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City Council Meeting - October 19, 2026

Agenda

Mayor Allen Joines presiding, with Mayor Pro Tempore Denise D. Adams and Council Members Scott Andree-Bowen, Barbara Hanes Burke, Robert C. Clark, Regina Hall, Vivián V. Joiner, Annette Scippio and James Taylor, Jr. Monday, October 19, 2026, 6:00 PM. Order of business: Call to Order, Roll Call, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance, Recognition of Sergeant-at-Arms, City Manager Update.

Items recommended unanimously by a committee or submitted under established procedure; enacted with one motion unless a Council Member pulls an item.

  • C-1 (26-0418) Request for a public hearing on the proposed annexation of PIN 6809-65-4054.000 and PIN 6809-64-4721.000, known as Long Creek Village. Hearing date November 16, 2026 (Public Works Committee recommends approval). See Long Creek Village Annexation.
  • C-2 (26-0450) Mayor Joines' recommendation to appoint Chiquita Evans to the Historic Resources Commission (term expires November 2027).
  • C-3 (26-0449) Re-appointment of Dixon Pitt to the City/County Planning Board (term expires February 2030).
  • C-4 (26-0451) Re-appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment: Denise Hartsfield, Edgar Forrest and Natasha Smith (terms expire October 2029).
  • C-5 (26-0439) Approval of the City Council summary of minutes, October 5, 2026.

General Agenda

  • G-1 (26-0447) Downtown Winston-Salem Business Improvement District (BID) Fiscal Year 2025-2026 annual report, with presentation.
  • G-2 (26-0401) Public hearing and consideration of a petition to close and abandon a portion of South Spring Street (South Ward). Public Works Committee recommends approval; continued from the October 5, 2026 meeting. See South Spring Street Closure.
  • G-3 (26-0434) Public hearing on zoning petition W-3695 of State Employees Credit Union, MU-S to GB-S, about 3.14 acres on the west side of Meadowlark Drive, south side of Rosewind Lane and east side of Beauchamp Road (West Ward). Planning Board recommends approval. The packet includes 20 opposition letters, a neighborhood outreach summary and signed written consent to conditions. Requested uses include banking, child care, church, food or drug store, micro-brewery, nursing care, offices, retail, restaurant without drive-through, retail storage, veterinary services, and multifamily, townhouse, twinhome and duplex residential. See W-3695 Meadowlark Drive Rezoning to GB-S.
  • G-4 (26-0435) Public hearing on zoning petition W-3701 of First Baptist Church of Stanleyville, RS9 to IP, about 2.10 acres between Virginia Lake Road and University Parkway on the north side of Ziglar Road (Northeast Ward). Planning Board recommends approval.
  • G-5 (26-0436) Public hearing on zoning petition W-3702 of 2608 Reynolda Road, LLC, RS9 to RM18-S (multifamily), about 1.71 acres north of the Reynolda Road and Sunnynoll Drive intersection (North Ward). Planning Board recommends approval; signed consent to conditions and site plan attached.
  • G-6 (26-0440) Public hearing on UDO-CC37, amending Chapter 5 of the Unified Development Ordinances to revise bufferyard requirements for planned residential developments. General Government Committee recommends approval; the packet has two letters of support and one of opposition. See UDO-CC-37 Bufferyard Requirements.
  • G-7 (26-0441) Public hearing on adoption of the Northeast Suburban Area Plan. General Government Committee recommends approval. See Northeast Suburban Area Plan.
  • G-8 (26-0448) Resolution authorizing a $129,880 change order to DCH Enterprises, Inc. for painting services at City Hall.

Public Comment Period, Mayor/Council Comments, Adjournment.

Last modified 2026-10-19