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Sunday, March 2, 2008

WakeUp Wake County Update

300 Attend Water Forum!

WakeUP Update Feb. 29th

WakeUP Wake County's public forum on water and growth drew 300 citizens and elected officials from across the county and region. Many came to learn and ask questions of water experts who explained that our community must plan now for future water needs. Climate change will bring more drought and water evaporation of our lakes, expanding water supply will cost a great deal, and other communities are doing more than we are to conserve water. The good news is that there are many experts and options for Raleigh's Public Utility and Western Wake towns to look to for smart planning.

We had great press coverage on the forum, including hitting every TV station! Here's a link to the NBC-17 story. The News&Observer also wrote an article. View it here. If you missed the forum, Raleigh Television Network will air it soon on local cable, so look for the schedule soon.

What's next? WakeUP's water team is developing our priorities for long-term water supply planning. We'll send that out soon. In the meantime, tell your mayor we need to plan for water and growth NOW. Thanks to all our supporters who helped make the water forum a complete success!

To view water forum presentations go to www.wakeupwakecounty.com.

Transit Recommendations to be released soon

Think the Triangle needs to plan how to keep people moving on and off the roads? A regional advisory commission and local mayors think so too. The Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC) has met over the past year and are expected to release transit recommendations for Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill very soon. WakeUP Wake County has had a representative, Greg Flynn, on the STAC. Soon, we'll meet to hear about transit suggestions offered by the STAC and discuss WakeUP's perspectives on good transit and land use planning.

Impact Fees Public Hearing March 18

Raleigh's City Council and Cary's Town Council have been discussing raising impact fees on new development. Since voters supported municipal candidates who supported options for growth to pay its fair share of the costs of growth, local officials may act soon to raise impact fees on new commerical and residential development. Mark your calendar for 6:30 pm, Tuesday, March 18, when Raleigh City Council will hold a public hearing on impact fees (used for roads and parks). Please come on down to city hall at 222 W. Hargett St. and add your voice or listen in. City Council is proposing increasing fees to about $2500. Meanwhile, Cary's Town Council is considering raising fees to $8900, substantially more than Raleigh's fees.

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