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The City of Raleigh has received a $250,000 donation from the Downtown Raleigh Alliance. In other Council business this week, Councilors agreed to an amendment to the Downtown Bus Facilities Master Plan and recommended that a block of North Carver Street be converted to a one-way street.
The Wake County Board of Commissioners Monday endorsed the Wake County Agriculture Economic Development Plan. The plan will be submitted to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for certification.
David Cooke recently announced his retirement after more than 13 years as County Manager and more than 17 years with Wake County.
A series of complaints filed against the Moore Square redesign team have delayed the project by more than a year, and the project will be unable to move forward until the North Carolina Board of Landscape Architecture makes a ruling later this year.
City Councilors recently voted to approve the recommendations of the Blount-Person Street Corridor Study, enabling city staff to begin planning the first phase of the project. Funding could come from a $75-million transportation bond that’s up for a vote this fall.
A review of 10 years’ worth of Planning Commission minutes shows that members recuse themselves from about 10 percent of the cases brought before the group, although this number may drop when the Unified Development Ordinance takes effect in September.
David Cooke announced his resignation after more than 15 years with Wake County.
Some problems persist in the North Boylan neighborhood, which residents blame on a nearby hookah bar.
The new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) goes into effect on September 1. Plans for the L building and the Edison Office building are approved, and a new shopping center is going into northwest Raleigh.
Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly a bill to give control of school building to the County Commission moved forward, another about filling vacancies on the board passed with bipartisan support. The governor also signed a bill requiring abstinence-only education for students in the 7th grade.
