Wendell News Outlet

Board of Commissioners Friday Update

Friday, August 14, 2009

ITEM 1. UDO COMMITTEE MEETING – MONDAY, AUGUST 17^TH AT 6:00 P.M.

The next meeting of the UDO Committee will be on Monday, August 17^th at 6:00 p.m. As reported last week, now that the draft UDO has been complied into one draft document, the UDO Committee is working to clean-up typographical errors and inconsistencies prior to its joint meeting with the Town Board and Planning Board on August 31^st. To this end, the UDO Committee will be meeting every Wednesday and Friday for the remainder of August from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

ITEM 2. PLANNING BOARD MEETING – MONDAY, AUGUST 17^TH AT 7:00 P.M.

The Wendell Planning Board will have its regular meeting on Monday, August 17^th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda is at the bottom of the Friday Memo.

ITEM 3. SECONDARY AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS MANAGEMENT PLAN PUBLIC MEETING – MONDAY, AUGUST 17^TH AT 6:00 P.M.

A public meeting regarding the Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Management Plan (or SCI Management Plan) will be held on Monday, August 17, 2009. The plan will be used to address the growth-related environmental impacts from water and wastewater projects constructed in the seven municipalities served by the City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department. The meeting will be held at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant Training Facility located at 8500 Battlebridge Road in Raleigh) starting at 6:00 p.m. Oral and written comments will be accepted at the public meeting. Public comment can also be provided in writing or via e-mail.

The town manager is planning to attend the meeting.

ITEM 4. REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 13^TH

NAPA Auto Parts submitted a variance request for property located at 3100 Wendell Boulevard for Section 38.574 of the Wendell Code of Ordinances as it relates to maximum allowed signage per parcel. The Board of Adjustment met about the case on Thursday, August 13^th. The Board of Adjustment approved the variance request.

ITEM 5. VOTE ON TRANSIT TAX

The Legislature gave final approval Monday to legislation allowing Triangle counties to raise the sales tax by 1/2-cent to pay for light rail and more buses. To read this article, click here.

However, because of the statewide sales-tax increase and the state of the economy, the News & Observer reported that Triangle transit advocates are likely to wait until late 2010 or 2011 to ask local voters for a similar hike that would generate $73 million a year for buses and light-rail trains. To read this article, click here.

ITEM 6. LAKE GLAD SEWER PROJECT UNDERWAY

The Lake Glad Road facility improvements project is underway. This merger project is being performed at the direction of the City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department with construction observation by McKim & Creed. Overall, the project consists of electrical and piping improvements, an upgrade to the Jones Landing pump station, painting of the equipment building on Lake Glad, abandonment of the existing “above ground” 16 inch gravity sewer line, and installation of approximately 1,900 linear feet of 24 inch gravity sewer line along Lake Glad Road.

The following are progress highlights of the project:

• Demolition is approximately 95% complete;

• Surface preparation on the equipment building (scheduled to be painted) began;

• Installation of the 24-inch gravity sewer line along Lake Glad Road is expected to start soon.

ITEM 7. UPDATE ON ARRA THIRD STREET / BUFFALO STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT

Staff met with Tom Goodwin of Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates this week to review progress on the design of the project. The design work should be completed the first of next week, and the design will be delivered to NCDOT. From that point, the town will wait for the NCDOT and Federal Highway Administration to review the design work. Hopefully, the design can be reviewed and approved before the September 1^st deadline.

ITEM 8. OTHER

1. Josh Privette completed his volunteer summer internship this week. He begins his college education at NCSU next week. We wish him the best of luck.

2. Knightdale Mayor Russell Killen has requested an opportunity to speak to the Town Board about coordinating plans for greenway trails in hopes of having an inter-connected greenway network. Mayor Killen plans to attend the September 14^th Board of Commissioners meeting to speak on this subject.

3. A recognition ceremony for the Wendell teams which won their respective state championships [11/12 Girls Softball (Tar Heel); 9/10 Boys Baseball (SWAC) and 13/14 Boys Baseball (Tar Heel)] is being planned for the August 24^th Board of Commissioners meeting. The meeting will start early at 6:30 p.m.

4. The Wendell Police Department (in partnership with the Wendell Fire Department and Eastern Wake Emergency Medical Services) will hold its inaugural Public Safety Day on Saturday, August 22^nd from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the rear parking lot of Hephzibah Baptist Church.

5. The annual Wendell Movie Night will be on Friday, September 18^th. It will be held it in the same place as last year (at the bottom of the new side of the park). The rain site will be the Community Center.

6. The NC League of Municipalities will hold its annual conference in Greenville October 25-27.

ITEM 9. UPCOMING EVENTS:

DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

08/17 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

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

08/17 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Public Meeting – SCI Management Plan w/CORPUD staff available for questions @ Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant, 8500 Battlebridge Rd., Raleigh

08/19 10:00 a.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

08/21 10:00 a.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

08/22 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wendell’s “Public Safety Day 2009” @ Hephzibah Baptist Church parking lot

08/24 6:30 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall
Note above time change

08/26 10:00 a.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

08/28 10:00 a.m. UDO Meeting @ Town Hall

08/31 6:00 p.m. Joint Town Board / Planning Board Meeting about the draft UDO @ Wendell Community Center

09/07 Town facilities closed for Labor Day holiday

09/14 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

09/21 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting Town Hall

09/28 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting Town Hall

10/05 7:00 p.m. Joint Town Board / Planning Board Meeting about the draft UDO @ Wendell Community Center

10/12 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting Town Hall

10/19 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting Town Hall

10/25 – 10/27 NC League of Municipalities Annual Conference @ Greenville Convention Center

10/26 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

The Regular Meeting of the Wendell Planning Board

Monday, August 17, 2009 Wendell Courtroom

7:00 p.m. Wendell, North Carolina

1. Meeting Called to Order

• A quorum of seven members of the Planning Board is required before taking official action

2. Welcome and Recognition of Guests

3. Chairman and Board Members’ Comments

4. Adjustment and Approval of the Agenda

5. Public Comments:

• Individuals interested in speaking during the public comments time will need to sign up prior to the beginning of the meeting. The signup period will begin thirty (30) minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting and conclude at the beginning of the meeting.

• Each individual is limited to a time of three (3) minutes in which to express his or her concerns.

• Individuals making public comments are expected to be courteous to the Planning Board.

6. Approval of Minutes:

1. June 15, 2009 minutes

7. Action Taken at Previous Town Board Meetings

• Stormwater Ordinance

8. UDO Update

• Discussion of Planning Board procedures related to UDO

9. Discussion, Consideration, and Action on the Following Items:

A. Swearing In of New Members

2. Distribution of Introduction to Zoning books

3. Presentation by HardiPlank representative

10. Adjourn to Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting

Sam Laughery, Chairperson Lee Batson, Vice Chairperson

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