and pay dues. Members would be represented by designated delegates. The text of the proposed new bylaws is at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jXMV-gAfXp80TmTAIsIn7l3-nXRASJGg/view. Tom moved to adopt the new bylaws to get the adoption process started, Bonita seconded. We will get out the proposed text and a high-lights / summary questions.
Candidate Questionnaire -- It became too late to send it out.
INC President's Report (Will Wilson) -- The number of neighborhoods involved in INC has been about the same in the last 2 years. We had about 4 meetings in person, and the rest of the following meetings were over zoom:
10/19: miniretreat
11-12/19: committees
1/20: Transportation Dir. Egan; Northgate Mall
2/20: Water Supply (Paul Miller); Racial Equity Taskforce
(none with COVID start
4/20: Durham Coronavirus (Wendy Jacobs); Party Houses
5/20: Party Houses; Bragtown
6/20: Small Business Development (Brian Smith)
7/20: Durham Board of Elections (Derek Bowens)
8/20: Durham evictions (Jesse McCoy)
9/20: Durham's Trees (Dan Hickey)
10/20: committees
11-12/20: NIS equitable engagement; Durham Mutual Aid
1/21: Bylaws; Comp Plan Update
2/21: Hayti Heritage Center (Robin Emmons)
3/21: Affordable Housing (Yonah Freemark)
4/21: Planning Commission (Nate Baker)
5/21: Planning Director Sara Young
6/21: Durham City Manager Wanda Page
7/21: committees
8/21: Fiber install; Duke rezone; committees
9/21: Land trusts (Selina Mack)
10/21: Housing (John Killeen)
INC Slate for 2021-2022. The committee has nominated:
* President -- Bonita Green
* Vice President -- David Eklund
* Secretary -- Pat Carstensen
* Treasurer -- Susan Sewell
* At-Large Executive Committee -- Sarah Morris, Vanessa Mason Evans
* Communications -- Pakis Bessias
* Past President -- Will Wilson
Tom nominated the people on the slate. There were no further nominations. Tom moved to close the nominations. Sarah seconded. The slate passed.
Neighborhood News:
* There will be a Holiday Parade this year.
* A Community Conversation on the new park on Hoover Road is tomorrow night.
* Sunday December 19th is the “canonical” date for Night of Lights.
* Comments are due to DEQ on the water permit for Black Meadow Ridge on October 28th.
* The next step on the Comprehensive Plan has started. Work groups have started meeting. Stephen’s neighborhood was excluded from participating with work groups.
* Forest Hills is shutting down 2 circles for Halloween Trick or Treating. Watts Hospital Hillandale. is discouraging Trick-or-Treating on Club Boulevard.
If there is regular flooding in your neighborhood, you can report it to Durham One Call. It does help to keep grates clean.
The meeting adjourned.
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