Bike-sharing rental service coming to Fayetteville
The program is among numerous items on the agenda for the next
Bicycle sharing
Bicycle sharing programs are common in large cities, and similar electric scooter sharing programs have been spreading through them recently. The programs are designed to provide inexpensive, convenient, short-distance transportation.
Lime, a bicycle and scooter sharing company, plans to begin operating at
A memo says the bicycles are expected to operate on and off campus. Customers will rent the bicycles for
The
Hurricane recovery
The road and a previous, permanent culvert washed away during Hurricane Matthew in
A city staff memo says the owner of a dam at
The
A bridge is estimated at
If the city decides to build a bridge, the memo says,
In a related matter, the
Downtown parking
The city wants to build more parking downtown to make up for spaces that are being lost to the new baseball stadium the city is building. The stadium site used to be a large, city-owned parking lot.
To address that, the city is considering whether to buy four properties, totaling 0.45 acres, at the corner of Winslow and West Russell streets.
One of the properties serves as a parking lot for the neighboring Bright Light Brewing on
Some owners don't want to sell, says a memo to the
The memo says the city would have to use eminent domain to condemn the properties and take ownership.
Election fees
Proponents argue that higher fees winnow out less-serious candidates. Those opposed say a boosted fee could dissuade serious, qualified candidates who would have difficulty affording the increase.
State law allows the
State law sets the maximum fee at 1 percent of the salary paid to the office-holder.
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