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Board of Commissioners Work Session

Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 5:46 pm

Work session Budget and appropriationsContracts and procurementIntergovernmental agreementsPublic facilitiesTransitCivil rights and nondiscriminationFire and EMSHousing and affordabilityLGBTQ+ policyPolice and public safetyRezoningRoads and transportationSchools and educationTax rate and revaluation

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Commissioners will hear a rezoning presentation for a 3.93-acre tract at 0 North White Street, where Thales Academy wants to build a mixed-use project the Planning Board recommended 7-0, and discuss a new interlocal agreement to enforce Wake County's nondiscrimination ordinance inside town limits. Staff will also brief the board on a proposed on-demand microtransit contract with Via Transportation and on the proposed FY 2024-2025 operating budget.

The board will also consider a resolution renewing a 20-year lease with Wake County for an 800 MHz public safety radio tower on town property, review updates to the town's purchasing policy, and go over the capital improvement and strategic plan trackers. The session includes a review of the draft agenda for the May 21 regular meeting.

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Jump to an item (13 on this agenda)
  1. 1.1Discussion of Nondiscrimination Ordinance
  2. 1.2Presentation on the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) District…
  3. 1.3Presentation on LEGISLATIVE CASE RZ-23-03, White Street Mixed Use
  4. 1.4Presentation on the service contract for on-demand transit services p…
  5. 1.5Presentation of Proposed FY 2024-2025 Annual Operating Budget
  6. 1.6Presentation of updates to Purchasing Policy
  7. 1.7Friday Night on White Update
  8. 1.8Presentation of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMP…
  9. 2.1Monthly Financial Summaries - March
  10. 3.1Review of Draft Agenda for Upcoming Regular Meeting
  11. 4.1Consideration of Wake Forest Tower Site Lease with Wake County
  12. 4.2CIP Project Tracker
  13. 4.3Strategic Plan Quarterly Tracker_Q3 FYE2024

Agenda items (13)

Presentation · 6Staff or committee report · 4Discussion item · 1Procedural · 1Resolution · 1
  1. 1.1 Discussion of Nondiscrimination Ordinance
    Discussion item Civil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementIntergovernmental agreementsLGBTQ+ policy
    The board will discuss adopting Wake County's Nondiscrimination Ordinance through an interlocal agreement, letting the county handle complaints against employers and public accommodations in town limits. The ordinance bars discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability and other protected classes.
  2. 1.2 Presentation on the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) District Strategic Plan
    Presentation Schools and education
    Wake County Public School System staff will present the district's strategic plan to the board. The agenda gives no further detail on its contents.
  3. 1.3 Presentation on LEGISLATIVE CASE RZ-23-03, White Street Mixed Use
    Presentation Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    Thales Academy has applied to rezone 3.93 acres at 0 North White Street from Neighborhood Business to a Neighborhood Mixed-Use Conditional District for the White Street Mixed Use project. The Planning Board voted 7-0 to recommend approval, and the applicant has since added conditions setting aside at least 6 percent of units as affordable rentals for ten years and barring alcohol sales, bars and gun stores on site.
    • 0 N White St · no matching parcel on file
    • 0 N White St · Weightman, Tamara Short Baker, Brenda Sue · 3.9 acres · assessed $767,792
  4. 1.4 Presentation on the service contract for on-demand transit services provided by River North LLC (Via Transportation, Inc.)
    Presentation Contracts and procurementTransit
    The town received three proposals for its on-demand microtransit service and ranked River North LLC, doing business as Via Transportation, highest. Staff will ask the board to authorize a contract with the company at the May 21 meeting.
  5. 1.5 Presentation of Proposed FY 2024-2025 Annual Operating Budget
    Presentation Budget and appropriations
    Town Manager Kip Padgett will present the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.
  6. 1.6 Presentation of updates to Purchasing Policy
    Presentation Contracts and procurement
    Finance Director Sam Sanchez and Purchasing Manager Randy Driver will present updates to the town's purchasing policy, last revised in August 2019, to reflect statutory changes and the town's growth.
  7. 1.7 Friday Night on White Update
    Staff or committee report
    Communications staff will give an update on Friday Night on White. The agenda gives no further detail.
  8. 1.8 Presentation of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Memorandum of Understanding
    Presentation Intergovernmental agreementsRoads and transportation
    The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's memorandum of understanding is being updated to add the Town of Coats, Town of Lillington and Chatham County as members and to update administrative language to match current codes and practices.
  9. 2.1 Monthly Financial Summaries - March
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsTax rate and revaluation
    The March report shows year-to-date general fund revenues at 76.07 percent of the annual budget, with ad valorem tax collections running $2.9 million ahead of the same point last year. Sales tax receipts through six distributions total $8.4 million, up 5.6 percent from the prior year.
  10. 3.1 Review of Draft Agenda for Upcoming Regular Meeting
    Procedural Transit
    Commissioners will review the draft agenda for the May 21 regular meeting, which includes proclamations for Women's Veterans Day and National Cancer Survivors Day and a presentation on the 2035 Wake Transit Plan update.
  11. 4.1 Consideration of Wake Forest Tower Site Lease with Wake County
    Resolution Fire and EMSIntergovernmental agreementsPolice and public safetyPublic facilities
    Wake County wants to renew its lease for an 800 MHz public safety radio tower on town-owned land for another 20 years, with an option for a second 20-year renewal, on the same terms as the original 2002 lease that expired in 2022. The system serves more than 7,700 police, fire and EMS radios countywide, and the accompanying resolution would let the town manager sign the new lease at no cost to the town.
  12. 4.2 CIP Project Tracker
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsPublic facilities
    The third-quarter capital improvement tracker shows the Ailey Young House rehabilitation, budgeted at $303,500, with its archaeological survey work finished and proposals due for a heritage site master plan. A $500,000 downtown wayfinding signage project is moving from the communications department to streets, with phase one funding sought in the FY25 budget.
  13. 4.3 Strategic Plan Quarterly Tracker_Q3 FYE2024
    Staff or committee report
    Staff will report on second- and third-quarter progress against the town's 2022-2027 strategic plan, adopted in March 2022, across its goals for town services and other priorities.

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