In its regular afternoon session Tuesday, City Council discussed issues ranging from a proposed white water rafting park to historical landmark designations.<\/p>\n
Mayor Nancy McFarlane and Kay C. Crowder were not in attendance. John Odom served as Mayor Pro Tem for the two sessions.<\/p>\n
A few items were pulled from the consent agenda for further discussion, including two items that concerned Raleigh Union Station, the subject of a project that \u201cis a core element of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan to create a multi-modal transit center to serve as a regional gateway to Downtown Raleigh.\u201d<\/p>\n
In particular, the budget amendment for Raleigh Union Station, which authorized the City Manager to execute additional grant documentation and a budget amendment of $17,250,000, was pulled because it had already been voted on and as such did not need a second vote.<\/p>\n
In a report to council, the City Manager\u2019s office suggested they adopt the \u201cHospitality District Ordinance,\u201d which, if it reaches approval after a public hearing, would designate Glenwood South in downtown Raleigh as a hospitality district, as part of a one-year pilot program. If it reaches approval, permit holders would be allowed to play music at certain times of the day at certain decibel levels. Music includes recorded music and live acoustic music.<\/p>\n
\u201cStakeholders worked on this and came together,\u201d Mary-Ann Baldwin said of the ordinance, adding that the ordinance has the possibility of \u201cimproved relationships between residents and merchants.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report also gave a brief update on the Falls Whitewater Park project, which, while simply received as information, appeared\u00a0to have the support of at least two council members\u2014Mary-Ann Baldwin and Bonner Gaylord.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to continue to attract the best, the brightest, the top talent out there,\u201d Gaylord said. \u201cAnd this amenity will do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baldwin added that the \u201cproject needs to continue\u201d and that it will \u201cmake a statement in Raleigh,\u201d showing \u201ccommitment to Parks and Recreation and adding diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the final recommendation of the City Manager, the stakeholder group between Cameron Village Vicinity Plan and Hillsborough Street Society was discussed. Because there is considerable overlap between the two groups, the city manager recommended that a stakeholder advisory group be appointed to coordinate between the two efforts and sustain citizen participation in the planning process. A list of names was included in the council members\u2019 packets of who might be appointed.<\/p>\n
Council member Russ Stephenson said he had spoken to certain members of the stakeholder groups and \u201cwanted to hold this [item] for two weeks to build trust in the stakeholder groups.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baldwin emphasized that she didn\u2019t want to lose momentum on the project and that \u201cthis is timely and very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ultimate decision of the council was to give those appointed a chance to find alternates in a two-week timeframe if they didn\u2019t want to serve on the stakeholder advisory group.<\/p>\n
Council also heard a report from the Raleigh Historic Development Committee, in which two historic landmark applications were considered for moving to the next stage in their respective processes\u2014the Lewis-Joyner House at 304 East Jones Street and the Atwater-Perry House at 904 East Hargett Street.<\/p>\n
Both received unanimous approval to move on to the next stage of their respective processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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