SECTION 2: PLANNING PROCESS
2019 Action #
2024 Status
Description
Status Comments/Explanation
Wake Forest
P-4
Explore the use of Stormwater Utility Fees
Completed Storm Utility has been approved and finished.
PP-1
Document each historic structure in Wake Forest town limits and ETJ
Completed Completed Completed Completed
NRP-1
Manage the Wake Forest Reservoir for hazard mitigation
From the standpoint of the Inspections department, Town code does not require generators in these types of facilities, and we cannot encourage the installation of generators. The Town of Wake Forest is no longer under contract with fuel suppliers. Previously contracted fuel suppliers refused to commit to future contracts for unknown reasons.
Investigate methods of encouraging gas stations to acquire backup generators.
ES-1
Delete
ES-3
Require, in the contract, that fuel suppliers have backup generators.
Delete
ES-4
Adopt and Implement an Emergency Operations Plan
Completed EOP was adopted April 2019
Wendell
Ongoing - Raleigh has installed emergency generators on all lift stations within the Town and intends to do so going forward. Areas added during Comp Plan update and we calculate gross density which gives credit for environmentally-sensitive areas without disturbing them UDO is being interpreted now such that buffers are not allowed to be graded in and buffers must be supplemented to meet standards
P-1
Install generators as needed at lift stations.
Completed
Add environmentally sensitive and hazard areas to the Future Land Use Map and adopt updated Comprehensive Plan, which will allow environmental conditions and hazard areas to guide zoning and density decisions. Consider regulations to regulate clear-cutting to help control erosion from construction sites Perform improvements to existing open drainage device near intersection of 1st St & Pine St. to increase total water volume & flow Make electrical improvements in the downtown in order to help ensure continuity of service during extreme weather Evaluate potential locations for a future Public Works debris site, to accommodate debris associated with natural hazards Secure and utilize visual warning barricades for vehicular and pedestrian traffic to block properties, roadways, etc. for public safety during or following hazard events Conduct periodic training exercises, related to higher-risk hazard threats identified by the Hazard Mitigation Plan
P-3
Completed
P-6
Completed
SP-1
Completed New pipe and culvert improvements and installation
New electrical at Third/Main Streets to decrease load by approximately 40% on previously the sole circuit. Conversion to LED lamps to decrease load.
ES-1
Completed
ES-3
Completed Disaster Debris designated site (town park)
Ongoing as town grows. At this time more than $100,000 spent on class 3 barricades, message boards, light towers, etc. Ongoing and required for police accreditation and also best practices.
ES-5
Completed
ES-6
Completed
Zebulon
P-2
Enforce subdivision standards for development in flood hazard areas.
Completed Updated in UDO Revisions.
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
WSP June 2024 Page 24
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