[Durham INC] Draft March INC meeting minutes

Wed Apr 3 14:54:45 EDT 2024

Thanks for having Angel and I at the meeting last week and we look forward
to having each of you attend upcoming events that are posted in the
registration link below and the flyer images attached.

REGISTER TO EVENTS YOU WANT TO ATTEND
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSl_UtVcR_im2YaMwWwfcmIQyStKXPadqoVo6eaFK_YqHU-A/viewform

LINKS TO SOCIAL POSTS TO SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA*please share asap
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5JJZoTLPWb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5GxHLnMheE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

PROJECT PAGE FOR PATHWAYS TO CONNECTION
https://www.durhamnc.gov/5201/Reimagine-Durham-Freeway

FILL OUT THE SURVEY YOURSELF:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1AjK3WP4Xifhh0m8T3S3FYtNmEKezzfi0IG23C00QIvo2jQ/viewform

 Durham Freeway_Flyer Design FINAL SPN.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AzwiGYm1uy4ttfZ4IRG4V37CdtwmaDFR/view?usp=drive_web>
 Durham Freeway_Flyer Design FINAL ENG.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w_yxJLZodtCiWNVd184uKH0Fv0JShm18/view?usp=drive_web>

 Durham Freeway_Tour Highlight-02.png
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uVHmbgrVG4gPIPmNuq9SOWK192Wd0ddI/view?usp=drive_web>

 Durham Freeway_Tour Highlight-04.png
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TD8gMKIxGLNYpf2VEX3RtdU1GJWPhTe9/view?usp=drive_web>

 Durham Freeway_Tour Highlight-01.png
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNuaCFEltUWU7OhTzoy9PR4HYdamjCiQ/view?usp=drive_web>

 Durham Freeway_Tour Highlight-03.png
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/17a9hmnkxxAC8OkufoajyYaa7jasDOfph/view?usp=drive_web>

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Please let me know if you have any additions of corrections.  Thanks, pat
>
> March Delegate Meeting
>
> InterNeighborhood Council of Durham, Via Zoom
>
> March 25, 2024
>
> Attending the meeting were:
>
> Neighborhoods
>
> Burch Avenue – Richard Ziglar
>
> Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen, Ed Harrison
>
> Long Meadow – Pakis Bessias
>
> Merrick-Moore – Bonita Green
>
> Morehead Hill –Rochelle Araujo, Jess Pollard
>
> Northgate Park – Debra Hawkins
>
> Old North Durham – Mimi O’Brien, Ann
>
> Old West Durham – Daniel Singer, Kate Young, John Wood
>
> Trinity Park –  Mimi Kessler. John Hodges-Copple
>
> Tuscaloosa-Lakewood – Susan Sewell
>
> Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller, Sherri Zann Rosenthal, Deborah
> Horvitz, Catherine Risgby
>
> Guests
>
> Aidil Ortiz
>
> Angel Iset Dozier
>
> Susan Schaeffer
>
> Nicole Hablenk
>
> Antoinette Joyner – Hillandale
>
> Leah R.
>
>
> President Mimi Kessler called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone.
>
> Angel Iset Dozier and Aidil Ortiz introduced themselves as the Community
> Partners Team of the Reimaging the Durham Freeway project; their job is
> to listen intently to find out what the community wants, and document these
> views – to make the work community-led.  There is also technical team (in
> the Transportation Department and with a consultant) to do look at “little
> nuts and bolts” to do transportation (not just cars!) analysis and develop
> alternative plans.  The federal DOT program to reconnect communities is
> making grants to try to remedy damages to communities made by freeways
> construction (for example, in Durham, the freeway took out 34 of the 50
> community connections that used to exist).  Our program is called “pathways
> to connection” since we don’t want to presume that the answer *has* to be
> to continue to have a freeway.  The objective is to get community input and
> use it to create a plan.  A group of institutional stakeholders is also
> meeting quarterly.  The study area is from Swift Avenue to I-885, roughly.
> Hayti Reborn has some powerful videos on how building the freeway disrupted
> communities.  There are a number of events (tours, concerts, etc); sign-up
> is on the website.  There is also a survey on the website:
> https://www.durhamnc.gov/5201/Reimagine-Durham-Freeway.
>
> Tom Miller moved and someone seconded to approve the February minutes;
> this passed.
>
> The website committee met and decided that we need a page that has issues
> and projects and that the home page needs to be livelier.  The brochure
> committee didn’t meet.  Thanks to Susan Sewall for the creating a form for
> neighborhoods (or other organization) to fill out to become members (or
> confirm membership); even current memberships should fill in their
> information.
>
> Please pay dues; seven neighborhoods have paid.
>
> John Hodges-Copple is part of group that is concerned about moving Durham
> School of the Arts out of downtown.  The cost of the new building has gone
> way up, and it now sucking in money that would go to elementary schools.
> There is a petition to at least pause and reconsider.
>
> Sherri Zann Rosenthal has created a development score card, working with a
> Public Policy student. They found that most of the information for scoring
> isn’t on Durham’s development rezoning application.  Perhaps the
> Neighborhood Meeting process currently being revised by Planning can be a
> context to get developers to voluntarily provide information. Other ideas
> to implement? Sherri will share the v.2 draft of the Scorecard with INC
> delegates who want to provide feedback.  She also asks if INC might take a
> role in implementing the Scorecard.
>
> Richard Ziglar reported that the Duke University rezoning is going before
> the Planning Board; the proposal contains none of committed elements that
> Burch Avenue wants to protect them from high traffic.  The site in the
> Burch Avenue is the old laundry and is full of asbestos.  Please write the
> Planning Commission to press them for committed elements.
>
> Neighborhood Reports
>
>    -
>
>    Northgate Park food truck kick-off is this  week.
>    -
>
>    There are now Pauli Murray quarters and Susan has some.
>
>
> Adjourn.   We may have an in-person meeting in May.
>
>
>
>
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>
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