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Board of Commissioners Work Session

Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 5:59 pm

Work session Parks and recreationFees and utility ratesRoads and transportationArts and public artBonds and debtBudget and appropriationsComprehensive planLand conversion and large developmentPolice and public safetyRezoningTax rate and revaluationZoning text amendment

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Wake Forest's board takes up a parks and recreation impact fee increase that would roughly double what new development pays toward parks. A study by consultant Benesch calculates the fee at $8,856 per single-family home and $4,789 per multi-family unit, against the $3,691 and $2,202 the town has charged since 2018. No vote is scheduled tonight; a public hearing on adopting the new fees and the town's updated parks and recreation master plan comes September 17.

The rest of the session is presentations without action: a seventh work session on the Unified Development Ordinance rewrite Houseal Lavigne Associates has been drafting since 2022, an update on that parks master plan itself, a briefing on the regional Blueprint for Safety traffic study CAMPO expects to finish by fall 2025, and July's financial summaries. Those show the general fund collected $846,315 of an $86.9 million budget and spent $6.3 million, for a year-to-date net loss of $5.4 million, typical for early in the fiscal year since ad valorem taxes, over half of general fund revenue, are not due until September 1. The board also previews its September 17 regular meeting agenda, which includes a rezoning for the Reserve at Dunn Creek, a special use permit for a Whataburger drive-thru, and $1.46 million in parks bonds.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 4Presentation · 3Proclamation or recognition · 1Discussion item · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1.1 Proclamation Recognizing September 11, 2024, as a Day to Remember and Reflect
    Proclamation or recognition
    The board proclaims September 11 a day to remember the 2001 terrorist attacks and honor first responders.
  2. 1.2 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Comprehensive Update - Work Session #7
    Discussion item Comprehensive planZoning text amendment
    The board gets its seventh update on the Unified Development Ordinance rewrite Houseal Lavigne Associates has drafted since a 2022 kickoff, covering street design, natural resources, signage and other chapters revised since the last session. Staff want feedback ahead of an eventual adoption vote; nothing is decided tonight.
  3. 1.3 Blueprint for Safety Presentation
    Presentation Police and public safetyRoads and transportation
    Staff brief the board on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Blueprint for Safety, a regional multimodal safety plan developed with NCDOT to identify ways to reduce road deaths and injuries. The plan is due to be finished by fall 2025.
  4. 1.4 Presentation of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department Master Plan Update
    Presentation Arts and public artParks and recreationRoads and transportation
    McAdams presents the draft update to the parks, recreation and cultural resources master plan, last revised in 2015 and now due for five-year updates. The plan sets six guiding principles, including land acquisition, greenway connectivity and staffing expansion, built from a survey of 308 households and three public meetings. The Planning Board sees the same presentation September 4, and the board is asked to adopt the plan at a September 17 public hearing.
  5. 1.5 Presentation of Parks & Recreation Impact Fee Update
    Presentation Fees and utility ratesLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreation
    Consultant Benesch presents its update to the town's park impact fee, last revised in 2018, calculating a fee of $8,856 per single-family unit and $4,789 per multi-family unit, 140% and 117% above what the town currently charges. State law requires the Planning Board weigh in before the fee can change, which happens September 4; a public hearing on adoption is set for September 17.
  6. 2.1 Discussion of July Monthly Financial Summaries
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsTax rate and revaluation
    July's general fund summary shows $846,315 collected against an $86.9 million amended budget and $6.3 million spent, both under 11% of target. That is typical for the month, since ad valorem taxes, more than half of general fund revenue, are due September 1 and mostly arrive by early January. The fund's year-to-date net loss stands at $5.4 million, up from $3.4 million the same month last year.
  7. 3.1 Review of Draft Agenda for Upcoming Regular Meeting
    Procedural Bonds and debtFees and utility ratesParks and recreationRezoning
    Commissioners preview their September 17 regular meeting agenda, which includes a public hearing on the parks impact fee update, a rezoning for the 76-acre Reserve at Dunn Creek off Friendship Chapel Road, a special use permit for a Whataburger drive-thru on Dr Calvin Jones Highway, and a $1.46 million parks and recreation bond issuance.
  8. 4 Other Business
    Procedural
    The agenda lists no specific items under this heading.
  9. 5 Commissioner Reports
    Procedural
    The agenda lists no specific items under this heading.
  10. 6 Adjournment
    Procedural
    The board adjourns the work session.

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