Category: East CAC

Related to the East Citizens Advisory Council.

East CAC meets Monday, April 18th

The East CAC will hold its April 2011 meeting on Monday, April 18th at 7 PM at the Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

This month we’ll hear from John Carman, Raleigh’s Public Utilities Director, on our public utilities. We’ll also hear from Nathan Ligo about the Young Warriors youth outreach program and from Lisa Beckwith from the Gilead Pharmacy in the Longview Shopping Center.

We’ll also be introducing a new feature of our CAC meetings: neighborhood reports. We’ll take time to hear from representatives of our various neighborhoods on things going on in their areas.

As usual, this meeting will be streamed live on the Internet: http://www.eastraleigh.org/stream.html

Below is our full agenda. Hope to see you there!

P.S. Sign holders, please put our your signs. Thanks!
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East CAC Feb 2011 Minutes

Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis

Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 at the Lions Park Community Center. About 30 people attended, with about five there for the first time. The January minutes were approved without changes. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charlene Willard with the city’s Community Services Department announced that the Belvidere Park neighborhood will be dedicating its new stone entryway on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. and placing a time capsule inside. The project was funded with a Raleigh Neighborhood Improvement Matching Grant. Other neighborhoods interested in seeking a grant should move forward now; applications are due June 30, and the ongoing recession means the program’s future is uncertain. Anyone interested is encouraged to call Charlene at charlene.willard@raleighnc.gov or 919-996-5718 to discuss ideas.

The Raleigh Summer Youth Employment Program offered by Community Services will be interviewing applicants soon. It is for people ages 14 to 18. For more information, visit http://1.usa.gov/eeXNfG.

Charlene discussed an idea for an ECAC calendar. Currently no CAC has one, and there are lots of possibilities. Anyone interested in working on this should contact Charlene.
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East CAC meets Monday, 21 March

The East CAC will hold its March 2011 meeting on Monday, 21 March at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

This month we’ll hear about ways we can make our neighborhood even better. Councilor Bonner Gaylord will be here discuss “See, Click, Fix!” We’ll also hear from the Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Alissa Bierma, on the upcoming Crabtree Creek cleanup. Also, we’ll say hello to our new District C Councilor, Eugene Weeks.

As usual, this meeting will be streamed live on the Internet.

Below is our full agenda. Hope to see you there!
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East CAC meets Monday – UDO presentation and exercise

Good morning, Eastsiders!

Our next East CAC meeting will be held on Monday, 21 February 2011 at 7 PM at the Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

Monday’s meeting will focus on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Staff from Raleigh’s Planning Department will be present to discuss the UDO and to conduct an exercise with us to solicit feedback as to how the UDO should be applied to the East CAC area. The UDO will play a HUGE role in how our city develops in the coming years, so it’s crucial the East CAC provides its feedback and guidance in the UDOs creation.

Hope to see you Monday evening at 7!

East CAC meets Monday, 17 January

The East CAC will hold its January 2011 meeting on Monday the 17th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue. http://is.gd/nwDQ

We will hear from James LeClair, from the city of Raleigh Inspections department, who will provide some cold weather tips. We’ll also hear from Eddie Blair and Hadley Watson on the new activity at the “Shoppes at Brookside” mixed-use development at Glascock and Brookside.

We’ve also just added Detrick D. Clark from Connectinc, Inc. to our agenda. Detrick will talk about the Benefit Bank of North Carolina.

Hope to see you there!

Raleigh Police offer holiday tips

The Raleigh Police department offers these useful tips on their blog.

The following are some helpful tips to remember before leaving your home (whether you are going across town or across the country) for the holidays:

  • Don’t display gifts beneath the Christmas tree, which can be seen from windows or doors.
  • Be extra cautious about locking doors and windows when you leave your house or apartment, even for a few minutes.
  • A holiday problem can occur when exterior Christmas light extension cords are run inside through a window and prevent it from being secured.
  • Don’t advertise that you are away from home. Don’t leave outdoor lights burning 24 hours a day, piled up newspapers, mail, or advertising fliers hanging on the door knob. Instead, use a light timer and ask a neighbor to pick up your newspapers and mail.
  • Don’t hide spare keys under rocks, in flowerpots, or above door ledges. Instead give the spare key to a trusted neighbor.
  • After the holidays, don’t advertise gifts received by the boxes left for the garbage collection. Destroy or flatten for closure in a recycle bin.

    • Z-24-10 at Planning Commission Tuesday at 9 AM

    Z-24-10, the convenience store at Poole Road and Norwood, will be heard at the Planning Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, December 14th, at 9 AM in the City Council Chambers. Read the staff evaluation, latest conditions, conditions correspondence, and a follow-up memo for more details.

    Also on the agenda is SP-32-10, the proposed New Bern Crossing Hotel across from WakeMed at New Bern Avenue and Milburnie Rd.

    New Bern Avenue Corridor Study public workshop – Dec. 2nd.

    New Bern Avenue is a historic gateway and heavily used transportation corridor in Raleigh, but is beginning to show signs of wear. A study of the New Bern Avenue corridor from Swain Street to Wake Medical Center will explore ways to renew the corridor. The preliminary goals are three-fold: (1) to identify ways to improve the appearance of the corridor, (2) to support pedestrian, bicycle and transit uses along the corridor, and (3) to stimulate economic development initiatives and revitalization in the area.

    The City of Raleigh will host a public workshop to present the current conditions in the study area and to facilitate a discussion of the issues and opportunities along the New Bern Avenue corridor. Your thoughts about the corridor are important to refining the study’s purpose. We hope that you will attend this workshop to share your ideas and vision for renewing this gateway corridor.

    Mark your calendar and plan to participate:
    Thursday, December 2, 2010
    Milner Memorial Presbyterian Church
    1950 New Bern Avenue
    7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

    If you would like to attend, please register.

    East CAC meets tonight: Holiday Social!

    The East CAC will have its November meeting tonight at 7 PM at Lions Park, 516 Dennis Avenue.

    We’ll hear our usual inspections, parks, and police news. We’ll then hear from the folks from the Shoppes at Brookside at the corner of Brookside and Glascock, talking to the community about the condos being
    finished and the businesses folks would like to have there.

    Following that we’ll have our annual holiday social, where you can enjoy some food and meet your neighbors. It should be a great time.

    Come on out tonight and bring a neighbor if you can! See you there!