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New student assignment plan options will be released to the public May 23, Wake Schools Superintendent Tony Tata said Friday. Tata’s student assignment task force has considered nine plans, but only two received the group’s endorsement and are considered the two finalists. Those two meet the 18 criteria for a good plan, including Tata’s often mentioned priority of student achievement.
The Raleigh City Council recently approved an amendment to the Percent for Art program that would now include streetscape improvements as eligible capital projects. The amendment will take affect July 1. The work on the Hillsborough Street roundabout would be an example of a project that would be eligible for the program, had the ordinance change been passed three years ago.
Yesterday we reviewed one part of the parking changes. Today, let’s look at the rest. Parking reductions were made in the Downtown District (DX), TOD Overlay District and Urban Frontage.
Today, we’ll take a look at 7.1 — Parking. We’ll be splitting parking into two sections since it’s a hot topic and takes up 14 pages in the UDO. “Generally, minimum parking requirements for commercial uses has been reduced while minimum requirements for multi-family and institutional uses have been slightly increased.”
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Doubts from multiple parties came to a head at a public hearing Tuesday to address a Wake County Board of Education redistricting proposal put forth by the Shanahan Law Group. The law firm has generated criticism from citizens and the community group Great Schools in Wake for refusing to release exact data about seven voter tabulation district splits.
On Day 10 of our UDO coverage we told you that the section of Chapter 5 that deals with Transit Oriented Development hadn’t been completed. The TOD section was released on Friday and can now be found with the rest of Chapter 5.
During the County Commission’s work session Monday, County Manager David Cooke explained that the county puts in 15.76 cents per dollar of property tax into the debt/capital fund. For the third year in a row, the county borrowed from that pool to put more money into the operating fund.
From Indie to jazz, check out what’s playing in Raleigh this week.
Wake Schools Superintendent Tony Tata hit his 90 days on the job mark this week. At a press conference Friday, Tata said he was making progress on the five goals he had set out for his first 90 days.
