Wendell News Outlet

Happy Hour on New Development Code Dec. 8

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WakeUP invites you its monthly happy hour on Tuesday, December 8th from 5:30-7pm at Sitti in Downtown Raleigh.  This month's discussion topic: Raleigh's New Development Code.  Please note, cash bar. Please join us at Sitti  for a casual discussion about Raleigh's New Code.  Come share your interests and concerns surrounding the New Code through a discussion with other WakeUP community members.  Elected officials from Raleigh's City Council will be on hand to explain  form-based coding among other issues relevant to good growth planning for metropolitan areas.   What is the New Raleigh Development Code? The New Code intends to offer greater clarity and predictability for developers and neighborhoods alike by removing and amending outdated standards and encouraging quality development through better zoning practices and improved urban development standards defined by Raleigh's New Comprehensive Plan. Questions?  Please contact me at: accampbe@ncsu.edu. Hope to see you there! Andrew Campbell WakeUP College Intern WakeUP would like to remind you that organizing events and forums, representing your voice at meetings with elected officials, and reporting on issues are all services that require financial resources.  In order for WakeUP to continue to represent your voice, please join the organization or renew your existing membership.  Thank you for your continued support!

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   The average daily ridership of the ZWX Express Bus Service is now up to 59 passengers per day and climbing! 
   
   
   
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   The new EWTV studio building (being built behind the Knightdale Town Hall) is progressing well.
   
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   The following are the scores from the youth league Super Bowls held on Sunday, November 22^nd:
   
   
   

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  Mini Mites: Wendell 13, Clayton Blue 6
  
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  Mighty Mites: Knightdale 34, Wendell 19
  
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  Pee Wee: Zebulon 13, Wendell 6
  

4. Consideration of the Wendell’s stormwater interlocal agreement with Wake County is tentatively scheduled for the December 7^th meeting of the Wake County Board of Commissioners.
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   The Wendell Historical Society’s 2^nd Annual Candlelight Christmas Tour will be held on Saturday, December 19^th from 3 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and are available at several locations around town.
   
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   The Chamber of Commerce and Woman’s Club will hold their second annual art exhibit Friday, January 22^nd through Sunday, January 24^th. The opening reception will be at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 22^nd at the Wendell Woman’s Club. This year’s theme is “Animals in Art”, and the theme is designed to raise awareness of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County.
   

DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

11/26 – 11/27 Town offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday

12/04 9:00 a.m. New Commissioner Orientation @ Wendell Community Center

12/04 6:00 p.m. Lighting of the Town Square, Santa to visit @ J. Ashley Wall Town Square

12/14 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall


12/19 3:00-8:00 p.m. Wendell Historical Society Home Tour

12/21 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

12/24 - 12/25 – Town offices closed for Christmas holiday

12/28 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/11 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Town offices closed

01/22 (Fri.) 2nd Annual Wendell Fine Arts Exhibit Woman’s Club
(sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Woman’s Club)

01/25 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

Wendell Community Library Newsletter

December 2009

In This Issue Children's Programs New Books! Wendell Community Library 207 S. Hollybrook Rd. Wendell, NC 27591 365-2600 Monday - Thursday 10 - 8 Friday 10 - 6 Saturday 10 - 2 Riddle of the Month! What do you call a Snowman Party?      Come, with your answer, to the library and receive a library treat! New Children's Books!  Bridget Fidget and the Most Perfect Pet  Night Lights Love, Aubrey  Highway Robbery In Too Deep Holly's Jolly Christmas Cookies with Santa! December 5, 10-12:00.   Drop in and hear stories, create a Christmas ornament, and visit with Santa!   Family Preschool Storytime  Join Ms.Kathy for weekly story times including flannel boards, songs, rhymes, books, and art. Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m. Wednesday After School Programs! December 2, 4:30 - Listen to Christmas stories and make garland for your Christmas tree. December 9, 4:30 - 6:30 - Drop in and create your very own Cookie House! Teen Programs  Design an edible mansion from cookies, frosting and candy. Best design wins a prize. December 9, 4:30 - 6:30. Think you know your Christmas movies? Come and test your ability to identify the characters! Adult  Programs Job Skills Workshops - Interested in resume writing, completing job applications, and interviews skills? Sign up at the Wendell Library for free workshops! 365-2600 Monday Afternoon Book Club First Monday of each month @ 1:00. December 7 - The Christmas Pearl (Dorthea Benton Frank) In the Spirit Book Club December 1 @ 6:30. Meets @ East Regional Library. Discuss the book, Watch Your Back (Lisa Watson), meet the author, and Christmas party!   New Books for January!                                                             Try these links for additional titles! New Books for January!   New Books for February!  New Adult Nonfiction!  Search our catalog! Wake County Public Library Home

Lower Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Larry Baldwin    1307 Country Club Road New Bern, NC 28562 252-637-7972 252-514-0051 fax riverkeeper@neuseriver.org Upper Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Alissa Bierma 112 South Blount Street Suite 103 Raleigh, NC 27601 919-856-1180 919-839-0767 fax alissa@neuseriver.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Natalie Baggett Phil Bowie James Boyd Richard Dove Richard Goodwin Marilyn Grolitzer Tom Hardin Jeffrey Harrison Mary Ann Harrison Jake Jacobson Lucy Marston David McCracken William Olah Sandra Parker  Jim Starr Don Webb Gail Young           Is your voice being heard?  Join us, or renew your membership here.   www.neuseriver.org		Dear Friend,  Thank you to everyone who attended the 2009 Annual Meeting in Raleigh. It was an informative and enjoyable evening, in large part due to a great panel discussion.  Bill Holman, Dr. JoAnn Burkholder and Senator Josh Stein joined us for a discussion about Falls Lake issues and solutions.  We are grateful to the panelists for their continued passion in correcting the water quality issues surrounding Falls Lake.  Visit our Falls Lake page to learn more about the issues. Left: Panelists Bill Holman, Dr. JoAnn Burkholder and Senator Josh Stein discuss Falls Lake. Right: Upper Neuse RIVERKEEPER®, Alissa Bierma, thanks Frank Brown for this volunteer efforts. The Foundation also had the opportunity to honor four volunteers who were inducted into the Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Foundation Hall of Fame. We cannot thank Frank Brown, Greg Cornelius, Debra Rezeli and Ken Wyman enough for their dedication to protecting the health of the River! Left: Lower Neuse RIVERKEEPER®, Larry Baldwin, congratulates Ken Wyman. Right: NRF Hall of Fame Inductee Debra Rezeli with Upper Neuse RIVERKEEPER®, Alissa Bierma. Those who joined us for the Annual Meeting learned how important the actions of each one of us will be to restoring Falls Lake to her former health and beauty, but unless we act now, the fate of Falls could befall other lakes and streams in our communities as development pressure continues to mount throughout the Neuse River Basin. Your help is needed for one final push to protect the Neuse in 2009! Impairment to more than 1,000 freshwater stream miles in the Neuse River Basin is related in some way to stormwater runoff from development and the end to this increasing threat is nowhere in sight, as the population of the Neuse River Basin is expected to nearly double between the years 2000 and 2020. Because of this threat, the Foundation is pleased to see 15 Neuse River Basin communities included in North Carolina's 2009 list of candidates for State designation as regulated public entities under the NPDES Phase II Stormwater Rules. It is our belief that the communities proposed for designation have a significant and negative impact to the water quality of the Neuse River and its tributaries due to stormwater runoff and warrants designation under the Phase II Stormwater regulations. Designation of these communities during the current cycle is imperative in order to protect the future of the Neuse and her tributaries. The Division is accepting public comment until Monday, November 30 and your voice needs to be heard! Please send an email to the Division of Water Quality telling them you think that implementing Phase II rules in the Neuse River Basin is important...and if you live in Benson, Roxboro, Butner, Smithfield, Clayton, Stem, Creedmoor, Trent Woods, Farmville, Wendell, Havelock, Wilson, Kinston, Zebulon, or New Bern, (or nearby) tell them something about where you live and why you think it should be protected through the improved stormwater standards required by Phase II communities! Thank you in advance for your commitment and assistance in helping to protect our Neuse River.  Best regards, Alissa Bierma Upper Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Larry Baldwin Lower Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Advocate l Educate l Protect

The latest video of the Wendell Board of Commissioners Meeting can be seen on cable channel 22 every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 7pm.
It can also be viewed on your computer anytime.
Visit http://ewtv.org/archive.htm and select 'Last Meeting' under the Wendell column.
This week's meeting on November 23 should be an eye opener to all.

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TOWN OF WENDELL NORTH CAROLINA


BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Monday, November 23, 2009 Wendell Town Hall Courtroom

7:00 P.M. Wendell, North Carolina

• Meeting Called to Order Mayor J. Harold Broadwell, II
• Pledge of Allegiance Police Chief Vance Johnson
• Invocation Saint Eugene’s Catholic Church
• Welcome
• Adjustment and Approval of the Agenda

1. Public Comment Period
NOTES:
A. Comments shall not address public hearing items below.
B. Individuals interested in speaking during the public comment time will need to sign-up prior to the beginning of the meeting. The sign-up period will begin twenty (20) minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting and will conclude at the beginning of the meeting.
C. Each individual is limited to a time period of three (3) minutes in which to make his or her comments.
D. Individuals making public comments are expected to be courteous to the town board members when making their comments.

2. Consent Agenda
NOTE:
The Board of Commissioners uses a Consent Agenda to act on non-controversial and routine items quickly.
The Consent Agenda is acted upon by one motion and vote of the Board. Items may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda at the request of the Mayor or a Commissioner. The Consent Agenda contains the following items:
a. Approval of the Minutes from the November 9, 2009 meeting
b. Approval of the Wake County Tax Report for October 2009

3. SECOND READING – Unified Development Ordinance.

4. Consideration of the Town Engineer’s recommendation of award to Browe Construction,
Inc. and adoption of a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute contract documents for the ARRA Crosswalk Project at the intersection of Third Street and Main Street.

5. Reclassification of positions within the Public Works Department and reorganization of the department.

6. Review and report on the findings of NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) concerning the Town Board’s request for a speed limit reduction on Wendell Boulevard (US 64 Business) from State Road 2362 (Academy Street), eastward to NC 231 (Selma Road) from 35 mph to 25 mph.

7. Information concerning whether the City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department (CORPUD) Pro Forma constitutes debt for the Town of Wendell.

8. Other Business.

9. Items scheduled for the December 14, 2009 Board Meeting:
• Approval of the Minutes from the November 23, 2009 meeting
• Administration of Oath of Office for new Commissioners
• Appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem
• Presentation of economic development web site and proposal for the merger of the town’s web site with the economic development site
• Consideration of construction bids received for the ARRA Sidewalk Project for Third Street and Buffalo Street

10. Commissioners’ reports / comments.

11. Mayor’s report / comments.

12. CLOSED SESSION – A Closed Session is requested pursuant to NC General Statute 143-318.11 (a) (6) – Personnel.

• Adjournment.

11/23/09

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  Mini Mites: Wendell vs. Clayton Blue
  
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  Mighty Mites: Wendell vs. Knightdale
  
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  Peewee: Wendell vs. Zebulon
  

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   Town employees enjoyed their annual Thanksgiving Appreciation Luncheon provided by the Wendell Woman’s Club on Wednesday.
   
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   Congratulations to Kim McGlyn from the Wendell Chamber of Commerce, who has been selected to serve as the Executive Director of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce.
   
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   Consideration of the Wendell’s stormwater interlocal agreement with Wake County is tentatively scheduled for the December 7^th meeting of the Wake County Board of Commissioners.
   
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   The free fare period for the Zebulon/Wendell-Raleigh Express Bus Service will run through November 30^th. The service runs at peak commute times: Monday-Friday 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Monday-Friday 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. After the initial fare free period, the fare for the route is $2.50 per one-way trip or $5.00 per round-trip.
   

DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

11/23 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

11/26 – 11/27 Town offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday

12/04 6:00 p.m. Lighting of the Town Square, Santa to visit @ J. Ashley Wall Town Square

12/14 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

12/19 3:00-8:00 p.m. Wendell Historical Society Home Tour

12/21 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

12/24 - 12/25 – Town offices closed for Christmas holiday

12/28 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/11 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Town offices closed

01/22 (Fri.) 2nd Annual Wendell Fine Arts Exhibit Woman’s Club
(sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Woman’s Club)

01/25 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall