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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Regular meeting Budget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementHousing and affordabilityIntergovernmental agreementsRezoningStormwater and floodingEnvironment and sustainabilityFees and utility ratesLGBTQ+ policyPolice and public safety

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Wake Forest commissioners will adopt an $86.9 million general fund budget for 2024-2025 and vote on a rezoning that would let GWP Developers LLC build age-restricted housing on 2.75 acres at 306 S. Allen Road. The board also takes up a second reading of a curfew ordinance for the Friday Night on White street festival, an interlocal agreement adopting Wake County's nondiscrimination ordinance inside town limits, and an amended nuisance ordinance that shortens the timeline for abating violations.

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  1. 1Approval of Agenda
  2. 2.AApproval of Minutes: May 7, 2024 Work Session and May 21, 2024 Regula…
  3. 3.AClosed Session: NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3) Consultation with the Town Atto…
  4. 4.APublic Hearing on Rezoning RZ-23-10, 306 S. Allen Road
  5. 4.BPublic Comment: Interlocal Agreement on Wake County Nondiscrimination…
  6. 4.CPublic Comment (general)
  7. 5.AResolution Authorizing Franklin County Tax Administrator to Levy and…
  8. 5.BResolution Authorizing Wake County Tax Administrator to Levy and Coll…
  9. 5.CBudget Ordinance Amendment #5 - FY 2023-2024
  10. 5.DOrdinance Amending Code of Ordinances Chapter 14, Article II, Section…
  11. 6.ASecond Reading: Ordinance Amending Chapter 10, Article V, Section 20-…
  12. 7.AConsideration of Rezoning RZ-23-10, 306 S. Allen Road
  13. 8.AApproval of FY 2024-2025 Budget Ordinance
  14. 8.BApproval of Interlocal Agreement on Wake County Nondiscrimination Ord…
  15. 12.AWake County Tax Release
  16. 12.BDepartment Monthly Reports
  17. 12.CCommissioner Reports
  18. 12.DClosed Session: NCGS 143-318.11(a)(6) Personnel
  19. 13Adjournment

Agenda items (19)

Procedural · 3Ordinance · 3Closed session · 2Consent agenda · 2Budget action · 2Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Discussion item · 1Contract or award · 1Other · 1
  1. 1 Approval of Agenda
    Procedural
  2. 2.A Approval of Minutes: May 7, 2024 Work Session and May 21, 2024 Regular Meeting
    Minutes approval
    Commissioners will approve minutes from the May 7 work session and the May 21 regular meeting.
  3. 3.A Closed Session: NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3) Consultation with the Town Attorney
    Closed session
    The board will meet in closed session to consult with the town attorney, an exemption the open meetings law allows for legal advice.
  4. 4.A Public Hearing on Rezoning RZ-23-10, 306 S. Allen Road
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    GWP Developers LLC wants to rezone 2.75 acres at 306 S. Allen Road from General Residential 5 to a Residential Mixed-Use Conditional District for age-restricted housing. The Planning Board voted 7-0 to recommend approval, and the applicant has since agreed to make all units age-restricted to residents 62 and older with minimum three-month leases.
    • 306 S Allen Rd · Robinhouse LLC Hurt LLC · 2.8 acres · assessed $2,507,051
    • 306 S Allen Rd · Robinhouse LLC Hurt LLC · 2.8 acres · assessed $2,507,051
  5. 4.B Public Comment: Interlocal Agreement on Wake County Nondiscrimination Ordinance
    Discussion item Civil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementIntergovernmental agreements
    Residents may address the board on a proposed interlocal agreement with Wake County to enforce the county's nondiscrimination ordinance inside town limits.
  6. 4.C Public Comment (general)
    Procedural
    A separate public comment period lets residents raise other topics; the board does not act on or debate what is raised here.
  1. 5.C Budget Ordinance Amendment #5 - FY 2023-2024
    Budget action Budget and appropriations
    This is the final amendment to the current year's budget, covering added revenue, contingency transfers and capital project changes made since the ordinance was adopted.
  2. 5.D Ordinance Amending Code of Ordinances Chapter 14, Article II, Sections 14-31 - 14-38 - Nuisances
    Ordinance Environment and sustainability
    The amendment sets height and maintenance standards for grass, shortens the deadline for abating a violation to 10 days, adds a faster process for chronic violators, and creates a reforestation permit letting vacant lots return to a natural state by planting trees.
  3. 6.A Second Reading: Ordinance Amending Chapter 10, Article V, Section 20-131 - Curfew
    Ordinance Police and public safety
    The ordinance sets a curfew for unsupervised minors at the Friday Night on White street festival, from 8 p.m. Friday to midnight, within a mapped festival boundary. It also raises the general curfew fine to as much as $500, from $100, with $50 and $100 fines for a first and second violation.
  4. 7.A Consideration of Rezoning RZ-23-10, 306 S. Allen Road
    Ordinance Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    The board will vote on the rezoning of 2.75 acres at 306 S. Allen Road from General Residential 5 to a Residential Mixed-Use Conditional District, heard as a public hearing earlier on the same agenda.
    • 306 S Allen Rd · Robinhouse LLC Hurt LLC · 2.8 acres · assessed $2,507,051
    • 306 S Allen Rd · Robinhouse LLC Hurt LLC · 2.8 acres · assessed $2,507,051
  5. 8.A Approval of FY 2024-2025 Budget Ordinance
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsFees and utility rates
    The budget ordinance estimates $86.9 million in general fund revenue for the year starting July 1, matching the town manager's recommended budget, and adopts an updated pay plan and fee schedule changes including planning fees and a residential electric rate of 13.92 cents per kWh effective September 1.
  6. 8.B Approval of Interlocal Agreement on Wake County Nondiscrimination Ordinance Enforcement
    Contract or award Civil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementIntergovernmental agreementsLGBTQ+ policy
    The agreement would let the town adopt Wake County's Nondiscrimination Ordinance within town limits, barring discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age and other categories in public accommodations and employment, with the county handling enforcement.
  7. 12.A Wake County Tax Release
    Other
    The board will consider a Wake County tax release report; the agenda packet does not include the amounts or accounts involved.
  8. 12.B Department Monthly Reports
    Staff or committee report
    Staff will present the May 2024 monthly department reports, covering communications and downtown development, among other town operations.
  9. 12.C Commissioner Reports
    Staff or committee report
  10. 12.D Closed Session: NCGS 143-318.11(a)(6) Personnel
    Closed session
    The board will meet in closed session on a personnel matter.
  11. 13 Adjournment
    Procedural

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