Wendell News Outlet

Board of Commissioners Friday Update

Friday, May 29, 2009

ITEM 1. PAVING BIDS RECEIVED ON THURSDAY, MAY 28^TH

Bids for the resurfacing of town streets were received on Thursday, May 28^th. Five bids were received. Staff is still evaluating the bids, but an initial review of the bids was positive. Consideration of the bids is scheduled for the June 8^th Board of Commissioners meeting.

Resurfacing of the following streets was included in the bid packets:

ITEM 2. UPDATE ON THE UDO

There will not be a UDO meeting on Monday – the meeting has been postponed. Staff is currently in the process of comprehensively checking and updating all references throughout the document. There are two reasons why this is necessary. First of all, as a result of the recent re-codification of the code of ordinances, all references to the zoning and subdivision code within the UDO need to be changed. Staff has completed these changes. Secondly, the edits the UDO Committee has made as it reviewed the UDO chapter by chapter have created some inconsistencies in the document as a whole. Staff has made a number of internal reference corrections but is currently waiting on the Lawrence Group to provide guidance on invalid references which have no clear correction. The UDO Committee is expected to meet again on July 6^th.

ITEM 3. ANNEXATION LEGISLATION UPDATE

Town staff participated in a conference call this week with the NC League of Municipalities about the status of annexation bills. The NCLM staff stated there is a lot of discussion going on behind the scenes about the various annexation bills. The NCLM remains committed to its support of HB 727, which would enact 20 changes to address legitimate concerns of citizens while retaining fairness of annexation for in-town residents and annexation as tool for managing growth.

It is believed that many of the annexation bills are still eligible for action this legislative year (even though the crossover date had passed), since finance bills are the exception to the crossover deadline and most of the annexation bills were referred to a finance committee.

ITEM 4. OTHER

A. How’s your throwing arm? Mayor Broadwell and Manager Bone will be assisting in a fundraiser at Wendell Baptist Church on Saturday, June 4^th. Each has agreed to be in the dunking booth. Manager Bone will be in the dunking booth from 12:00 to 12:30, and Mayor Broadwell will be in the booth from 12:30 to 1:00. Also, Planning Director Teresa Piner will be in the dunking booth from 1:00 to 1:30.

B. A tentative route map for the planned Triangle Transit East Wake Express Bus Service (serving Wendell and Zebulon to points in Raleigh) is available online here.

C. The Town of Wendell is currently seeking applicants for an Administrative Assistant position in the Planning Department. For more information, check-out the announcement here.

D. The Town of Wendell is currently seeking part-time, temporary employees to work as Public Works Specialists. For more information, check-out the announcement here.

E. The draft FY 2009-10 Budget Ordinance, Budget Message and PowerPoint presentation from the May 11^th meeting is available online here.

ITEM 10. UPCOMING EVENTS:

DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

06/01 6:00 p.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

06/08 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

06/15 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

06/22 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

07/03 Town facilities closed for July 4^th holiday

07/04 Wendell Historical Society July 4^th Event @ downtown Wendell

07/06 6:00 p.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

07/13 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

07/20 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

07/27 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

08/03 6:00 p.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

08/10 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

08/17 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

08/24 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

09/07 Town facilities closed for Labor Day holiday

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