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1982-01-18 Regular Meeting 986 MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, JANUARY 13, 1982 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Special Session on Wednesday, January 13, 1982 at 7:30 o'clock a. m. in the Garden Room at the Wilmington Hilton, 301 N. Water Street, Wilmington, N. C. Members present were Commissioners, Jonathan Barfield, Sr., Karen E. Gottovi, Chairman Donald P. Blake, County Manager G. Felix Cooper, County Attorney Robert W. Pope and Acting Clerk to the Board Joyce Bragg. Members absent were Commissioners Howard L. Armistead, Jr. and Claud O'Shields, Jr. PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING Chairman Blake welcomed everyone and introduced Dr. Jay Langfelder, Assistant Secretary, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, who stated the purpose of the meeting was to bring everyone up to date on what has been going on regarding the Fort Fisher facility and to start a dialogue to develop a process of planning that can move forward and be in a position to report back to the group and to the Secretary in the near future. o The following persons commented: Mr. Jim Stevens, Director of North Carolina Parks and Recreation Mr. Tom Wells, Advisory and Consulting Section of the Division Mr. Jack Frauson gave a slide presentation of the Fort Fisher area. ESTABLISHING OF MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Langfelder recommended that a State and Local Management Advisory Committee be established, and charged with a number of things, such as to develop recreational, cultural and educational opportunities at outdoor Fort Fisher, and to look at the physical facilities and operating costs of such a facility and some kind of scheduling on the budget. The following persons commented: Mr. Charles Allo, Planning and Zoning Board of Kure Beach Comm. Karen Gottovi Col. Robert Hughes, Corps. of Engineers o Dr. Langfelder commented on the proposed list of potential members of the Management Advisory Committee which had a lot of local represent~., atives. It was agreed that ,the law enforcement, Corps. of Engineers and the Air Force Station should be represented on this list also. He stated that letters would be sent out to members in a few days and a date'set for the first meeting within one month. Dr. Langfelder proposed that this group be called together again on May 1 for an interim report. The following persons commented: Chairman Donald P. Blake Comm. Karen Gottovi Mr. Ralph Whitley of Carolina Beach ADJOURNMENT Chm. Blake stated that he assumed everyone was giving consent to the proposals made by Dr. Langfelder and adjourned the meeting at 9:00 o'clock a. m. Respectfully submitted, .~~ o MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Monday, January 18, 1982, at 7:30 o'clock a. m. in the Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington, North Carolina. Members present were Commissioners Jonathan Barfield, Sr.; Karen E. Gottovi; Claud O'Shields, Jr.; Chairman Donald P. Blake; County Manager G. Felix Cooper; County Attorney Robert W. Pope; and Clerk to the Board, Alyce B. Rusmisell. Commissioner Howard L. Armistead, Jr. arrived at 8:27 o'clock a. m. and was present for the rest of the meeting. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982 (CONTINUED) 987' ASSEMBLY (CONTINUED) Members of Wilmington City Council present were Councilmen Donald Betz; E. A. Bordeaux; Tony Pate; Ralph Roper; 'William Schwartz; Mayor Ben B. Halterman and City Attorney Mike Jones. Chm. Blake called the meeting to order and stated that the meeting had been changed to begin earlier to meet with members of Wilmington City Council for the purpose of, discussing the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the New Hanover Human Relations Commission. o DISCUSSION OF NEW HANOVER HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE County Attorney Pope, City Attorney Jones, and Human Relations Director Bill Jessup gave the background on the preparation of the, proposed Rules of Practice and Procedure and answered questions from the Commissioners and Council members. , COMM. AIDfISTEAD ARRIVED AT 8:27 O'CLOCK A. M. AND WAS PRESENT FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. BREAK Chm. Blake recessed the meeting for a break from 8:50 o'clock a. m. until 9:05 o'clock a. m. RECONVENING OF MEETING Chm. Blake called the meeting back to order at 9:05 o'clock a. m. Comm. O'Shields gave the invocation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING. JANUARY 4. 1982 Upon MOTION by Comm. Gottovi, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 4, 1982, were UNANIMOUSLY approved as presented. o APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Upon MOTION by Comm. Barfield, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, the following Consent Agenda items were UNANIMOUSLY approved: BUDGET AMENDMENT - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES The following amendment was approved in the Social Services budget to appropriate funds to Services to the Blind. This should have been charged to fiscal year 1980/81. Debit - Acct. #11 3990 990, Fund Balance Appropriated Credit - Acct. #11 5348 582, Services to the Blind $4,430. $4,430. BUDGET AMENDMENT - NON-DEPARTMENTAL The following amendment was approved in the Non-Departmental budget to make payment on New Hanover Memorial Hospital land. These funds were not included in the 1981/82 b~pget as required: Debit - Acct. #11 9800 911, Contingencies Credit - Acct. #11 4200 594, Installment/Lease Pmts. $9,000. $9,000. APPROVAL OF REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF REVENUE The Report of the Collector of Revenue through December 31, 1981, was approved as presented. A copy of the report is contained in Exhibit Book IX, Page 2. o APPROVAL OF TAX ABATEMENTS AND REFUNDS Copies of the list of Tax Abatements and Refunds as approved are contained in Exhibit Book IX, Page 2. ADDITION OF ROADS TO STATE SECONDARY ROAD SYSTEM' The SR-2,Resolution was adopted requesting the addition of the following street to the State Secondary Road System: Berry Street - Walnut Hills Subdivision " A copy of the Resolution is on file in the Clerk's Office. 988 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982, (CONTINUED) APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA (CONTINUED) APPROVAL OF REVISIONS TO ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR Approval was given and the Chairman was authorized to execute the revised Engineering Contract between the County and Henry von Oesen and Associates for Phase 3 of the Northeast Interceptor project. Copies of the Contract are on file in the County Manager's Office. COMMENTS ON PROPOSED COURT FACILITIES Mr. C. G. Berry commented on the, proposed plans for new court facilities. o DISCUSSION ON FOIDfATION OF TASK FORCE ON HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING Comm. O'Shields commented on his request that the County form a Task Force to review all human services' programs and operators to which the County contributes. The Commissioners and County Manager commented. It was agreed that the County Manager would put together some ideas on how such a Task Force could be set up. DISCUSSION ON METHODS OF DEALING WITH HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES Comm. O'Shields commented on his request to begin planning for local ordinances to govern -possible construction of hazardous waste facilities in New Hanover County. Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to ask the Chairman to contact those members of the Solid Waste Advisory Task Force and ask them if they would be willing to serve as a committee to consider local ordinances dealing with hazardous waste facilities. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR BIDDERS ON RESOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT County Manager Cooper explained the request for qualifications of bidders on the proposed Resource Recovery Project. The Comm- issioners had been furnished copies of the outlined procedure for determining the qualifications of prospective bidders. o Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, to approve the procedure and advertise the request for qualifications. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. APPROVAL OF CONTP~CT WITH DIVISION O~ HEALTH SERVICES FOR GRANT Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to accept the grant in the amount of $75,000 that was allocated by the 81st General Assembly to New Hanover County to solve solid waste disposal problems and authorize the Chairman to execute the Contract with the Division of Health Services for the grant. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.. A copy of the Contract is on file in the County Manager's Office. BREAK Cbm. Blake recessed the meeting for a break from 10:02 o'clock a. m. until 10:17 o'clock a. ~. DISCUSSION ON RETREAT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS County Manager Cooper commented on the possibility of the proposed retreat for the County Commissioners being combined with the NACo Legislative Conference in Washington on February 20-24, 1982. o It was agreed that all of the Commissioners would go to Washington on February '19 and combine the retreat with the Legislative Conference. + i,': <.1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982 (CONTINUED) 989 DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED JUDICIAL BUILDING County Manager Cuoper ,had furnished the Commissioners his recommendation for a construction schedule for the proposed judicial building along with the funding requirements., Clerk of Superior Court Louise Rehder, who had served as Chairman of the Judicial Building Study Committee and Mr. Herb McKim, Architect, were present to answer questions from the Commissioners. o Chm. Blake made the following statements for the record and reiterated that these were his comments and the rest of the Commission members were free to agree or disagree with him. When the bids are let for this job, he would personally like to see no time overruns. He would like to see no occasion where the contractor says "well the architect did it" and the architect says "the contractor did it." He would like to see no leaking roofs or leaking windows or anything else. Chm. Blake stated that what he was saying was that anyone who chose ,to bid on this building should do so with the full knowledge that it was going forward as any good project should go; that he did not need to elaborate on any of those issues, but he personally wanted this thing to go through without problems and he refused to get into any type of negotiations between architects and contractors, and he refused to accept "well we've had some problems, and it's going to run another six months." He stated that whoever bid on the job should do so with the full understanding that they were to proceed with what they said they would ,do, and if they could not carry out the project as they said they would, then they shouldn't bid at all. Comm. O'Shields stated that he would like to echo Chm. Blake's theory and concept and say ,that if that was done, it would be a first for New Hanover County and probably for the nation. o Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to move ahead with this project and approve the following budget amendment increasing the architectural fees: Debit Credit - Acct. 1148 Acct. ''(148 3310 890, Interest on Investments 4708 323, Architect Fees $14,614 $14,614. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Mr. M. H. Vaughan requested clarification on the methods of funding for the proposed Judicial Building. County Manager Cooper outlined his recommendations for funding sources. DISCUSSION ON AIRPORT TERMINAL CONSULTANT/ENGINEER The following firms had submitted proposals for the Airport Terminal Proj ect: Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff (HNTB) Talbert, Cox & Associates WilbUr Smith & Associates o County Manager Cooper explained his recommendations as.outlined in a memorandum to the Commissio~ers on January 12, 1982. Comm. Armistead MOVED to hire HNTB to do the project. The MOTION DIED for lack of a second. Airport Manager R. C. Shackelford commented. Comm. Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, that HNTB be , considered as the lead firm to manage the Airport project and ask the County Manager and Airport Manager to meet with them and see what work ,they could delegate to some of the local people to do, and then work out a proposal and come back, and present it to the Commissioners. Upon vote, the,MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 990 ( MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982 (CONTINUED) BOUNDARY FOR RURAL SERVICE DISTRICT Mr. Al Butler, Attorney, and Mr. M. H. Vaughan of the Quality of Life Alliance appeared before the Board to outline that group's proposed boundaries for the "Rural Service District." Mr. Ken Silliman of the Planning Department gave the Planning Staff's recommendation for the district. Comm. Gottovi MOVED, SECONDED by Chm. Blake, to accept the Rural Service Area as proposed by the Quality of Life Alliance for ,Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4, but that the heavily developed area in Area 4, (Channel Haven and Tanglewood) be excluded. . Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. o ADOPTION OF NEW HANOVER HUMAN RELATIONS COMUISSION RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE County Attorney Pope explained the changes made to the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Fair Employment and Fair Housing Ordinances. City of Wilmington Attorney Mike Jones Commented. Comm. Gottovi MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to adopt the New Hanover Human Relations Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure subject to the minor technical changes outlined by the County Attorney. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. A copy of the Rules is contained in Exhibit Book IX, Page 3. DISCUSSION ON SEPTAGE DISPOSAL County Manager Cooper commenhed on the problems that would be encountered when the City of Wilmington stopped accepting septage disposal in their treatment system and recommended that he be allowed to request proposals for an engineering study to make a ,recommendation on methods of septage disposal. Mr. Carl Durham, Chairman of the Board of Health, commented. Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to authorize the County Manager to solicit proposals as ,recommended and report back to the Commission at the next meeting, Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. o ADDITIONAL ITEMS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR CONSTRUCTION Comm. Barfield commented on some complaints he had received from residents on Stonewall Jackson Drive concerning the construction of the Northeast Interceptor Force Main and requested that a meeting be set up to discuss this matter with those residents. It was agreed that the Chairman would send a letter to the concerned residents inviting them to the February 1 County Commission meeting to discuss their complaints. DISCUSSION ON REZONING PROPERTY ON Hl~. 74 NEAR PLAZA EAST Comm. Barfield commented on some property on Hwy. 74 near Plaza East Shopping Center that he felt may have been rezoned for the purpose of sale and asked that the Board consider requesting the Planning Department to initiate rezoning the property back to an R-15 (Resi- dential) zone. Comm. Barfield agreed to furnish the Commissioners with some additional information on this request. BOY SCOUT PROCLAMATION Upon 'MOTION by Comm. O'Shields, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, the following Proclamation was UNANIMOUSLY approved for Scouting Anniversary Week: o WBEREAS, more than 800 men and women serve as volunteer leaders in Cape Fear Council, Boy Scouts' of America; and WHEREAS, these leaders make it possible for our young people to participate in the Scouting program for character building, citizenship training, and personal fitness; and / 991 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 18, 1982 (CONTINUED) ADDITIONAL ITEMS BOY SCOUT PROCLAMATION , i' these leaders have been selected because of their interest in youth by community organizati~~~:that'are chartered to use the Scouting program; and , r' , I :; ~ : I) L.i WHEREAS, " , ' WHEREAS, their service to youth represents a great contribution to our community; Therefore be it o J I', RESOLVED, that ,the New Hanover County'Board '~f:C~~i~si~ner~, ~sk our citizens to extend their appreciation to these dedicated men and women during Scouting Anniversary Week, February 4, 'th,r"tig1114, 198_2. ___~____.. . . , -- . :)' . REPLY' TO.FUNDERBURG LETTER ' , " " Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, to approve the 'County Manager's letter of reply to Mr. ,William S.:Funderburg. Upon vote,; the MOTION ,CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. " '.J. 1 -:.. EXECUTIVE SESSION Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, that the meeting be recessed to Executive Session for the County Attorney to report on a litigation matter,'. "Upon-vote, the MOTION ,C!,RR:IED 'UNANU10USLY. Chm.' Blake recessed'the meeting to'Exectitive Session at 12:27 o'clock p. m. Chm. Blake reconvened the meeting to Public Session at 12:45 o'clock p. m. ro-" .,; ADJOURNMENT Comm. O'Shields MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Armistead, that the meeting be adjourned. Upon,~ote~: the MOTION CARRIED ,UNANIMOUSLY. ':' ) o Chm. Blake 'adjourned,:the meeting at 12:45, !'i'c1oC;:,k:p,.,Dl,' ' , Respectively submitted, ~,6,l(~ Alyce B. Rusmisell, Clerk ,,'. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 1, 1982 ,:J ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Monday, February 1, 1982, at 7:00 o'clock p;'~. 'in the, Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington,' North Carolina. o. r 1 . . " Members present were Commissioners'Howard L. ~rmistead..Jr.; Jonathan Barfield, Sr.; Karen E. Gottovi; Claud O'Shields" Jr;; Chairman, Donald P. 'Blake; County Manager G. Felix Cooper; County Attorney Robert W. Pope; ,and Clerk to:the'Board; Alyce B. Rusmfsel1."-'No members were absent. Chm. Blake called the meeting to order. o Rev. B. H. Baskerville of Chestnut Street Presbyterian Churcb offered the invocation. I APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING. JANUARY 13. 1982 AND REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 18,1982 I _ ._, ,_, . ","", . Upon MOTION by Comm. Gottovi, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, the Minutes of the'Speciai Meeting 'of Januari 13,. 1982; 'were APPROVED As FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Comm. BarfieldJ Gottovi and Chm. Blake Abstaining:, COIlIIn; Armistea4 and O'Shields ,r " Upon MOTION by Comm. Gottovi, SECONDED by Chm. Blake, Commissioners Armistead and O'Shields were UNANIMOUSLY excused from voting on approval of the Minutes of the Special Meeting of January 13, 1982, as they were not present at the meeting.