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Key
Issues:
Environmental protection and sustainable development.
Russ
Stephenson’s Record and Positions on Environmental
Protection and Sustainable Development
Environmental
protection is no longer the sole province of
environmentalists, but has taken center stage
as a key element of every world-class city’s
competitive edge in creating a high quality
of life for its citizens and in attracting the
best companies and their jobs. In the coming
City Council election I will be focusing on
the following Green/Sustainability initiatives:
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Additional legislative authority for funding
sources that make growth pay for growth
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Increased citizen participation in government
– including park planning
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Emphasis on sustainable development and
natural resource conservation in upcoming
Raleigh Comprehensive Plan update
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Increased partnerships & incentives
for energy efficiency – including
more LEED certifications and renewable energy
sources
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Increased cooperation between Raleigh and
Wake County in park planning and school
planning
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Increased regional cooperation including
transit alternatives that reduce fossil
fuel consumption while promoting higher
tax value development that is compact, walkable,
mixed use and mixed income.
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Additional investments & partnerships
to protect water quality and open space
- Continue
working with legislators and advocates to
make the Dix property as a great destination
park
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Encourage Council to enact water conservation
measures recommended by Water Conservation
Task Force
Affiliations
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Sierra Club
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Triangle Land Conservancy
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American Institute of Architects
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Congress for the New Urbanism
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National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Active supporter of WakeUP Wake County
Community
Service
- Pullen
Park Master Planning Committee member
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Hillsborough Street Visioning Process -
1999 Design Team
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PTA Board Member – Hunter Elementary
School
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University Park Homeowner Association -
Board member
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Coordinated state, city & neighborhood
effort to designate Raleigh’s largest
National Register Historic District –
the West Raleigh Historic District
- Former
poll official for Wake County Board of Elections
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Planning
Commission
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Supported parks advocates’ positions
on Raleigh Parks Plan Update
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Supported text change limiting development
in floodplains
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Supported tree conservation ordinance (ask
Upper Neuse RiverKeeper)
- Transit
& Land Use Committee Chair: oversaw
development of TOD overlay zoning district
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Advocate for parks, greenways & sustainable
development throughout 2- ½ year
service
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Leading advocate for environmental protection
& neighborhood preservation in rezoning
cases
City
Council
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Support parks & environmental advocates
position on Horseshoe Farms Park Master
Plan
Support higher impact fees to curb sprawl
and increase parks funding
Support Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative
- $1.5M/3yr
- Support
creation of Environmental Advisory Board
- Support
Dix parkland preservation; working with
legislators & advocates to find common
ground
- Support
strengthening the tree conservation ordinance
to include original task force recommendation
to protect sites greater than one acre
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Consistently oppose sprawl development and
satellite annexations
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Alternate for Mayor on CAMPO TAC –
advocating for regional transportation planning
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NC League of Municipalities, Vice Chair
of Legislative Action Committee –
advocating more legislative authority for
funding sources that make growth pay for
growth
- Council
Liaison to DHIC – advocating for affordable
housing
Professional
– Planning & Architecture
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Stanhope Village Small Area Plan –
lead consultant; incorporated into Raleigh’s
Comprehensive Plan, emphasizing citizen
participation & compact, walkable, mixed
use development pattern
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Midway, GA Comprehensive Plan Update –
co-consultant for coastal GA project highlighting
citizen participation, extensive wetlands
conservation, clustered traditional neighborhood
and town center development pattern, with
emphasis on environmental and heritage tourism.
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Isle of Wight County, VA Corridor Management
Plan – co-consultant for coastal VA
planning effort with extensive stakeholder
participation, emphasis on clustered development
to protect environmentally sensitive areas,
with new system of parks, greenways and
blueways.
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High Point Core City Master Plan –
co-consultant in revitalization planning
for ten square miles of downtown High Point.
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Village of Pinehurst New Core Plan –
co-consultant for town planning in historic
village with nationally significant Olmsted-designed
landscapes.
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Morrisville & Knightdale Old Town Center
Plans – co-consultant for revitalization
planning emphasizing citizen participation,
sustainable / traditional redevelopment
in historic context.
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Architect for buildings with passive solar
features including thermal mass sunspace,
straw bale construction, and an $8M elementary
school with extensive classroom daylighting.
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Historic preservation consultant for National
Register nominations and renovations in
historic neighborhoods.
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Currently studying for LEED accredited professional
exam.
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