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Friday, May 30, 2008

WakeUp Wake County Update

When a new residential or commercial development is built, there's additional need for water and sewer. Over time, building new water capacity costs money, and a lot of it. Who should pay for that? According to Raleigh City Councilor Russ Stephenson, 96% of the cost of new water and sewer infrastructure for Raleigh is being paid by existing raterpayers. That's us. Most Wake cities charge a few thousand dollars in water and sewer fees on new development -- but not Raleigh. Stephenson is proposing that Raleigh begin charging a water and sewer "utility fee."

He's also proposing that Raleigh's Public Utility (affecting the 7 towns it supplies water to) provide fincancial incentives for water conservation to property owners and homebuilders. These incentives could be built into a new tiered rate structure for water fees. Bottom line: INCENTIVES encourage action, and Raleigh's Public Utility is the only one in the Triangle that does not offer water conservation incentives. These proposals make sense to WakeUP Wake County.

Meanwhile: Don't forget to SIGN WakeUP's online PETITION asking the Raleigh City Council to take wise action to plan for long-term water supply needs (for all the towns of Eastern Wake). Click here to sign the petition.

SAVE THE DATE: Transit forum June 26, 7-9:30 pm

TRANSIT: Is Wake County Ready for It?
A public forum on the future of transit in Wake County & the Triangle

Thursday, June 26, 2008, 7 - 9:30 pm
(register 6:30 pm)

NCSU McKimmon Center - Admission: Free

Hosted by the following Community Partners:

WakeUP Wake County, Downtown Housing Improvement Corp., NC Conservation Network, Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, Sierra Club Capital Group, Society for Environmental Professionals, Women in Transportation Seminar - NC Triangle Chapter

Forum highlights:

Keynote speaker: Carol Coletta, CEO, CEO's for Cities and host of NPR syndicated program, "Smart Cities," and national urbanism expert. She'll speak on:

"By choice or by chance. How can transit help us plan for a future of growth?"

Discussion by community business leaders on how transit can provide economic opportunities for Wake County

Learn about new proposal for Triangle regional transit

NC Gubernatorial Candidates invited to present views on transit

The purpose of the forum is to discuss the opportunities and potential of transit in Wake County and the Triangle. Please come learn, ask questions and participate in the community discussion!

We NEED your support -- please send in your $25 today!

WakeUP Wake County is growing -- we have over 500 supporters! The work we are doing -- to promote good growth planning and how to pay for it -- is expanding too. We need each of you to help support this organization financially to help sustain our efforts. Please contribute your first annual membership dues of just $25 today. If you like what you see WakeUP doing, please consider making a donation of $35, $50 or $100. These funds will help us secure greater, sustaining funds from foundations this year. Thank you for your support!!

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