Legislative Briefing on 2025-01-13 12:00 PM - Jan 13, 2025
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What was the purpose and opening remarks of the Legislative Briefing?
Here we go. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for the time and attention that you've given to us today. We really appreciate it. This is our first legislative briefing for the new delegation and for all of you that have taken these positions and are going to help us with the work that was that needs to be done for our community. I want to say thank you very much. And so welcome. And I wanna say that we're really glad to have the General Assembly being here today for ever thinking about all of the things that you do in Raleigh, even for our city, region and our state. The city really wants to develop a relationship with our um groups of people that help us advance our interests. And so I want to say to everyone, thank you for your time and your attention and what you're going to do.
So we've got some themes that we want to talk about today. You know, we all have ideas of what we can do to make our community, our residents happier, safer, and all of those kinds of activities. And so we wanted to do this in a way that engages all of our delegation. Engages our city council and engages our residents. We're working across jurisdiction, you know that. You know, you can know that we have gotten opportunities to work with the towns to the north and the towns to the south, as well as many other groups that we have in our community that work with us. And we're preparing for growth and community safety. These things that we've been working on for quite some time. So I know that most of you know how important transportation is.
And it's a regional issue. I think I called a lot of you and I said, you know, when we start talking about transportation, we're not talking about Charlotte. We're talking about our region and what's necessary for our growth and how we do this. And so I hope that every one of you has some attention or some idea about how to move this forward so that we can support the people that need jobs, poor people that need a So I want to say It has never been more important right now for us. We have worked for a number of years, um, trying to make sure that we can build a city. That you can see the growth in, but also the ability that growth could b give us a way to make sure that people would thrive. And that's our goal.
Our goal is to get people to work. to get them to their jobs, to be able to actually um be a part of our community. And so that's what we're here. We're looking forward to that topic, but we're also looking forward to the other topics that we have that mell into that. And so today I want to say thank you. And I'd like to actually bring on to our first speaker of the evening, and that is Senator Waddell. If you would join us, um, we're really glad to see that you have been chosen to lead the delegation, and so thank you for taking the time to be here today.
I wanna thank the mayor for that wonderful introduction. And I want to thank all of you who are here today as we talk about transportation, as we talk about working together. and moving forward. We know how important it is in Raleigh when we address the needs of our communities, when we think about the citizens and our constituents. who are in these areas. Вихід, вихід. And we are here to serve. You elected us to serve you. And that's what we're going to do. We're gonna be open with our ears, with our eyes, and do the research that's necessary so that we can move forward and so that we can work together and so that we can listen and we can take on the agenda that you've assigned us to do. We always listen.
We're productive. And we want to always be able and willing to serve. Wanna thank you for all that you do. Because we're in this together. It's not a I not a we. It's all of us. working for the citizens and the mayor just mentioned about getting people to work and moving forward with the small towns. She also mentioned about how important transportation plays when people can get to work and get out of their cars and when they can really enjoy the things that you've planned so that things are peaceful and so that things move smoothly.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What was the purpose and opening remarks of the Legislative Briefing?
0:00–9:08
2
How did Senator Waddell and Senator Sawyer introduce themselves and their priorities?
9:08–15:31
3
What updates were given on the civilian crash investigation program and public safety?
15:31–25:24
4
How is the city addressing the rise of arcade gaming and betting parlors?
25:24–36:24
5
What funding challenges and proposals are being discussed for the local court system?
36:24–45:31
6
How is Charlotte preparing for growth with airport expansion and water infrastructure?
45:31–53:59
7
What are the key components of the multimodal mobility plan, including the Red Line and Silver Line?
53:59–1:00:21
8
What questions and next steps were raised during the public Q&A session?
1:00:21–1:03:37
Speakers
7 identified
Vi Lyles 13 min
Brent Cagle 3 min
Victoria Watlington 1 min
Ed Driggs 1 min
Dimple Ajmera
Malcolm Graham
James Mitchell
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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