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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:12 pm

Work session Environment and sustainabilityRoads and transportationTransitBonds and debtBudget and appropriationsComprehensive planGrants and outside fundingIntergovernmental agreementsPolice and public safetyTax rate and revaluation

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Wake Forest's commissioners weighed committing $3,300,000 at their December 3, 2024 work session, the town's 20 percent share of a $16,500,000 mobility hub in downtown Wake Forest. The rest would come from a federal RAISE grant NCDOT is reapplying for after scoring well but missing out earlier in the year. The hub is an Amtrak station tied to the S-Line, the federally designated passenger corridor NCDOT is planning stations along.

The town's two-month-old microtransit pilot also came up, and its problem is success. Go Wake Forest launched October 1, replacing the Wake Forest Loop fixed-route bus and the Go Raleigh Access paratransit service with door-to-door on-demand rides from Via, priced against what the old services cost. Ridership rose faster than anyone expected, and demand now exceeds the vehicles available, leaving some riders unable to book. Via presented on performance and options, and staff asked the board for direction. The board also saw the draft Wake County multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan, which the town must adopt to stay eligible for federal mitigation grants, and reviewed October financial statements showing the general fund $8,000,626 in the red for the year to date.

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Agenda items (8)

Procedural · 3Presentation · 2Staff or committee report · 2Resolution · 1
  1. 1.1 Go Wake Forest Progress Report
    Presentation Roads and transportationTransit
    Via reports on the first two months of Go Wake Forest, the door-to-door on-demand microtransit pilot that launched October 1 and replaced the Wake Forest Loop bus and Go Raleigh Access paratransit. The town chose it through a request for proposals after the 2023 Wake Forest Public Transit Plan, at a price comparable to the services it replaced. Ridership has risen far faster than expected and demand now outstrips capacity, so some riders cannot book a vehicle in time. Staff sought the board's direction on how to proceed.
  2. 1.2 Presentation of CPA-24-03, Draft Wake County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
    Presentation Comprehensive planEnvironment and sustainabilityIntergovernmental agreementsPolice and public safety
    A briefing on the draft Wake County multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan ahead of the December 17 public hearing. The town must have an adopted plan to qualify for federal mitigation grants, including after a disaster.
  3. 1.3 Presentation of a Resolution to Support Development of the S-Line Rail Corridor and to Provide Local Funding to Match a Federal Grant
    Resolution Bonds and debtEnvironment and sustainabilityGrants and outside fundingRoads and transportationTransit
    A resolution committing $3,300,000 as a 20 percent local match toward a $16,500,000 mobility hub, an Amtrak station in downtown Wake Forest, with $13,200,000 in federal money for final engineering and construction. NCDOT's Integrated Mobility Division is including the hub in a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant application covering communities along the S-Line. NCDOT applied earlier in 2024, scored well and was not funded; this resolution supports a resubmission.
  4. 2.1 Discussion of October Monthly Financial Summaries
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsTax rate and revaluation
    October financial statements. General fund revenues of $15,170,543 against a $89,071,768 budget, 17.03 percent collected, with ad valorem taxes at 19.57 percent. Expenditures and encumbrances stood at 33.18 percent, leaving the general fund $8,000,626 down for the year to date.
  5. 3.1 Review of Draft Agenda for Upcoming Regular Meeting
    Procedural
    Review of the draft agenda for the December 17 regular meeting.
  6. 4 Other Business
    Procedural
    Other business.
  7. 5 Commissioner Reports
    Staff or committee report
    Reports from commissioners.
  8. 6 Adjournment
    Procedural
    Adjournment.

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