News in Brief
Fourth Public Input Session Scheduled for Union Station
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A fourth public information session about Union Station will take place Thursday.
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A fourth public information session about Union Station will take place Thursday.
The Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC) is seeking new members.
City Council members are looking at ways to streamline the presentation of its agenda documents, which may include new methods for electronic distribution.
Councilors will start meeting twice a month for informal work sessions before their regular Tuesday afternoon meetings.
Councilors Tuesday increased the amount of money awarded to tipsters who provide information or evidence of illegal dumping in the city’s sanitary sewers. Councilors also approved a new downtown hotel and some spring road races. They delayed a vote on a possible ban of dogs in some park facilities.
A controversial house in Oakwood could be torn down after the Board of Adjustment overturned a decision by the Raleigh Historic District Commission.
City Councilors discussed using the Sandy Forks Road Project as a pilot for the Greenroads Program, a certification program for roadway projects that were designed and constructed using environmentally sustainable best practices.
Waiting on an additional $14.75 million in funding, the Moore Square redevelopment project will remain on hold, with hopes to move forward sometime in the next five years.
Council members will consider a lease that would turn the former Salvation Army building into a charter elementary school.
Planning Commissioners Tuesday recommended denial of a controversial rezoning request in the Falls Lake Watershed. They also voted to approve plans for a new parking deck at Rex Hospital and an Enterprise Car Sales on Glenwood Avenue.