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Unless changes are made to the city’s permitting procedure, residents who live in flood-prone areas might pay more for flood insurance. But those changes could increase costs for building additions on homes across the city.
Councilor and Mayor-Elect Nancy McFarlane is still raising questions about the city’s prescription drug coverage more than one year after bringing it to committee for discussion.
Plans for a $400 million, four-story mixed-use development downtown are slowly moving forward, but on a much smaller scale. The first phase of The Edison could now be a six-story residential building.
Residents can once again leave grease for city pickup starting Nov. 1. The city also renewed contracts for parking and a customer call center at its meeting Tuesday.
With 61 percent of the vote, Nancy McFarlane will be Raleigh’s next mayor.
Red light cameras were approved on a second vote and other city council happenings.
Councilors question the safety of outdoor seating, St. Augustine’s stadium building schedule, supportive housing and the new public art policy were all up for vote at Tuesday’s Council Meeting.
A rezoning application and the sale of city-owned property are just two things the council will vote on this Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Planning Commission approved rezoning a property on Oberlin Road and Clark Avenue so a mixed-use building could be developed.
St. Augustine’s College hopes to purchase 15 city-owned lots in Southeast Raleigh with plans to build housing for low- and moderate-income residents.
