On January 10, WakeUP Wake County spoke at the Cary Town Council public hearing on a possible repeal of the Town’s Adequate Public Facilities Planning and Development for Roads Ordinance. Karen Rindge, Executive Director of WakeUP, spoke on behalf of the organization, first praising Cary for its leadership in planning for growth, but pointing out the significant costs of the infrastructure to support that growth. Rindge explained that we should all share these costs, and those that will benefit the most economically from new development should also pay their fair share of the costs.
In the past, WakeUP has proposed options like impact fees, for example, to pay for growth-related needs like roads, transit, parks, schools, etc. Rindge urged the Cary Town Council to stay the course and vote against repealing Cary’s APFO so that growth can be adequately funded and fairly apportioned, or find new ways to ensure that new development helps pay for the costs of new growth.