City seeks residents to apply for Boards and Commissions

Post Date:12/12/2022 4:34 PM

(Fayetteville, N.C.) – The City of Fayetteville is currently seeking residents to help fill vacancies for the following boards and commissions: 

• Airport Commission – 5 Vacancies 
• Community Police Advisory Board – 6 Vacancies 

• Fair Housing Board – 1 Vacancy 
• Fayetteville Advisory Committee on Transit (FACT) – 2 Vacancies 
• Fayetteville City Planning Commission – 4 Vacancies 
• Fayetteville City Zoning Commission – 1 Vacancy 
• Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Commission – 2 Vacancies 

• Historic Resources Commission – 4 Vacancies 
• Joint City and County Appearance Commission – 1 Vacancy 
• Joint Fayetteville Cumberland County Senior Citizen Advisory Board – 2 Vacancies 
• Liner Park, Inc. – 3 Vacancies 
• Millennial Commission – 4 Vacancies 

• North Carolina Firefighter’s Relief Fund Board of Trustees – 1 Vacancy 
• Personnel Review Board – 6 Vacancies 
• Public Arts Commission – 3 Vacancies 
• Stormwater Advisory Board – 5 Vacancies 

Boards and commissions are a great way for residents to engage in their community and continue to build a greater Fayetteville. Volunteers who are appointed to the boards and commissions by City Council serve as the link that connects residents to its governing body and serve as advisors that help shape the policies and programs of Fayetteville. 

Applicants can apply now through January 31, 2023 at Fayettevillenc.gov/boards. All qualified applications will be presented to the Appointments Committee in February. City Council will then approve the recommended applicants at a regular meeting in March 2023. 

For more information on how to get involved on boards and commissions please email boards@fayettevillenc.gov or call Jennifer Ayre, Deputy City Clerk at 910.433.1312.

(memo from City of Sanford)

Sanford City Council has committed to spending $4,268,444 for four transformative community initiatives as defined by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

*$690,444 – to provide and protect affordable housing. The City of Sanford will contract with Brick Capital Community Development Corporation to provide home buyer education. The City will loan funds to Brick Capital and the Sanford Affordable Housing Development Corporation to help with the cost of maintaining or improving existing affordable housing stock.

*703,000 – to renovate the Depot building recognizing the vital role of Depot Park in downtown Sanford’s success, the City of Sanford will renovate the historic Depot building for modern use.

*2,800,000 – to begin the Sanford Central Green transformation. Sanford Central Green will be a multi-use community green space anchored by the marketplace that serves as a connector between a future downtown mobility hub and City Hall.

*$75,000 – for a downtown strategic plan.

*$315,000 – to the Outreach Mission Shelter

*$250,000 – for a home repair program to help low-income residents with urgent home repairs.

*$850,000 – to Brick Capital Community Development Corporation to provide infrastructure for a new affordable housing project off Washington Avenue that will provide a 45 single-family lot land trust model subdivision and 16-unit apartment complex for supportive housing.

All of these initiatives align with the City of Sanford’s Strategic Framework, a guideline developed to ensure smart, planned growth.

The following agenda items were voted on by the Council as they pertain to the real estate industry.

*Rezoning of property from Office Institutional to Limited Commercial located at the intersection of McArthur Road and Stacy Weaver. The city’s paperwork does not state the commercial development. This rezoning PASSED.

*Annexation APPROVED along the western side of Ramsey Street, across from Slocomb Road and South of Wolfpoint drive. The property is 15.29 acres will be developed as commercial.

*APPROVED a conditional use zoning from Planned Neighborhood Development to Single-Family zoning for a 38 lot single family residential subdivision that is located at the end of Saddle Ridge Road. The property is 31.01 acres. Property is owned by Appleton South, LLC.

*Annexation APPROVED along the southern side of Hampton Ridge Road and adjacent to Kings Grant Subdivision. The property is 30.01 acres and is owned by Appleton South, LLC (Ralph Huff and David Vannoy, managers). The proposed development will have a low density residential subdivision consisting of 38 lots.

*APPROVED a Community Commercial Zoning for apartments and multi-use recreation facility. The property is located at the end of Jim Johnson Road and contains 69.94 acres. The property is owned by Charles Graham Johnson. The project title is the Cedar Creek Multi-Use Park.

*Annexation APPROVED along the southwestern side of Cedar Creek Road and Jim Johnson Road. The property is 72.91 acres and is owned by Charles Graham Johnson.