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Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Board of Commissioners
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Regular meeting Police and public safetyPublic facilitiesSubdivision and site plansWater and sewerAnnexationContracts and procurementFees and utility ratesLitigation and settlementsParks and recreationRoads and transportationBudget and appropriationsDrugs and addictionEconomic development incentivesGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesRezoning

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3.AApproval of Minutes - August 4, 2025 Meeting Approved unanimously, 5-0
  2. Approved 7.AZoning Map Amendment - 426 & 428 Longfellow Street - REZ-2024-14 Approved unanimously, 5-0 (Ordinance No. N-25-46)
  3. Approved 8.DResolution - Condemn Property for Sanford Waterline Project Approved as part of the consent agenda, 5-0 (Resolution No. 25-1939)
  4. Approved 8.INational Opioid Settlement Supplemental Agreements for Additional Funds Approved unanimously, 5-0
  5. Approved 10.APresentation and Resolution - Wastewater Asset Management Plan Approved unanimously, 5-0 (Resolution No. 25-1944)
  6. Approved 10.BConsultant Selection - Police Department Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study Approved unanimously, 5-0
  7. Approved 10.CFuquay-Varina Social District - Bengal Towne Centre Approved 4-1 (Resolution No. 25-1945); Commissioner Harris opposed

Another 7 items passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Fuquay-Varina's town board approved a social district at the Bengal Towne Centre on 19 August 2025, over the objection of one commissioner who cited 25 years working in substance abuse and said the town should not promote alcohol consumption. His motion to table the item until the town had data on how its existing social districts perform died for lack of a second. The district runs noon to 10 pm, seven days a week.

Everything else passed 5-0, including a wastewater asset management plan, a consultant for a police department needs assessment, a rezoning on Longfellow Street, and supplemental agreements bringing in more national opioid settlement money.

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Meeting recap

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

The social district debate turned on what counts as evidence. The dissenting commissioner asked for figures showing the existing downtown district had helped business, and said crime statistics alone do not measure whether a social district is safe. Staff said they did not have the data to hand and would provide it later. He also objected to the town handing management to a private association; staff replied that marketing and operations would sit with the Bengal Towne Centre management association while enforcement stays with the police department and state alcohol law enforcement, and that the town would publish boundaries, hours and rules as the law requires. The police chief said he had no concerns. Two colleagues praised the developer's record before the vote.

The evening opened with recognitions: the state fire marshal presented the fire department's updated insurance rating from an inspection completed in October 2024, the police department was recognized for achieving state law enforcement accreditation, the sanitation superintendent received a state public works award, and the mayor recognized a nine-year-old resident. One resident spoke, announcing an Audubon Society event on chimney swifts at the former middle school site and raising concern about tree removal in the area, reading the town's heritage tree purpose statement into the record.

How the votes went

Every item passed 5-0 except the Bengal Towne Centre social district, which passed 4-1 with one commissioner opposed. His earlier motion to table that item pending data on the town's existing social districts died for want of a second.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

1 member of the public spoke.

  1. A resident announced an Audubon Society chimney swift event at the former middle school site and objected to the number of trees being removed in the area, reading the town's heritage tree purpose statement to the board.

One speaker, on tree removal and a bird conservation event. Nobody else signed up.

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 (16 on this agenda)
  1. 3.AApproval of Minutes - August 4, 2025 Meeting
  2. 5.APublic Comment
  3. 7.AZoning Map Amendment - 426 & 428 Longfellow Street - REZ-2024-14
  4. 8.BUtility Allocation Request - Springvale South
  5. 8.CRecreation Fee-In-Lieu - Springvale South Subdivision
  6. 8.DResolution - Condemn Property for Sanford Waterline Project
  7. 8.GVoluntary Annexation Petition - George T. Grigsby Jr. Heirs Trust, 52…
  8. 8.HVoluntary Annexation Petition - Malcolm E. Goodman, Jr. & Amy Jaeger,…
  9. 8.INational Opioid Settlement Supplemental Agreements for Additional Fun…
  10. 8.JSpeed Limit Ordinance - Ransdell Road
  11. 8.KRoadway Fee-In-Lieu - Betts Farm Subdivision
  12. 8.LPublic Service Center Phase II - Additional Design Fee
  13. 10.APresentation and Resolution - Wastewater Asset Management Plan
  14. 10.BConsultant Selection - Police Department Needs Assessment and Feasibi…
  15. 10.CFuquay-Varina Social District - Bengal Towne Centre
  16. 11.AManager's Report

Agenda items (16)

Consent agenda · 7Resolution · 2Contract or award · 2Minutes approval · 1Procedural · 1Public hearing · 1Ordinance · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 3.A Approval of Minutes - August 4, 2025 Meeting
    Minutes approval
    Approved unanimously, 5-0
  2. 5.A Public Comment
    Procedural
    A resident announced an Audubon Society event and raised concerns about tree removal in her neighborhood.
  3. 7.A Zoning Map Amendment - 426 & 428 Longfellow Street - REZ-2024-14
    Public hearing Rezoning
    A zoning map amendment covering 0.169 acres at 426 and 428 Longfellow Street, case REZ-2024-14. The applicant spoke in favor, nobody spoke against, and the board approved it 5-0.
    Approved unanimously, 5-0 (Ordinance No. N-25-46)
  1. 8.D Resolution - Condemn Property for Sanford Waterline Project
    Resolution Litigation and settlementsWater and sewer
    A resolution directing condemnation proceedings for easements on the Sanford waterline project, continuing the acquisition the board authorized in July.
    Approved as part of the consent agenda, 5-0 (Resolution No. 25-1939)
  2. 8.I National Opioid Settlement Supplemental Agreements for Additional Funds
    Contract or award Drugs and addictionGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesLitigation and settlements
    Authority for the town manager to execute supplemental agreements for additional proceeds from new national opioid settlements, covering the Purdue and Sackler settlement and one with smaller manufacturers. A commissioner asked for the item to be pulled from consent.
    Approved unanimously, 5-0
  3. 10.A Presentation and Resolution - Wastewater Asset Management Plan
    Resolution Public facilitiesWater and sewer
    Adoption of the town's wastewater asset management plan, presented by the public utilities director. Approved 5-0.
    Approved unanimously, 5-0 (Resolution No. 25-1944)
  4. 10.B Consultant Selection - Police Department Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementPolice and public safetyPublic facilities
    Curry Engineering named the best-qualified firm for a police department needs assessment and feasibility study, with Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects ranked next, and the town manager authorized to negotiate scope and fee. The mayor noted one of the firms is locally based.
    Approved unanimously, 5-0
  5. 10.C Fuquay-Varina Social District - Bengal Towne Centre
    Ordinance Contracts and procurementEconomic development incentivesParks and recreationPolice and public safety
    An ordinance establishing a social district at the Bengal Towne Centre, with boundaries as mapped and hours of noon to 10 pm seven days a week, plus a management and maintenance plan. The management association handles marketing and operations; enforcement stays with the police department and state alcohol law enforcement. Passed 4-1.
    Approved 4-1 (Resolution No. 25-1945); Commissioner Harris opposed
  6. 11.A Manager's Report
    Staff or committee report

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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