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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Work session Parks and recreationRezoningBudget and appropriationsGrants and outside funding

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What is in the packet

The front of the packet carries the $2,996,226 National Park Service grant application for Ailey Young Park, which commits the town to an equal match, and the August financial summaries. It also includes the draft agenda for 20 October, whose main item is a 16.38-acre annexation at 4925 Unicon Drive for South Forest LLC. Most of it is the RZ-24-03 file. The 2015 master plan for the 61 Franklin Street Townes homes included a pool and clubhouse that were never built. The new plan offers a 10-by-10-foot canopy, a playground and landscaping on the 4.81-acre parcel at 0 Franklin Park Avenue, PIN 1840571129. It shows 95,431 square feet of park space against 14,440 required. Staff ask the board to approve or deny and make no recommendation either way.

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What's on this agenda

Wake Forest commissioners hold a public hearing Tuesday on RZ-24-03, a rezoning of the 4.81-acre common area in the Franklin Street Townes development at South Franklin Street and the 98 Bypass. The board approved the 61-home townhouse master plan in 2015 with a pool and clubhouse. In 2021 the developer told the town it would not build them. The rezoning would replace them with a 10-by-10-foot prefabricated canopy, a playground and landscaping, which staff say meets the ordinance's open space and park space minimums. The Planning Board found it consistent with the Community Plan and recommended approval 6-0 on 8 September. The board may vote the same night.

The board also considers applying for a $2,996,226 National Park Service grant toward renovating Ailey Young Park, which would need a dollar-for-dollar match. The rest of the session covers the August financial report and the draft agenda for the 20 October regular meeting.

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Agenda items (7)

Staff or committee report · 2Procedural · 2Resolution · 1Public hearing · 1Ordinance · 1
  1. 1.1 Resolution authorizing application for National Park Service Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) grant
    Resolution Grants and outside fundingParks and recreation
    Authorizes an application for a $2,996,226 federal grant toward renovating Ailey Young Park. The grant requires a dollar-for-dollar match, and an award would come back on a future consent agenda.
  2. 2.1 Discussion of August Financial Summaries
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
    Staff's monthly report on each operating fund through 31 August 2026.
  3. 3.1 Draft Agenda for BOC Regular Meeting October 20, 2026
    Procedural
  4. 4.1 Public Hearing on Legislative Case RZ-24-03, Franklin Street Townes Common Area
    Public hearing Parks and recreationRezoning
    Caroline Krause-Iafrate, for Franklin Street Townes LLC, asks to rezone the development's 4.81-acre common area at 0 Franklin Park Avenue from RMX to RMX-CD with a new master plan. The 2015 plan approved by the board showed a pool and clubhouse. The new plan shows a prefabricated canopy, a playground and landscaping. The Planning Board recommended approval 6-0.
  5. 4.2 Consideration of Legislative Case RZ-24-03, Franklin Street Townes Common Area
    Ordinance Rezoning
    The board's vote on the plan consistency statement and the RZ-24-03 rezoning ordinance.
  6. 5 Commissioner Reports
    Staff or committee report
  7. 6 Adjournment
    Procedural

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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