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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Jul Delegate Meeting of the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Via Zoom</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">July 26, 2022</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Attending the meeting were:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Neighborhoods</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Bragtown – Vannessa Mason Evans, Donna Frederick</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Burch Avenue – Richard Ziglar, Jennine Privat</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen, Ed Harrison</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Falconbridge – Dick Ford</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Leesville Road Coalition – Steven Knill</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Long Meadow – Pakis</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#212121;font-weight:400"> Bessias</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Merrick-Moore – Bonita Green</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#212121;font-weight:400"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Northgate Park – Keith Cochran</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Old North Durham – Mimi O’Brien, Helena Cragg</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Tuscaloosa-Lakewood – Susan Sewell</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller, Fred Peterson</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">Guests</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Will Wilson – Past President of INC</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Nate Baker – Planner</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Philip Azar</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">James Davis – City of Durham</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Jesse Huddleston – Duke Partner Neighborhoods</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Eliza Mathew – Duke Partner Neighborhoods</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Emilie McIntosh – Durham Parks and Recreation</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Lori Schleicher</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">President Bonita Green called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone; those present introduced themselves.
James Davis let us know that Lynwood Best has retired. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Nate Baker shared his insights about what is going on in
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">planning in Durham</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">. He grew up in Durham; he has international planning
experience, especially around empowering communities and writing zoning regulations, both in planning departments and as a consultant. He has been on the Durham Planning Commission. State law requires planning commissions but Durham’s is a little odd because
it covers both the city and county, which also means we have a JCCPC (for guidance by elected officials). The Planning Commission can only make recommendations, which limits its powers. There are so many zoning requests that they are thinking of starting
their meetings earlier. Many of the current requests are for rezoning/annexations in southeast Durham, for which City Council does not share the Planning Commission's concern about sustainability (when Southeast Durham fills out, there will be pressure on
north Durham). We are growing rapidly, mostly unsustainably; gentrification/displacement continues to be an issue. The Planning Commission also looks at text amendments before governing bodies do, which is where they have some more influence. There could
be a comprehensive re-write of the UDO. There are a bunch of plans and tools that we don’t have – design standards in the UDO, greenspace planning, small area planning and so on. There was then a wide-ranging discussion among those at the meeting, including
the topics:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>The developer “promises” of affordability are inadequate, and what is being built is way too car-dependent. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Planning staff makes a lot of decisions that in much of the state would be decided by elected official (and they sometimes are a little careless on the impact of what they approve).
City Council doesn’t have much interest in planning. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>More Neighborhood Protection Overlays (NPO) would make development more context-sensitive so that the accessory dwelling units and small lots would not be so disruptive; however, it
is probably a non-starter to ask for new NPOs. Getting neighborhood planning started would be a better process. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>The SCAD (Simplifying Codes for More Affordable Development) text amendment (</span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/415/Pending-Text-Amendments"><span style="color:#337ab7;background-color:#ffffff">https://www.durhamnc.gov/415/Pending-Text-Amendments</span></a><span>),
which would “relax” standard, is of great concern in spite of having some good things; it has major implications, it takes power away from the public and it is scary that the members of the JCCPC are so excited about it. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>There are a lot of complicated pieces in a healthy housing ecosystem: number of units, income levels, metropolitan scale, and so on; the problem is often simplified to 2 sides and
we need a nuanced housing plan and definitely need to have EVERYONE (not just developers) involved in the conversation. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>The Planning Commission is proposing a text amendment on connectivity. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>We don’t have the right metrics to evaluate how well we are planning and building: for example, how many people can walk to work?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">The June minutes went out July 1 but weren’t resent. We will vote on them in August. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">We really need to get a vote to approve the bylaws. Benita will resend the documentation.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Neighborhood
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:700">dues</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> were due in January, so please get those dues in.
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#333333;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">Dues received: Birch Ave, Forest Hills, Leesville Road Coalition, Long Meadow, Merrick-Moore, Morehead Hills, Northgate Park, Old Farm, Old
North Durham, Old West Durham, Trinity Park, Tuscaloosa-Lakewood, Watts-Hillandale.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> Thanks for all the dues - please add your neighborhood as soon as you can. $25 dues
each January.</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:700">Duke partner neighborhoods </span><span>(more information:
</span><a href="https://community.duke.edu/"><span style="color:#337ab7;background-color:#ffffff">https://community.duke.edu/</span></a><span>) are concerned about the privately-initiated SCAD text amendment; Eliza and Jesse wanted to make a connection around
this issue. Getting lots of comments on MySocialPoint, which is for comments on planning issues, site (scroll down at
</span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement/land-use-home/"><span style="color:#337ab7;background-color:#ffffff">https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement/land-use-home/</span></a><span>) are likely to make a difference.
More information on MySocialPoint is at </span><a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement#/sidebar/tab/about"><span style="color:#337ab7;background-color:#ffffff">https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement#/sidebar/tab/about</span></a></p>
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<span>National Night Out is August 2 (Tuesday).</span></p>
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<span>Leesville Road is continuing their candidate fora.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">Resolved:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">1. That the Amended and Restated Bylaws be passed as presented on March 22, 2022;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">2. That conforming changes be made to the Articles of Association of the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham and that those Amended and Restated Articles be presented to the
board for adoption; </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">3. That Tom Miller be named as the registered agent of the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham as expeditiously are reasonably possible; </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">4. That in as much as members must reapply for membership to the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham under the revised and restated bylaws, members shall do so within 60 days
of passage and that all neighborhoods participating in the vote on the amended and restated bylaws be eligible to vote on readmission of neighborhoods; and </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#201f1e;font-weight:400">5. That the membership fee schedule under the amended and restated bylaws shall remain the same for 2022, that any member who has paid dues in 2022 shall not be required to
pay again in 2022, and that any member who has paid dues in 2022 and who does not become a member under the amended and restated bylaws shall be refunded any 2022 dues payment.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Philip has almost completed an application form. Many delegates didn’t get the final copy of the bylaws and the analysis of the changes since they were buried as a link in
the minutes. We will put them on the list-serve, or they are in the folder (with a clean version and a lined version)
</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UyupE2j3xbbvCef565DHG_DOjDWW9bGO?usp=sharing" id="OWAc668c916-27b3-1f9b-aac0-e0c9e26428ec" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UyupE2j3xbbvCef565DHG_DOjDWW9bGO?usp=sharing</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#000000;font-weight:400">.</span></p>
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