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Motion: Approve the agenda as presented.
Outcome: Approved (voice vote).

Motion: Approve the consent agenda as presented.
Outcome: Approved (voice vote).

Motion: Award Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Neighborhood Revitalization grant administration services to Insight Planning and Development (Wilmington, NC) and authorize the chair to sign the agreement once approved by county legal, with a not‑to‑exceed amount of $152,000 (amendment to the motion).
Outcome: Approved (voice vote).

Motion: Table the proposed Lee County government telework policy for consideration at a future date.
Outcome: Motion to table approved (voice vote).

Motion: Provide an additional $125,000 (to be split with the city) from ARPA revenue‑loss funds to the local urgent home‑repair program; authorize the chair to sign an amendment to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the city if approved.
Outcome: Approved (voice vote).

Motion: Authorize the county manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and related documents to fund VIPER (radio) project support for volunteer fire departments, consistent with previously approved budgets.
Outcome: Approved (voice vote).

Other: Routine procedural motions, including adjournment, were approved by voice vote.

Details and context: County staff told the board there were two proposals for the CDBG grant-administration RFP; staff evaluation recommended Insight Planning and Development after reference checks. The RFP award motion was amended on the floor to include authority for the chair to sign the contract with a not‑to‑exceed fee. For the ARPA revenue‑loss home‑repair request, staff said the program had 45 applications, matching funds from Duke Energy and weatherization programs, and the additional county funds were required to meet the candidacy list; the city had already approved $125,000.

The transcript records voice votes with the board answering “aye” on the motions; no roll‑call tallies with individual commissioner names were recorded in the minutes for those motions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lee County Board of Commissioners Meeting - April 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Lee County Board of Commissioners approved several administrative motions including a CDBG contract award (NTE $152,000) and an additional $125,000 from ARPA revenue‑loss funds for a home‑repair program.","taxTitle","Lee County, North Carolina","taxId",55520,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578873,"Residents urge caution as Lee County holds public hearing on five‑year capital improvement plan",234,1432000,1666000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46&start=1432&end=1666","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46/thumbnail_1432000.jpg","/articles/6578873/Lee-County/North-Carolina/Residents-urge-caution-as-Lee-County-holds-public-hearing-on-fiveyear-capital-improvement-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578873-46f46853dc8f0ad71d4e7a8aebcf142f/orig.mp4?Expires=1775393946&Signature=CEB1qeVA~9f337d504~qWNfqqqnqeR~7EH9atm2JRizvu1GK-s~y18ff5EZwGr0713cim1L84kB~xM-U6VCI16u9Ifwhb4xJ4oIsnYzBF8AEt~5mQRr2Tut0PpO4MO3OUfK0Sm7NKsH0r6kpQM4vPjAgauwWVhe2ER1RMb5LDFrl-gQFEe1sCA0Pylj~f1bhvviwMv67JiYl7fKW40u2o67mzVT~we16WzFbRJJ0eI0AuXSzvbMc9A5jkAyiKq-48b2smd3HQt-CKyGQ049yTROc5dFfau4Mqk3dutHasC41A6n36KOj5BF7jQ1jLV-k7UkWxt1I2fAfAbrrA34q6w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lee County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on the manager's recommended Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and heard public comments urging the board to prioritize projects and consider bond financing for nonessential items.

County finance and management staff presented the manager’s recommended CIP; at a previous April meeting the manager had shown more than $306 million in requested projects and presented a recommended scope of $291,025,282 across the five‑year plan. The board scheduled and opened a public hearing on that recommended CIP at the meeting.

Resident David Smoak (96 Northridge Trail, Sanford) recommended three options for commissioners: reject the plan and request a plan that does not raise tax rates; adopt the plan with a specific property‑tax increase (he referenced a 10¢ example the manager included to show cost); or approve the plan but defer payment (which he called the worst option). Smoak urged the board to identify priorities and consider placing nonessential projects before voters in a bond referendum. He said the county manager “is only responding to the guidance given by you commissioners” and asked commissioners to give clearer direction.

The board also read into the record an email from James K. Womack Jr., who urged prioritizing school facilities and delaying certain county projects so the Southern Lee High School expansion could be funded sooner. The submitted comments included the line, “Why are you modernizing the old library? Sell the doggone thing,” which Womack asked the board to consider as part of citizen priorities.

After public comment the hearing was closed. Commissioners and staff noted several upcoming budget meetings and a planned CIP work session; no formal action to adopt or change the CIP was taken during the public hearing. Staff said more detailed budget and funding discussions will follow in the budget process and at scheduled workshops.

Members of the public who spoke called for clearer project prioritization, consideration of bond referenda for large nonessential projects, and more transparent trade‑offs during the board’s budget deliberations.","At a public hearing on the manager's recommended five‑year Capital Improvement Plan (FY2026–2030), residents urged commissioners to scale back projects or put nonessential items to a bond referendum; the manager's recommended scope presented $291,025,282 in proposed projects across five years.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578878,"Public hearing held on Hawkins Avenue rezoning to allow Metal Impressions expansion",543,833000,1376000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46&start=833&end=1376","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46/thumbnail_833000.jpg","/articles/6578878/Lee-County/North-Carolina/Public-hearing-held-on-Hawkins-Avenue-rezoning-to-allow-Metal-Impressions-expansion","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578878-af4fda29480ded8fc0f2eb0edae1392e/orig.mp4?Expires=1775393946&Signature=BBAGM3-hMiysiVXHR8gnKswkAO25VM2mTdOPb8wAsWtu2wiquXKpzpEoyV9X9TCoD1dLYkVpnJed4SQEXmrsP4bMsUyyTMxyH0oPSCb6WlfNIdbqr23hSaKzhm3V9isLKz9LSloPLBljdV-k~Ht6ZxNQm~WMSe4SFMy07~h3P3Ob4TcRa8bSG4~K9HK8U~aypdsnYtPqdt0rXgUSLB95UlxLi7eZmHrz1raGl9LYgo3143ke5AdsMjJYDJrOww9AEi8kiWOgb4Zqoxxt7dBbg68xJr6LNkaOdIDjpLvTT0JWajyEtFqKg68d-VHVC~B0g~odvt99-mw58vi7UOasKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lee County Board of Commissioners opened and closed a public hearing on a request to rezone 0.24 acres of a 5-acre tract at 3313 Hawkins Avenue from residential-agricultural (RA) to highway commercial (HC) to permit expansion of Metal Impressions Incorporated.

Planning staff explained the 0.24-acre portion was recombined with the adjoining lot in 2024 and is owned by Hawkins of Sanford LLC, the owner of Metal Impressions. Staff said the broader tract and surrounding parcels already include highway commercial and industrial zoning, noted the site has public water on Hawkins Avenue but no public sanitary sewer (Metal Impressions currently uses a private septic system), and told the board the county land-use plan designates the area as “countryside,” which is not supportive of commercial land uses although nearby zoning already allows commercial and industrial uses.

Renee Sweely, who identified herself as the owner of Hawkins of Sanford and Metal Impressions, spoke in favor and said the company plans to construct a contractor’s office/warehouse and that the rezoning would \"clean up the zoning on this lot\" and allow the small business to expand. She said, “we are going to construct a beautiful building that you will be very impressed with.” Commissioners had no follow-up questions, the public hearing was closed, and the planning board was signaled to convene for their portion of the process. The transcript does not record a final vote by the Board of Commissioners on the rezoning within this meeting.

Staff emphasized any future redevelopment would be required to meet the county’s Unified Development Ordinance development standards if rezoned.

The staff report, maps and traffic counts presented to the board are included in the commissioners’ agenda packet.","A public hearing was held on a request to rezone a 0.24-acre portion of a 5‑acre tract at 3313 Hawkins Avenue from residential-agricultural to highway commercial to allow expansion of Metal Impressions; the applicant and staff said the remainder of the parcel is already commercial and no vote was recorded.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6578883,"Public hearing held on rezoning parcel along US 421 for proposed digital billboard",582,230000,812000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46&start=230&end=812","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3139153-c7f8b25ad70e31d3ef78fdb02347bc46/thumbnail_230000.jpg","/articles/6578883/Lee-County/North-Carolina/Public-hearing-held-on-rezoning-parcel-along-US-421-for-proposed-digital-billboard","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6578883-9ba5e981ff24f3c1f9c4f91a875bb28a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775393946&Signature=DyazSND~Lq~CzaHDiolKI9Mv1cg6aTEEamO6dOudo00CUIhYikrXpF7uWH8Zx5mc~yaSsXv-wdahWGNx2B-uEYtBKHXUWedSC4FHB7VkwAf9J-1QDydJsrufAHmVWEXu~52mI1UDhj~5GnKSIJFEm3AS1GK5C43xZgO~kMSdj-eEi3R2H~xK7zuNuPJPK3r2mlSfqCTrlQx0X9hUjCeDK1Fvmj7IpTpXVcEMVWK4w3f-FLEWqjZ~8z-yrDs-RnI70iKIaRYFH~9O-guiOF~xYaf-30Z3Qhj1zlc2N86B~WI0gG3nJTM~--AO0vwZWA2UaXFSIWL8dwoW6FkfN2K0XQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lee County Board of Commissioners opened a public hearing on a rezoning request to allow a digital billboard on a 0.76-acre parcel fronting Maddox Farm Road and U.S. 421.

Planning staff said the applicants, Josh and Heather Maddox, seek to rezone the triangular remnant parcel from residential-agricultural (RA) to highway commercial (HC) to permit a digital billboard and other HC uses. Amy McNeil, planning staff, told the board the site sits between Sanford and the Harnett County line, has roughly 275 feet of frontage on NCDOT-maintained U.S. 421 and 361 feet on Maddox Farm Road, and does not appear to have access to public water or sewer. McNeil also noted the county's land-use plan designates the area as “countryside,” which does not support commercial uses, although the board may weigh broader growth policy considerations.

McNeil said the site falls within a voluntary agricultural district notification radius and that trees within the NCDOT right of way may affect billboard visibility; removal of those trees would be subject to NCDOT approval. During the public hearing, applicant Josh Maddox identified himself as speaking in favor and offered to answer questions. Commissioners had no substantive follow-up questions. The public hearing was closed with no final vote on the rezoning recorded at the meeting.

Because the request was classified as a general-use rezoning, no site, subdivision, or building plans were required as part of the application. Staff reminded the board that if the property is redeveloped for other uses in the future it may require water and wastewater service depending on the project scope and must meet current development regulations if rezoned.

Board action on the petition was not taken at the meeting; the record shows the hearing opened, public comment from the applicant, and the hearing closed. Any subsequent vote or recommendation to adopt a zoning map amendment would need to be scheduled and formally recorded in a later meeting or decision.

The planning staff report and maps referenced during the hearing are in the commissioners' and planning-board agenda packets.","The Lee County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on a request to rezone a 0.76-acre parcel on Maddox Farm Road and US 421 from residential-agricultural to highway commercial to permit a digital billboard; no final zoning decision was recorded at the meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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