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Tuesday night the Wake Forest
commissioners will decide whether the
owner of a lot in the Heritage
Professional Park can remove a tree to
construct an office for a medical
practice, Village Family Care.
The planning board last week
recommended the removal of the 30-inch
oak by a 5 to 4 vote, and Commissioner
Margaret Stinnett said they were making
a big mistake. The commissioners and the
mayor hold joint public hearings, and
the commissioners stay for the planning
board’s debate and decision.
It was Stinnett who asked
that two other items be on the agenda
when the town board meets Sept. 19 at 7
p.m. in town hall – discussions about
the town’s tree-trimming policy and the
appearance of the downtown.
The commissioners will agree
that the town may sell $9.2 million in
general obligation bonds, part of the
$16.5 million voters approved in May of
2005 for streets, sidewalks and parks.
Of the $9.2 million, $5.7 million will
be for streets and $3.5 million will be
for parks.
Mayor Vivian Jones, Town
Manager Mark Williams and Finance
Director Aileen Staples went to New York
City last week to make arrangements
about the bond sale. Williams said the
meetings went very well and he hopes the
town will also receive a higher bond
rating, which will reduce the interest
on the bonds.
In other business, the
commissioners will:
-- proclaim Oct. 4 as Walk
Our Children to School Day.
-- proclaim Oct. 1 through 7
as Public Power Week during which three
lucky residents will win free power for
the month.
-- hold a public hearing for
the annexation submitted by Waters Edge
Environmental for 4.6 acres on Shearon
Farms Avenue.
-- receive an amended
petition for annexation submitted by
Willfair Properties for 19 acres on
Rogers Road. The original petition
lacked one signature.
-- approve a conservation
easement on the Walker property the town
recently purchased with a grant from the
Clean Water Management Trust Fund.
-- approve the site plan for
the second building on the North Park
property on Capital Boulevard.
-- select a voting delegate
to the N.C. League of Municipalities
annual meeting.
-- approve a contract with
Glenn Harbeck, the consultant for the
comprehensive plan.
-- consider a no-parking
zone on the west side of South Franklin
Street from East Holding Avenue to the
first driveway and a matching zone on
the east side going south 300 feet from
East Holding.
-- consider a rate increase
of 4.8 percent from Waste Industries to
pick up commercial trash.
-- consider approving the
American Public Power Association safety
manual as the official safety manual for
the town.
-- a closed session to
consider acquiring easements along South
Main Street for the proposed widening
from Rogers Road north to Forbes Road. |
