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The City Council’s technology committee Tuesday considered adding a set of cameras to a meeting room so that more council committee and other group meetings could be streamed online and broadcast on the city’s public TV channel.
A grant for a supportive housing facility is on hold after members of the South CAC voted against the project. Community members say they were not informed of the project’s progress and are concerned about the security of a facility whose residents recovering from addiction.
Raleigh residents spoke out Tuesday at the last official public hearing for the UDO before the approval process. In other City council business, transportation staff will examine traffic calming measures for Ramblewood Drive and city staffers are researching Low Impact Development to improve streams and waterways.
City Council approved a resolution for open government, a new location for an emergency communication center and Councillors discussed possible four-year terms instead of two.
A task force report released last month states that the long-term financial model for Raleigh’s water system won’t cover the $7 billion in repairs for infrastructure over the coming decades and doesn’t plan for drops in revenue during droughts.
Negotiations with Google to use Gmail as the city’s email provider have hit a snag over a point in the contract. City officials aren’t saying much on the topic, but said the stall could eventually affect the expected cost savings.
Raleigh City Councilors on the Technology Committee approved a resolution Tuesday to make city data more accessible and open up city software projects to companies using open-source technology.
A state law means big changes to Raleigh’s Probationary Rental Occupancy Permit program. City staff members are removing some aspects of the program now considered illegal, but they’re also adding additional violations and increasing permit fees.
The city will be releasing a new public input policy for park master planning early next week.
After months of studying a 3.5-miles area around the New Bern Corridor, Raleigh city council members agreed Tuesday to move forward with improvements.
