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Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Board of Commissioners
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Regular meeting Faith and cultural communitiesBudget and appropriationsPolice and public safetyAnnexationCivil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationRezoningRoads and transportationSubdivision and site plansWater and sewer

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What's on this agenda

Parking in the North Lakes subdivision was the night's business. Residents had asked for the restrictions to cover every street in the neighbourhood, and the board wrote the ordinance street by street.

Also on the agenda: a small downtown rezoning, a 76-acre annexation on Wade Nash Road, the annual audit contract, and proclamations for Juneteenth, Parks and Recreation Month and the America 250 anniversary.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board banned parking, stopping and standing on eleven North Lakes streets, then reopened the question and added a twelfth. Commissioner Adcock's motion listed each street individually for clarity and left out Price Lake Way. Commissioner Smith then argued that restricting the Fuquay-Varina Parkway section would stop drivers looking to Price Lake Way instead, and on the town attorney's advice the board reconsidered its own motion and amended it to add Fuquay-Varina Parkway between Nantahala Lake Way and Old Honeycutt Road. All three motions passed 5-0. The result is ordinance M-26-06.

Fourteen residents spoke. Eight were there about North Lakes parking, seven of them asking that the restrictions apply to every street in the subdivision. Four spoke against the Hilltop Needmore Town Park project carried in the adopted 2027 budget. One asked for more table tennis tables at both community centres and for more than the current two hours a week of playing time; another asked the town to stop cutting trees down over the summer.

A 0.24-acre rezoning at 313 Raleigh Street from Residential Medium Density to Town Center Residential passed unanimously as ordinance N-26-21, with nobody speaking at the hearing and no discussion from the board.

The Wade Nash Road annexation, four parcels totalling about 76.246 acres, was tabled to 18 August at the petitioner's request, and its public hearing continued to that date. The petition has carried the case number ANX-2023-13 since 2023.

The consent agenda — a utility allocation for a convenience store, the 2025-26 audit contract with Cherry Bekaert, and a budget amendment recording a subscription IT accounting change — passed together.

How the votes went

Every recorded vote passed unanimously, 5-0. The North Lakes parking ordinance took three of them: the initial motion by Commissioner Adcock seconded by Commissioner Vorren, a motion by Commissioner Smith seconded by Commissioner Haynes to reconsider it, and an amended motion by Commissioner Adcock seconded by Commissioner Haynes adding Fuquay-Varina Parkway. The 313 Raleigh Street rezoning passed on a motion by Commissioner Adcock, and the Wade Nash Road annexation was tabled on a motion by Commissioner Vorren seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Gardner.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

14 members of the public spoke.

  1. A North Lakes resident supported the April draft of the parking ordinance and asked that it cover every street in the subdivision.
  2. A second North Lakes resident asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  3. A third North Lakes resident asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  4. A fourth North Lakes resident asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  5. A fifth North Lakes resident asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  6. A sixth resident, from Long Townsend Avenue, asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  7. A seventh North Lakes resident asked for the restrictions to apply to all streets.
  8. A North Lakes resident spoke in favour of the ordinance as proposed.
  9. A resident opposed the Hilltop Needmore Town Park project carried in the adopted 2027 budget.
  10. A second resident opposed the Hilltop Needmore Town Park project.
  11. A third resident opposed the Hilltop Needmore Town Park project.
  12. A fourth resident opposed the Hilltop Needmore Town Park project.
  13. A resident asked for more table tennis tables at both community centres and for more than the current two hours a week of playing time.
  14. A resident asked the town to put a moratorium on cutting down trees over the summer.

Read from the approved minutes rather than a recording. The minutes name each speaker and their street address; this site publishes neither.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

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Jump to an item (26 on this agenda)
  1. 1Call to Order
  2. 2Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
  3. 3.AApproval of Minutes - June 1, 2026 Town Board of Commissioners Regula…
  4. 4.APresentation - 2025-2026 Fuquay-Varina Arts Center Dance Teams
  5. 4.BProclamation - Juneteenth
  6. 4.CProclamation - Parks & Recreation Month, July 2026
  7. 4.DProclamation - America 250 Anniversary
  8. 5Public Comment
  9. 6.AZoning Map Amendment - Herbert Proctor, Stewart & Proctor PLLC - 313…
  10. 6.BVoluntary Annexation Petition - Collin H. Grimes, Jennifer P. Grimes,…
  11. 7Public Hearing
  12. 8.AUtility Allocation Request - Mike Patel C-Store
  13. 8.BContract Approval - FY 2025-2026 Audit - Cherry Bekaert, LLP
  14. 8.CBudget Amendment - Subscription-Based IT Accounting - RecTrac (BA-26-…
  15. 9Items Removed From Consent
  16. 10.ATown Code Amendment - North Lakes Subdivision No Parking, Stopping, o…
  17. 11.AManager's Report
  18. 11.BArts Center - M.A.N.iFest Fuquay-Varina (Juneteenth) - Celebrating th…
  19. 11.CArts Center - M.A.N.iFest Fuquay-Varina - Freedom Fun Day - June 20,…
  20. 11.DCoffee with a Cop - July 1, 2026
  21. 11.EIndependence Day Celebration - Celebrating America 250 - South Park -…
  22. 11.FJuly Town Board Meeting - July 7, 2026; No Meeting on July 21, 2026
  23. 11.GIce Cream Social - July 19, 2026, Fuquay Mineral Spring Park
  24. 12Town Board Member Comments
  25. 13Closed Session
  26. 14Adjourn

Agenda items (26)

Procedural · 8Other · 5Proclamation or recognition · 3Ordinance · 2Consent agenda · 2Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1Public hearing · 1Contract or award · 1Staff or committee report · 1Closed session · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes - June 1, 2026 Town Board of Commissioners Regular Scheduled Meeting
    Minutes approval
  4. 4.A Presentation - 2025-2026 Fuquay-Varina Arts Center Dance Teams
    Presentation
  5. 4.B Proclamation - Juneteenth
    Proclamation or recognition Civil rights and nondiscriminationFaith and cultural communities
  6. 4.C Proclamation - Parks & Recreation Month, July 2026
    Proclamation or recognition Parks and recreation
  7. 4.D Proclamation - America 250 Anniversary
    Proclamation or recognition
  8. 5 Public Comment
    Procedural
  9. 6.A Zoning Map Amendment - Herbert Proctor, Stewart & Proctor PLLC - 313 Raleigh Street (REZ-2026-06)
    Ordinance Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    A 0.24-acre rezoning at 313 Raleigh Street from Residential Medium Density to Town Center Residential. The hearing drew no speakers and the board had no discussion.
    • 313 Raleigh St · Feldberg, Peter Feldberg, Donna J. · 0.24 acres · assessed $325,359
  10. 6.B Voluntary Annexation Petition - Collin H. Grimes, Jennifer P. Grimes, David Charles Davis, Dava Davis Scott Revocable Trust, & Rebecca Shelton Davis - 5441, 0, 5301, & 5255 Wade Nash Road (ANX-2023-13)
    Public hearing AnnexationLand conversion and large development
    Annexation petition again marked on the agenda to be tabled rather than acted on.
    Marked on the agenda to be tabled
    • 5255 Wade Nash Rd · Davis, David Charles Scott, Dava Davis Trustee · 21 acres · assessed $740,025
    • 5441 Wade Nash Rd · Grimes, Collin H Grimes, Jennifer P · 1.5 acres · assessed $454,498
    • 5301 Wade Nash Rd · Davis, David Charles Davis, Rebecca Shelton · 2.1 acres · assessed $816,746
    • 5441 Wade Nash Rd · Grimes, Collin H Grimes, Jennifer P · 1.5 acres · assessed $454,498
    • 5301 Wade Nash Rd · Davis, David Charles Davis, Rebecca Shelton · 2.1 acres · assessed $816,746
    • 5255 Wade Nash Rd · Davis, David Charles Scott, Dava Davis Trustee · 21 acres · assessed $740,025
    • 0 Wade Nash Rd · Davis, David Charles Scott, Dava Davis Trustee · 51 acres · assessed $3,001,763
  11. 7 Public Hearing
    Procedural
  1. 8.B Contract Approval - FY 2025-2026 Audit - Cherry Bekaert, LLP
    Contract or award Budget and appropriationsContracts and procurement
    The 2025-26 audit contract and engagement letter with Cherry Bekaert, taken on consent.
  2. 9 Items Removed From Consent
    Procedural
  3. 10.A Town Code Amendment - North Lakes Subdivision No Parking, Stopping, or Standing Ordinance
    Ordinance Police and public safetyRoads and transportationSubdivision and site plans
    A no parking, stopping or standing ordinance covering the North Lakes subdivision, written street by street. The board first adopted eleven streets, leaving out Price Lake Way, then reconsidered and added Fuquay-Varina Parkway between Nantahala Lake Way and Old Honeycutt Road, on the argument that leaving it open would push drivers onto Price Lake Way.
  4. 11.A Manager's Report
    Staff or committee report
  5. 11.B Arts Center - M.A.N.iFest Fuquay-Varina (Juneteenth) - Celebrating through the Arts - June 19, 2026
    Other Faith and cultural communities
  6. 11.C Arts Center - M.A.N.iFest Fuquay-Varina - Freedom Fun Day - June 20, 2026
    Other Faith and cultural communities
  7. 11.D Coffee with a Cop - July 1, 2026
    Other Police and public safety
  8. 11.E Independence Day Celebration - Celebrating America 250 - South Park - July 1, 2026
    Other
  9. 11.F July Town Board Meeting - July 7, 2026; No Meeting on July 21, 2026
    Procedural
  10. 11.G Ice Cream Social - July 19, 2026, Fuquay Mineral Spring Park
    Other
  11. 12 Town Board Member Comments
    Procedural
  12. 13 Closed Session
    Closed session
  13. 14 Adjourn
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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