Remarks by Susan Evans
46 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Did you drill it down to? Yes. Because there were some people that were talking about restoring the original percentage of revenue. There were some that were talking about. the percentage of what's left over that goes to the counties, and it's more than restoring. We want it better than it used to be, ever was.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 12, 2026
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“Perhaps a winter work session? See what really becomes the top priorities.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 12, 2026
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“See, I'm telling you, there's two different things, and that doesn't clarify for me whether we're talking... or the percent of the net proceeds after they've paid out all their people's winnings. There's two different, and I don't know what we're referring to there. That's why I was asking for clarification. So I would agree. It's not that I don't like the concept. We need to flush it out, and let's wait and see if it's something that really bubbles to the top with the NCACC would be my suggestion as well.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 12, 2026
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“Yes, thank you for this report. I do think this could be a better utilized model for some of our citizens, but I know our land in Wake County is very attractive to developers, but You probably said this at the beginning, but could you clarify me, have both houses, federal government, approved the Road to Housing Act, or is it just one or the other?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay, okay. But I am excited to hear that there's a possibility for them to be able to qualify for FHA mortgages and so forth. I wonder if that would change the definition of how we treat mobile homes for other things or modular homes. I happen to be a former owner of a mobile home in another community, but I know that and other people might not know that that's treated like personal property. You pay property tax on it like you pay on a car. And because you oftentimes don't own the land, as has been highlighted, it's not treated as real estate per se. I wonder if all of a sudden you can get…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Well, I did want to just weigh in with my thanks to Andre and the larger community that was engaged around this effort as one who lives in care of community and watch this unfold over the last couple of years it it really warmed my heart um and and as has already been voiced you know um it's not unusual for a community like this to end up um getting sold for development I've lived in the Cary area long enough that I can remember when we had other mobile home parks, but I think this is probably the last one that we had. But primarily, I wanted to highlight that I had the good fortune to be at…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yes. And thank you, Duane, for adding that context. But I just wanted to weigh in as someone, you know, Commissioner Adams and I have been on this board a while. And, y'all, the COC was just in one big mess a few years ago. It was just one big mess. And we didn't know whether it was the right thing for Wake County government to take it over initially. But Lorena McDowell, in all her wisdom, said, and dedication felt like it was the right thing to do. And she sold it to the COC board. And we are just forever thankful. And we know that the long-term picture might be something else, but we are…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Well, I want to start by saying we're all very excited, I think, that we are going to have a solution for additional non-congregate shelter. We talk about these things often in housing discussions, but the general public might not know what we mean by what's a non-congregate shelter versus a drop-in. Could you take a moment to define the difference?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“I think it's going to be a great, great solution for a number of folks in our community that are ready for that next step. And I very much appreciate that the Women's Center is in a strong position and willing to take this on. And so I just want to clarify, when I first heard about it, this particular way that this transaction was being set up for us to buy this property and then... basically give it to the Women's Center to operate seemed different from how we had done things before. And so I've just been trying to wrap my head around it. But my understanding is that our only investment will…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“That's great. And yes, I appreciate that staff shared some information with us throughout the week that did highlight the other nonprofits that are involved in this space. And we're in much better shape than we were, say, a decade ago in serving this population. So I'm really excited about that. So I just want to make sure I'm understanding everything. The renovations to the Second Street Shelter, that we've been working on and therefore haven't been using that facility for better part of a year maybe. That is about to be complete and we will go back to using that for the drop-in shelter,…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“So that's to be determined who will be the operator of that, but we'll have... That building, that will be being operated for a drop-in white flag shelter. And then if we proceed with this, then we're supporting the Women's Center to operate the congregate shelter. And they will take care of upfitting the building and running the program. And we're just helping with the capital acquisition.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“yeah I just wanted to comment to the staff about what an excellent job they try to do to be very methodical on witness process and also just to commend you on all the ways that you are trying to work with the taxpayers in the community you know I think I feel like you go above and beyond the average, and I appreciate that. We have acknowledged in the past, and we'll know it'll be again the case this time, that it's a heavy lift to get the information out there to people to help them understand all that's happening and why it's happening, but the thing that drives me the craziest during, and…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“not seeing any okay uh is there a motion to adopt a resolution establishing the wake county fire protection service district effective july 1 2027. yes chair i moved that the board of commissioners having held a public hearing regarding the proposed establishment of a new wake county fire protection service district pursuant to ncgs 153a-302 finds that the proposed district meets the standards and findings required in that statute and adopts the resolution establishing the Wake County Fire Protection Service District effective July 1, 2027 with boundaries that exclude the corporate limits of…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“I move that we go into closed session for the reasons stated by the attorney. I second.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“I just would like to note that there was one item on one slide that you neglected to mention, and that was what we negotiated around collection practices. So can you touch on that, please?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“I want to ask a clarifying question around the first topic that Commissioner Waters was highlighting, and that has to do with how it came about that we got this on today's agenda, but that not everything is in the documents. Okay. You spoke about this and asked some questions. So I just wanted to say, is it a correct statement? I mean, I felt like you polled the board members and on midweek that we were ready to go ahead and put this on the agenda. And for the public's understanding, we are required under public meeting laws to post our agenda, is it 48 hours before our meetings at a minimum?…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“So I just, you know, it's an odd situation, but we had already said, put the wheels into motion to put the item on the agenda and certain details and then some of these other negotiations happened basically over the weekend. And we didn't even know they were going to happen. So I just don't want the public to think that we were trying to you know, be secretive or whatever. So I wanted to help them better understand the context around why we have to put this clause in the motion, if it gets made, that we see those statements that will go into the member agreement around the $2 billion and how…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. This has been quite a journey. I'll start by saying that in the past six months I've learned more about hospital systems and the realities of the operating environment for hospitals than I never wanted to know. But all joking aside, it's really been a daunting experience for me. And I want to give a little context around my evolution. When our board was initially made aware of this potential combination by the Wake Med board, it was... my impression that the decision rested with the Wake Med Board of Directors and executive staff. We were initially guided by our legal team to an…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“I move that the Board of Commissioners receives the proposed 2027 Schedule of Values, Standards, and Rules and instructs the tax administrator to... to publish a public notice indicating that both market value and present use value schedules have been received by the board for review and are available for public inspection both in the Wake County Department of Tax Administration and on the Wake County website and that They will schedule a public hearing on the proposed schedule of values at the regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting on October 5th, 2026.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“This is quick. I mentioned this last time, but I would like to remind the community and the board members that Wake County Smart Start is having its 30th anniversary celebration gala this coming Saturday at Marbles Museum. Google Wake County Smart Start and please buy a ticket. Thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026