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Last month the Wake Forest Town Board,
acting on the recommendation of the
planning board, voted three to two to
turn down Lennar Communities of
Carolina’s request for a special use
permit for an amenities center,
including a swimming pool, in Thornrose
subdivision on Forestville Road.
Next Tuesday night the board
will be asked to waive the six-month
waiting period required before they can
apply again.
About 25 Thornrose residents
who were at the March meeting were
angered by the board’s decision and
complained loudly as they were leaving
the meeting and then in the lobby.
A second touchy subject on
the April 18 agenda is a resolution
about the status of the Parker-Hannifin
property, which is owned by the
Industrial Development Corporation.
Parker-Hannifin inherited the
$1,000-a-month lease, which can be
renewed annually for another 22 years,
when it bought out Scovill
(Schrader-Bellows).
Wake Forest developer Jim
Adams has been negotiating to purchase
the property for two years, and last
week told the commissioners the deal has
been held up because the title company
will not give him clear title until it
is demonstrated the Town of Wake Forest
has no financial interest in the
property. He will pay $2.9 million for
the purchase and then spend another
$600,000 demolishing the plant built in
1964. He plans an upscale shopping
center on the site on Wake Union Church
Road a stone’s throw from Capital
Boulevard.
After the public hearing for
requests and suggestions for next year’s
budget, the board will hold a public
hearing on a request by the Doris C.
Forbes Family Limited Partnership for
contiguous annexation of 72.26 acres on
Forbes Road.
The land will become the
Reynolds Mill subdivision (first named
The Enclave at Ligon Mill) where
Parker-Orleans will build 125
single-family homes. The rezoning was
approved in March of 2005. Access to and
from the property will be along Forbes
Road to South Main Street until the
developer completes a portion of Ligon
Mill Road from the southern property
line to the N.C. 98 bypass.
In other planning matters,
the board will vote on:
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A request to rezone an acre at 851
S. Main St. from neighborhood
business to residential R-8
requested by Jim and Gayle Adams.
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Amendments to the part of the zoning
ordinance governing the Historic
Preservation Commission.
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Master plans for South Forest
Business Park and the Heritage
Overlook subdivision.
The board will also be asked
to approve a joint lease agreement
between the town and Capital City
Baseball, which operates the baseball
fields at The Factory. Parks and
Recreation Director Susan Simpson said
the agreement would allow the town to
use the Capital City fields during the
week and Capital City to use the town
fields on weekends when it is hosting
tournaments.
There are two items that
will help establish the town’s automatic
meter reading system for electric
meters, requests to approve Hunt
Technologies’ meter-reading system and
to approve Solid State Electric Meters.
The third item under public
services is to approve a contract for
engineering services for the new
electric substation.
The board should also agree
to an amendment to the interlocal
agreement with Wake County for
computer-assisted dispatch services.
Finally the board is being
asked to close streets for Hoops for
Wake Forest on Saturday, May 20, and for
the 2006 Autumn Arts Festival on Oct.
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