[Durham INC] See This From Walltown Concerning SCAD

Thu Nov 16 17:26:26 EST 2023

I am recycling mine since nothing has changed.

Mimi Kessler
919-599-2892

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 4:54 PM Stephen Knill <knillsj at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is posted on the Leesville FB page
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> This coming Monday night City Council is reviewing and potentially voting
> on the developer led SCAD amendment to change almost 60 pages of Durham
> regulations to make building more affordable for developers. This not to
> make housing more affordable for Durham residents. The Planning Department
> has over 26,000 homes in some stage of approvals for development all over
> Durham with the largest chunk by far in SE Durham. The amendment would make
> it possible to build residential in industrial zones, eliminate parking
> requirements and allow affordable units to be resold immediately at market
> rate among other citizen unfriendly ideas.  Please send a note to our
> current Mayor and CC to let them know this shouldn't happen. You can email
> the entire council at: [council at durhamnc.gov](mailto:council at durhamnc.gov)
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> Stephen Knill
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> On Nov 16, 2023, at 4:40 PM, Stephen Knill <knillsj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Of course they are. And telling them it will help make housing more
> affordable.
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> On Nov 16, 2023, at 4:33 PM, Mary Molina <mymolina49 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>  FYI...I'm told that SCAD proponents are flooding Council's email. I'm
> guessing that they will also be organizing their supporters to attend
> Monday's Council meeting....
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> M.
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> On Thursday, November 16, 2023, 3:22 PM, Vannessa Evans via INC-list <
> inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net> wrote:
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> Yes we did.
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> On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 02:09:54 PM EST, Stephen Knill <
> knillsj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Agreed. I was thinking that if each community to can vote against SCAD
> does a letter from that community (along with individual letters) that
> shows how much of Durham by neighborhood is opposed when we add them all
> together. Especially in those communities that will likely be most
> impacted.
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> I believe we had a number of these back when the INC voted to oppose it
> including one from Hayti Reborn.
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> Did you do on the last time around. That could be recycled?
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> Thanks.
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> Stephen Knill
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> knillsj at gmail.com
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> *From: *Vannessa Evans <vevans2016 at yahoo.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 2:06 PM
> *To: *Stephen Knill <knillsj at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *Mimi Kessler <mimikessler1 at gmail.com>, tom miller <
> miller.tom2022 at gmail.com>, Beverly Evans <bevans108lou at yahoo.com>, Bonita
> Green <bonitagreen4durham at gmail.com>, Katie Ross <
> katie.lund.ross at gmail.com>, Mimi O'Brien <mimi.obrien at mdbf.org>, Nate
> Baker <ntb29 at cornell.edu>, fayettevillestreetgroup at gmail.com <
> fayettevillestreetgroup at gmail.com>, inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net <
> inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net>, jwagstaf1958 at gmail.com <
> jwagstaf1958 at gmail.com>, melvarigel at aol.com <melvarigel at aol.com>
> *Subject: *Re: See This From Walltown Concerning SCAD
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> Hi Stephen,
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> We don't mind doing, but I feel a letter from all the Communities
> Associations and leaders should go out to inform all of the community
> members throughout Durham. We are all stronger together than apart so let's
> all do our part to help make a better Durham.
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> On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 01:14:51 PM EST, Stephen Knill <
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> Vanessa. Can the BCA send one as an organization too?
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> *Stephen Knill*
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> On Nov 16, 2023, at 1:06 PM, Vannessa Evans <vevans2016 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The BCA has sent out to all of our social media pages.
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> On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 09:55:45 AM EST, Stephen Knill <
> knillsj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Great overview.
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> *Stephen Knill*
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> On Nov 16, 2023, at 9:46 AM, Mimi Kessler <mimikessler1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Nice!
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> Mimi Kessler
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> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 9:39 AM tom miller <miller.tom2022 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Dear Walltown neighbors and Durham residents,
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> *The Walltown Community Association is calling on Durham residents to tell
> City Council to vote down the controversial and undemocratic zoning
> amendment called SCAD.*
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> SCAD is a major rewrite of Durham’s zoning laws that was written by a
> small group of developers, who refused to incorporate most suggestions from
> Durham’s residents. Walltown is likely to be a target location for many new
> SCAD developments. For Walltown residents, some of the main concerns with
> SCAD are:
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> · *False affordability. *New affordable rental units would only have to
> be affordable for 5 years, and affordable for-sale units only have to be
> affordable for the first sale. But developers would still get affordable
> housing incentives from the city! *This means your tax dollars will be
> subsidizing market-rate housing in Durham. *
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> · *Removal of buffers protecting homes from new developments.* Buffers
> reduce the impacts if a large apartment building or a bar is built next to
> your house by requiring the buildings be set back from the property line. *SCAD
> removes all buffers for large residential buildings,* so something like a
> 5-story apartment building could be built just a few feet from the property
> line, and* lets many commercial developments, including bars, be built
> without the larger buffers* *currently required when next to a house*.
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> · *SCAD will accelerate gentrification and displacement in Black and
> working-class neighborhoods. *As members of the Fayetteville Street
> Corridor Planning Group have highlighted: “while the SCAD amendment would
> create more density, this density will not be evenly distributed throughout
> the city/county.” Read more on their opinion here
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/386326459461258/posts/818955449531688/>.
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> · *SCAD was written behind closed doors. *The public was not allowed to
> give input until after they had written SCAD and discussed it with the
> City’s Planning Department.* They even **used Habitat for Humanity’s name
> on the proposal without their approval*
> <https://www.durhamhabitat.org/news-events/board-of-directors-ceo-and-staff-response-to-scad>
> *!* And *they have made no changes to the affordability requirements*–despite
> the community demanding this over and over for more than a year. (Read more
> about this in the summary
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iNLUtNX-Lx4eEj03IYHwNmgTlUmrAXzs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116109384109426231711&rtpof=true&sd=true>
> from a SCAD Task Force member ) Durham is almost finished with its new Comprehensive
> Plan <https://www.durhamnc.gov/346/Comprehensive-Plan>, which has engaged
> thousands of Durham residents. *The Comprehensive Plan should be the
> document we use to guide changes to the UDO (Unified Development
> Ordinance), not SCAD. *
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> SCAD is so long and complex, City Planning has spent days and days of
> staff time evaluating it, much more than the $4,396 application fee the
> developers paid to submit SCAD. This means *Durham taxpayers have
> subsidized the review of a plan we don’t want*, *and they won’t listen to
> our input on.*
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> This is not how democracy should work, and we need to tell City Council to
> Say No to SCAD! *We are calling on the City Council to reject SCAD during
> their Monday, November 20th public hearing*. It currently looks like a
> close vote, so *Walltown is asking Durham residents to do 2 things*:
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> *1.*     *Fill up City Council chambers for the public hearing on Monday,
> November 20th at 7 pm. You can register to speak here
> <https://nc-durham.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/City-Council-4> (in person or
> remote). *Whether or not you attend in person, you can also provide
> written comments to the City Council.
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> *2.*     *Contact the Mayor and other Councilmembers to let them know you
> disapprove of SCAD. *You can email the entire council at *council at durhamnc.gov
> <council at durhamnc.gov>* or using the individual contact information below
> (see also *City directory
> <https://www.durhamnc.gov/Directory.aspx?DID=131>*).
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> ·        *Elaine O’Neal (Mayor):* 919-560-4333, ext. 10269;
> elaine.oneal at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *Javiera Caballero:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10272;
> Javiera.Caballero at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *DeDreana Freeman:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10276;
> DeDreana.Freeman at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *Jillian Johnson:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10278;
> jillian.johnson at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *Mark-Anthony Middleton:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10277;
> mark-anthony.middleton at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *Monique Holsey-Hyman:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10274;
> Monique.Hyman at durhamnc.gov
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> ·        *Leonardo Williams:* 919-560-4396, ext. 10273;
> Leonardo.Williams at durhamnc.gov
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> Thank you for your time and support. Please let us know if you want to
> learn more or help the Walltown Community Association make our voices heard.
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> On behalf of the Walltown Community Association,
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> Rafe Mazer
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