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| Comprehensive plan | 409 |
| Roads and transportation | 78 |
| Zoning text amendment | 62 |
| Land conversion and large development | 60 |
| Rezoning | 54 |
| Housing and affordability | 53 |
| Environment and sustainability | 49 |
| Parks and recreation | 49 |
| Water and sewer | 32 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 30 |
| Farmland and open space | 27 |
| Transit | 23 |
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closed the public hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Ryan, seconded by Council Member McMahon, that the Council closed the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Approves the space needs study and master plan by Hobbs Architects and The Wooten Company for a phased government campus on about 277 county-owned acres near US 64 West and Renaissance Drive, sized for at least 20 years of growth. Approval lets detailed design and engineering begin.
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7.C Zoning Map Amendment & Land Use Plan Amendment - WakeMed, 6126 Dwight Rowland Road - REZ-2026-08Rezones 4.77 acres from Residential Agricultural to General Commercial conditional zoning, with a land use map change, for WakeMed's freestanding emergency department in Fuquay-Varina. The state issued the certificate of need in July 2025. Conditions bar uses including gas stations, bars and pawnshops. The Planning Bo…
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Other Comprehensive plan
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Old Business 2 Update: Climate Action Plan and Blue Strike proposalAn update on the Climate Action Plan and a proposal from Blue Strike, a report on the plan's steering committee from Kevin Lindley, and a question about the committee's advisory role going forward.
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Continued discussion of the parks master plan update and the committee's workplan. No supporting document is attached to the agenda.
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The board recommends whether the town council should adopt the Housing Affordability Action Plan. The town studied housing affordability in 2022 and 2023 but never adopted the result, which offered a toolbox with no implementation strategy. This plan sets actions under three areas: access and outreach, programs and po…
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UDO changes to how Planning Board and Board of Adjustment members are appointed. Staff say the hearing must be continued because the Planning Board voted 7-2 to hold the item until its 12 October meeting.
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First reading of WakeMed Health and Hospitals' request to rezone 6126 Dwight Rowland Road, with a land use plan amendment, case REZ-2026-08.
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A space needs study and master plan for county facilities, prepared by Hobbs Architects and The Wooten Company, presented for approval.
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WakeMed Health & Hospital asks to rezone 4.77 acres in the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction from Residential Agricultural to General Commercial Conditional Zoning, and to change part of the land use map from Suburban Office to Suburban Commercial. The site is for WakeMed's proposed standalone emergency department,…
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An update on adoption of the town's parks, recreation and cultural resources system plan and its bike plan.
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The mayor pro tem reported on the P2055 land use plan, the North Salem PUD, and development ordinance amendments coming from state law changes.
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Staff present the Everywhere to Everywhere Greenways feasibility study with a community engagement summary, and ask the council for guidance. The study had come to the council in February and again in June.received and filed · The information was received.
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Long-range planning staff present the draft Land Use Management Ordinance, the town's zoning rewrite, with a staff memo, a high-level summary, a reference guide and maps of greenways and of arterial and collector streets. The council was asked to comment rather than act.received and filed · The information was received.
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A hearing on the 2026 amendments to the town's comprehensive transportation plan, case CPA 26-01, which the Planning Board has already made a recommendation on.
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Scott Murray, representing Health System Properties LLC and Meadowmont Development Co., asks the town to modify the 1995 Meadowmont Master Land Use Plan to allow residential use on a one-acre site at Meadowmont Lane and East Barbee Chapel Road, now approved only for 10,000 square feet of commercial space. Staff recomm…
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A resolution for construction engineering and inspection services on the Wake Forest reservoir dam improvements.
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The vote on the transportation plan amendments heard earlier in the meeting.
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A resolution adopting the town's age-friendly community strategic action plan.
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The August tax report.
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Introduction of Sheila Bratts as Durham County Youth Home director. Bratts started at the youth home in 1998 as a detention counselor and worked up through assistant director.Received.
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Adoption of the 2026 Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Plan from the Farmland Protection Advisory Board. The county adopted its first in December 2009.Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
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Presentation Comprehensive plan
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Staff ask whether to reword the plan's themes, whether to protect farmland by downzoning or by separating farm subdivisions from conservation neighborhoods, and how to address housing where utilities will not reach for 25 years. They recommend making conservation neighborhoods a countywide subdivision option, with com…
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Discussion Items Continued: Rural Activity Nodes; Interlocal Agreements/Collaboration (Attachment D)Staff recommend merging the rural commercial, neighborhood and industrial nodes into one category decided by conditional zoning, and ask whether to open talks with the towns on the water and sewer boundary agreement and the Rural Buffer.
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Staff send a revised list of edits, and the revised draft goes to a November business meeting for release to public comment in winter 2026-27.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Staff and members report on a PFAS tour, the 19 August urban sustainability workday, land use plan updates, a Repair Cafe set for 14 November at the Whitted Building, a drive-electric event and the Electrify the Triangle and Leave the Leaves campaigns.
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Four senior staff lead a discussion on redevelopment, with a Morrisville Redevelopment Outlook document and a presentation on future growth and redevelopment.
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Long-range planning staff present the draft Land Use Management Ordinance, the town's zoning rewrite, with a staff memo, a high-level summary, a reference guide and a map of arterial and collector streets. The council was asked to comment rather than act.received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
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The council receives the final community vision plan report from the Reimagine Durham Freeway Study.
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Draft minutes of the July 14 and August 11 planning board meetings. The July minutes record the board voting 7-0 to recommend denial of RZ-25-03, a rezoning at 3832 Rogers Road, as inconsistent with the comprehensive plan, after five residents spoke.
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A request to rezone 10.42 acres at 4605 Windy Knoll Road from residential R-30 to conditional industrial. Planning staff recommend denial as inconsistent with the comprehensive plan, and the Planning Board voted 6-2 the same way after hearing the case in June and August.That the Board of Commissioners holds a public hearing to consider rezoning petition [PLG-RZ-005868-2025 and: 1. Adopts the draft statement finding that the requested rezoning to Conditional Zoning I…
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The Farmland Protection Advisory Board brings a revised 2026 Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Plan for adoption.
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The transportation project manager presents the Comprehensive Transportation Plan update. Five attachments: greenway prioritisation results, roadway cross-sections, a draft implementation plan, a status report on roadway and intersection recommendations from 2019 to 2026, and the presentation itself.
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Status update on the next generation of the town's sustainability plan.
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III Old BusinessHeading for the items that follow, scheduled from 7:30.
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Discussion of the ordinance that governs what may be built where in Chapel Hill. The agenda lays out staff and applicant presentations, public comment, board discussion and a vote.
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Staff will present amendments to the 2019 Comprehensive Transportation Plan (last updated in 2021), meant to reflect current conditions, recent studies, and changed timing or feasibility on some infrastructure projects. The Planning Board held a public comment session on the amendments August 11, 2026 and voted 5-0 to…Planning Board recommended approval 5-0 on August 11, 2026 (this board has not yet voted)
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The board continues considering recommendations from the Downtown Master Plan Steering Committee, carried over from an earlier meeting.Staff or committee report Comprehensive plan
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Ahead: a 10 September work session on the FY 2025-26 strategic plan progress report, a draft strategic communications and civic partnership plan, and upcoming board appointments; then a half-day retreat on 14 September on the Orange County Land Use Plan 2050.
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The climate action plan: a proposal from the Blue Strike consultancy, the steering committee, and what the advisory committee's role becomes.
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Speaker: Cassie Schumacher-Georgopoulos, Transportation Executive Summary: The Imagine Cary Community Plan, adopted in 2017, is Cary ’ s comprehensive plan created by the community. The residents and community leaders who developed Imagine Cary anticipated that periodic updates would be necessary to keep the plan curr…
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Staff briefing on data centre activity in North Carolina and the Triangle, including a table of what neighbouring governments have done. Seven nearby jurisdictions have moratoriums; two are rewriting ordinances; Morrisville has taken no formal action. The draft framework covers definitions, zoning classification, appl…
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16-7353 Strategic PlanStaff review two years of progress on the county's strategic plan, including which goals and measures need updated framing, and the plan's three focus teams -- health and wellbeing, growth and land use, and inclusive prosperity -- present updates and flag emerging priorities for the board's input.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Laura Holloman of McAdams, on behalf of Stanley Martin, seeks to rezone 127.09 acres at 6725 Thrasher Road from Rural Residential to Suburban Residential Conditional Zoning District for a 240-lot single-family subdivision, replacing an existing mobile home park. Staff recommends approval, but notes the loss of the mob…
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Woodhaven Knightdale LLC seeks three UDO variances for its 1.57-acre lot at 202 Hinton Oaks Boulevard in Midtown Commons: a larger front yard setback, and permission to put parking in the front yard and in front of the building's main facade, citing restrictive covenants and a gas utility easement that otherwise leave…
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Special event permit for the Cycle North Carolina Mountains to Coast Ride.Discussed; Central Pines to finalize the draft
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TriCorp Investments LLC, on behalf of owners Charles and Cora Scurlock, requests annexation of 2.54 acres at 2101 and 2109 NC 86 S from Orange County into Hillsborough and rezoning from Rural Residential to High Intensity Commercial. Staff recommends approval as consistent with the town's Future Land Use Plan for reta…
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The board approved the rezoning and a matching land use plan amendment 5-0, clearing the way for a gas station. A resident spoke in favor and no one opposed it.
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Funding for a historic preservation master plan was approved in the 2027 budget. Staff described it as a vision document within the Imagine Cary Community Plan, with a request for proposals due this autumn and, if funding allows, a strategic plan component and updated design guidelines. It will take a substantial shar…
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20.51 acres from agricultural residential to a non-residential conditional district, applied for by the Orange County ABC Board so it can build a store. The site is previously disturbed land that held a nursery and landscaping store, sits at a heavily trafficked intersection the ordinance treats as an industrial node,…
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Presentation of draft recommendations for the town's Sustainability Plan.
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Consideration of proposed 2026 amendments to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CPA 26-01); staff recommend approval.
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board: 1. Recommend approval of the proposed Downtown Master Plan project schedule. 2. Recommend membership for the Downtown Master Plan Steering Committee for Town Board consideration. 3. Provide any additional feedback on the proposed planni…Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Discussion of a pre-development analysis of town-owned properties downtown, with a resolution and presentation attached.
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Memorandum of understanding with the state IT department for Cloudflare web application firewall service.Received
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Purchase of office and miscellaneous furnishings from PMC Commercial Interiors, not to exceed $134,600, for the new Sheriff's Training Facility.
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Sends a letter to Durham's congressional delegation asking for more time before new SNAP cost-sharing requirements in H.R. 1 take effect, citing impacts on the Department of Social Services.
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Public hearing on staff-recommended amendments to the Comprehensive Plan's Evaluation and Assessment Report, intended to clarify and reduce inconsistencies in the plan-consistency review used for zoning and annexation requests.
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Presentation of draft recommendations for the town's Sustainability Plan.
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Early discussion of proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan's Evaluation and Assessment Report, ahead of the public hearing scheduled for the board's next regular meeting.Procedural Comprehensive plan
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Staff check-in with the board on Capital Improvement Plan projects underway or under consideration, with a follow-up update planned for September 7.
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Blue Strike is hired as the climate action plan consultant, with a kickoff aimed at late August and a steering committee to include a member of this committee.
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Resolution Comprehensive plan
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Speaker: Rachel Smith, Planning and Community Development Executive Summary: The owner of approximately 6.51 acres of property located at 955 Earnest Jones Road requests that Cary consider an amendment to the Chatham-Cary Joint Land Use Plan, a plan within the Imagine Cary Community Plan. The property is not currently…
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A 4.591-acre rezoning at 2201, 2205 and part of 2221 Piney Grove Wilbon Road from Neighborhood Commercial and Residential Agricultural to General Commercial conditional, REZ-2026-12, with a land use plan amendment from Neighborhood Commercial to Suburban Commercial. A convenience store built in the 1950s would be repl…
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Follow-up on the agricultural viability and farmland stewardship plan the county commissioners approved on 2 June, and review of a draft web version of it.
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Applications for seats on the board, to go before the commissioners on 10 September, plus a review of the current roster.
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A grant application to the state Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to pay for a new cost of community services study, which compares what land uses pay in taxes against what they cost the county to serve.
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The county's strategic planning manager briefs the board, a thirty-minute slot and the longest item on the agenda.Presentation Comprehensive plan
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Report from the county's economic development director.Received
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Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution supporting the Downtown Pittsboro Public Properties Pre-Development Analysis. Suggested Motion: “…motion to adopt the Resolution supporting the Downtown Pittsboro Public Properties Pre-Development Analysis.”
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Planning Board Recommendation: Recommended approval of ZTA-2026-04 as presented March 16, 2026 and signed consistency statement. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of revised updates to the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparenc…
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Staff Recommendation : Staff recommends that the Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board approve the addition of the Parking, Access & Mobility Strategy to the Downtown Annual Work Plan. This work plan item will establish a clear framework for improving parking, accessibility, and mobility while supporting the continued gro…
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The inaugural class of the town's Citizens' Planning Academy, a four-week course on planning basics, long-range and current planning and code compliance, completed on 25 June.Proclamation or recognition Comprehensive plan
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The draft county trails plan, presented for the board's feedback. Its stated aims include completing the Mountains-to-Sea Trail through the county and connecting parks and open space.Discussed. No recommendation made.
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The draft bicycle and pedestrian plan, built around making walking and biking safer, building a more connected network, and improving access — including for rural residents.Discussed. No recommendation made.
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A presentation of the draft county Trails Plan with board feedback invited. Discussion centered on phasing: which trails to build first so the network reaches the most of the county early. Members and staff converged on connecting Cedar Grove to the Eno River and tying the rail corridor and Eno River State Park to Riv…
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Facilitated discussion regarding the future direction of the Downtown Program, including review of the Downtown Advisory Board Vision Statement, assessment of current programs and initiatives, identification of strengths and opportunities for improvement, consideration of future projects and priorities, and long term…
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An amendment to the Engage and Move chapters of the Imagine Cary Community Plan, the town's comprehensive plan, changing street design standards — including narrowing travel lanes from 14 feet with a wide outer lane.Recommended for approval 7-0; the ordinance amendments found consistent with the plan 7-0
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The ordinance amendments that carry the plan change into Cary's development rules.
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ACT 41 amends the joint land use plan Cary shares with Chatham County. The land is zoned Chatham County Residential-1 and sits outside Cary's corporate boundary, so rezoning and annexation follow only if both governments adopt the amendment. Matthew Carpenter of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein represented the applicant.Recommended for approval 7-0
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Pittsboro's mayor on growth, residential development, staffing, budget and capital plan, Town Hall, the streetscape, and the redevelopment of the downtown public properties Pittsboro and the county own together.Presented. No vote.
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The town manager's update on folding the Complete Community framework into planning and operations, covering the ordinance rewrite, stormwater rules, the Natural Features Model in development review, and the North-South bus rapid transit project. Members asked for a clearer Natural Features Map, visual tools showing h…received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
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An overview of the festival street design project.
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[TMP-6786] LUMO Update - PresentationStaff presents the draft Land Use Management Ordinance to the Planning Commission for discussion.Tas Lagoo presented on the draft LUMO to the Planning Commission for discussion.
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Study of moving CSX switching operations out of downtown. Switching is what produces the noise and blocked crossings downtown, so relocating it changes what is possible there.
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Consent items including a Pollinator Week proclamation, a resolution supporting Tobacco 21 against youth vaping, the year's twelfth budget amendment, an amended contract with Clarion Associates for a comprehensive plan, and an emergency watershed protection agreement with the federal conservation service.Approved.
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Commissioners held a public hearing on Ordinance Amendment OA-01-26, reorganizing Wake County Development Services within the Unified Development Ordinance, then adopted a statement finding it consistent with the county's comprehensive plan and adopted the amendment itself, both on one recorded vote. A District 5 resi…accepted · Pass · Commissioner Thomas moved, seconded by Commissioner Stallings, That the Board of Commissioners: 1. Holds a public hearing and adopts the draft statement finding that Ordinance Amend…
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Amendment to the Chatham-Cary Joint Land Use Plan for a 6.5-acre parcel.
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Public Speaks Out.
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The applicant asked to amend the Carpenter Special Planning Area policy to allow multifamily housing and non-residential uses up to five stories on land at Morrisville Carpenter Road and Lewis Stevens Drive, ahead of a related rezoning request.
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Staff Recommendation: Review and approve the Downtown Pittsboro Annual Work Plan, FY 26-27 Suggested motion: “motion to approve the Downtown Pittsboro Annual Work Plan for FY 26-27, as presented and recommended.”Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsComprehensive planEconomic development incentives
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Staff Recommendation: Based on public input and feedback, staff is seeking direction from the Board regarding the preferred path forward. During the May 20, 2026, PARAB meeting, the Advisory Board expressed strong support for keeping the park in its natural state with only minor enhancements. PARAB noted the value of…
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The draft county trails plan, presented for comment.Received, with comments. The same draft went to the Planning Board on 1 July.
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An overview of the draft county trails plan.
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An applicant-initiated rezoning of about 15.5 acres at 1651 Old Lystra Road from Residential-Low Density-1 to Residential-4 Conditional Zoning District. The parcel lies in Chapel Hill's transition area under the county's joint planning land use plan with Chapel Hill and Carrboro, so the town's ordinance governs the di…Recommended for approval with an added condition, unanimously.
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Staff-led training for recently appointed members on the basics of land use regulation in the county.
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An overview of the draft Trails Plan, which creates a network of countywide trail connections. It includes project goals, community engagement and a visioning process, and proposes nine trails with a priority ranking. It had already been presented to the county commissioners in draft.
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A consultant presents an overview of the draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. It sets a strategy for multimodal design and implementation across the unincorporated county, addressing demographic change and safety, and covers engagement, mapping exercises, network development and recommended implementation. The plan has…
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ZTA-2026-10, creating a downtown overlay district in the town's zoning ordinance, presented by the downtown development director.
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How to spend the county's share of the national opioid settlement. Orange County expects $12,748,445 over eighteen years from the $26 billion agreement all 100 North Carolina counties joined.Recommendations received unanimously; staff directed to bring a final spending authorization resolution on 16 June, where it passed on the consent agenda.
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A three-year rewrite of the county's 2009 farmland preservation plan, timed so it can feed into the Land Use Plan 2050 update.Accepted unanimously. The agricultural preservation board was still working through a web version of it in July.
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A countywide engagement steering committee, place-based meetings around the county, business roundtables, and outreach to health, faith, agriculture, housing and youth communities, with translation, stipends, childcare and transport for under-resourced communities, and a public dashboard tracking participation.Approved for submission to the climate action plan consultant
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A public hearing on amending the town's transportation plan to add a future extension of Pristine Water Drive.
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Staff said the parks and recreation system plan and the town's bike plan are moving through the public hearing process, with adoption expected later this summer.Staff or committee report Arts and public artComprehensive planParks and recreationRoads and transportation
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Staff Recommendation: Based on public input and feedback, staff recommends Option 2, as it provides the greatest opportunity to enhance connectivity and better align the park with the community’s vision. Suggested Motion: “Motion to proceed with <Option 1 or 2>.”
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A public hearing on a conditional zoning modification for 11 White Oak Drive. The council found the application consistent with the town's comprehensive plan and approved both the resolution and the zoning ordinance enacting the change.closed the public hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Mayor pro tem Berry, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee to close the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
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The council found the modification consistent with the comprehensive plan and enacted it, both by 8-1 votes, with Mayor pro tem Berry dissenting and every other member in favor.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Miller-Foushee, seconded by Council Member Nollert to adopt R-3, finding that the application for the modification is reasonable and consistent wi…
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A review of the preface, acknowledgements and call to action newly added to the draft Farmland Plan.
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A preface, acknowledgements and a call to action added to the front of the draft.
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Council discussion of new initiatives, carried over from the retreat.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Approval of the merged City-County Planning & Development Department's work program for FY 2027, which the interlocal agreement requires both governing bodies to approve.
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A public hearing on a package of Comprehensive Plan evaluation-and-assessment ordinance items and place-type map amendments.Public hearing Comprehensive plan
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Staff-led training for recently appointed members on the basics of land use regulation in Orange County.
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Toll Southeast asks to move about 6.5 acres from very low density residential to low density residential on the joint plan.Recommended for approval 10-0
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The downtown work plan for 2026-27.
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A hearing on the second amendment to the town's 2040 land use plan.Ordinance Comprehensive plan
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A hearing on the second amendment to the town's 2040 transportation plan.
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Speaker: Rachel Smith, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: The owner of approximately 6.51 acres of property located at 955 Earnest Jones Road requests that Cary consider an amendment to the Chatham-Cary Joint Land Use Plan (JLUP), a plan within the Imagine Cary Community Plan. The property is not cur…
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Speaker : Rob Wilson, Development Services Executive Summary: Ashworth Family Limited Partnership is requesting the closure of a portion of the right-of-way, or ROW, associated with West Chatham Street (SR 5808). This section of West Chatham Street is recessed from the actual street and no longer needed for public use…
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Speaker : Cassie Schumacher-Georgopoulos, Transportation Paul Kuhn, Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Executive Summary: The Imagine Cary Community Plan, adopted in 2017, is Cary’s comprehensive plan created by the community. The residents and community leaders who developed Imagine Cary anticipated periodic u…
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The boundaries of the Main Street district. Staff said the town is pursuing grants within the district, which requires the boundaries to be defined earlier than planned.
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A briefing on ACT 37 and ACT 38, which fold the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan and the Bike Plan into the Engage and Move chapters of the Imagine Cary Community Plan and amend the land development ordinance to match. Staff sought the council's input before the public hearing that Thursday.Discussed; public hearing held two days later
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Consultant Bolton & Menk and town planning staff brief the newly formed Policy Committee, made up of all of Town Council plus the Planning Commission, on work completed so far updating the Transportation Element of the Garner Forward Comprehensive Plan - the first of three planned check-ins over the course of the mult…
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Council discussion of the town's strategic plan for the coming fiscal year.
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11.G Town Code Amendment - 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan Amendment #2 (CTA-2026-01, First Reading)First reading of an amendment to the 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan; no vote yet.
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First reading of an amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Transportation Plan; no vote yet.
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A public hearing on a joint Chatham-Cary land use plan amendment for a roughly 6.5-acre parcel on Earnest Jones Road, raising its designated density from very-low to low-density residential.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Public hearing and recommendation on an amendment to the 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan.
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Public hearing and recommendation on an amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
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Mayor's update on the town's Complete Community planning initiative.
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The draft 2027 work plan, which staff asked the committee to consolidate and prioritize.
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The draft plan, prepared by consultant Gensler, lays out nine possible trails and ranks a Mountains-to-Sea Trail segment through Eno River State Park to Durham as the top priority, followed by a Chapel Hill-to-Hillsborough route. Commissioners raised the unresolved Millhouse Road rail corridor and asked staff to flag…
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Action: Conduct public hearing. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updates to the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding the comprehensive plans and acceptance of streets requirements, regulations, and recommendati…
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An update on planning for the town's Southern Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), including a sewer-extension report and a request from OWASA, asking council to weigh in on how much residential density the town wants to see there.deferred · This matter was deferred.
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Chapel Hill staff present on the town's parks and recreation comprehensive master plan.
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Presented by Allen Davis and Jeff Bandini of Bolton and Menk.
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Staff presented the draft Orange County Trails Plan, which goes to the Board of County Commissioners on April 14. It then moves to other advisory boards and partner agencies for comment before returning to the council for a final recommendation and then to the commissioners for action.
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Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute presented on regional housing economics, and Todd Taylor of OWASA on utility capacity. Commissioners then held a roundtable on affordable-housing barriers with the Community Home Trust, EMPOWERment, Habitat for Humanity, the Homebuilders Association and county housing staff.
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Updates on the comprehensive land use plans of both the City of Mebane and Orange County, which meet along the county's northeastern edge.
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Authorizes the Town Manager to award a design contract, not to exceed $400,000, to John R. McAdams Inc. (top-scored firm of 18 applicants) to create a phased master plan for a future 32-acre park at 2004 Marks Creek Road.
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Staff said planning has held four work sessions with commissioners since last year's initial presentation and will restart its consultant, with new public input sessions this fall and an updated plan expected in early 2027. Members said the current draft is hard to find on the county website.
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Planning staff's proposed text amendment implementing the comprehensive plan's standards for residential and mixed-use development. Council is asked to adopt the Planning Commission's consistency statement and Ordinance No. (2026) 5380.
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Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval and supports consideration of updated the section as a way to better establish a clear regulatory framework and enhance transparency regarding the comprehensive plans and acceptance of streets requirements, regulations, and recommendations. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion…
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Planning staff presented an updated Land Use Plan 2050 Fact Book, showing the county's population grew by 5,049 people between 2022 and 2024, plus a new countywide survey finding 7,515 approved but unbuilt residential units, most of them in Chapel Hill. A third background retreat is scheduled for March 21.
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The survey for the next Master Aging Plan and what follows it.
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An amendment to the town's bicycle and pedestrian system plan for the Tingen Road and Salem Street crossing.Recommended for approval unanimously
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An amendment to the long-range bicycle and pedestrian system plan adding a greenway connection at the Estates at Olive Chapel.Recommended for approval unanimously
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Staff answered the board's December request for the material county commissioners saw at two November retreats. The subjects were community septic, wastewater treatment and groundwater resources, and conservation subdivisions, with a consultant's notes provided for members who missed either session. Staff outlined the…
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The county commissioners had received a Trails Plan update as an information item in December 2025, but staff and the consultant went on hiatus because the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan was held up by a contract amendment. Work resumed at the end of February after the county manager approved uncoupling the two plans. Th…
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Presentation from Chatham Park on the status of the large planned development.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.Presentation Comprehensive plan
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Presentation on county-wide school growth.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Presentation on aligning county capital planning with long-range planning.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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How the district's capital program lines up with its long-range growth planning.
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Next steps and coordination with the county on school planning.
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Review of the Historic Downtown Garner Plan.
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Staff said the PRCR System Plan and the town's Bike Plan will each go to a future Town Council meeting for adoption, with the specific date depending on Council's overall agenda.Staff or committee report Arts and public artComprehensive planParks and recreationRoads and transportation
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Overview recap and a SOAR analysis of the town's Strategic Plan with Council.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Staff brief council on phase 3 of the downtown master plan and the Commerce Street corridor.
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Speaker: Katie Drye, Assistant Planning Director
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Staff project update on the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) rewrite effort.received and filed · This matter was received and filed.Staff or committee report Comprehensive plan
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Town manager's office reviews the town's strategic plan with council.Discussion item Comprehensive plan
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Staff update council on the town's Peak Plan 2055 comprehensive plan.Staff or committee report Comprehensive plan
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A conditional rezoning request on South Masonic Street. The board reviewed possible building typologies and told staff which it thinks fit downtown Pittsboro, and what the conditions might cover.
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Staff reviewed the Downtown Generational Plan, including the Piney Woods Park concept and redevelopment of the former Fidelity Bank (TR Ashworth) and Bostic Wilson sites.Board agreed to continue advancing the Piney Woods Park concept.
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Staff reviewed Town Center Residential zoning for the Lincoln Heights area, Form-Based Code districts, transportation impact analysis timing, and access problems for the 150-lot Coley Preserve subdivision.Board reached consensus that TCR is appropriate for Lincoln Heights, and agreed to require transportation impact analyses at the rezoning stage instead of later in permitting.
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Staff presented a consolidated list of retreat priorities grouped under the town's strategic-plan core values: safety and security, effective governance, character and identity, quality of life, economic vitality, and fiscal strength.
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IV.d Trail Plan UpdateAn update on the county Trails Plan, which was on hiatus with the consultant while the bicycle and pedestrian plan waited on a contract amendment.
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This consent block carried over five items from the canceled January 26 meeting: a $133,000 organizational-assessment contract with Baker Tilly Advisory Group, a $500,000 contract with Hayti Reborn - Justice Movement, a resolution endorsing the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035, a $350,000 contract with Urban Ministries…
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The final draft of the Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan, as revised and vetted by a subcommittee, ready to submit to the county commissioners.
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Council will review a staff memo recommending appointees to the Advisory and Policy Committees for the Comprehensive Plan's Transportation Element update.
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Speaker: Sar a Caliendo, Energy Manager
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Survey design for the next five-year master aging plan is being developed with input from the plan's workgroups, aiming to finish in early May.
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Downtown Durham, Inc.'s Blueprint 2035, a plan for downtown growth with seven goals and an implementation matrix naming partners and projects. The board was asked to receive it and give feedback, not to adopt it.
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The full rewrite of the development ordinance, being drafted by Code Studio to carry out the 2023 comprehensive plan, after 18 months and three rounds of public engagement. An hour of presentation and direction to staff.
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The draft sectors of a climate action plan for the Board of Commissioners.
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Planning staff and consultants (Nealon Planning, City Explained) update the council on the town's comprehensive plan rewrite, covering project overview, stakeholder engagement, the current planning area, and scenario planning.Presentation Comprehensive plan
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Staff and UNC School of Government planners (Ben Hitchings, David Rouse) brief the council on a Community Readiness Plan aimed at preparing the town for anticipated growth.
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Public hearing to adopt the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035 as an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan.Public hearing Comprehensive plan
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Public hearing on amending the town's thoroughfare/collector street map and bicycle/pedestrian system map to accommodate the Veridea development.
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Public hearing on amending the town's transit plan map for the Veridea development.
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Public hearing on amendments to the town's environmental enhancement plan tied to the Veridea development.
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IV Work PlanThe board drew up questions for a meeting with county planning staff: expedited affordable housing permits, the tension between the rural buffer and rural parts of the county, whether duplexes and triplexes are realistically buildable, planning's role in the affordable housing portion of the Greene Tract, how growth i…
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Indiana University's survey design team is developing topic areas for each workgroup. Workgroup leaders pilot and quality check in early 2026 so the community engagement survey is ready by May 2026, with a UNC public health student helping with distribution over the summer.
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Following a public hearing with no speakers, the board approved a text amendment to the Turkey Creek conditional zoning district (PB23-289) adding medical and dental office uses to the list of permitted uses.Approved 5-0
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About three acres from Wake County residential to low density residential conditional zoning, inconsistent with the 2045 land use plan. Members said the proposal put too much pavement in for three houses.Recommended for denial unanimously, 8-0
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An amendment to the Turkey Creek conditional zoning approved as PB-23-289. Staff found it consistent with the future land use plan because dental and other medical practices are allowed in an employment mixed use character area, and the planning board had recommended approval on November 17.Approved 5-0
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5.I Park UpdatesParks and recreation director Katy Keller reported the bid for Lewis Freeman Park is awarded, with construction starting soon and due to finish by early spring; data collection on the Robeson Creek master plan continues, with findings due to the board in early 2026; the South Village small area plan won approval from…
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Commissioners each named budget priorities for the coming year, including a fiscal-impact study of growth committed under the small area plan, Fire Tower Road realignment, downtown affordable housing, and funding a downtown trolley system.
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5.I Park UpdatesUpdates on Lewis Freeman Park, the Robeson Creek master plan, the South Village small area plan and the Kiwanis Park fence replacement.Staff or committee report Comprehensive plan
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