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Town Council Work Session

Town of Garner · Town Council Work Session
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 6:00 pm · Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner, NC 27529

Work session Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationBudget and appropriationsEconomic development incentivesRezoningSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment

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What's on this agenda

Garner's Town Council work session on April 28 is dominated by growth: three separate items preview big changes to land use along two of the town's key corridors, and planning and legal staff brief the Council on options for handling zoning text amendments, including the legal process for a temporary development moratorium, without proposing one yet.

Council gets an early look at a revised concept for the Village at Big Branch, which has shifted from a mixed-residential subdivision to a plan blending industrial uses with fewer homes, and at a rebranded 'Garner Innovation Park' near Jones Sausage Road and I-40, where the town's economic development arm now wants industrial flex space instead of the workforce housing it originally proposed. The council also gets a first look at the five-year Capital Improvement Plan ahead of budget season and hears an update on the Lake Benson Park master plan.

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Agenda items (17)

Discussion item · 5Procedural · 4Staff or committee report · 4Proclamation or recognition · 2Other · 1Closed session · 1
  1. A Call Meeting to Order
    Procedural
  2. A.1 Council Roll Call
    Procedural
  3. B Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
  4. C.1 Building Safety Month Proclamation
    Proclamation or recognition
  5. C.2 Economic Development and Small Business Week
    Proclamation or recognition
  6. D.1 FY27-31 Capital Improvement Plan
    Discussion item Budget and appropriations
    Budget and finance staff give Council an overview of the recommended five-year (FY27-31) Capital Improvement Plan and an update on longer-range 'Horizon' projects, ahead of the FY27 budget process.
  7. D.2 Lake Benson Park Master Plan Update
    Discussion item Parks and recreation
  8. D.3 Zoning Text Amendment Options
    Discussion item Zoning text amendment
    Planning and legal staff brief Council on the legal process and rules for adopting zoning text amendments and, separately, on the state-law process for a temporary development moratorium, ahead of a future Council decision on how to handle pending amendment requests. The memo is background only; no moratorium is proposed at this meeting.
  9. D.4 Development Previews
    Other
  10. D.4.1 Development Preview - Village at Big Branch
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentRezoningSubdivision and site plans
    A Tier 2 conditional-rezoning applicant previews a revised concept for the Village at Big Branch, now blending industrial uses with reduced-density residential, after initially pitching a mixed-residential subdivision in March.
  11. D.4.2 Development Preview - Garner Innovation Park
    Discussion item Economic development incentivesHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreation
    The Garner Economic Development Corporation previews a shift for its Northeast Gateway property, near Jones Sausage Road and I-40, from planned workforce housing to industrial flex space branded 'Garner Innovation Park,' aimed at retaining and attracting employers and expanding the commercial tax base.
  12. E.1.1 Development Activity Map Update
    Staff or committee report
  13. E.1.2 May 2026 Pending Agenda Report
    Staff or committee report
  14. E.2 Attorney Reports
    Staff or committee report
  15. E.3 Council Reports
    Staff or committee report
  16. F Closed Session
    Closed session
  17. G Adjourn
    Procedural

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