Category: East CAC

Related to the East Citizens Advisory Council.

East CAC meets Monday, Sept 20th

We’ve got lots going on this month at the East CAC! Raleigh Police will return to in a follow-up to last year’s meeting where RPD will ask for our feedback on its priorities in our area. We’ll also elect our CAC officers and choose who will be our East CAC Neighborhood Recognition Award winner.

Also, be sure to attend this year’s Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange, where I’ll be a speaker discussing how to connect communities.

Below is our agenda. See you at our meeting on September 20th!
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Community Day volunteers needed!

The City of Raleigh, East Citizens Advisory Council and several additional organizations are holding an event where East Raleigh neighborhoods can come together and interact to help promote a more engaged, knowledgeable and crime free community. We are looking for about 20 volunteers ages 18 and older to help with set up, event management and clean up. All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt!

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please fill out the Volunteer Registration Form and e-mail it back to me by August 9th. The event is on Saturday, August 14th from 2-6pm. Volunteer shifts are from 12-4pm, 4-8pm or all day. The event will take place in the Food Lions Parking Lot on N. Raleigh Blvd. Please feel free to give me a call or send me an e-mail if you have any questions!

This is an opportunity to help make a difference in your community!

Emily Gardner
Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department
Volunteer Coordinator
PO Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602
Phone: 919-996-4810
Fax: 919-996-7618

Emily dot gardner at raleighnc dot gov

East CAC meets tonight

East CAC will be meeting Monday, July 19th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

This month we’ll hear from Diane Upshaw on water conservation. As a timely complement to her presentation, the Community Services Department will be giving away low-flow shower heads. We’ll also hear from Laura Aiken about building healthy communities. Both talks should be timely and interesting.

This month we’ll be accepting nominations for our CAC officers, on which we will vote during our next meeting in September (the East CAC will not have a meeting in August). Also, mark your calendars for our first East Raleigh Community Day on August 14th.

Draft minutes from June 2010 East CAC meeting

East CAC Meeting Minutes
June 2010
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis

Chairman Mark Turner called the meeting of the Raleigh East CAC to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, June 21 at Lions Park Community Center. The meeting was recorded, with streaming video available at www.eastraleigh.org. The May minutes were approved with the correction of a typo.

Announcements: On June 22 the City Planning Department will hold a transition workshop to discuss zoning around different types of uses. The neighborhood association and CAC portion of the workshop is from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; there will also be a community workshop later that evening. This is of interest to the ECAC since the group will be involved in the redevelopment of the New Bern and Capital Boulevard corridors.

The Capital Boulevard study workshop will take place on Thursday, June 24 at Bobby Murray Chevrolet. Registration will begin at 6 p.m., and the meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30. Please pre-register if you can so the city has an idea of how many people to expect.
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Z-24-10, convenience store at Poole and Norwood

Daniel Coleman has filed a new rezoning request for the convenience store at Poole and Norwood. The case, Z-24-10, is scheduled for a public hearing on October 19, 2010.

I do not have any other information on this new case. I do not yet have a copy of the new zoning request and it is not yet posted to the Planning website. I will let you know when these are available.

Capital Boulevard Workshop video online

For those of you who didn’t get a chance to participate in last evening’s Capital Boulevard Corridor Workshop at Bobby Murray Chevrolet, the meeting video is available online.

There is a period of time from about 0:30 until 1:20 where participants were working. At 1:20, they discuss their findings. You might want to watch the initial presentation and then skip over to 1:20 to hear the results.

Thanks to everyone who participated. It was an overwhelming response!

Raleigh mayor seeks experts, leaders to analyze school board – Education – NewsObserver.com

The East CAC is in the news again as Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker seeks experts to challenge the Wake County School Board’s proposed school assignments.

With an eye toward a potential lawsuit, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker is recruiting Raleigh community leaders and legal experts to scrutinize how students get assigned to schools now that the Wake County school board has eliminated assignments based on socioeconomic diversity.

Meeker, who is married to Wake school board member Anne McLaurin, said legal action could follow, if it appears that the school board’s yet-to-be-released student assignment plan violates the state constitutional rights to a sound education.

“As mayor, this is very disconcerting,” Meeker said. “It’s already hurt Wake County’s reputation.”

Meeker told members of the East Raleigh Citizens Advisory Committee on Monday that he’s trying to enlist experts to see if the school board’s new student assignment plan violates state constitutional law. The new board hopes to approve by the end of next year a new plan that would divide Wake into different zones with students going to schools in their community.

via Raleigh mayor seeks experts, leaders to analyze school board – Education – NewsObserver.com.

Do you know your CAC? | WakeMed Voices

WakeMed visited Monday’s East CAC meeting and came away impressed. WakeMed is Wake County’s largest private employer and is located in East Raleigh.

Yesterday evening, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the East Community Advisory Council (CAC) meeting at Lions Park Community Center off Dennis Drive in Raleigh. At WakeMed, we are more committed than ever to being involved with the communities we serve and want to understand community issues from citizens’ perspectives so we can be even better neighbors. This commitment led me to the East CAC meeting to represent our WakeMed Raleigh Campus, which is located in the district.

One thing that Ms. Monackey didn’t mention is that Raleigh’s CACs are chaired and organized solely by community volunteers.

via Do you know your CAC? | WakeMed Voices.

Capital Boulevard Study mentioned in N&O

Ray Martin of the News and Observer mentioned the upcoming Capital Boulevard Corridor study in yesterday’s Midtown Raleigh News.

Want to help spruce up Capital Boulevard?

If so, the city wants to hear from you at a workshop scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 24.

It’s the official kick-off for a wide-ranging study on how to transform the Capital Boulevard corridor between downtown and the Beltline into an attractive gateway to the Capital City.

Changes are likely to include street improvements, new businesses, upgrades of impaired Pigeon House Creek and additional housing.

If you plan to attend this important meeting next week (and as an East Raleigh resident you should!), please be sure to preregister with the city planning department so they will know how many to expect.

More information about the study (and the registration link) can be found here: http://is.gd/cREOx

Draft minutes from May 2010 East CAC meeting

East CAC Meeting Minutes
May 2010
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis

Chairman Mark Turner called the meeting of the Raleigh East CAC to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, May 17 at Lions Park Community Center. There were about 28 people in attendance. The meeting was streamed on the Internet. The April minutes were approved.

In good news from the community, Mark reported that he took part in a meeting with the management of Raleigh North and the Food Lion shopping center to discuss organizing a neighborhood festival for mid-August.

The East and Mordecai CACs are planning a cleanup of the Cemetery Branch Creek along Brookside Avenue for Saturday, June 5. Everyone’s invited to take part.
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