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Staff reports development activity, rental-assistance pilot with NeighborUp and direction toward microtransit
Summary
Town staff told the Morrisville Planning and Zoning Board about multiple new development applications including a roughly 900,000-square-foot building at the Spark Campus, a new Sam's Express car wash approval, a forthcoming rezoning for 1800 Strand Street, a rental-assistance pilot to be administered by NeighborUp, and council direction to shift from shuttles to smaller microtransit vehicles.
Town staff provided a consolidated update on recent development activity and program work. Staff said two development applications had been received—a rezoning for 1800 Strand Street (Pathway Triangle area) and a site-and-construction application for a roughly 900,000-square-foot building at 4773 McCrimmon Parkway on the Spark Campus. Staff also reported administrative approvals for a Sam's Express car wash on Chapel Hill Road and for development at 403 Watkins Road, described as including multifamily units and ground-floor nonresidential space adjacent to Wake Tech.
Staff announced the town has entered a contract with NeighborUp (identified in the transcript as formerly Dorgas Ministries) to administer a new rental assistance program. Staff said application and promotional materials are being developed and that the program is expected to launch in spring as a three- to five-year pilot. "We're really excited to be working with them," a staff member said.
On transit, staff summarized council discussion at an abbreviated retreat and said the council directed short-term continuation of microtransit: retain microtransit for the next few years, add nodes and vehicles, and transition from larger shuttles to smaller minivans. Staff said the council anticipates final adoption of the alternate transit study recommendations at the Feb. 24 town council meeting.
Several numeric details in the transcript are unclear: the transcript records "3 57 multifamily units" for the 403 Watkins Road item in a way that is not parseable; the article therefore reports the multifamily unit count as not specified.
