The Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC), appointed by the two Metropolitan Planning organizations (Capitol Area MPO and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO) is close to finishing up its work after nearly a year and 15 meetings to date. This has been a longer process than I think most initially envisioned (it was originally scheduled to be completed by October 2007) due to the amount and complexity of data that had to be reviewed, the different backgrounds of the 29 official members, and the thoroughness of the discussions that ensued.
The STAC members hope to approve a final draft of their report at their meeting on April 25th. The most recent (2nd) draft of this report can be obtained at http://www.transitblueprint.org/stac.shtml
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The Town of Chapel Hill is proposing a system to provide public financing to candidates that can demonstrate a base level of community support. This can be a great way to help candidates focus more on talking to voters and less time on raising money.
The Council discussed this at their meeting tonight. Did anyone else watch this? If so, can you explain Kevin Wolff's comments, because I didn't find him especially coherent. He kept calling himself "viable" and claimed that incumbents running for re-election was hypocritical.
Chapel Hill is the first municipality in North Carolina to receive legislative authorization to provide a locally funded public campaign financing program. Session Law 2007-222 provides the following key requirements.
Following the news that central NC has been upgraded from "exceptional" to "severe" drought, the OWASA home page maes it official: We have been de-escalated from Stage 3 to Stage 1 water restrictions!
Please don't go washing your cars all at once. ;-)
At the OWASA Board of Directors meeting on
April 10, 2008, the OWASA Board declared a Stage One Water Shortage
effective April 11, 2008 (rescinding the February 28th Stage Three
declaration). OWASA's storage capacity is now 70% full which
represents 400+ days of storage (assuming no rainfall and average
customer demand during the past 30 days).
In taking this action, the OWASA Board stressed that the drought is not over and that customers must continue to use water wisely.
The Board said they would continue to monitor water supply and demand
very closely and would return to more stringent restrictions if
conditions warrant.
As far as I know, tonight's Chamber of Commerce/EmPOWERment/League of Women Voters event at Chapel Hill Town Hall is the only chance to see Senator Ellie Kinnaird and her challenger Commissioner Moses Carey in a direct dialog before their primary contest. I'd like to tell you more about the event, but only the LWV web site even lists it on their calendar, and they offer less info than the Chamber's press release (which is posted here).
Apparently it will also be broadcast on WCHL 1360 AM (live?) so if you can't make it tune in there and watch this space for updates from yours truly, who is bringing her laptop.
(PS: This and other items from our calendar are now listed under Upcoming events at the bottom of every page on OP.)
Corrected at 5:05pm 4/9/08.
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