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Ban Glass "Rose" Stems:

Whereas Drug Paraphernalia is any legitimate equipment, product, or material that is modified for making, using, or concealing illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine.

Whereas Law Enforcement Officials have confirmed that "glass stems" are being used as modified equipment pipes to smoke (crack) cocaine and methamphetamine.

Whereas the Rose in a Glass "glass stems" should not be sold in Durham stores.

Now, therefore, let it be resolved that the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham asks Durham City and County should include these and similar glass stems in the list of banned drug paraphernalia. Passed unanimously on 9/26/06.

Chained Dogs:

Whereas: The practice of chaining dogs can be destructive to communities because dogs become more aggressive and dangerous when not adequately socialized.

And, because barking is increased due to boredom and sadness.

And also, increased strain is put on Animal Control and Durham Police Department Personnel who must deal with citizen complaints pertaining to the problems associated with chained dogs.

Whereas, Durham County currently has guidelines [Section 4-62 (6)] as to how a dog can be chained or tethered but is inadequate in protecting dogs and unsuccessful in allowing animal control officers to efficiently enforce and sufficiently punish those that break the law.

Whereas, this practice of chaining dogs is considered to be inhumane, cruel and callous.

Therefore, we, the member neighborhoods of The InterNeighborhood Council resolve that Durham County adopt an ordinance that completely bans the continuous chaining of dogs at any location within the County and for any reason. Passed unanimously on 7/25/06.

Service Standards:

Whereas: Citizens need a way to monitor their service requests made to Housing, Zoning, Solid Waste and other city/county departments, and get discouraged when the work isn't completed

Whereas: When service requests become lost in the system, there may not be follow through,

Whereas: Unified call systems are an important way to get a "report card" on the effectiveness of city services. That is, if there are standards -- for example, how long it takes to handle requests -- and we monitor how well they are met, citizens will have assurance that requests are being handled in a timely fashion and will know how long to wait before following up on requests.

Whereas: This monitoring is equally important for county and city/county departments, such as zoning.

We resolve that: Durham One Call organizes "Service Delivery Standards," for consistencies in city/county departmental service performances and to allow citizens to monitor such performance of service requests through the system. Furthermore, we propose that the County be strongly encouraged to join the Durham One Call program in order to make county functions easily accessible to the entire Durham community. Passed unanimously on 6/27/06.

Solid Waste Enforcement:

INC supports the proposed resolution to City Council on enforcement of solid waste violations. (These were the new Section revisions to the code.) Passed unanimously on 4/25/06

Calendar Year By-Laws Change:

From: The fiscal year shall run from October 1st through September 30th, and dues for the upcoming year shall be due within 90 days of the annual meeting.

To: The fiscal year shall run from January 1st through December 31st, and dues for the current year shall be paid by April 1. Passed unanimously on 4/25/06