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WHEREAS, The General Assembly of North Carolina will
meet in short session in June 1986, and
WHEREAS, issues of finances concerning local
governments will be a major concern during this session, and
WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of New Hanover County
have met in special session to discuss these concerns as they
pertain to New Hanover County;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the New Hanover
County Commissioners endorse, recommend and urge their
legislative delegation and the remaining legislators of the State
of North Carolina to support the following;
1. To allow counties to adopt an additional one-half
cent sales tax with funds to be used at the discretion of the
County Commissioners.
2. To increase the room occupancy tax from 2% to 3%,
with no change in the formula for distribution. The New Hanover
County Commissioners are committed to use these funds for tourism
and beach protection.
3. To provide for taxing vehicles at the time of
license acquisition.
4. To eliminate the taxing of personal household
property.
5. To continue the Clean Water Bond funds.
revenues
costs.
6. To
to help
the facilities fees or other
pay for increasing jail and court
increase
counties
7. To support the Governpr's proposed increase in
the gasoline tax.
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8. To support the League of Municipalities' and the
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' goals and
legislative recommendations to allow cities and counties to
reserve Rights of Way for the construction of roads which are
located on master thovoughfare plans.
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9. To votJ against H.B. #1314, the so called "Mavretic
proposal" to replace property taxes with sales taxes.
Signed this 28th day of April, 1986.
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WHEREAS, New Hanover County is experiencing a traffic
crisis in several areas; and
WHEREAS, Highway 132, Market Street and Gordon Road,
particularly, will reach the acute stage when 1-40 is completed
unless something is done to alleviate the traffic problem on
these streets; and
WHEREAS, the projected date for opening 1-40 is 1990;
and
WHEREAS, the construction of the Smith Creek Parkway is
scheduled to begin in 1995; and
WHEREAS, no definite plans have been made to lessen the
traffic congestion in the interim; and
WHEREAS, neither the engineering for the project or the
environmental study'have been made and right-of-way has not been
secured; and
WHEREAS, all of the aforementioned must be done before
the highway can be built.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the New Hanover
County Board of Commissioners hereoy reaffirms that Smith Creek
Parkway is the County's highest priority highway project; and
BEl T FUR T HE R RES 0 LV ED, t hat the Bo a r d 0 f
Transportation is hereby requested to accelerate the Smith Creek
Parkway project in the Transportation Improvement Program and
that the Department of Transportation is hereby requested to make
the necessary studies to begin securing right-of-way for Smith
Creek Parkway at the earliest possible date; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the New Hanover County
Board of Commissioners reaffirms its endorsement of additional'
high~ay projects for the Wilmington area, in the following
priority order:
Widening College Road from Shipyard Boulevard
to U. S . 4 21 ;
State Ports Access (Front Street and related
intersectional improvements);
Outer Loop, segmented as follows:
A) Shipyard to Highway 132
B) U.S. 421 to 1-40
C) 1-40 to U. S. 74
D) U.S. 74 to Highway 132; arid
Widening of Gordon Road
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that our needs for completion
of a coordinated thoroughfare system in New Hanover County
becomes more acute daily and it is our desire to see that these
needs are satisfied as quickly as feasible.
Signed ~his ~day of April, 1986.