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Meeting of the Parks & Rec Advisory Board

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Monday, September 8, 2025

Advisory board meeting Public facilitiesParks and recreationRoads and transportationBudget and appropriationsHealth and human services

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved IIIApproval of the meeting minutes; May 12, 2025 Approved unanimously

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 parks advisory board heard on 8 September 2025 that fall youth sports registration reached 4,490, up about seven percent, and that the town now runs the largest youth sports program in Wake County, 71 percent bigger than the second largest. Soccer alone drew 1,903 players.

Two capital projects have stalled. Bids for lights on the Banks Road baseball field came back well over budget, so that work is on hold until early 2026, and restroom construction at both Willow Lakes Park and Banks Road Park is on hold. The board took no votes beyond approving its May minutes and adjourned in 39 minutes.

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Meeting recap

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

Most of the meeting was staff reporting on capacity. Programs at the Hilltop Needmore community center are running close to full: the sketching class is full, golf outings at 100 percent, fall trips at 94 percent, meet-ups at 93 percent and the percussion class at 90. The teen council has 124 members, seven executive positions, and two members elected to the state executive board. Staff added badminton, track-out and teacher workday camps, and ran the center's first racquetball tournament with 14 entrants.

On projects, the Willow Lakes Park parking lot was due to open within two weeks and the Action Park lot, adding 80 to 90 spaces, was expected out to bid within 60 days. Library Park concepts have gone to the town board and out for public comment before returning for a recommendation. Looking ahead, staff described a feasibility study for a Terrible Creek greenway running from Highway 401 into downtown, and a master plan for a 17-acre Willow Springs park the town holds on a 40-year lease from the county, with a request for qualifications about to go out. Nobody spoke at public comment.

How the votes went

One vote: approval of the May 2025 minutes, passed unanimously. Everything else on the agenda was a staff report.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

The minutes record the public comment period as none.

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 (14 on this agenda)
  1. ICall to Order
  2. IIPledge
  3. IIIApproval of the meeting minutes; May 12, 2025
  4. IVPublic Comment
  5. VHNTP Community Center Programs
  6. VIYouth Sports Update
  7. VIIFY25 Projects
  8. VIIIUpcoming Events
  9. IXFY26 Projects
  10. XStaff Updates
  11. XINext Scheduled Meeting
  12. XIIStaff Comments
  13. XIIIBoard Comments
  14. XIVAdjournment

Agenda items (14)

Procedural · 7Staff or committee report · 6Minutes approval · 1
  1. I Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. II Pledge
    Procedural
  3. III Approval of the meeting minutes; May 12, 2025
    Minutes approval
    Approval of the minutes of the board's 12 May 2025 meeting, passed unanimously.
    Approved unanimously
  4. IV Public Comment
    Procedural
    No one spoke.
  5. V HNTP Community Center Programs
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesParks and recreationPublic facilities
    A report on programs at the Hilltop Needmore Town Park community center. Adult classes are running near capacity, with the sketching class full and golf at 100 percent. Staff added badminton, track-out and teacher workday camps, ran a first racquetball tournament, and reported 124 teen council members with two elected to the state executive board. Specialized recreation includes abilities tennis.
  6. VI Youth Sports Update
    Staff or committee report Parks and recreation
    Fall youth sports closed at 4,490 registrations, an increase of about seven percent. Staff said Fuquay-Varina now runs the largest youth sports program in the county, 71 percent larger than the next biggest. Soccer is the largest sport at 1,903 participants.
  7. VII FY25 Projects
    Staff or committee report Public facilitiesRoads and transportation
    Progress on the 2025 project list: the Willow Lakes Park parking lot due to open within two weeks, an Action Park lot adding 80 to 90 spaces expected out to bid within 60 days, Library Park improvement concepts out for public comment before returning to the town board, and trail resurfacing at Hilltop Needmore where the asphalt has deteriorated.
  8. VIII Upcoming Events
    Staff or committee report
  9. IX FY26 Projects
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsPublic facilitiesRoads and transportation
    The 2026 project list. The South Park community center renovation is at the scope and fee stage. A feasibility study will map a Terrible Creek greenway from Highway 401 into downtown. A master plan is starting for a 17-acre Willow Springs park the town leases from the county for 40 years, with parking and multipurpose fields. Field lights at Banks Road are on hold until early 2026 after bids came in well over budget, and restroom construction at Willow Lakes and Banks Road parks is also on hold. LED light replacement at two Action Park fields begins after fall sports, and a South Park dugout is out to bid for construction between November and January.
  10. X Staff Updates
    Staff or committee report
  11. XI Next Scheduled Meeting
    Procedural
  12. XII Staff Comments
    Procedural
  13. XIII Board Comments
    Procedural
  14. XIV Adjournment
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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