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The Raleigh City Council will receive the city manager’s budget proposal tomorrow. Councilors will also consider changes to front-yard parking regulations and vote on changing enforcement for noise violations.
Reports from residents near Raleigh-Durham International Airport describe an outlandish scene – workers roaming in white, full-body hazmat suits while a billowing plume rises in the sky.
At council this week: one affordable housing development, redeveloping the Northern Wake Landfill, stimulus money for a the Upper Neuse River Greenway, a new city website and water use issues.
The Raleigh City Council ended a months-long debate at a budget work session Monday and voted to increase water rates by 8.5 percent. The increase, down from the proposed 17 percent, will go into effect Friday for Raleigh and Garner. Council also voted to go to a tiered water rate system in December. Photo: Councilor Philip Isley at an earlier council meeting.
Council will discuss water rates again; The water conservation council will deliver its report; And the city manager will present a public design competition idea for Moore Square.
Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker officially announced today that he will seek a fifth term. Meeker made the announcement today during a press conference this morning. He said his central motivation is the economic uncertainty facing Raleigh and the rest of the country. Photo: Meeker at a recent city council meeting.
Council looks for federal stimulus money for water infrastructure projects and a new CAT facility on Poole Road. Plus, water and sewer rate increases back at the table, the bike comp plan and requiring helmets at city skate parks.
Social-service organizations and soup kitchens in Raleigh are reporting longer lines and increased demand in recent months as the effects of the economic slump continues to unfold locally. (Left: The Saturday morning line at the Salvation Army soup kitchen in downtown Raleigh. Photo by Christie Starnes.)
Despite the barrage of talk about recession, massive bailouts, and staggering unemployment numbers, local Raleigh businesses seem to have quite a rosy outlook. Not booming, not collapsing, but cozy.
Correction appended: The article below gave the wrong name for Milt Rhodes. His name is Milt, not Mel. Thursday evening the Raleigh City Council hosted a public hearing on the revised Raleigh comprehensive plan. Dozens of concerned citizens represented a diverse selection of public and private interest. Recent changes in the plan were made publicly available last Saturday, giving people only five days to respond.
