<div dir="auto"><div>Just to clarify: it's not the first, but the first after a long hiatus. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 11:36 AM Mimi Kessler <<a href="mailto:mimikessler1@gmail.com">mimikessler1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This is the first small area plan project for the Planning department. I send it across the city primarily for other neighborhoods to have you versed in the process they are following (and you can provide input if you have strong feelings). <br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Brandon J. Williams</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:brandonjhudson@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">brandonjhudson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM<br>Subject: Give Input on Draft Policies for Northgate Mall Redevelopment<br>To: Brandon J. Williams <<a href="mailto:brandonjhudson@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">brandonjhudson@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_7110400020987924143m_8354608630142683578m_-6199057377818943032gmail-docs-internal-guid-12db8d92-7fff-928f-4950-d700c99ebd8e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Walltown neighbors and Durham residents,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Planning Department has released the first chapter of the Walltown Small Area Plan: </span><a href="https://engagedurham.com/DocumentCenter/View/636/Policy-Guidance-for-the-Former-Northgate-Mall-Site---A-Chapter-of-the-Walltown-Small-Area-Plan---August-2024---DRAFT" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Policy Guidance for the Former Northgate Mall Site</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. The document includes 19 policies that shape what is possible at the mall site regarding affordable housing and retail, community and civic spaces, transportation, and environmental sustainability. It also highlights policies from the </span><a href="https://www.engagedurham.com/DocumentCenter/View/599/Durham-Comprehensive-Plan_Adopted_October2023" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">City’s 2023 Comprehensive Plan</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> that are specifically relevant to Northgate. Ultimately, these policies are intended to guide future development decisions made by City Council about the former Northgate Mall site. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Do the City’s draft policies hit the mark? Is there anything missing or that should be changed in the document? </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Provide your feedback on the policies via </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=gu99KTmUiEOoCDVIpOz0fXkehElLH4BEvjPW0m_dRzxUOVRCSDVHVkZVWUlETTNKMFUwVVo5QzNaNy4u" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">an online survey</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> that will stay open through Friday, October 4, 2024. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will also be two community feedback sessions, one in-person and one online. The sessions will allow you to learn more about the Northgate policies from Planning Department staff, and give your feedback directly to them. Your participation will shape the future of a key space in our community!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Community Feedback Session 1 (Virtual via Zoom)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dL6Isqc4S26I46dUFSD4Yw#/registration" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Click to Register</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Webinar ID: 831 1920 9759</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Community Feedback Session 2 (In-Person)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Time: Drop in anytime between 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Location: Walltown Recreation Center, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1308+W+Club+Boulevard,+Durham,+NC+27705?entry=gmail&source=g">1308 W Club Boulevard, Durham, NC 27705</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/possible-future-of-durhams-former-northgate-mall-community-plans-to-redevelop-abandoned-property/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Watch this CBS17 News Report about Walltown’s Small Area Plan</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For more information about the Walltown Small Area Plan, see the </span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/5264/Walltown-Small-Area-Plan" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">project website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or contact Carl Kolosna, Carl.Kolosna@DurhamNC.gov</span></p><div><br></div>______________________________________________________________<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="width:100px;display:inline-block"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Queridos vecinos de Walltown y residentes de Durham,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">El Departamento de Planificacion ha publicado el primer capítulo de su Plan de Area Pequena de Walltown: </span><a href="https://engagedurham.com/DocumentCenter/View/637/Orientacion-Normativa-para-el-Antiguo-Sitio-del-Northgate-Mall---Un-capitulo-del-Plan-de-Area-Pequena-de-Walltown---Agosto-2024" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Orientación Normativa para el Antiguo Sitio del Northgate Mall</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Este documento incluye 19 políticas que indican lo posible en el sitio del Northgate Mall respecto a vivienda económica, almacenes, espacios comunitarios, transporte público, y sostenibilidad medioambiental. El Plan también destaca políticas del </span><a href="https://www.engagedurham.com/DocumentCenter/View/599/Durham-Comprehensive-Plan_Adopted_October2023" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Plan Comprensiva de Durham 2023</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> que son particularmente relevantes a Northgate. Estas políticas pretenden guiar decisiones futuras de desarrollo hecho por el Consejo de la Ciudad de Durham sobre el antiguo sitio del Northgate Mall. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">¿Usted cree que las políticas propuestas cumplen sus metas? ¿Falta algo que se debe cambiar en el documento? </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Por favor den sus reacciones en </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=gu99KTmUiEOoCDVIpOz0fXkehElLH4BEvjPW0m_dRzxUOVRCSDVHVkZVWUlETTNKMFUwVVo5QzNaNy4u" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">una encuesta en línea</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> que quedará abierta hasta el viernes, 4 de octubre de 2024.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">También habrá dos sesiones de diálogo comunitaria, uno presencial y uno en línea. Las sesiones darán oportunidad para aprender más sobre respeto a las políticas para Northgate Mall del Departamento de Planificación, y dar sus comentarios directamente a ellos. ¡Su participación guiará el futuro de un sitio clave de nuestra comunidad!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span st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<br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">On behalf of the Walltown Community Association,</font></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Brandon J. Williams</div><div>he/him/his</div><div dir="ltr"><div>919.308.3900</div><div><a href="http://www.walltown.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.walltown.net</a><br><div>"From beatboxers to beat breakers, like the yellow brick road, we go where the beat takes us..."<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Mimi Kessler</div><div>919-599-2892<br></div><div>"Democracy is not a spectator sport" - John Deen</div><div>Please vote every chance you get. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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