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Agenda 2001 09-17AGENDA I ~pHOVER CO '~' ?`"~ ,, Gy~~ * ,~ urr . _ i 9J~ IMPO'E%P//~ IMOV4TIIT OFNORtN~'p NEW HANOVER COiTNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Assembly Room, New Hanover County Historic Courthouse 24 North Third Street, Room 301 Wilmington, NC TED DAVIS, JR., CHAIRMAN • ROBERT G. GREER VICE-CHAIRMAN WILLIAM A. CASTER, COMMISSIONER • JULIA BOSEMAN, COMMISSIONER • NANCY PRITCHETT, COMMISSIONER ALLEN O'NEAL, COUNTY MANAGER • WANDA COPLEY, COUNTY ATTORNEY • LUCIE F. HARRELL, CLERK TO THE BOARD September 17, 2001 9:00 a.m. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER (Chairman Ted Davis, Jr.) INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ESTIMATED ITEMS OF BUSINESS PAGE TIMES NO. 9:15 a.m. 1. Presentation of Hubert Tarkenton Outstanding Achievement Award to John H. 1 Hubbard, WASTEC Plant Manager 9:20 a.m. 2. Presentation of Retirement Plaques 5 9:25 a.m. 3. Presentation of New Hanover County Service Awards 7 9:30 a.m. 4. Recognition of New Employees 9 9:35 a.m. 5. Introduction of Thomas Herrera-Mishler, Director of Air(ie Gardens 11 9:45 a.m. 6. Consideration of Approval to Proceed With Federal Point Fire Station 13 10:05 a.m. 7. Presentation and Update on Forthcoming Domestic Terrorism Planning and 15 Training Programs 10:,15 a.m. 8. Consideration of Approval of Stucco Removal & Building Repair to Cape Fear 39 Museum 10:30 a.m. 9. Consideration of Approval to Increase Admissions Fees for Cape Fear Museum 41 10:40 a.m. 10. Consideration of Award of Contract #01-0339 for Scrap Tire Management 43 Central Carolina Tire Disposal. 10:55 a.m. 11. Public Hearing :Findings Resolution for COPS 5~ 11:05 a.m. 12. Consideration of Conservation Measures for Mason Inlet Relocation Project 59 11:15 a.m. 13. Committee Appointments 153 11:30 a.m. 14. Meeting of the Water and Sewer District 253 11:45 a.m. Non Agenda Items (limit 3 minutes) Additional Items -County Commissioners, County Attorney, County Manager `~"` 'N Ad oon journ No te: Times listed. for eac h item is estimated, and in the event that a preceding item takes less time, the Board will move to the next item. MEETING OF THE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ROOM, NEW HANOVER COUNTY HISTORIC COURTHOUSE _._ 24 NORTH THIRD STREET, ROOM 301 WILMINGTON, NC September 17, 2001 ITEMS OF BUSINESS PAGE NO. 1. Non-Agenda Items (limit to 3 minutes) ~ 253 2. Approval of Minutes 255 3. Consideration of Request for A Temporary Exemption from Wastewater Impact Fees 257 Cape Fear Fair and Expo 4. Consideration of Approval of Contract for.Meter Reading Services #02-0118 Adjourn ..: !~' Regular Item #: 1 Estimated Time: Page Number: Depa~trnent: Environmental Management Poesent2r: Allen C'Neal C®ntact: Allen O'Neal • • St~~JEC°f: ~a"~~~s~tatl0r~ ofi E~~€h~rt ~ ~rk~~tor~ ~att~ta~di~~ e~~hle~r~~~s~t ,~~~rcl to Je~hs~ 1°I. F9~bhar~, 1l~~5~°~ P1a~t IVl;as~ager ~I~IEI^ SuMIV~AI~y: Hubert Tarkenton was a founder of the North Carolina Association of~Local Government Employees Safety Officials (NCALGESCC) and a leader in safety. Upon his death, the organization chose to honor him by creating the Hubert Tarkenton Award. The Association was formed to share information on safety. The Hubert Tarkenton Award was developed to recognize an individual in local government for his or her outstanding safety achievement. It is awarded at the annual NCALGESCC conference. John Hubbard was the recipient on July 25, 2001 at the annual conference. RECOi~fIIVIEIVCJEO MOTION ANO REOo~lCS T EO ACTIONS: Congratulate John Hubbard for his exemplary achievement in safety. FI,SNI~ING SCiIJRCE.: N/A A i ~"l~Ci-IMENl'S: Nomination Narrative ~'_~ Safetyaward.jhub. ITE,'V`I l3~ES PJDT ftE~~'lft;G ~4EWtc"V!I CCIUI~TY MANAGER°S COMMENTS ANC RECOMM'EN~ATIONS: Present award to John Hubbard. This is a significant award, not one that is given by just ~, `1 completing an application. Mr. Hubbard and the entire staff are fo be congratulated. ~~ COMMiSS1ONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: ~~~......JJJ ~~QiJIV1`Y GOMMIaS1pN~~', APPROVE(? =---~~', .REJECTf ^ ~1 REMO~'' ~ ` PosTl~ i~EARt~ ~~r=~~- . ~ 17/6/ .~ Hubert Tarkenton Outstanding Achievement Award Jolm H. Hubbard, Plant Ntanager, New Hanover County WASTEC Mr: Hubbard's employment with WASTEC began as Plant Engineer on June 16, 1992. The plant had just undergone a major expansion. and upgra~~e. Due to the hazardous nature of WASTEC work, accidents were considered a "way of life." There were many lost time anal medical accidents recorded. It was not uncommon for employees to file complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. There were fi~equent visits from OSHA inspectors. In addition to attacking the overall condition of the plant, including literally "p~.itting out fires", Mr. Hubbard launched a program to improve plant safety. Personal protection. equipment was required and engineering controls were developed to abate safety concerns. Under his direction; the Safety Committee solved problems notjust vocalizing them. A Safety Woi-k. Order form was developed and ivlaintenance and Operations personnel were assigned to tackle safety issues. Safety concerns were prioritized. Those with minimal expense were resolved immediately and others requiring capital expenditures were placed in the budget for funding. Safety programs developed include: Hazard Communication; Personal Protection Equipment, Lock Out/Tag Out, Confined Space, Lead Awareness, Blood Borne Pathogens, Hearing Conservation, and Respiratory Protection. Procedures were also developed including: Operating Rules and Safety Procedures, an Accident Investigation Manual, Fork Lift and Front Loader Training, and First Aid and CPR training. In 1993 Mr. Hubbard began publishing Teamline, a bi-weekly newsletter concerning events at the plant, county government information, and safety. The publication encourages plant safely, coves changes in policy, training schedules, discussions on near misses, safety engineering improvements, and our safely record. Recordable accidents dropped to three (3) Lost Time and twelve (12) Medical Only. A full time Safety Officer was hired in 199. I Ie provides in-house traininff, reviews and updates each safety program. Accidents dropped to three (3) Recordable and eight (8) Medical accidents. Ivlr. Hubbard joined the County Safety Committee and was Chairman m 1996. ~Onder his leadership the County's first Safety Handbook was developed Ln 1998 WASTEC experienced its first vear with no Lost Time accidents. Staff was rewarded with a picnic and door prizes. A ``Safety Slogan" contest was held and the winnzr received' a savings bond. His slogan, "Safety is Cool; Nlake it the Rule", was printed on tee shirts and given to each employee. The safety programs initiated by Mr. Hubbard continue today as the record indicates. There was one (1) Lost Time and five (~) Medical Only accidents in 1999, and zero (0) Lost Time and six (6) Medical Only in 2000. This calendar year has seen no Lost Time and only one (1) Medical Only accidents to date. The reduction in accidents has significantly reduced medical costs and Worker's Compensation rates at the WASTEC facility. Insurance rates were reduced over 50;000 per year. WASTEC recently had a Full Service OSHA Safety Audit. The inspector's report stated, "Your f~.,~,<»~wil~bingness to seek~outside help and assistance in helping to provide a safe and healthful workplace is `~"`~'""~`a mirable.~~It~is~obwous that top management is committed to providing a safe work enviromnent for your,employees.. ~. ~~ ~n ~~ ~ ~~~J r~ 2 ~~, ,~ .~ t~ _ .. ,. ,L.. ~ ...,.~ . i i ~ _ ~~, ~ ''"~ e - _ I'ay 25; 2~0 ~ ~, T~; ~ c~hxa Hubbard, . ~ST~~ ~~M; ~,ller~ ~'~eal ~~ant~ I~1ana~er u~e~~ '~'~~°~~¢~t~~a .~wa~°d ~c~r~~x°at~aiati~t~s ~n b~in~ na.s~~d this yea~°'s recipient of tie ~~~abert Tara:~r~t~ar~ ~war~. ~as~d ~n ~~~i i~~d~rship and~~~~rni~rn~nt ts~ safety at °~~~'~'~~, ~ was ~r~ud t~ r~amiraate ~~ta fir his awa~°d, ~ agr~ very haP~Y ~~~a ha been s~l~ct~d. I ~.Tnfc~rt~i~~t~ly, T will ~a~t ~~ able t~ att~s~d the 3uly 25`" award harq~a~t. 1 w~~id, ~`1UL~v~~''ei, lii~.e fvr y~~ t~ b~ ree~i~e~ by the. ~w fan®ver ~~a~nty card ~~` ~~rn~.issi®n~rs at the ~~a~~st ~`" ~ard~~f ~"ornt~nissi~ner~ am~etir~,~, Phase let ~aa~ol lcno~v ir''yott will bm s.ble t~ attend that rr$~~~i~Y~ sra that it ~~~~' be ~lac~d Sri the ~~~nda, Thank you fir ~ot~r e~e~pi~y l~ad~rship in safety ~t ~~~'~E~. ~~'~t~ have made a si~nifica~~2 diff~r~ in tl~~ way ~ve~ dc~ business and y~tax saf~~5' ~r©~;~°ams have irs~~r~ved the q~ality~ of the ~~vc~Q•k~lac~ ~~~ e~~l~yees. A.~/cfi~ • I f •~ .;~. i {This page intentionally left blank} 4- _ , Regular ~te~ ~: 2 Estimated Time: Page Number: ~~;saYt~a~s~~at: Human Resources ~~~~ente~: Allen O'Neal ~®r~ia~t: Libby Johnson SIJ~J E~~': ~~~~a S~~iV~iVl6A~°a : The following employees are eligible to receive New Hanover County Retirement Plaques: Lewis Corbett -Property Vlanagernent Dept. (Trades. Technician) - 19 years of service ~ George Landry - Sheriff's Dept. (Detective) - 21 years of service ~ Rodney Russell - VVASTEC. (Air Pollution Control Operator) - 14 years of service ~ Judith Saunders -Social Services (Economic Services Supervisor) - 18 years of service ~ 3arbara Berkemeier -Social Services (Social UJorker) - 23 years of service ~t~~~l~:'1ME~~~E~ 's~J9C3Te~ A,~+'~ ~~~~9E~TE~3 ,~,~~'~~1~5: l~~~ ~~~,~ ~~~ ~~E~ir3f~~ ~El/~~~yt! Present retirement plaques. ~,,~ ~~1`l~1V~~S a~~3~9;y~w2S° ~~'~l~NIS/~~~ViE~3`~~: APPROVED ~~- EtEJECTEq l~ a~EMQVED E~: POS7PON~n : ; ~- :~LARI~ ~ I I 1 ~, {This page intentionally left blank} ,~~.~,~~;p ~~..g Y`r('~R ~.' `.~. ~~3rry+"c`i`tJ't ~t'~~ t 6 ;~ ~~~ ~y;~~~~~°~ f mss: ~~°,~~ ~~~~"~~ Regular Item. #~: 3 Estimated Time:. Page Number: ®epartmer~t: Human Resources lare~errter: Allen O'Neal Contact: Rosetta Bryant S~13JEC't': O~RIE~' S~Mi'~9A,~tY: The following employees. are entitled to New Hanover County Service Awards due to their length of service with New Hanover County: EI?~E ~~~ YEAS: Susan A. Wynn - Couhty Manager's Office; Susan J. Pless -Sheriff's Dept.; Josie M. Waters - ~rVASTEC; Samuel P. Hawes. - ~/ASl-EC; Denise M. Jones -Social Services; Rosemary A. Richardson - Social Services; Kathleen A. Gehron - Library; ~'1=~1 (1~) YEAR: Sandra Hoppough -Legal; Ronald A. Corbett -Sheriff's Dept.; Cheryl A. Hester • 911 Center; Dewey W. Gray -Inspections; Margaret P. Swann -Health; Barbette R. Colvin - Social Services; Elizabeth S. Floyd -Social Services; Mary B. Roush Social Services; Jane J. Williams -Social Services; F!E"fE~:P~ (15) YE'A3~: Libby S. Sellers -Inspections; William H. Eubanks - Inspections; and ~'VVE~TY (2C3~ YEAR: Ann S. Hines -Inspections. REC®MiVIE~l~'E€~ IV~C i It31~d A~~ R~tJES~°EI~ ACS I~iVS: Et3l~l]!~G St3lJRCE; A~'~'A~I-3ME~BT'S: tTEs''~ bd~ES Nc~T REt~UtRE REV6E'~' Preseht service awards h¢~ 0 ~_*_pt. ___.-_q.-~- r ~-v 1 ~f .~tYiiY47~~-~l APPROVED E-- IR.ElECtEp ` Et:EMOVED~ ~ ~' POSTPONED' ~},EARn C.1' 7 {'his page intend®nally left blank} r~~ ti.''.~~t} ~''y a.-..P~, ~ ~:.., d nn...;pj. !~ d ~ ~i^~ _ _ Regular lt~~ #: 4 Estimated Time: Page Number: epartm~r~t: Human Resources ~'~~senter: Allen O'Neal Crs~tact: Marlene Carney S!J ~J ECG': , ~C~~~~~ao~ ~~ ~~~~ ~p9ay~~~ ~~dlEF St3IW!l1~Al~Y: A list of newly hired county employees will be provided to the Qoard prior to the meeting. ~E~:C~~~E~E ~,~~"~~Cl~ A,P~lC~ RE ~ES~EC~ ;~CTl~~lS: „~'~~~3l~~~ 5®IJCE: fi'E~'~9~ €~C7E~ fi~C3T ~L~~~i~s~ Rf~IE~! + Recognize employees. ,~ . ~i~~7lS a!~`i~E'~S°J~~;'~l~3~S1Cr~Ml~Es~~~°.S: • r Ultl F Y ~YItYJ~~~~~ APPROVED , REJECTED .REMOVED (~ ~, F'OS7P~tVED ~ , ~EARl~ ~ ~ ~a ~:-~~ . ~I17~~/ 9 {This page intentionally left blank} ~~ r rn ~~ ~~.~~ ~E~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~. _. w~ ~ ~ _~ ~® • Ni~~tit~tg ~a~~: ~I~.7/~~. Regular Btor~~ #~; 5 Estimated Time: Page Number: Departrne~t County Manager Precentor: Allen O'Neal, County Manager Contact: Allen O'Neal, County Manager SiJ~3JEa:T: ~~~r~diac~~~r~ ®~ ~'~~r~~S ~rr~r~-~issh~~r, ~~r~~t~r a~ Aira~~ ~~rd~~~ OPiEE Si~MMA4Y: Thomas Herrera~Mishier began work on September 11, 2001 as the new Director of Airlie Gardens. His background includes the following: Landscape architect and planner, 1986 graduate of the University of Michigan with a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning with a specialization in urban design. He has worked on design and planning projects all of the United States and abroad working with well known firms such as Wallace Roberts Todd in Philadelphia and Edward D. Stone Jr. ~ Associates in Ft. Lauderdale. He worked with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green outreach program for fine years, managing an innovative program that worked with community development corporations to master plan and manage all of the open space in their target areas which included some or" the rnost devastated inner city neighborhoods of Philadelphia. As the director of the Awbury Arboretum, Thomas founded a unique adult job training program in horticulture for homeless men and women. `He then established a for profit subsidiary that hired graduates of the program to work in horticulture throughout the City of Philadelphia. As director of Toledo Botanical Garden in Ohio, he worked with the Board and Staff to prepare a new strategic plan, revised master plan, started an Endowment Committee and initiated a major new fall family festival. He most recently worked as a landscape architect and planner for the firm of Poggemeyr Design Associates in Bowling Green, Ohio. Thomas is married to the Honorable Mercedes Herrera de Mishler, former Consul of Costa Rica. They have three daughters. We look forward to working with Thomas to achieve the vision of Airlie Gardens as a ~zvorld~class garden. ECt9MMEN®ED PJI®Tl®i~ Ai~® PEQIJE5TED ACTi~31i1S: Welcome Thomas as Airlie Director, F~P~d13i~lG SaURCE; ATTACa-iME~lTS; ITE~1 DOES NOT REQUIRE REVIEW r ~ ~~~ , ~, APPR01/E® ~ 6~EJECfiED POST'POIVEt3 ~ f NEAR? C.I ~ ~~~ b C®l3NTY MAi~AGE~t'S COMMEYWTS.ANt~ REC®MMEsN®ATiJ~iS;,, ,~ Welcome Thomas Herrera-Mishler, Director of Airlie Gardens. ~ 11 CQMMiSSi®MERS' ACTi0iVS/C®MMENTS: {'his page intentionally left blank} ~....,,...W.~,_.tr ,,,_...., •,. ~~~~jy~~l;~i 12 • • Regular 9te~rs #: 6 Estimated Tirne: Page Number: flepa~t~er~t: Engineering ~'reseraf~r: Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects. (Ken Newell) Gonta~~t; Max Maxwell/ Donnie Hall StJ~J~~~': , ~~~s'j~~~°~#~~~ ~# ~~~~~1 ~'~~~~ ~~r~ 5~~~~~r~ ~~ ~~~pa~~~6o~ f~~ bd~9~~g `,aaseu~ . ~~ ` e'd . 2~~~ i~:, d I~~~E~ ~~~nr~A~°~: On June 19, 2000 New f-fanover County contracted with Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architect for the design ofi the ne~N Federal Point Fire Station. The design, construction cost .estimates, and contract documents have been completed and will be presented. The proposed station has been designed with minimum extras, but does include features that will allow the building to be used for community meetings. P~~QS~~;E~~~~ N~~~'1~1"~ A~~ F;E'~~P~STE~3 ,~~~'9t~~S: Recommend the County Commissioners authorize staff to proceed with the project and formally bid the project for construction. ~11~9N9~ S~i~9R~~: Federal Point Fire Station Capital Project 344.436.3440.7300.0000 R~iIB ~?~~JE~ E3'~: LEGAL: FIN,~NCE: ~~~Srove NUGGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: ~,,/,~~ ~OtJ~~ ~A~3AC~~P'S ~;~~JiME~~TS At~1~ RE~C~hItiVB~~r~~'-~iVS: ~~ Recommend the Comn~iissioners direct staff to proceed as noted above. ~}.~ ~, -,;,: , ~~;~~~.~sS~£3~3ERS' A~~°~~3~IS1~~4~/lIV1El~TS: ~#pPR011ED Q~ _ ~?EJECT°ED ~ F?EMOVE® ~ ~, POSTPONEi3 h`~ARC3 ': ~.~t, .~ ~ I:~~7, ~3 {This page intentionally left blank} ~~ ~ _ ~.~.~ asp *~ tad r "`°"7 9l ' k j e„%~ +.J/# IP 4 Y i ,(; ~ ~'''"`~ ~~~ -~ A` P'? iC~~,~ ~ 54. G ~ i':~ ~~v ^ ~'Ji~~~i~9~ ~a~t~: ~~i W~~~~ Regular Item #: 7 Estimated Time: Page Number: E9epartrfiertt: Emergency Management €~reseriter: Dan Summers Contact: Dan Summers S~l~J~C7': ~~s~~~~~i~~ v~d ~da~e ~~ ~or~i~~~rrai~g ®~~~~ti~ °~~r~~rvs~ ~i~r~d~i~~ ~~d ~~~ir~i~~ p~~~r~~s. ~~IE~' S13MMAP1': Dan Summers wili present a brief overview of issues associated with the planning for and responding to emergencies classified as domestic terrorism threats. FEMA, State and Local Emergency Management agencies will be the lead coordinating offices for the program. The Board will be briefed on upcoming FEMA training and submission of a planning and training grant to the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management. PEC~9~i1ME~lC~~~7 Mf~TIC~~! AI~FC~ 9~FC~~IES`~E~3 AC T ItJ~S: Request the Board direct Emergency Management to begin the program efforts. Re-approve the earlier grant submission and coordinate the FEMA training at its facility in Mount Weather, Virginia. Course date is January 27 through February 1, 2002. E~6~sIiV~ SdJ~IPCE: NC Emergency Management grant funds and existing program funds. No local match funds are required. However, there is a $150 meal charge per person which is the County's responsibility. Travel cost are paid by the participating agency's and reimbursed by FEMA. Travel will be by chartered bus. ATTAC~-IMEi~I'S: A summary report is attached. P E~~' I E'~9E I~ ~°~: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: CC~9M~lTY MAI~A~EP'S Ct~MME~ITS Ahe9t) RECCMME~-I~A7'IOI~S: Recommend and urge Board approval. This is an EXCELLENT training opportunity. We have been preapproved for 65 participants. About eighteen county employees are listed to participate, including two County Commissioners. The other participants will come from municipal, state and federal agencies. If approved., New Hanover County will be the first community in the nation to receive the Domestic Terrorism Training. 1~Je have been pre-selected for this course based on our .merit and past per#ormance. The course will be specifically tailored to New Hanover County. e'`~ CC~MMIS51O1~ERS' ACTIOi~S/C®IYIMENTS; `~ ~~ ~~~ REJECTED ~?EMOVED POSTPONED ~ x ~}EARt) ~ .. 15 ~-~-~~ . R ~ I : ~ I n DAN E. SUMMERS Director i~1J) ~ 9~1~1 ~ a~ar~ 1~1 D ~.d i~~l -EPAI~Tl'~IEIoTT C~I~ E~IE~GENCY NiANAGEIvIEI~;T F.it). Q®X 1525 20 I~~I~f~ ~'OUP~TI-I STREET i~JILNIII~IGTCI~1, T'~G ~T~I CARCLII_VA 28402-1525 i ELE pH~IVE (91 J) 341-4300 FAX (910) 341-4299 T~: Chairman Ted Davis, Board of Commissioners County Commissioners ~=~fl~: Dan E. Summers, CEM DirF~cto~.~-;s~?~--' L7AT~: September ~, 2rJ01 i-":E: Agenda iiern - Seater~ber 1 l,?001 Emergency Planning for l-errorism Threats Emergency Managers nationwide are now addressing the cancerns associated with what is known as Weapons of Mass Destruction -Terrorism, (WMD-T). The Federal Emergency Management ,agency will be the lead agency for cohsequence management associated with the Vl/MD- I threat. New Hanover County Emergency Management sr!pported by the Emergency Planning Committee and many public safety partners will be working together to gain a r`oothold on this new response threat. New Hanover County Emergency Management is ahead of most programs in North Carolina primarily due to our early efforts in Crisis Planning for our schools and our close working relationship with local law enforcement. Noted below is a summary of the proposed program activity. l~r®grao~I Leadership: Emergency Management .Director assisted by Federal, State, and Local Public Safety Agencies, Hospitals, and the Local Emergency Planning Committee. i~;itial Training ~~ffo~: FEMA and the Center for Disease Control has chosen New h-lanover County to attend a pilot course offering on Weapons cf Mass Destruction -Terrorism. FEMA will pay all expensed for khe course except`for meals.; The course will seat 65 students, all from N`ew Hanover County and the municipalities as well as designated State and Federal personnel The course will be conducted at ~- FEMA;s.~facility.~at Mt. Weather, Virginia. The course will begin on January 28th. and~end on February 15t. .The course will be custom designed by FEMA for New Ha~over`r~C~~ount'y~ I am respectfully reguestino ~ that two Commissioners attend frt ~:s1n ~, _ this-informatrwe~traininq program. 16 ? f ~~r~ Terrorism ~9anning Page 2 Grant Funding: . The Board is requested to re-authorize. New Hanover County Emergency Management to apply for the appropriate Planning and Training Grants which clo not require Iocal cash matches. (Since the cun-ent grant allocation has not ' .been determined by the State, authorization to apply is requested under the condition that afollow-up notification is made to the Board when the grant application is approved by the State). A preliminary grant allocation from the NC Division of Emergency Management is estimated not to exceed X60,000 per year fora 3 year planning initiative. Sup~ierr~~nta9 9nr`ormation: Attached is a compendium report on Domestic Terrorism complied by Mr. Dickie Brown our iUlasters program intern from Appalachian State University. His report provides a brief overvie~N of prograra~ activity and resources. !n closing, the threat or potential of a VVMD-T is a subject that we can not ignore in this less than perfect world. Small communities and large can be equally impacted by a terrorism threat or evenfi. The training and planning will not only improve our delivery of services on a daily basis but wit! help make us less vulnerable and our responders better prepared to protect themselves and the citizens they.sarve. Than;. you. Attachment: Domestic Terrorism Initiative Report ~ 17 'x ,'j !V ~ ~ ~',, 1 ~ ~, w. ~' G -- ~ is ~~r6+,~ + ~ , rC - s r' ~~. ~ a '~ ~ ~ r;. ~ { 6 J6~' SF .. _ 1 :. .~ ~ :'_ ~, . I ._ F ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ .~ ~~ ~~ E ~~ ~~ • • ~~. ~ ~~ ~~~~ ~°~ ~t~~r~~ ~~~ 19 ~r~ r~~ara~ d~~ad~s t~ r~a~i ~~~ d~~s~i~ ~~vrr~ris~~a has s~~y~~~ iai~ ~~ a a ~iad~ ~hr~a~ ~:~ iii Arad p~~~ii~ sa~a~~r ~a~a~~a~r~ ~a r~i~~-d saws ~9~.a~•a~ri~a. ~~~~ ~ii~a ~i`a~ ~~ira ~sf ~~~ ~~l~a~~id `~"rad~ ~~~r i~a ~~~~~ "~~r aid ~a ~~;iar~~a t~9y;~pi~ lac°ic b~r~ai~~ ha~~ s~~v~~ ~a~ ~a~~.~~ +~~ii pr~~~~~d, i pr~~i~ ~~~iL,96Je 3.`.`+ $~9 w ~~~ ~B~h'4,a B":C. t2 i~ ~aN 3 3Zs iiMid9~~ f9 k6..a~A tld~:.a 97"'~ S.4 ~~ ~SJe Y 3+..3'SY 3' LJ~ ~H d~ ~~33 fwd ~e i~~srra ~darai ildir~ is ~ i~i~i~~~a ~°i"~~+ a9~d ~ ~~ ~~~r~~:i~ra ~iir~i~ Liras ire @~~~~`~aca ~9a~~ ~~'2~,~P~'i ~~"d~~ § s°~id~~ ~~d ~~ a~~o~ ~'"~'~~i'~ s~~~~"~°~~ ~~° ~g~s~ ~~ r°~~lt~'"a~ risk as iar~~r rr~r~ '"~is;~~" ~ar~~~s. ~~~ii~ ~~~ ~~~ap~~ ~~ ~i~a~i~~ ~"r ~~s ~~rr•ris~i; a~~a~.s ~a~r~ ~~~r~~i~is~~i~l~ ~~~~ ~ api~si~,~s, ~~ ara~ has ~~~;~~:~ ire ~~~ ~i`"~i~~d~, ~apar~ ~~~~a~ s~i~~t~r'~3 ~tis~3 S~aC~~~r~ ~~~a~i~ Zvi ~'~f~~~~ ~r~ ~~~~' ~~` ~'3' r~a~r~~. a~g~~ais~i~~~ad aid garb-s~aia '~~rr~ris~ a~~sa ~~p~ ~:r ~~~~ ~~~~rr~~~~~ai aid ~rad~p~r~d~r~~, a;i ar°~~y ~a~ ~~ ~s eta i~ ~~~,~~ a ~~~~~.;.~~~~ ~g~ ,o~~'~ ~'~~~:''~ia~ra'° ~~~,~.arra~ra ~~~~.~°t~ L`Wr~~r~a~ C;3~'~4'ss ~r~ a~2:~~~c~~ ~~~P. ~.~~~~c.~ C~kas~s~"r~~u~~ a~8~. ~~ ~~~ ~i ~~~1 B~~• r$~~~r~ Ss~wai..6~~ 'ro`~~~~ta~rJs ~w~ tl~if~Ca.r5s ta~';aV~.~~~~~~~~~ ~~n~, ~i ~~S~~i:.bi~ ~~~4~aB~Y..~1~. ra~~l~ar~, ar•a a~ ii~ci~~ ~~ ~a v~aplc~~~d ira ~~r~r~ris~ ~a~ics as ~~ a;~pi~siv d~A~i~as era ~a~~ airais~ v~~r~ ~~iii~ ire ~ pa~~~. ~/9~~3 ~1`°3~~ 9ra rr}3rady ~~~ ~a a,~r'r'~ara~, ~ '~~l~~i ~s sl~~ aC3~ i~~~ 9®~errirraera~s, ha~~ ~r~bar3~~d ~~ a~ ~r~parali~9~d p~ricad c~~ ~~rts ~~ ~ar~par~ ar~d ~raira ~~ia9s grad p~ta~r~~! ~~ pra~ar€~, c~r~~a~, and deal s~ia i~~~id~r~~as c~~ d~rr~~stic~ ~~rr~ris~o ~rdr~ds ~~ r~ii4i~~s ~~ d~iiar°s ~a~~ b~~rt apprtapria~~d 20 ~vitl'i~h tie list decades ~o iner~~se the ~repar~dness of bath govern;r~ent riv to entities to this ever- resent threat as we{! as e~:iucate agencies and p a P officia,Is cis to prevention Arid ~onsegti~nce r~"9anagel7~er~t> ~~s 6t 1~POrl~~ed~ Piave the dollars rbt~irned that for ~hioh they mere ingested? ~orriestic terrorism a6.~areness, at present, is inargual~iy at an ail time high. i hat, ho~~e~fer, can be ari~a~ted to the greater freg~ency of highly pobii~:.3~ed terrori at incidents. Certain officials, both government and independent, agree that present gov~;rna neat efforts at increasing d¢~rnestic terrorism preparedness are either insufficient or are not beiriy ~atiiized e~ ~cieratly. for {nstance, congressio€~a{ investigation has deterr~ mined that there is no uniformity amongst the more than fort~~r federal agencies regarding their terrorisrr7 preparedness prograrris. ~s ~+~ell there have been fe~P avenues and resoaarces avii~,~le for educating and preparing state and {oval governrrsents and agencies to cope with this taireate ~tiis lack of uniforrriit~~ and cooperation has led to a power struggle ai~~orig the federal agencies over mho mill control the vast arrio~int of finds and resoui~cess associated with domestic terrorisr~n/ i~~ preparedness. 7'hlsa internal sr~i.~ah~3lii1g has also held up the release of trer~eridously needed funds to state and ioc:al entities °~~h®, as vvas proven in t~l~lahoma City, vviil he on the front linos of any domestic terroris'c attack. in the recent past, Congress and the federal agencies have seQ~ that more accord. is needed in dealing v~ith this situation and that state and local agencies must be involved and prepared as 'an~eil. As a resi.ilt, there has been a greater effort to bring all existing preparedness plans Into collusion and to 21 pr~i~~da ~r~~ds aid res~~r~~s ~~ ~tata a~~9 I~~a~ a~~~tci~s t~ pr~~ar~ fir acrd c~r~~~at d~~~s~~~. ~~rrcr~s~a. '~°~~ ire ~a~~a~ca ~~ ~~+~ ~~i~flrra~r~~~ Q~ t~es~ ai~~s is `J P c ~if~rrg4y ra~~~~d era ~~e "r~~a~ ~f, ~~at v~~~~" rr~~r~~i~y. ~€~ra~:~~i~ ~~rr~r3s~s ~~ts~d ~a~~~r$ aro~~~~ acrd a~ any ~~a~~ ar~d s~ is ~~r r~s~r~s~~~~~;f, ~a ~~ss?~~e, t~ &aka ~~9~r~~ ava~~a~i~ av~~+u~ ~c~ ~ra~~r~t ~~. ~~~ i~ c~s~s li~~ ~k~ah~r~a ~i~°/, v~~ also rr~us~ have ~v~ rasa~r~~ a~,ai~a~~~ ~® d+~al ~a~~~ ~~~ ~~rrsat7~a~n~as, 22 I~a~i745m~°~~~~ ~j+b3 D'~ 5~~~ ~~~~~~ ~f]S~dtl Ci `€nU~~t•~ ~~s~~~~i:3 ~~`~m:3 L'~oA~ ~~~b~`.t ril~:d~?S~ ® ir~i~iat~ y~ar9y practi~~ d ri##S aid r~adir~~ss ~~~rcis~s il~~~l~il~ ~m~,~~~~cy #~a~a~rrt~~t aid a## c~t~a~r ~c~I.~~tzjJ~ity #~~s~~rc~s that ~~~~ld s~~sp~r~d t~ a l~~~~ a~~aclC. ~SS~SS v~lir~erab#lity c~a aria ~~ rasp~rrsi~ility. ~~t~rr~ir~~ all p~SSi~9c tarc~~'cs ~r1d aSSi~r~ t® ~~~f1 a Sp~?ci~c rating il"3 r~~a,rdS t~ t~~ir 'Sa:rii~~~.. pr~~a~ility {Sil~,ilar t~ rre~tis ~~ ~~~it~a ®i~1~ ~:#ayt~r~. ® Er~cfl~raga t~os~ ire tl~a pri~a~t~ ~~r, ~,~,sit#~ir~ arias ~~' k~igf~ ~tri#~a prc~ba~ili~.y, tc~ c~l~d~+ct tf~~ir ~~~r~ y~ariy drills aid a~~rc=.s~s al~d ~ap~rt t~ ~~~E~~ t#~~ir r~adir~~ss. ~~his rfaay ~~ ir~itiat~d as a r~gl~ir~~~t.) ~"rai>°~ a~td ag~aip R~spc~l~s~ ~r~~rgar~cy i°~a~ag~m~l~t ~'rga~i~ati~r~ ~~~~~~ vt~l~antw?~rs tt~ dial ~n~it~i.~l~Ji~3~ sit~at~icr~s. ~'~a~~~~ ~~ ~~~€~, ;~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~-~~~~~~~3~~~ ~~~~~~ ~ j ~~~ ... -~~~~SS t#~~ ~a~.€~I"i~ ~~ ~a~~ ~~l~~ra#~ tar ~t a~:~:~rd;~ t~ t~ P arar~rr~~l~tir~~~d ~ea;raera~ility Study, aid p~lrc:#~as~ ~,~l~at materials ar~d P~jl.~lprrl~;i"It ~aCl'1 ~v'C~~ld ~~`'~d t£~ ~Cl ~flt~'3 C)i" ~'3r~~r~r3'~ ~ ~~f ~~1~ Sit~a't?(3rf. ~~~31S Ir'~I.liplfi"1~!'lt IS t~ ~~ ~~~9':>t?~r3 and i'~'la~lr3aall'iwd ley ~+~1"~a~l rat ~:l"1~ l~lCat9~r1 ~"~ c~r~a~~~t c~r~~~~i~rc~. ~~I•~aps alp ~I~d~'rstar~dir`~g c~l~ld ~ r~eac~~~f ~~t~~~~ l'~~ f~~i aid t~~ t~,~rg~t si#:~ t~ ~~I.~S~ ~cll,~ig~r~~~st avid rl~at~rials cn-sits). ~~.~it9~ tape il~cr;aasir~g c~al~c~ ~~ a bi~lt~~i~:al, cf-~~r~ical, r~r I~~acl~ar a~~tac~ it is r~c~~lr;~~r~d~d tl~ai ~#~~ pl~rcl~as~ a ~a~ard~~as materials v~~iclQ ~~iic#~ is t~ b~ t~s~d st~l~ly far this p~rp~se. ~cl~ippd ~~~itl~ t~~ pr~p~r d~t~i~l~ ~guipme~t, pr®t~cti~re cfa~tf lil~~, r~l~~d~at9~l~ ~~~aipr~~l°~t, I~a~di~al S~.sppli~S, ~t~.. ~~~ p~rs~n~ef ~,°€~uld ~~ ably tt~ rl~t~r~ d~ti~itia~~ly l•~al~dl~ al~d id~~ti~/ a situation, assist ~t~er r~spo~ders, ar~d p~ssi~ly act as a 'first r~sp~r~der tc a ~y~T,"r//~~11~ Sits~uati~j~~gi. +~ {p1gtt~~ ® ~176J1.a~~ a great `6.~~a1 ~~ Pr~~. tr~lnl~i~ IS a~~llc'~~i'~, pr~~/id~ f~~dS t'~r additional training tc~ male ~rr~~rg~niy ~9ar~ay~ment a mnr~ sp~cializad agency in regards t~ ~Tj'~JViwEf.~. • 23 ~~~~°n ~ ~n~te~ Sates i~epart~rsent of .~usti~e, ~~ice of )u~tice ~rograrns, ~~~e of Sfafe and local C~omes~ic l~reparedr~ess, Cenfer for C~orn~ic ~~-epared~te leas sponsored several frainirag programs pes~.aining to Domestic °l'errorismJ l~eapons o~ mass ~esfrt~ctior~~,~l~1~3) preparedroess for state and local government age~~acies and officials. ~~~°~~~o ~"he ~Lnt~r `for domestic ~reparedr~ess in R~nniston, ~labar~a. ~~~o ~h~: serrtinars are held at var~~ing datos throughout the'~ear. (~err~aining dates for fl•~e calendar ~ea~ 2g13~. are a1Jaiia~le upon r~'q£.1es~. j ~~~~ ~f~~a ~'he seminars are i:ro 3-~'~ dais in le~9gfh. ~e°~"v ~`he seminars are given of no cos'~_ fo the trainee official. '~`~~`~~`~~"~~6~~~g the center offers three courses concerning the preparedness for ar~d ha~~dling of a l~ornestic °i-errorism; ~~~~~' situation, ~~~~ i leis is a foa~r da~° training program deigned to provide emergent' responder; operational level instruction ors responding to a, ~d operating in a ~Vi°jli~ environrnerat. °i~e co~.7rse covers chemical, ordinance/~~plosive, biological, and radiologicalJnuclear (C~~'l~) fhreats~ the currenf dornesti~ and internationa8 terrorist threat rrzanaging a ~'t~~ ~ces~e; deterrr~ining the ~Sreadth of a ~1J~~1~9 incident area; and dealing ~vifih the ~aedia of a ~~~ i7 7cident. ~s~ addition if provides 2fl hours of l~ands~on familiarisation training ~n~ii:l~ sp~ialized protective clothing and +~gt,siprnen~t, cl~err@ical detection a~ad identification equiprr~ent, decontarnir~ation, triage and ordinance/explosive recognition arad response. the course concludes v~ith a multi-fasl<, hargds-on performance oriented training in the ~~~1~ °l•~raining facility, ~~~~~~ 24 ~ ~ ~~d~~ ~~rz~i "i°"~~hr~i~i~h °i~r~jt~i~g ~~~r~e, i~ ~ 3 day i~-~epfh ~ric~irag ~~~ ire ~h c~ra~pasi~'soo, ~~~i~n, ic~e~~~~i~~~~i~~, ~~~ doorr~ira~~i~rs a'~'~.i'~~ e~ ~h~t ~~~ the p~~e~~i~i for ~~~ io ~ ter~-~r i~~ ir~~ie~i;:. °Thi~ ~~~r~o io 9~~i~e~ ~r~i~ir~~ i~ ti #~ pr~~ r~~~9~ ~~ ~~i~~s~~~ ~~ ~ ~rir~~ ~~~r~~, ~~ c~~~r vi~~.~ ~~ ~~~ i~a~~rrt~irzi ~r~ ~r~~~~i~ t~rr~ri~~ tr~fi, ~r~d ~ ~rie~ ~~ pri~~ ~';~er~i~~ i~~iir~ `~~ ~.~~ireio€~, icieofio~'~ao~ . ~ pro~ei~e ~~ip~~~°~~ ra ~~hia~e~ for r~p~retiog ~~ ~ ~3~~ ~errori~ i~"a~.i~o~. `~hi~ ~r~iia~ oo~r~e ~~airr~ir~~~e~ with ~ r~`,~i~i~~~i~,, h~~ri~ ors tr~is~i~g e~~r~i~e i~ the i~9~ ~'r~ir'~ir~q ~~ciii~~. ~""ire '~/~3~ Ir~~,ider~~ ~~~r~~r~~ ~ r~ir~i€°i Co~~se, i~ ~ ~~~ ire-dpi=~ ~r~i~iiri ~~~,4ra ire ~~~ ~rd~;~~~i~i~3fi"l, ~r.~ior9, i~:i~rl~i~~:r~~i~~1, ~~1~ ~:oot~t~r~~ir~~io~ of ~~ ~g~o, vhioh h~~rv ~i~e po~es~~ii for ~.s~e ire ~ ~.errori~~ irg~i~ier~~. °~'"~i~ ~~~~rP~~~~ ig„ ir~~5~i.y,~~. ~~~ ~~¢- ~ie~+-a~9~tir~~ir9~~ 9~`~~~~~~~o~i C3r~ 4~rr6~~~~~. ~error~~ ~ 8 Yi R'~..~Lp k.$~"i..~.~~i ~~'~a~2~~°`r s ~Y~z'a~! ~d f~r~i ~~pr~ ~ ~~:~~~ ~r~ i~~i ~~ri~r~ii~ra~. ~°hi~ ~~~3r~~ i. ~opiee~~e~ i~h~ ~. heor~ ~~ h~o~~~~ tr~i~i~ is~~idira~ ~ bie_~~p i~~e~°~i~e e~r~i~e irr~oi~~ir~~~ ~~i~'i~, ~9~~ re~pc~~~e pi~rsoir~g ~ e~~~o~io~? ~~ ~ errori~~ i~"B~i~'~fi~i> ~`hi~ ~; ~ir~io oo~r~e ~~i~i~~~~ ~i~h ~~i~~i-~~;~~, h~rsd~-~ ~~"~i~i~c~ e;~~r~i~~' i~'~ ~:i~e '~~ ~r~iir~ ~ciii, a.:.:i?~'~I°° ppiio~r~ ¢~~~~ here ~o~~pi~~e~ ~~ ir~~~i~~~io~~ii~ oei~e~ "31i~i~ ~4~ero~e~~ i~~ei ~r~i~~i~~ co~r~e. Prr ~~' ~i~i ~~r~re~~~s oor~piefioo i~ re~~ire~ for ~:hi g ~r~i~ir~g. If ppii~r~~s h~~o'~ eopie~~~ ~ ~~i~~ ~~~~r~r~e~~ ~r~ioira ~.o~r~e ~~ ~i~P rc~~~rr~r~er~~s os~e ofi`ere ~y ~~~ ~~~~ios~i ere ~e~po~~e r~~ P.e~~e ~"r~inir~ eh~~r, T~;<~s r~ir~~eri~g ,,~er~~ior~ ~r°~i~e~, ~~~ ~"ex~~ ~~ ~~i~~rsi. T~ r~~~ ~ ~~~ vii ~~~ ir~irerr~~t ~~ hft~f /rAre~y~~.feex.~orn~~~ra~p~s~c~m~~s~cfrr~ ~r~her i~~~rs.~~i~r'~ for rc~ierir~g ~~~~ fe.~ira~ ~~~ ~~ fhi~ ~i~e ire ~~~ii~hie ~poo res~~e~~. ~~.~°~ (,~~~ii~bie upon re~~es~~. ~po~ e~~ rpie~ir~~ ~ppii~~~ior~ ~s~d rr~edi~~i f~r~, they shooid be for~ae~'~iea~ t® the Stete .;~, Coordir~efor for I~ornes~ic Preparedr~e~~ ~r~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ P.Ii~ti~ ~~ i"~ Iii ~f~~~I~~~~i. Io iVorfh ~aroiir~a the ~~e~e coordinai:or is ~~~~~~ ~~t~~ ~~d she coo be re~ohed d~ ~1~, ?33-~~25 and her f~~ nor~her is (g~ 9~ ~~3 ~3~7. • 25 ~r~r~~i~i~~ ~~~ tli~~! ~~~~~~, ~~~~ t~!!! !~~ ~d~ !r~ ~ ~~~~j~~ li5~ rs~'~i~i~~ 35~~0 d~s~~ ~ra~r ~~ t~~ ~~~c~~a~~ +~~~~. i~'~~t,6 ~r~^ ~~l~ i~a r~~~lr~ lr~~~r~~l~~. ~B yc~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~r: ~lZ~ d~~~ ~~~~r~~, ~~a~lr~ !l~~. 3~.l~l~ S~°~~'~~`6 ~~ ~~ a~ f~r~~~r r~~~rr~~B~~~~ ~~~ ~l~~s ~~~~~~ ~ ~~~ !~~ ~~~~~l~! err, p~ar~l~4~~~~ ire ~~l~~ ~r~la. ~~ !~ ~~~9~li.~~ x ~~~~l~ ~~ ~~vf~c! ~4! ~~~~°~;-~ ~l~~~~~~~~s ~~~i~r t.~l. 26 ~~~o ~~~~i~r~~i `i'~rr~rosrrt ~r~~arr~~~~ ~r'~~~i~~t~ ~~~r~ c~~ ~~~C3~~ ~~ ~~ C3~s~ra~i~r~. ~~~ i~~~i~s°~i ~°vrrc~ri~rra ~r~~rr~~s~ ~~~°~i~r~~, ~~. ~~~~r~b~sr~ t's~,~~~i~r ~~i~~d ~~. ~~~rsb~r~, L. ~~~~ 0 ~~~ a~ ~fl~r~~ ~r~ b~~r~ is~r~p i~~~ i~ ~~ d~. ~'a ~~~'~~ ~9~i~S ir~i~~'~~ ~~~~'r~ ~~~'~r~~ ~~~,9r~ 9r6 ~~~~~"~~~~ ~r~ir~i ~r~~ r~ir~i~ ~~~s~r ~b~ r~~rn~~~,~ rt~~r~~~~r ~~ ~~~~ ~. ~.i~ b~i~ ~r ~~,~ ~~~rrM~~ b~ii~~ ~ b~ b~~ ~~r~ ~r ~b~ ~~p~r~r~~r~~ ~~ Er~~p~~~ ~~~ra~~~r~~. ~~~ ~~~r~~~ r~ ~i~~i~ri~~ ~~~~ri3~g t~ ~b~ i~~~i~~~ r~~r~°~~ri~~~9 ~~~r~~ ~c~~~. w - - ~...~~.~.~. ~~~~~~~ °~'~i ~~~r~~ is ~~igr~~ ~~ r~ri~'~ ~r~r-~ ~~~~i"~ ~~~ i~~~rr~~~~i~ ~~~~~~r~/ ~~r pi~~r~irz ~a~r~ti~r°~~, ~~f:~rr~i~ir~ r~~~r~~~a~ r3~~~s, ~~~1 ~~~~~ si~~~ ~~~~r~s in 1,b~ir ~~r~~ m~r~~~i~.:~~~~i~i ~~~~~~ir~ ~i~diii ~~ phi ~~~ ~~~i~c~~~ ~~ ~s~ ~~str~~~,i®r~ tib~r~~~~ri~~~i~~ r~~ ~F~i7~~~ ~~ ~~i~yr~~r~~. ~~1~°9 ~Y ~d ~t~J~'~ "~ ~wm~«~~ -`~`~$~r~~'~'1~1Y ~~~.~' 5"~irtF..~`. '~~ '~~~ ~~~Lb~Bi[~Y "his pr~~~i~e ~~~ars~ ~r~~~r~~ ~i~~~~~i~r'~a ~i7~~ ~~~s~ ~i~~~ r~sp~r3~~r~ ~ ~~~ri~rt~~ ~~rir~g ~~~~fia~~~i r~~~ii~ras ~ ~ r~s~ix ~~ ~#~~ir d~r:i~i~r~~. i~ pr~gs~~s ba~~~ ~b~r°~ ~r~d ir~~ ~~rrrt ~~~r~~s r~~~ic~~ f~~~srai~~a~s ~{~~~ ~dr~s~ ~>tb~~ ~~a~ ~irs~. r~s~~r~d~r ~ii~ pc~~~r~~i~liy ~r~c~~rt~~r d~rir~g a ~IiUS~ ~~~~, :..~ .._~ ~-~~~ ~~~?: `his ~~~r~~ viii pr~e~ir~~ a "~~~ib~~" ~~ ~~nc~~'~ ~t~r plr~ ~~~r~~~pr~~nts. ~"h~ c~c~rs~ c~arri~~d~rra i~ b~iarac~d b~~9~~~ ~i~ri~~i ~a~c~pts grad pr~~i~~i ~~ii~i~r~~ ~~ ~h~ ~~~is preser~~~d, f~~t~~ir~g can ~ ~r~d~t~-~ri~~t~~ ~~~~ ~p~r~~~h ~c~ ~b~ 2 pi~r~~ir~g r~~~.. ~~:~d°~~ ~r~;~i~~~ ~~ gr~u~ ~~ivi~i~~, t9~~~ ~wili b~ ~i~ ~c~ ~i~~ ~i~ i~rr~~~i~~ ~s~d ~~~~~~~~ pr~s~r~ted in c1~~~ ~~ ~z~i3i~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~d ~r~~~~ ~~ ~~~ do,~~~i~~ ire ~h~ pi~~~irtg ~r~~~~~. `~`~~~ g~~~ ~~ ~€~i.j rgr~~~~ i~ t~ d~~r~e?~~ ~ ~~1d~r~~r~~i~ag ~~ ~6~~ ~~di~~i ~~~~~ i~~~~~~~ e~~d ~~r~~r i~~~ ~~i~~i s~r~t~gi~~ aged d~srir~g ~~ ~~~~~°~ti i~.~~lnt~°irag ~~~~~~r~~ t~~ ~9~~s ~~r~~i~r~. ~`~~~ c~car~~ i~ d~~igrs~d ~~~ r~~~id~ i:~~ ~~~rg~~cy~ r~s~r~d~r ~rwih ~E~rr~ri~t i~~~id~~ ~~. ~~"~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~r ~~~rw~ is sad ~~ ~~~ i~~~~~r~i~ it ~~.~d~~a~~,"s .~~~~id~:r~~ ~~ t~~~i~~r°' ~~rri~~i~r~~, vw~~fi~ ~ddi~3~~~i r~~~~~r~ ,i .~,~A,;~d ~~y~e~~rr$irac~po~V~ ~~~ is~~~~ ~~`~~~ ~J . 1 --air .~ . _ ~, x ~. ~° ,~._ _J __.~~...r~ ~a ~,J i' _ .. ,9pra .i ,~... gym. v_.. _ _ -~._~__.. __ ~~ha~ ~~~rr~ $~ ar~~~::ad~~d'G~ ~~~~~d ~~~~ r~~; r~~~rsd~r ~~~iri•~ ~~~~ ?cr~~~~?l~dg~ r~~s~~~ry~ ~~ ~~r~d~~~~: r~r~.~ ~~r~ti~r~s ~ii~ rs~;~i~~~ir~i~g ~~~ ir~~~gri~~~~' ~'~ ~ ~ri~~ s~s~~e ~~r~ a ~~~~~ ~~ rr~~~~ d~~~r~~i~~~ ~~~ i~~~~~ ~~d. ~i7~ ~diiij ~~ r~~~gi~~ ~~d ~r~s~~~ ~~~id~aa~~ ~ii~ ~~~d~~i~g r~~~~ ~~~r~~i~~~ i~ ~r~~i~i ~a ~r~~ur3g ~ s~~~~~:~fi~.sl P; ~~~~~~i~~. Ian ~ddi~nr~ tc~ i~~ ~r~~~rc.~r~~~~, r~s~~r~d~rs fr~rr~ ~r~-r~~~t~~, ~~, ~rr~~rgr~~,~ r~;~?~~g~rr~~r~~, ~~d ~u~ii~ ~r~r~s ~r~ iii s~r~r~gi~ ~~~~~r~g~d ~~ ~t~~r~d. ~~~~ ~~"~r~~~ ~<~ ~~~~'~~~~ ~~'~ ~~i~s~ ~~i~~raawi~~ ~c~~~d i~~ ~~~rs~ d~~ri~is~~, ~~ p~-~r~ui~it~~ ~r~ d~~~rr~ira~d. ~~~s~rrs~ii~r c®9ie~~~d ar~l~ ~hr3~~ ~~s~ars~~ ~r~i~~r~~ ~r~d ~~~i9~~i~ ~~ ~~~rg~~~~ rr~~~g~; ~~r~~~. 2~ ~°~ any q~.siir~ns ~n~ ~~ ~a~~ ~~~ ~~ a~~3r~ss~~ i~~ ~~ ia~i~nai °~~rr~~'i~ ~r~~aar~n~ss Ins~i`~~~~ in ~~. F~~.arsb~~~, y ~~ ~~-~~~ ~r~~r ~~rnn~°~a~ins; ~~~in ~~~ ~~s~ c~~rs~s art: ~ir~~aii~O ~ni~ ~n~-~~~~ s~n~ ~m~~n i~ is s~~~s~~ ~i~a~ t~~s~ c~~rss are n°~nr~ s~ita~i~ ~~r la~-~r r~t~s ~~ ~ni"~-~s~~~ ~~rs~nn~i, ~wa~r~~s rnc~r~ 1~iry ~iass~s ~v~~ir~ ~ rnr,~~"~' ~~r ~a~~nt has. ~~~~® ~~a~y ~~ ~~~n~~r~~'~rr~ris~ ~~a~i~n, °~°~~ ~1~i~ ~w ~~a~"~n"~~n'~ t~~ ~~s~~~~, ~~:~ ~~ ~~s~~~~' s~rt~~arr~sLS, ~~"~°<~ ~~ c~ilt~ ~.,~3~ai ~~~s~~~ ~r~ag ~?~ir~~ss ~.1~s~4 ~, and ~ ~3~ i~~~~~~ni 3.~~0i-Y~.s~i3.. ~r~par~n~cs ~~ns~i~r~t ~~~~ a~~aiia~i~ ~hr~~ ~~~ ~n~~i~r~n ~~'~a~ns ~~ bass ~~.s~~~~n ~ ~~i~~~~~i ~°~rr~r "~ . ~~a~~~~ ~~ ~~r~~r~:r= i"~~r~ris~ ~~~ir~r~~ ie.s~~ xi~i~~ ~~~~ i~r~i~~rsi in ~~~n C~~4~~Q i..~iJisiarla. a°~~4~d~~~:~', 5;~~irs~.' i~ i~~41.3~"~'~a"s viii sn~ i ~~~ y~~r ~~~ni~~ ~ iaa ~~~~ si ~ind~r, ~~~'~~ ~rs~inar:~ pan ~ ~iv~n ~~ ~a~irt a~~~s ~~r~~sc~~~s~ir ~~~ ~~ar. ~°~ ~' ,~~~ ~~rnir~a~°s are ~~r~~ ~a~s ire i~n~. °~ rninar~ arm i~>~r~ sir ~~ ~~sir ~~ ~~~ ~ri~~~~s~o ~~ ~ria~nar~ ~~ar~t~s~ ~~ ~h~ rn~r~ncy ~s~€~ns~ ~~ ~s~.i~ ~ic~i~r~i~ai 3.r~~ii,~~n~~s cc~~ars~ is ~~ assis~ ~rn~r~n~g i~~sp~r~~~rs are l~:.1 ~~~~n~r~~r~~ ®~~;~iais ire tl~v~i~pin~ ~ flan ~f ai~n in ~~a9anc~ an~i~h ~~~~r~ ~~~tl~~rr~ris~ air~a~dcs. °~r~is is a~~~rn~iisi~~d ~~ Y~~i~ir~g ~~e oi~ials r~a~~ an a,sn~~rsndin ~~ ~~~iwia~ a ~i®it~~i~al ~~~ is~ ~vi~a~ i~ can ®g and h~~ b~si~ to d~ai ~i~i7 i c~ns~~~~n~~s. ~'h~ ®+~~je~+~ti~r~~ry('~~ t8~h.~~ gca~t~/r~s~ry~ isg~~~ g~pr+~v9d~~¢ a{ry~~alaryn~~d vi~(~4,~p.t n~o~r'~t~~ ris¢.~~ps 'Gds~~0..l~~i.i.e ~~7La 1 6.E ~i4J ~'i.+~OSs~S ~l tlL9~~1 A6 ~f ii.A ~i7 ~~~~~~~9 d9s s'~.J91 l~ ~~ L7 Y~ ~raq~s c~rr~ntiy ~i~~ ~s~~ ~~ ~~a~n~~r the prn~si~. 29 Are ~~~ra~i~~v of ~~~o c~+ar~~ i~d~d~s ~~~ id~~tific~fior~ of b~ologioa! ~g~r9 ~~o~f -i~iy ~o b~ ~~d ire ~ ~rrori~`~ ~ft~~k, ~~~ir ~ff~ aid fr~~fr~~r~f, ~~ ~sr~!! ~ f~ fr~d~~~f! p~_irscipi~~ of fai~i~g~oal ~~rf~r~ ~~d ~ ~~oi~~ic~ of iplo~i~~! ~~~po~~. ~~ ~ddi~ro~, tl1~ oo~r~o ~i!! provc~l~ p~~ip~ra~ ~r~~i~l~ ~ ~~ic t~r~d~~~t~~~iir~g of fh~ prod~ro~ ~~d ~~d lit~i~~~~~ior~~ ~r~co~r~~~r~d ire ~i'~~ ~iolo~ic~! i~~or~:o~°~+. ~,l~o ~ddr~od i~ ~~~ ~i~r~~~ ~opo~~5~f ~~~o~i~~~d vv~i~i~ ~ bioioio~i ~~ol~, t~ dr~i~ Boa d~~ri~i~~ of po~era~i! Rio-~~rrori~ ~~~ Rio-crir~i~ls, ~~~ ~l~o po~~~~i~,! lik~lihooci of f~~~r~ ioiogi~~! i~~id~r~'rs ooo~rira~. ~~i oo~o i, d~~ir~r~~d ~o ir~pro°,~~ ~~ ~~p~~ili~i~~ of ~ra~~~r~~~~! 5~f~li~2a ~~~"9~'i~ r ~o r~'~por°~d ~~ ~eV!'~l~J ir~Ci~~r~~~ ~~ ir~s~r~ir~ t~a~! ~ir~~ rr~~~odoloi~ of ~~~r~~~-!~*~~! ~r~i~°~ir~~ ~o !~ ~r~foro~r~~~~~ fir~i~ir~ p~~.~oo~~r~~l, ~o prir~~r~ p~~rpo„~ of f!°~i~ ~o~r~~ i~ ~o proi~3~~ p~~i~ipa~r3~ fr~ir~~r~ ;~?s~i'~~3 i~~.~~;~ fit? ~:?~~'i~~rgt~ ~~~~l~odolo~i~~ r~c~~rdi~~a ~~~~r~! i~~d~rst~+odir~~~ ~~~ r~~or~i~ion ~f ~orrori~r~, i~or~~:ifi~.~~ia:~ of p-oo~ of ~~~~ d~~r~~`iriora, ~ ~d d~f~r~si~~~ ~or~~idr~~io~s r ~d ~or~~~:ro! is~~~~ ~~o~i~~~:d ~~aif~ r~r~r~ir~~! i~~~rd~r3~~. °i"i~i~ ~:o~ar~~ ~o~or~apli~i"~~ a aair~~il~ ~~o sr~~ o~i~oo~i~~~ ~~~ ~o~.~rs~ ~~r~~pe i~ i~ d~~lg~~d ~o ~~ t~~~f dircfl~~ to lea ~r~for~'~~~~r~~~ poo~~r~~! r~~~~~r ~:~~~ lea ~r~for~~~r~f fr~i~rs. ~~~~~~~n ~~o~~~~f~i ~~r~pi~~ior~ of ~ ~~ ~d~i~~r~ iev~l ~r~ir~i ~o~rs~; s~s~~rn~n~ ~o a si~p~rvisor~ posi~ios~ or ~ po~ifiort r~~por~~ibi~ f®r ~~~rl,~pr~~r~~ ~r~d d~li~o~a~~a of ~r~ir~ir~ fo~~~d o~~ r~~por~di~3t~ ~o ~ ~ioBo~i~! i~~id~ra~p or ~~~i~r~~r~t ~o ~ ~~p~r~ri~ory or r~~~~g~rr~~~~ pC9si`~sor4 r~~por~si~l~ for f~;o d~v~lop~~r~f of ~c~°r~f p~l~d~~ ar~d pro~~d~r~s ao~~rr~irt t!?~ ~cfior~~ of ~rraor~r~ re~por~dor~ t~~rira~ ~"J~!'J i~~is~~°r~. 30 Y~~~ A~~ ~aa~i®a~s y~ara ~~y ~~~~ a~~y b~ a~dd~~~~aM~ ~ d..o~sdsd~a~~ s~~~~ ~d~~a"~d~y ~~ ~~~~~ ~.~~~ , Ph®a~~ - 1-c~7~-X29-~~~i ~a~~~~ ~r~a~aa~aaai~~d~a~v~ r~~~r~~~~d~~l ~~a~'~ a°a"~~~a~~~:~~ra ~r~ ~:dd a~~~a~~~~d~~ ~~~~~~ d~ ~a~~~a'~~ ~r~ ~'~t~~~h ~d~~ i~ ~~~~ a~~~~~ ~~~!r~~ a`~da~ ~-ad~ ~~ d~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ c~~~a~i~~~p ~d~@~ ~a:ara~~d~ i~~a~a°~s~~€~~a t~~ ~' ~ ~g da~~:a~~ ~~ ~a~~~~~a`°a~~ a~~a~a~~~a~~. ~§~~, ~~ pia ~a~ap~~~ a ~d-aaa" t~~~a~aaa•la ~~a~d ~~~a ~ aaa~ ~d~~ ~~aa~~aMa~ d~~a~s ~~~~rc~~a~~ a~~~~~d~s g~~~~ ~ a~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~d es~d~:o~ ~~~~~~~~ a~a~a~~~a°~~a~~, ~a~~ ~~ ~~~a~~a' `~d~d~ drr~i~~~a,~ fa^ ~~a~, ~~~~~~d~ ~d~~~~ ~a~~a~~~a~ a~a~~~~~a^s~''~ ~~a~a~d~a~~~~ ~ ~ ~;~~:3d~ ~A~~~d-~a~a°~~i ~a~~~~d~a~ ~o ~:c~a.aa~l~~ ~~~ "tr~da~-~t~~-~-~sa°a,~a'" ~~a~~s~ ~~c.aa^s~ ~~ ~~ra ~sa~da~~ ~ ~~ J'~d ~~~~~~d L~ ~a~ id~a~d a~~~~~~ ~~~a+ ~a~~r~~c.~y ~~~~~a"r9~a~~; ~~ a d~t~ads ~~ ~~~~da~ td~~ d~a~~a~~r-d~~ ~~ ~~7~~~sa~~y~d~~gga~'y~0a~~~~~a-~c^ia~p~d~~y°d]"~~6~~~d~~~~^i~~~gtd~~~~~yi5~^ $-ara~~~a~,~av~g~d~~1~~ ~r~~~~r~yy~~°~~~9s~ ~ay~~~(::^ga~d~~ E~ 9 ~ A.~~~i'E i_d ~~+lsa~du 9~. ~J YV i.IE ~l ia~ 'L,'i.J 1A i_~n°~„ f A 9Y5~9L i S6.~aJ t Y 3*~„17 2>~e"~GJr:e id 7 s.'a~,~~8 i~~~t~ ~ bd~~r did ~~~d°~a°~d~~ ~~ ~n~~d; ~ad°a~ a~i~i~~ a~~~ q~~d~y ~~ ~.~~a~ ~~;:~ add~~ s f ~-°~~ ~ ,~a°~da~da~ ~d~~~~~w~~.~i.~. ~d~. ~=i~a~ddy ~::~a~a~~~~sai~~° ~~a~a~~ ~~~~~n~~~~~, ~d1~~ds, ~a~~a~~~ s~~r ~~~d~~s~~~, ,~~~~q • 31 ~~~~~~y ~~~ ~€~~~~~~ ~~rr~ri~r~ ~~~r~~' ~~C3~) ~~~ :c~9~~~ ~~ ~~p~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ r~~~:r~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ p~~~t~~r ~~rr~r~~~ ~hr~~~. ~~~~9~~ ~ s~~~i~r~ ~~ p~~~ r~~rde~ r~~ac~~r ~~~ e~i~~~~~J ~~~~~~~~r*~ ~~r ~w~~~ cif ~°ss~ ~~~r~~~~. ~~~~~ ~ v~s°~i~~ ~a~r~~y ~.y~~.r~~~i~ ~~~~ ~r?~6v~~l~a~ ~e~~y'~ r~~~~i~i~~ ~r~ ~..~rr~r~~~: ~~~E~, ~~~~~. 32 ~~ ~~~ . ~i~a~~ ~i~~ E~~ i~ rtc~~~ar~~ aa~d ccQrdiraa~~a ra-t~ti~ipi~•~ag~~c~ r~s~tarc~ dir~c~~d ~~ a ~irtgi~ iarg~ i~cid~ra~ r t~ai~ipi~ it~cidr~~r ira ~tcc~a-da~c ~=~r~~~ tea e~°t~rgracy ~p~ra~i~~~ piers. ~sasra iri~ta~ ag~~ ~~ad:~ ~r ~~rai~r ~ta~i'f r+~pr~~~ra~a~i~3~ ~~~ aii i~~ci~~d ag~~ci~~ aid ~rgat~i~a~ic~ra~ ~~iii t°p~s-~ ~~ i a~ ~~a~ artd cat°ry c~ ~h~ir resp~~;~i~~ rpr~ra~iiii~i~~ ~r~dr at~d ir°~ ac~;;~rdarac~ ±~~i~~ ~:~ . ffi ~°i-t~ ~~r°ti~r ~~a r~~ar~s~rai:i~~ ~~° aii i~a~~i~ ag~~ci~~ ~~d ~rgat°ai~a~i~t~ R~-tii c~~ratca~a t~i~ ~h~ ~t~a~~~r artag~r, at•td ~~ti»~ ~~~~r a~~t~ca~s at~d ~rgarai~a~i~ra~, prc~~~idir~g c~ra~irt~irag aid rga~iar 4.,tpda~~~. iii ~~~t~r ra~~-ia~v ert~~r°cara~a~rtia ag~raci~~ re~p~rad'i~g ~c ~~ ~t~~ ~~iii ap~r~~~ aid p~r~~r r~i~ic~~a tarad~r ~:~~ dir~i~r~ ~~ ~~~ ~C. i"t~pcrt ~~ i:~ tarti~~d ~c~~arrrartd Pc~~: if cr~~ ~a~ ~~~r~ ~~~aii~~a:i cr ~s~~li~i'a a cot~rrtar td p~ a~ ~ a~ p~~~ii~ ~~ r~ac~ir~g i:~ it-~cad~~~: ~c~t~e, i~ca~irtg i~ ~p ~~itZd a~;d ~p viii as apprpria~~ ara~ a~ a sa~~ dista~c~. Prc~id~,c~rrtrrta~t~ica`~ic~~ artd ~t~i~r ag~racic~ ~i~i'a iv~~ i~ca~i~rt ~~ tic ~~rrtr~at~d pt~~ artd irt~c~rrraa~i~~a c~ra ~rasa~~ arias ~r r-~~a~~s ~~ ~~ iracidra~: sc~rt~. V'Uh~r~ ~~~ cr~t~rtlartd p~ 4a~d~ dir~c~ c~rrtrra~.trai~ic~ra ~vi~ti~ ~~i~t~r ageraci~s, ccra~rr~9.t~ica~i~aras ~+iii raia`~ st.tch it~i^'~r rraa~i~ra grad pr~id~ i:~a~ i~ca~iora ~~ the ca~r~rrtar~d cs~~ t~ ti+a~ ~~~. ai~lis~ arad t~at~irt~airt c~arrarr'a~araicati~rt ~~~~~~~ ti a~ c~rraat~d p~~t aid . irC~~ as Sara as pra~ica@. ` ~~sigrtat~ are tap~ra~icart sr~e~r ~r~t"rt a~oi~ic~t bra ccrad~ac~ t~c~icai ria~rati~rts. ,~~ rrat~st ~~rrflrist iracid~ra~, ~~~ i~ad ag~rt~ rapr~s~t~~a~ivc viii ~irs~ r~p~t-k ~c t~~ cc~ra trt~artd p~~c. ® ~~qi~~s~ ~~~ ~a~ard~aa~s at~riais ~~sp®~~~ ?°~arra, t~rais air~ad~~ dispatc~aed. 33 ~~~~ar~ ~i~a~ iii ~~r~r~~ei ~r~ vvrir~~ ~~d a~~ir~~ r~~~ir~~~r~/ pr~~it~r~ ~r~d ~~r~i pr~~~i~~ ~6~~ir~ ar~~ri~~ ~~r ~~ir ~~~i~r~~d du~i~~. i~r~~ra~ ~~~~ ~~r~~~~~~ i=r~r~ ~i ~i~ir~g ~~r~ ~~~~~9~i, ~r~s~~~~® r~~~~~, ~~r~~~~~~, i~8~t~, ~d ~~:~Qr~t~rr~irs~'t~ ~~~~d ~i~~is ~r~d ~r~~r~~~ r~s~sr~d~r~, r~ir~ii~~ ~~~ ~~r~~d ~i: ~~r~~~rr,i~~~i~~, ~~~d pre~~rve ~~id~ra~~. ~~~i~T~ r~~di~~! ~~~ili~i~s ~ti~l~ d~~r~~:~r~i~~i~ra ~~ ~~~~~ ~~d ~r~~r~~n~.~y r~~~c~r~d:'~ ~~ ~~~ ir~~id~¢~~ ~ai9! ~li~a~~ i~ ~~~~ ~~~ira~~ i~ rfi~~~~r~ ~~ g~~~:~t ~~~~~ ~c~r~i~r~ c~~ ~.~~ f~~:iii~i~~ r~~~~~~~r ~~d ~~~ip~~r~~. ~c~li~~3 ~~~ ~~~~~li~~~d ~id~iir~~~ t~~ ~9~~ir d~p~r~rra~r3~ ~h~r~ r~~dir~~ ~~ b~~i~ ~t~r~~~s rid a~r~p~ir~~ ~~ rr~~~ d~~irr~~:it~rt/ t~rrtari~~~ id~a~id~r~~~, rye ~~~r~~ri~~ ~~~~~~r-rr~~~~~r~s vv~~~~~r ~°,~ r~~~r~~rr~~~ ~~?r1~i~s e~~~r ia~a:~lli~~~~ ~r r~ ~i~~ ~?~PidE~3"~~ ~~~7~ ir~rr~ari sr~ ~~~~ r~"~s~~ t3C~:~9r ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~r~i~~d ~r~rrs~~d ~s~ i~ ~ ~~~ ~w~r~ ~~ii~~d gar ~~~~~~i~i~ ~ ~~rr~~~d ~y~. ~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~ii~ ~~r~ r~~iF~ ~~~ ir~~,idr~~ ~~~~~r i~~~~~~ i~ ~ ~~ir~d ~r ~ viii ~~ ~~r~~ri~~ ~r rd ~~~ ~ ~~~~ dira~~. ~r~°~~ ~~~r~r~~r~~~~t:~~r~~.g. ~r~d~*~,~~~We~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~r~~ ~~~ga.~r~ ~ ~izc ~~rss~5"~~rEa~ ~~s~~, Iri~~;rr1"~~~~C3?'~ aJr~ p~ir~Y~"~~ ~r~~.~ay ~~' r~~~s iC3 i.~'3S~ ~r~~s~3~ ~~~r~~, ~~~a~r~ ; ~~ ~~rr~r~~r~d ~ lc:ic~ ~ir~~L ~~rx~s~~r~i~~~:i~r~ ~~~+~~~. r~~~~r ~r~~:i~, ~~8.rra~'B~lr4i'~Cd~:i~Jrt~ variil r~l~~~ ~~~~ ir~~~rr~s~~i~ ~d ~r~~it~ ~.~~ l~~~i~r~ sir ~~ ~rra~~d ~a ~~ ~i7~ `~~ ~~~~~ii~ ~d ~i~~~ir~ ~~ar~r~~r~i~~i~r?~ ~~J~~ ~#~~ ~~~d ~~ ~~d ~~~ ~ ~~~~ ~~ r~~i~~i. ~~ir~~~~ ~~ t~~~Ar~~i~r~~.~,~~~r fr~rr~ ti~~hi~i~ ~t~ ~~r~d~r;~ i~~ir;~! g~~~~r~~:i~~~„.~. $~'t 3 3 B4.r;,~~ ~:rr4~f i~'L ~l~~~dt~'13L.~y. "~~ ~~`'.:~d G~£~~rl~'/ r+'w~.3r~.~..'a~..r9~~~S~JJ~' ~9! ~~~ ",s° ~ r~~a 6. r~ ~ ~~~~~r~ iv~~~ iii ~~~r~r~~i ~r~ ~~rir~~ rid ~~~iri r~s~~ir°~r~ r~~~~~i~r~ ~~d ~~r~~r~~! ~°~~~~i:i~~ ~i~~~air~ ~~r~~ri~~~ ~r ~~~ir ~a~i~rE~d d~i~~. ~~~~ii~i~ ~r~ ~r~er~~r~ ~s~r~~r~d i~~,r~ ~:r~~~r~vr~r~~ ~~~~ ~~r~~ ~~~~~ s~~~r! l~v~ ~s~~~~r~~r~r~~ ~q~r~~i~s, ~~vir~~ ~v~rip~ir~ ~r. ct~~ardir~~~ir~ r~i~~r~sibili~y ~c~r ~i1~ rn~rt~g~rr~~~ ~f ~~ ~rn~r~~~~, ~r~ ~p~r~~i~. ~ r~,~r~~~'r6~~~i'd~ ~r~rrt C~3~p'i r~pr~ a~~~~d c~~~~1C~ ~~iii ~l5~3 r~~9C8r'~ ~C3 ~i~ ccarrsr~~~d ~. ~°'~~ ~~~y~ ~~r~ iii del~~~~ d~r~ r~~~a~r~~~b~io :~r t~r~~# g~~i¢c~ ~c~~r~ts~s~~ ~~ ti~~ SC'~r~~ ~~ ~l~e r~~re~~r~f~~~~r~ ~~~rt~ ~rir~~r ~~ ~~ri~di~~i~r°r~i r~~~ansi~iiit~~r fir the p~~r~~r~~~~ rsr i'~~ilicy ~~r~~~~d. ~~~igr~ ~r~i~~ ~~ is~l~~~ ~l~e ~~rir~ ~~t~r ~~ ~~5~ ir~~i~i~r~i: ~~~r~~ arad d~~~ ~r~~~ ~c~ ~~~-~~~~r~r~~ tra~~ ~r~d ~~d~ri~r~~. ~~ ~rri~/irag ~rrs~rg~~ ~~~i~l~s ~~d ~ddi~i~r~~i levy ~~ai:~r~er~~t~~ ~r~~r~r~~i viii! irr~r~~di~aei~ ~~ ~r~~i~ i~ iri~e ~icinii~yr afi ~h~ ir~~id~rS~. ~ddi~i~r~ai p~rs~rara~! o~iii t~i~~ ~~~rg~ ®f ibr~c dir~~i~~ .and r~~ro~ti~~. ~I~r r~~.~~~ ~~ ir~gr~~s ~r~d ~gr~~~ ~~ill b~ id~rZ~i~~~d ~~d ~~i~~~ir~~d ~~r ~rrt~r~~ra~~ ~~~i~l~~. ~~ ~-ssi~a units t~ pr~vid~ s~curi ~~r d~c~~at~rrair~~ti~r~ iir~~s. W ~sur~ tb~t yid p~rs~r~n~~ ~r~ ~r~rir~g ~d us'sr~g r~spir~tcsr~~ prc~~t~~;ttiflra ~~d p~rs~r~~6 prt~t~ctiv~ cl~ttsir~ ~ppr~pri~c~ €~r tl~~ir si~~d duties. '~ ,1i.8~t~i~ a~1"6d ~st~bi~sn tr~~h., tr~~tr~~~~t, ~rl:% tr~r3'~pQr~ ~re~s. 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'~Y92:9 ~k~s~H d~' 9 ~~~7~~8~+ ® i~orait~r public and ~r~~r~r~c~ r~sp~r~s~ pers~r~r~~i ~xp~sur~. ~~r~suit v~itb tb~ ~~s~t~r i<~r ~is~:~s~ ~"~~tru! ~~d ~tia~r s~aurc~s ~r~ issues r~i~t~d t~ ch~rlnici ~~d bi~;~gical ~xp~asur~. ~~ r~cur~am~~d~ti~r~s t® ~uth~ri~~d err~~r~:~c~~+ r~~r~~rs ~b~ut the c~r~ (~~ S~4s~eCt~d Qr ~®~lt~~'~i9~~~~d C~Sti~it~~5. ~ ~(3fJrdiri~~~' °~ilit~ Flr~/~~sc~9~, ~, ~r~~ i~~spi~'~~s, ~d s~c~t~ rtd ~~d~r~~ ~g~r~c:ies tc~ id~~ti~r st~ci~pii~ ~~ pi1~r~c~~,~iic~i:~ ~r~d v~ccir~~s fir ~~- ~c~~~ ~~d iac~spit~i ~s~ to tr~~t ~xp~s~c9 citiz~~s ~~d ~m~rg~r~cy responders. 35 ~~'a ai5t ~riyl~ era~rirc+nrra~ntal health activities to ensure the safer of the citi~en~ ar 9d pr~tacti~n ~f the ~r~~ir~r~ra~~r~t. sign erborane! to r~~r~it®r feed, mater, li~e55t®c~ f~rsd, ar~d ~c~r~rdir~ate with 9~ortl~ Carolina ~e~artr~ent of Agricultaare,; livestock division. ~~ ~.y/IE'~~1! t~3~ procedures a~1d li~titatior95 a55(3ciat~d l~Iiti"1 ~~~ ~®S5ible quarantine ®f civiiian~a 5~5~iected of exposure to cl~erzaical~ biological ag~r8t5 ark coordinate ~,~6it11 the Inc~def9t ~QZL~r+~ir3atd3r. ~ Coordinate and provide fc~r ~ritlc~l Incident stress lvlanagernerst for eserger~cy responders and a separate Cli~l for vi~:ttir~s, their fa¢~aiiie5, aid other ir~v~oived pet~o~nei. ~~ ~~~~~~ ~'~~~~~~~~ fig, insure that ~zC3°s are i~ place in the field ar~d the ESC arsd e5tabiisl~ cornrn~~nicatior~ iir~ks: prepare co+~nty/city e~cecutive or other a+.~thori~ed press releases. ~esigr~ate a ~oi~t sr$forrraatior; Center as needed and provide adeciuate st~f~~rig to handle public inquiries. ,~ ~esig~ate a briefin+~ area for relatives of casuai~ies and stafr`. l~eaig~ate ~ media staging area identified by the Incident Cor~rr~andern s~rovide communications bet€~~een cornrnand post, field Sites; hospitals, and the ~~~:, as requested. ,assist v~~ith establishment of corrrr~nur~ication iinl~ be~eer~ tl~° and the ~I°s .point ~4~pration5 Center. ~si:ablisi°~ cornmt~~3ication5 bei:~e~~ri ~~C, shei'er5, and ,mass care centers as requested. staff, r~araage, and operate Sheiter~ and rnasss care facilities !~ cooperation with l~~ie°~i l~arao~!~r Err~ergency l~lar~ageme~t, ~~lea~t l~lanover CoUr~t~r Flealth ~epartrr~sent, and other county ager~cie5, ~r®vide training ar~d rnair~fiair~ a roster of trained shelter rx~anager~. provide food, ~ater® oofi5, blar~keta, etc. for shelter occupar~~s !n coop~ratior~ with ~le~ laarlover Coosa ~rraergency ~lanagernent and ~e~ l~ar?over Coin Public ~claools. Corid~sct emergency operations as regsaired to assist ~rrrserger~cy ~~lanag~rrsent persosasae! to respond to and recover from the emergency incident. 36 • tr~rts~ort~tior~ for ev~ou~tior°~ o~~r~tions, • ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ss~~o prir~~ry ~~aris~ii~tiont r~iroio~, ~r~ co~troi o~~r ~~®~ terrorist ~~t or ro~idorat filet i~ p~rpotr~t~~ i~ ti°~~ ~~~~o ofi ~r~~ t'or~i~~ go~~ero~o~t or irtor~~tior~~i terrorist ~rot~p or air~st ~ ~~d~r~i oi~iL ~:oor~ii~to ~rit~t st~t~ ~r~d ioo~9 i~ o~~or~:~r~o~t ~~ios op~r~ti~~~ ~c ti'ao ir~~id~nt sot~~. ~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ 3~ R~Qti~S'i" ~~~ ~~AR® AC`~I~ 143a~ti~~ [date: ®9/~.7/~3 .Regular 0tem ~#: 8 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Museum Presenter: Mr. F. L. "Tanky" Meier, Museum Board of Trustees Chair; Ms. Ruth Naas, Museum Director Greg Thompson, County Project Engineer Contact: Ruth Haas SUBJECT: C~nsid~ration ~fi ~ppro~ai Of Ar~hite~tural ~~ntra~t ~~r the Museum St~~co .Rem®~al ar~d ~uildin~ repair Project BR9EE SUMMARY: Request to enter into a contract with BMS Architects at a cost of $38,000 to develop a bid package and oversee the construction project required to repair the failing stucco facade on the 1990's addition to the Museum building. Project History: A contract for these services with David Lisle Architects was terminated after the following: ~ Mr. Lisle developed an initial bid package. It was bid inappropriately and the contract could not be awarded.- ~ When the initial bid package was reviewed again, the Museum Board and County Engineer agreed that a new package should call for removal of the stucco followed by re-cladding as a primary bid with re-cladding over the stucco as an alternate. Mr. Lisle felt that this went beyond the terms of his original bid and was requesting additional money. ® The contract with David Lisle Architects was then terminated. The firm was paid $16,000 of the original $27-,000 contract to cover the services completed as part of the contract. BMS Architects was invited to submit a contract for services. The cost of $38,000 is justified as follows:. ~ As required by the State, BMS Architects will completely re-author the bid documents. During thus process and to accept accountability, they will thoroughly review the recommendations. ~ BMS Architects will have on-site presence to insure that replacement sections fit the existing structure and protect the integrity, of on-going public operations of the Museum. ® The architects' recommendations will include removal of existing stucco, addressing any damages to the structural framework, instilling a barrier-wall system and new facade. The bid package will include removal of stucco~an alternate to s#-~:~eP'~~'iCLf1. . g The recommendations will provide longer life'and lower maintenance for the building. ® BMS Architects will specify inspection procedures with property management to help extend the life of the building. After meeting with the Architect and reviewing other projects that BMS Architects manages for New Hanover County, the Cape Fear Museum Board and County Engineer agree that BMS Architects is best qualified to provide the services that will.restore~the I~:!luseum-building. RECOMMENDEa MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: ~~ `~ ""~~'' Request to enter into a contract with BMS Architects at a cost of $38,OOO~~to~de~velop a bid package and oversee the construction project required to repair the fails°ng~sstucco facade on the 1990's addition to the Museum building. ~ ~~ C~~ '%~o=~~~~~ fUNDiNG SOURCE: _-_,_ _ ~, __ ~~~;~ . .~ $350,000 is allocated for this capital project in the FY 20012002 budget. Costs for services and ~(~ repairs are still projected to fall within the budgeted amount. ~! ATTACHMENTS: None. RE'~1E~lED EY; LEGAL: FINANCE: BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: COoJNTl° MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND F~ECOMMENDATIONS: I have met with the Nluseum Board of Trustees on this matter and incur and fully recommend approval. ~~ COMMlSS10NERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: ~Mi ~` ~FPROVE ~?EJECTEp Q ~tEMOVED ~G .~;~ ~"' POSTPONE® H:EAR17 ~ ( ~/~ 0 ~, ''~ I ~EV~ HAN®VER C~U1~TY ~~AR ~F ~® i51~ES REQUEST F®R i3®AR® ACl"i0f°~ Meting ®ate: 09/17!01 ~. Regular Item ~: 9 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Museum Presenter: Mr. F. L. "Tanky" Meier, Museum Board of Trustees Chairman, Ruth Haas, Museum Director Contact: Ruth Haas SUBJECT: 9ncroas~ ~Ad~issions for Cape Foar Nluseur~ BRIEF SUMMARY: // - The Museum Board ofkTru~ requests changes in its current fee structure. Currently, various programs and lectures arR'~'e ffered as free or at a fee. The first day of each month end 1st and 3rd Sundays have been free. The .proposal is to increase admission rates, simplify program and lecture rates and reduce free days to the 1st Sunday for New Hanover County resrdents .RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: ~ Museum admission fees be increased for adults from $4.00 to $5.00; for seniors (over 65) and students (12 years and older w/ID) from $3.00 to $4.00; and that children (3-11 years) ` remain at $1.00; ® free days for New Hanover County residents be'reserved for the first Suhday of the month plus an annual county-wide unity and appreciation day; strategically-planned promotional discounting campaigns be implemented; ~ admission fees be the entry cost for museum-sponsored programs, lectures or workshops to offset costs associated with an active, dynamic public education program; ® that these resolves be implemented when 2001: A Dinosaur Odyssey ends on October 28, 2001, to simplify public messaging; that no changes be made in the current fee structure for curriculum-based school programs FUiVDING SOURCE: Revenue Generating ATTACHMENTS: Admission Rates for Cape Fear Attractions: 8/20/2001 -.: ,~ ~~. 082001 Attraction Rates. REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE; Approve BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: ~° Recommend approval. • COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: APPROVE.t9 E~EJECTED REMOVED POSTPO(VED ~t'EARI~ ~~~.. q:l: ~~al 41 Adx~aission ~at~s for Cape dear Attractions: 8/20/01 Arlie Gardens County residents: Non-County Residents Adult $5 $8 Senior $4.50 $7 Child $1 $2 Free every 2°d Friday of the month. ' ® Wrightsville Beach: $3. Under 12 Free. Railroad Museum: Adults $3 5r & Mil $2 6-11 years $1.50 Under 6 Free , St. John's Museum ~ $3 /Members free Free first Sunday of the month. ® Poplar Grove: Adults $7 Seniors $6 6-15 years $3 (students) ® Bellamy, Bergwin-Wright, Lattimer: Members free $14.95/plcg Adults. $6 Children $3 North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores: Members free Adults $3 Sr & Mil $2 6-17 years $1 (children) North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island: Members free Adults $4 Sr & Mil $3 6-17 years $2 ® Battleship: Adults $8 Sr & Mill $7 6-11 years $4 Cape Fear Museum Pre=Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Members free Adults $4 $6 -~--,-,-,,..,,,.~~..~r~~, Sr & Coll $3 ~'~"'``J""^~'°~`~5~'11 years $1 $3 3-11 years ~~~~`,~Free 1st Day of Month & `~' L ~:~ €~~ ~~'t~'~ ~} & ~ Sundays. v ~, 7 c~~~'"~.i~-ui~ ~'t:~ ~~" :/ ~~ r-., 0 0 0 0 .~ v ctt cC U ~° cd 0 . ,. ~~ '' ~ L am, N 'U N ~ N ,~„~ .~ N L. cam, "~ ~ c:.., b ,~ O ~ ~ O ' ~ H w ~ .~ ~ z w a U ~ ~ ~ ~ Gzl G C/] .-+ t O 0 ~ ~ ~ O O O O O 'O 0 O " ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,~ ~ w w z m ~ ,~ ~i ~ -~ ~~ U v ~ ,~, ~ ~ ~ r, ~ ~ -. 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R~QIJ~S~' ~~~ ~~A~~ A~Ti~~ Regular lt~m #: 10 Estimated Time: Page Number: t~eparfinent: Environmental Management Presen#er: Ray Church Contact: Ray Church Sl.lSJECT: ~~n~id~rati~n ®~ Av~ard ofi ~~r~$r~c~ #~3.-039 t~ ~~~~r~i ~ar~iir~~ ~is~®sal ~c~mr ~~ra~ °~ir~~is~~sai . ~RfE~° SL"IV1MA~'~: The Scrap Tire Act of 1989 prohibited the disposal of whole tires in landfills in the State of North Carolina.. In 1990, the first contract was awarded for the collection, transportation, and disposal of scrap tires at a location outside of New Hanover County. The cost of $78.20 per ton included staging storage trailers at major tire retailers places of business. Although not required as this is a~service contract,' Request for Proposals were sent to prospective scrap tire processors. Only-one response was received. Of the three locations in North Carolina providing this service, two, US Tire Recycling Partners and Central Carolina Tire Disposal, are owned by the same company. Other processors located in Virginia and Georgia did not respond to the request. The responsive bid was from Central Carolina Tire Disposal located in Cameron, NC. This company has been providing satisfactory scrap tire disposal services to the county for the past three years. The RFP included a request for three types of collection options: Collection of all tires delivered to the fandfill only; provision of collection trailers at major tire retailers; and, staging of trailers at major retailers with the retailers paying monthly trailer rent to the contractor through a separate arrangement. In the past, funds from the Scrap Tire Grant have not fully covered the cost of the program. It has been determined that passing along the cost of the trailer rent to the retailer will ' allow the county to avoid approximately $15,000 per year in additional cost This item was originally considered by the Board at a recent meeting and is being brought back to ensure that all tire retailers have an opportunity to provide input. ~EC!~Iyi9Vl~~1[3E~3 MC~'IC3~ A~~~ r~ECl1ES~EC >~C°fi~Jl!1S: Staff recommends awarding contract #010339 to Central Carolina Tire Disposal of Cameron, NC. Staff further recommends the contract be awarded using Option III, passing the rental cost of the trailer to the retailer which benefits from its use due to the following. In calendar year 2000, there were 3,027 tons of scrap tires generated in New Hanover County at a cost of approximately $236,000. The State Scrap-Tire Tax Reimbursement .paid approximately 95/0 of those costs. Passing along the cost of trailer rental ($135/month) will allow the cost to the county to remain of $78 per ton. The option including the rental in the per ton cost was $83 per ton. The option of having all tires delivered to the landfill was also $78/ton.. This option is not recommended due to the increase in traffic to deliver the scrap tires to the landfill. For those retailers who do not desire to rent a trailer, delivery of those tires to the landfill is an option. Major retailers ar`fected by this change in contract policy have been contacted by mail. F~9NIDI~IG SC7U~dCE: The majority of the funds are received from the State 2% Scrap Tire Tax placed on the purchase of new tires. Any deficit between program cost and reimbursement is made up from_the,. Environmental Management Fund. ~,~ ~~~~~~; A~'3'AC>-~~iE~1TS: ~PPR01/E~ .Memorandum to retailers dated July 3, 2001 ~E.JECTE6 ~ ;` ~~ ~~ ~tEMOVE® ~ ~. ., POSTP~IV~D ® '~~ Resolution scraptiresreso1.701 ~~ARF3 tis°,, , ~; C~83/~) ~ J ~2EViE1~lEL E3Y: LEGAL: FINANCE: BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: N/,4 COiJIVTY Mo-~~iAGEi~'S COMMEi~iTS Ai`i~ RECOMME~B®~T90~iS: Recommend awarding contract to Central Carolina Tire Disposal as described above:~~.. OOMMiSSi0i~9Ei~S' AOTIOiUS/COMMERiTS: ~~~~"~~~*' ~t~ ~i ~~- I t~~~~U~~~; ~ ~~ r;~~ ~ , .~ __ ~~ ./ S~~~J~~~1~1 ®~' `~'H~ ®A ®~' ~®MMISS~~I~ES ~~+' 1~~W HAI~i~~E~ ~~~Ji~1'~'~ WHEREAS, the 1989 Solid Waste Management Act contained asub-section entitled the "North Carolina Scrap Tire Disposal Act'' which prohibits the disposal of whole tires into landfills; _ AND WHEREAS, New Hanover Cotu~ty provides for the collection, transportation, processing, and disposal or recycling of scrap tires generated it the county, AND WHEREAS, the Department ofEnvironlnental Management requested proposals from scrap tine processing firms for the management of sci°ap t_ires; AND WHEREA5; the following bid was received: O tion I Providing for collection. of A11 tires delivered to die landfill. 57~.~~0 p~°~ t€~n Option II Providing for the collection of tires at the landfill u~d major retailers that includes rental of trailers in the cost per ton, 5~~.~9d1 peg toga option III Providing trailers at the landfill and cost of traitor rental at retailers to be paid by retailers under separate agreezneirt. 57.00 p~~- ~orfl 5135.00 pe~° ~a~ath #or t~-all~r re~~tnl pa~ir$ b}- a-~tai~~~ AND WHEREAS,Option III provides fo~° no overall increase in cost to the County, AND WHEREAS, the major retailers have the option to enter into a separate rental arrangement with the contractor for monthly rent of a scrap fire storage trailer or deliver the scrap tires to the landfill, AND WHEREAS; the contractor, Central Carolina Tire Disposal, has provided satisfactory scrap tire management services to New Hanover Comity since 1998, ~ 45 AND WI-IEREAS, the Environmental Management Director and the County Manager recommend that a contract be awarded. to Central Carolina Tire Disposal in an amount of $78.00 per ton as described in Option III; AND WHEREAS, fiends will be provided from the North Carolina Scrap Tire Disposal Tax, a State Grant for expenses exceeding revenues from the Scrap Tire Disposal Account, and funds previously appropriated and are now or will be in subsequent year's budget in Account No. 700-480-4191-3771; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County that contact No. 01-0339 be awarded to Central Carolina Tire Disposal for the collection, transportation, processing, and management of scrap tires generated in New Hanover County; and that tale CoiuZty is i7ere~by authorized and directed to execute the contract, contract form to be approved by th.e Comity Attorney. This the 20`x' day of A~igust, 2001. (SFAL~ Ted Davis. Jr.. Chairman ATTEST: Clerk to the Board 46 ~ i August 24, 2001 TQ: Ted Davis, Chairman Board of Commissioners FROM: Ray Church, Director Environmental Management RE: Response to letter from John Allen, Hughes Brothers, Inc. Scrap Tire Contract Award This information is being provided at your request in response to the attached letter received from John Allen, and to provide additional~information on the management of scrap tires in New Hanover County. We wi11 bring this item back to the Board of Commissioners, if desired; as an item for the September l7 Board meeting. BACKCr1ZOU`ND In 1 ~9~, as a rPsult_of the Scrap Tire Act. the County began contracting 'for the disposal o~ scrap tires. In the initial and subsequent contracts, the contractor has been required to provide trailers for the storage of scrap tires at major tire retailers that sel] over 1,000 tires per moatli. The price paid to the contractor included rental of thirteen storage trailers in the disposal cost per ton. This service was provided as a convenience to those dealers and also provided safer storage acid reduced ~problenzs associated with mosquitoes . breeding in the scrap tires. The County receives filnding for the scrap fire program from the state in two forms. .rust, when a new tine is purchased, a 2% taY is placed on the price of that fire for it's disposal. The state reimburses the counties on a per capita basis for the amount of tax collected each siY months, not on a point of sale basis. Second, any cost by the county above that reimbursement is to be.requested in the form of a grant. Being a retail hub for southeastern North Carolina causes us to generate more scrap tires than our population. Residents in surrounding counties who purchase tires in this County do not take the scrap tires back to their county of residence. To compound that problem is the large number of tnrcking firmsservicing the State Port. Truck tires weigh 120 pound each compared to 20 pounds per passenger car tire. Obviously, due to these two situations, our costs routinely exceed our reimbursements. One of the conditions that the State is required to consider when awarding grants is to base the grant on an evaluation of County efforts to avoid providing free disposal fox out-of--state tires and io manage tires within available resources. ~ 47 Response to the specific comments of Mr. Allen's letter (1) While it is admirable that Mr. Allen and others allow individuals and car dealers to use their trailers, it is not allowed tiuzdex the state program. The County is ultimately responsible for malting sure that the tires accepted into its program are eligible and not from out-of-state. F~Li-thermore, the Scrap Tire Certification form requires notification of how the scrap tires were generated. Tl~e County may require proof that the tires were generated in NC. It is apparent that the County will have to step up verification of scrap fire generation to prevent abuse and to not j eopardize receiving hill grant funding. (2) Removing the thirteen trailers from the retailers would increase traffic at the landfill due to tire deliveries but should not increase the cost to the County. Dealers delivering tires to the landfill are required to load the tires directly into the trailers. Landfll staff do monitor the trailers to assure the dealers are properly loading the trailers and to occasionally "straighten up". Under the option that all tires are delivered to the landfill, the thirteen trailers located at the dealers would be available to add to the three at the landfill. This change would be much more cost effective to the scrap tiro contractor. (3) As stated above, the remcval of trailers from the dealers would make those thirteen available to the landfill More than five trailers tivould not be needed at~ the landfill as they would be pulled on a daily basis. Cane op~Cion included the rental. of trailers at the landfill with no increase over the curxeazt price. (4,5) Staff appreciates Mr. Allen's statement ti~at the scrap tine program is a ~`peY-fectly operating system, Why fig a program that is not broken. Why not continue to enjoy one of the better operating systems in the state?" As indicated in the first section, there is a problem with controllinu ineligible disposal by allo~.ving the dealers to accept tires from other sources. This situation must be corrected or our grant fiuzding may be in jeopardy. Unfoz-tunately, continuing to pick up the cost o1'th.e trailer rental in the per ton cost for disposal will increase~the cost to the County over $15,000 per year. Passing along the rental cost to those that benefit, the retailers, will allow County cost to remain the same. Conclusion The County has provided trailers to the dealers for the past seventeen years at no additional cost to them. Rising tine disposal costs requires the County to consider elimination of the County subsidy of $1 x,000 per year. It should be noted that the ability for tire dealers to rent trailers on-site at a cost of $135 per month, as proposed by the County, will still be considerably more cost effective for the dealer than having to haul tires to the Landfill for disposal. The scrap tire contractor, who serves the majority of the state, stated that no other county provides this level of service and none pay the rental.. The few that do allow trailers to be placed 'at locations other than the landfill regl~iire that the dealer pay the rental rate directly to the contractor at a fee of $1 ~0 per month. 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Director of Environmental iVIanagement July 3, 2001 DEPARTNIFNT OF ENVIRONMEiv"I'AL 1VII~NAGFI~7~NT' 3002 U.S. HWY. 421 N~RT'I-I WLLMI~tO'I'ON, AtO12I'Jd CAROLN~ 28401-9008 7F,LEPFIONE (910) 341-434Q F'az (91,0) 341-4371 e-grail r•church~co.new-hanover.ne.us It'~~Pl~4~I~?~133~ i~1 TO: Scrap Tire i3enerators ~, 1~1~OM: Ray Church, Director ~c Environmental Manageznen~ f RE: Scrap Tire Contr~ict Chatzges The Department of Environmental Management is responsible for the managel~ent of scrap tires generated in flew Hanover County. For tkte past several years, the Caunty has absorbed the cost of providizzg storage trailers at thirteen locations, in addition to h-ail~rs sited at the landfill. tTnfortunately; the amount of fiends reimbursed by the state scrap [ire ~~'~-> grant does not fully cover the cost of the scrap fire program in blew I-IarlovGr Cottrtty. In an effort to reduce costs, the Department sent out Request for Proposals foz• scrap fire tnaraagetaacnt that included several options: (I) Providing for collection of all scrap tires at the landfill only, {II) C,ontlntifltlon of the cun•ent program with trailers at ztsajor fire retailers; {III) Provision of trailers at major fire retailers, but. the rental paid by the retailers. q'o continue the present .program, Option II, would require a five dollar {$5} per ton increase over the cttz~z~ent contract price of seventy-eight ($78) dollars per ton, or an increase of over fifteen thousand ($15;000) dollars per year. I'ni suxe each of you is a~~~are of the difficult budget the Co~~nty is fal~izig this yeea•, Evezy effort is.being made to Cilt CUSt. To avoid additional cost to the County, I will be reaomnzending to the Board of Corrunissiozzers that the new contract with Central Carolina Tire Disposal be ativaz•de;d as Option III. You will hay°~ the option to deliver scr~ty ties to the laz-tdfill, or continue to rent a trailer for yotrr iacatior antler an agreement with Central Carolina Tire Disposal, The rental price..quoted an the proposal is $135 per month. Tlzis still poses a significant savings over paying ~~p to X1.00 per fire to have the tires delivered to the landfill by a scrap fire hauler. The proposed effective date for the change will be September 1, 2001. ~-~° if you have questions; please call me at 341-4340. • AUG-24-01 FRI 849 P, 06 't~ES~~~1T~®I~ ~'~' T t~F WHEREAS, the 1989 Solid Waste Man.agei-rie.nt Act contained a stlb-section entltlecl the ~~Noz•tla Carolina Scrap Tile Disposal Act" which prohibits tl~e disposal of tivhole tires into landfills; . AI'~iT~ WI-IEREAS, New Hanover County provides for the collection, transportation, processing, and disposal or recycling of scrap tires getterated i't tl~e Cat~~t.~ty; AND WI~IEREAS, tlae Depar_-tment of Envir~rLmental Management requested proposals from scrap tiro processing firrrrs for the nianageanertt of scrap tires; .AND WI=LEREAS, the follo+~~ing bid was received: r~' .. J t1p •on I Providing for collection of All tires delivered to the Iand~ll, ~~~.Q® per soli option II Providing for the collection of tires at the landfill and major retailers that inchides rcntal of trailers in the cost per ton. ~~3.0~ per #ozr Option III Providing trailers at the landfill a1;d cost of trailer rental at retailers 1'.o be paid by retailers under separate agteen~ent. ~'7~.Oll peg- #ora ~13~.OJ per nzoart-a for trailer rcratal ps~icl by retai3e;r --~~~ AND. WI-IEFtEAS, Option III provides for no overall increase in cost to the County, AND WHEFZEAS, the major retailers have the option to enter into a separate rental arrangement with the contractor for rxronth.ly rent of a scrap tine storage trailer or deliver the sorap tires to the lartilfill, A.I~TD WHEREAS, the contractor, Central Carolina Tire Disposal, has pro~idecj ~~~-~ •~° °°~~~ satisfactory scrap tire ma~1agement services to New Hanover County since 1998 ~~~~. ~ ~ ~ ~, ~~~~'~ '°, .~~ ~, AUG-24-01 FRI 850 AI~TD W~IBREAS, the F,nvironrnental Management Director and the County Manager recommend that a contract be awarded to Central Carolina Tire Dispos:.zl in ari amount of $78,40 per ton as described in Option III; ANI~ WFIEREAS, fluids will be provided from the North Carolina Scrap Tire Disposal Tax, a State Grant for expenses exceeding revenues from the Scrap Tire Iisposal Account; and funds previously appropriated and are now or will be in subsequent year's budget in Account No. 704-130-'4191-3771; NOON, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Coti.znt.y Commissioners ofNew I-Hanover County that contact Via, 01-0339 b~ awi?rded to Central CazoIina Tire T~isposal for the collection, transportation, processing, and tnana~ez~r~ent of scrap tires generated in Nevv Hanauer Couzaty; and that the County is hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract; contract form to be approved by the County Attorney. This the 20'~ day of August, 2001. ~SEA.I.,~ Ted Davis, Jr., Chairzz~a.Y~ ATTEST: Clezk to the Board P, 07 ~ 53 r {This page intentionally left blank} 54 E ~9A~~lER C~I~~TY ~(~AR® ~~ Ct7~~91SSi~ERS REQUEST FOR [3®AR® ACTI~PV Meeting ®ate: ®9/17/01 Regular Item #: 11 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Legal Presenter: Bruce Shell, Finance Director Contact: Wanda M. Copley, County Attorney/Bruce Shell, Finance Director SUBJECT: Rublic Hearing - certificates of Rarticipation and Approval of Resolution BRIEF SUMMARY: The County Commissioners are required to hold a public hearing and adopt the attached resolution to approve the installment financing of the construction, renovation and equipping of Jail, Law Enforcement, Perking and Library facilities and making certain findings and determinations in connection with the Series 2001 Certificates of Participation. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Hold Public Hearing and adopt the attached Resolution. FL4NDIN0 SOURCE: AT~"ACFI M ENTS; ~~~, ~.:. ; i :~:, ,Septemberl7thResolution. RE~IIE~lED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Hold Public Hearing and adopt resolution. ;" ,f COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: _." ~APPR6VED 6~'=~ . 6~EJECT'E~ REMOVED ~ ~~ POSTP®N~C3 1HEARCI ~ ~,~, : 55 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER, NORTH CAROLINA, APPROVING THE INSTALLMENT F9NANCiNG OF THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND EQUIPPING OF JAIL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PART{ING AND LIBRARY FACILITIES AND MA441NG CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of the County of New Hanover, North Carolina (the "County"), desires to provide for the construction, renovation and equipping of certain jail, law enforcement, parking and library facilities (collectively, the "Facilities"); and WHEREAS, the Board proposes to finance the cost of the Facilities through an installment financing agreement (the "Contract") with the New Nanover County Financing Corporation, Wilmington, North Carolina (the "Corporation"), obligating the Countyto repay in installments the amount financed at a fixed annual interest rate of not more than 7% over a term not exceeding 21 years, resulting in a total amount financed not to exceed $61,000,000 (excluding reserves and costs of issuance); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Nor'Ch Carolina General Statutes ("N.C.G.S.") Section 160A-20, the County is authorized to finance the cost of the construction, renovation and equipping of the Facilities by entering into the Contract and a deed of trust, which create in some or all of a portion of the Facilities and the sites on which they are located, a security interest to secure payment of the obligation thereby created; and WHEREAS, subject to the prior approval of the Local Government Commission of North Carolina (the "LGC") pursuant to N.C.G.S. Section 159-148, the County intends to finance the cost of the Facilities pursuant to Section 160A-20 by executing and delivering to the Corporation or other financing entity the Contract facilitating such financing; and WHEREA;~, the County staff has advised the Board, and the Board hereby finds and determines, that the County must construct, renovate and equip the Facilities in order to maintain and enhance the County's governmental/administrative facilities to enable the Countyto perform its public functions, and that the Facilities will benefit the County and its residents; and WHEREAS, the Board conducted a public hearing on the date hereof to receive public comment on the desirability of installment financing for the Facilities and the sites thereof, and the Board received evidence supporting the need for such financing; and ~' ~~~~r-kr~ `i,nJHEREAS~the'~Board finds and determines that the undertaking is necessary and r ~ r~, ~ .r~ r,! expedient fo`r-the afo ~esaid reasons and that the Facilities and the sites thereof be financed undertheterms,~egndifioris and parameters heretofore stated and to befurtherdetermined with more pa.rtieulanty~at a later date by the County Manager or Finance Director; and WHEREAS, `ttie~sums to fall-due underthe Contract can be included in the County's S sgr c~ budget'without~tlifficulty;'and 56 ~/F~9E~E:4S, the above factors lead to the conclusion that the payments under the Contract are not excessive for the stated purposes of constructing, renovating and equipping the Facilities, as the case may be; and VVHE~EAS, the County Attorney has advised the County that the Facilities are authorized by law and are purposes for which public funds may be expended pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of North Carolina; and ~HE~~~S, the Board finds and determines that short-term or pay-as-you-go financing for the Facilities would impose strains on the County's ability to fund general operations-and education without a significant tax increase; and ~VF~~~~AS, use of the County's unobligated fund balance to finance the cost of the Facilities would reduce the fund below the guidelines established by the LGG and would not be in the County's best interest; and ~1~~~,P,S, installment contract financing would be preferable to general obligation bond financing because a general obligation bond authorization probably could not be perfected in a timely manner and would not permit the alternative financing structures and repayment provisions available in the proposed, negotiated installment contract financing; and ~Ji~B~EAS, the proposed cost of financing the Facilities and the sites thereof is too great an amount to be funded by current appropriations; and 1~/HI`~~AS, the Board finds and determines that installment contract financing is therefore the most viable and efficient alternative and that the cost of such financing is reasonable; and '~1lHE~2~AS, past audit reports of the County indicate that its debt management and contract obligations payment policies have been carried out in strict compliance with the .law, and the County has not been censured by the I_GC, external auditors, or any other regulatory agencies in connection with such management; and WFiERBAS, the .Board estimates that the County's ad valorem tax rate will not be significantly increased in order to sustain the proposed financing; and ~HERiEAS, the County is not ih default in meeting any of its debt service or contract obligations; and VVHE~Ee~S, it is the Board's intention to adopt this Resolution for the purpose of authorizing the construction, renovation and equipping of the Facilities, making certain findings and determinations with respect thereto and authorizing such other acts deemed necessary and advisable to carry out the construction, renovation and equipping of the Facilities. ~~ N0~1! THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COIU11~1SSIONERS OF TI•IE COUNTY OF NEB HANOVER, NORT}~ CAROLINA, as follows: Section 1. The Board hereby finds and determines in connection with the Contract and the transactions contemplated thereby that (a) such Contract is necessary or expedient to the County, (b) such proposed Contract, under current circumstances, is preferable to a bond issue of the County for the same purpose; (c) the sums estimated to fall due under such Contract are adequate and not excessive for its proposed purpose; (d) the County's debt management procedures and policies are good and its debt will continue to be managed in strict compliance with the law, (e) any increase in taxes necessary to meet the sums estimated to fall due under the Contract will not be excessive and (f) the County is not in default regarding any of its debt service obligations. Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. This is the 17th day of September, 2001. (SEAL) NEW HANOVER COUNTY f~ Ted Davis, Jr., Chairman ATTEST: Clerk to the Board 5~ H~~~VER CC~U~~''~ ~~AR~ ®F C~~I~~~S~~P~E~~ RE~3l1EST FAR ~®ARD ~,~T1(~~ IYleeting date: 09/17/01 r Regular item #: 12 Estimated Time: Page Number: ~. Department: County Manager ~'resenter: Dave Weaver/Greg Thompson Contact: Dave Weaver SiJ~3.~ECT: ~onsad~ration of conservation iVleas~res for Mason In9et Relocation Project DR1E~" SlJMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued an amended Biological Opinion (attachment one) on September 6 that outlines those conservation measures that must be met by the County in order to obtain a permit to perform the Mason Inlet Relocation Project. The County has successfully negotiated with the FWS to avoid having to monitor for piping plovers on Masonboro and Lea/Hutaff Islands, which should save the County in excess of $110,000 per year. The FWS has listed as requirements, however, new conservation measures #18-27 on pages 1-2 of the attached BO amendment. These amendments basically correspond to the actions that the County stated in its July 16 letter (attachment two) that it would consider pursuing. These actions require considerably fewer County funds and resources than 4vould have been necessary, had the plover monitoring been required. Some of the actions have already been committed to as part of the project design or will be done by other parties, such as Figure Eight Island. These actions will be discussed further at the Commissioners' meeting. The Corps. of Engineers is in the final steps of completing its conditional permit and accompanying Environmental Assessment (E.A) and needs committment that the County will implement these actions to satisfy the BO requirements. It should be noted that the Corps may require additional mitigation measures before the final permit is issued. County staff, however, has made it clear that the County does not intend to commit further resources to accomplish further mitigation actions that may be expensive or result in further permitting delays. This is a very complex project with a number of regulatory processes to follow and with many documents. Please feel free to contact Greg Thompson or me if you have any questions or comments before the meeting. RE,~'O1~li~'7E~lDED MOT10 Ai~9[~ REt~UESTEi~ ACTiOiNS: Star`f recommends that the Commissioners agree to the abevc actions. These actions require relatively few additional County resources, compared to the expensive monitoring requirement for piping plovers which has- been removed as a requirement. i=U~iDii~C SOURCE: The Beach Nourishment portion of the Room.Occupancy Tax Fund is the source of up-front funds. These funds will be paid back through special assessments of those property owners who will benetit from the Project. ATT~Ci~ME~TS: ~~~ ~0 1 APAR01/EOi ~I REJECTEm R~ViE'~JED EY: ~?EMOVED ~ ; LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: ,~ v POSTPONED ~ COtJi'~TY 8y9A~iAGER'S COMMENTS Ai'~D RECOMMEeVDAT10i~1S: 6#EAR~ ~~n ti ex~~~ "~1 ~~ ~/ ts~ Direct staff to move forward to satisfy the conservationmeasures in the Biological Opinion,:i~n•=~..a~--_u,-:~ b order to successfully obtain a permit. The elimination of the piping plover monitoring requirement ~ ~ 'y is a significant achievement. 59 COMM1SSiOhtERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: ~~r~e~-~y~`rm G~~~~ ~ i'Lla sm-~ /hCe~~ `ti'i l~a~ ~%f~~~i fv t,~ee~,l s~e,°sfi~ tea, oda ~r~.t..~~Cc9:,~.c. ~(jQU!~tJ~o /nom /~/asa~~ii'a /sib •. ~~~. ~ 9- United States ~epartn~ent ~f tie ~nter~~r FISH AND ti1~'ILDLIFE SERVICE Raleigh Field Office Post Office Box 33726 Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726 September ~, 2001 Colonel James W. DeLony District Engineer, Wilmino~ton District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Post Office Box 1890 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890 Attn: Dr. Wayne Wright Dear Colonel DeLony: This letter constitutes an amendment to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) Biological Opinion (BO; Service IDT 00-06~~), dated tilarc(-~ 14, 2001, on the Mason Inlet Relocation Project; Netiv Hanover Colmty, No1-th Carolina. The Service received written communication from Dr. Wayne Wright of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Regulatory Division on August 3, 2001, requesting reinitiation of consultation based on proposed project modifications and confirmation of the conference opinion for designated critical habitat for wintering piping plovers. Docuir~ents attached to the Corps' August 2, 2001 letter included letters and supporting information from Of.Cce o~f the Board of Commissioners and Office of the Couiiry Manager, New Hanover County; Wessell anci Raney, L.L.P., Attorneys for Figure 8 Home Owners Association;.North Carolina Department of Adnunisi:ration; and. Applied Technology and Management, New Hanover C'ounty's consultant; detailing the project modifications and additional conservation measures. .. . Our reviewof the proposed changes indicates a r~ltich longer period («pproximateiy 210 days) to conduct the initial construction activities than that which lvas provided in the :4u17~_tst 2000 Biolo~sical Assessment (BA). The B<<\ originally proposed the initial construction project to last 88 to 126 days. As such, we have reviewed the proposed construction activities to occur for a period of approximately 126 days sometime between the November 1 ~, 2001 and July 15, 2002 period proposed in your letter: In addition; the followin; actions have been identified by New Hanover County and Figure 8 Home O~~~ners Association (HOA) as conservation measures. These conservation measures should be added to those measures beginning on page 6~ofthe March 14, 2001 B0. (18) Purchase of remaining tracts on .Lea island; (19) Figure 8 HOA will forego any rights it has to dredge Banks Channel under the terms of ~E -~~-rr CA,Ma-lyilajor Development Permit 29-98; i (2'0) F ,i e.o HOA tivill forego any dredging south of a pout X00 feet south ofthe entrance ~o ~~t}he1G~Jirl~ernmost lagoon on Figure 8 Island; ~~~ ~~ '+v~wa ~~. d (?=1) New Hanover County will not permit development within the 1000 foot corridor of the `~ ` new~iile channel: °~>~ 60 (22) New Hanover County is cooperatively working with the State to protect the State's property at the inlet to prevent development; (2~) New 1-Ianover County will retain a 30-year option to purchase a construction easement on the Hutaff Family property in the inlet area to prevent development; (24) Directional fencintr and educational signage will be installed and maintained by New Hanover County within the propert;,~ described in measures 4' though 6 (i.e., Ne~,v Hanover County, Hutaff Family and State of North Carolina prope~~ty); (25) Reduce inlet fill area elevation by lowering the crest elevation 2.0 ;feet for 600 linear feet to a final elevation of+8.0 feet on the spit on northern Wrightsville Beach and reduce inlet Fill area length by 490 feet on the spit on the southern end of Figure 8 Island; (26) Purchase remaining tracts of Nlasonboro Island (approximately 3:0 acres); and, (27) Protect the north end of Carolina Beach to limit the use of vehicles on the beach and to ban the use oFAfl-Terrain-Vehicles (ATVs) on the undeveloped spit. Co~lseryation measures are actions to benefit or promote the recovery of listed species that are included by the Corps as an ilitegral part of the proposed action. These actions wi11 be Tab:en by the Corps or applicant, .and serve to minimize or compensate for project effects on the species under review. Since conservation measures are part of the proposed action; their implementation is required under the terms of cons~~ltation. Please note, because Lea Island is currently being purchased and conserved by the NC Division of Pat-ks and Recreation, NC Coastal Lind Trust, Nations( Audubon Society, and the Service, among others, this conservation measure is considered part of the existing condition of the environment ~'~ and, therefore, tivill not be credited as a conservation measure for this project. Recent fall; cvinte~r, and spring (2000-200].) observations at Mason Inlet and surrounding areas indicated the presence of the. Federally-protected piping plover. At (east 26 plovers were sighted from the sand spits and nlud flats~of Mason, Rich, and Masonooro Inlets ,from September 2000 to April 2001, ir~ciuding at (east one banded plover from the Canadian T~~aritime province (Atlantic Coast breeding population) and one banded plover possibly from the Canadian prairie (Great Plains breeding population). These data indicate that Mason Inlet and the surrounding inlet spits and flats are used by piping plovers From different breeding populations. Although piping plovers from the Great Lai:es breeding population were. not observed at these sites during last year's migrating and wintering period, the data do not eliminate the possibility of the area being used by plovers from that population. As a result, our concerns about the potential effects the proposed project i~~ight have on this Federally-listed endangered species remain. Our review of the proposed modifications of the project indicate that tf~e level o{'incidental take that tivould occur from the changes would not likely exceed that which was anticipated in the ~~Iarch 14, ?001 BO. However, the following Reasonab}~ and Prudent Measures (RPMs) and their implementing Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) are added to those corresponding sections o; the BO based on the implementation of the proposed conservation measures. The following reasonable and prudent measures should be added to those measurES beginning on page 43. of the NLarch 14, 2001 BO. 'Changes (i.e., substitutions) from the original are underlined; deletions are noted wide Strikeout.. ~' 61 18. Purchase remaining tracts on Masonboro Island (approximately 30 acres). NO">,E: This measure was proposed as a conservation measure. 19. Protection of north end of Carolina Beach. NOTE: This measure was proposed as a conservation measure. The following summary paragraph of the terms and conditions for sea turtles should be substituted for that section on pace 49 of the March 14, 2001 BO. "The amount or extent of incidental take for sea turtles will be considered exceeded if~the project restilts in sediment disposal occurring more than 10 times (i.e., one initia( construction operation~occurrin~ between November 16.2001 and .lulu 15, 2002 aid nine maintenance operations occurring November 1 through March 31 during the non-nesting season) on the 4.5 linear miles of beach shoreline on Fig~u-e Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach identified for sand placement and inlet construction...." The following terms and conditions and corresponding summary paragraph for the piping plover should be substituted for or added to those sections beginning on page 49 of the March 14, 2001 BO. "l. Monitoring; for piping plovers may be limited to those areas that match established criteria necessary for the survival of piping plovers (e.g., accreting areas at inlets; bayside, sand, and mud flats; or, recelitly disturbed areas such as washover areas), but must inchicle all of FiC7ure Eio~ht Island and ti~h-ightsvllle Beach ~~'-~ri-v ~~r-arrd-i- ~ ~' ~ - ,-, ,;, ~~c~}-s~-t}n,~-n t ~ ~ t ~trr ~ ~ ~ }<rrrcl~-tltz-n-crrt{. ' s~tt~ - Bic-h-~rrc{ ~t}-l -cif r t-- ~ ~ ~ ~- t~ . ~~SUrLL1 CTiT~-I~cII fC~-~.-CLtT1T[iv~IIGIT`l, t~,, t ~, - i\1~-11, 1~ c~ , c -t i c - fUVlV ln~i"~~'~'J' _ -, tdY'itT~'C~ c c ~ c T~TtiC7t7r _ ~, c c c ~ t c 1' a `• ~i~rS~--o-i-h'~~-rtzlt3 t c ~~ ~~ i ~ cv t c -t ~i`~7~'I~~`C Ll C l S-1TrTIIIT-~ ~ t ~ ip~. `1 J `v t,1N _. 1 ~ ~ , ~ r ~k~~e~-pmt .. . "2. The applicant, ~in coordinatio^ with the Corps and the Service,-will devise and implement a plan to minimize the impacts t ~ piping plovers during the initial constriction phase... . "~. The implementation of the program must occur by the completion of the initial construction activities ~~~~9~-~h-i ~ ~ ~~~. ~ ~' "~. The remaininU tracts (approximately 30 acres) on Masonboro Island must be purchased and/or placed into e~rmanent conservation status prior to the initiation of anv maintenance dred~in~ activities or within three years of the start of the initial construction operation whic}~ever is earlier, "6. Protection of the north end of Carolina Beach must include_impleulentation of a monitoring program and!or the develoament of a Comprehensive Habitat Management and Conservation Plan (developed in conilulction with the Service) within one near of the start of the initial construction operation (at Mason .Inlet) to assess and further minimize im~aets to 1~ederaliv-listed species and other trust resources. "The Service also believes that incidental take ofnon-breeding piping plovers will he limited to an undeterminable amount of foraging acid roosting habitats on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach 62 C - lC ~ 1 1 1 41_ _ _ _ _ ~ o ~td1lU, Li[C'TrLI1 _ tt _ ~ _ _ - 'o~r~srd-~t~ that have been identified within the action area.... The amount or extent of incidental take for piping lovers will be cor~~sidered exceeded if the ro'ect results in t}~e dred~inQ and P P J sediment disposal occurring more than 10 times (i.e., one initial construction operation occurrintr between November 16.2001 and Julv 15.2002, and nine maintenance operations occurring November 16 through March 31 durintr the ~ipin~ plover mi~ratinQ and wintering seasons) on the approximately 27,62,500 ft` (633 acres) of foraging and roosting habitats on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach that have been identified for the proposed dredge and sediment disposal operation. , v." The Service published a final decision to designated critical habitat for overwintering piping plovers on July 10, 2001 (Federal Register 66 (132):36038-36143). The rule became effective on August 9, 2001. ~Ve confirm our determination in the March 14, 2001 Biological/Conference Opinion for the Mason Inlet Relocation Project that the proposed action is not likely to adversely modify designated critical habitat for overwintering piping plovers. This concludes forrtlal consultation on the action outlined in your reglrest for reinitiation of formal consultation for the ivlason Inlet Relocation Project. As provided in 5~ CFR ~ 402.16, reinitiation of formal consultation is req~rired where discretionary Federal agency involvement or controC over the action has been retained (or is authorized by law) and if: (1) the amount or extent o,f incidental take is exceeded; (2) new information reveals effects of the agency action that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not considered in~the~ opinion or this amendment; (3) the agency action is subse~uentl,~ modified in a manner that causes an effect to the listed species or critical habitat not considered in the opinion or this amendment; or; (4) a new'species is listed or critical habitat designated that may be affected by the action. In instances where the amount or extent of incidental take is exceeded, airy operations causinu such take must cease pending reinitiation. Thank you for your cooperation with our agezlcy in protecting Federally-listed species. If you or your staff have an_y gt:estions concerning this amendment, please contact Mr. David Ration of this office at (919) 850.4520 extension 16, or- via email at david_rubon~~U,fws.gov. Si~nce~rely, ~~J ~Dr. Garland B. ~ard'ue Ecological Services Supervisor cc: USFWS, Asheville, NC (Brian Cole) USFWS, Atlanta, GA (Chei-i-y Green) USFWS, Atlanta, GA (Joe Johnston) USFWS, Jacksonville, FL (Sandy MacPherson) USFWS, Great M~eaduws NWR, Sudbury, MA (Anne Hecht) NCWRC, Raleigh, NC (Frank McBride) NCWRC, Trenton; NC (David Alen) FVv S,~R4:DRabon:9-~-01:919.~~6.4~20extension 16:A990 ; 0 ~2_BOamend l .wpd ~ 63 ~J~ited ~tate~ ~~~art~~t ~~ tie ~~t~®~° FISH AND WILDLIFE.SERV""ICE Raleigh Field Office Post Office Box 33 726 Raleigh, North Carolina ?7636-3726 March 14, 2001 __ Colonel James ~U. DeLony ~ ~°. ~ ' District Engineer, Wilmington District ~ ~~ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - - Post Office Box 1890 - Wilming~ton, North Carolina 28402-1890 Subject: Biological/Conference opinion on the effects of relocating Mason Inlet on seabeach amaranth, West Indian manatee, loggerhead and green sea turtles, and piping plover. Dear Colonel DeLony: This document transmits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Ser~ice)'oiolo~ical and conference opinion (opinion) based on our review of the proposed relocation and stabilization of Mason Inlet, dredging of Mason Creel, and disposal of sand on adjacent beaches -Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach -located in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and its effects on seabeach amaranth, West Indian manatee, loggerhead and green sea turtles, and the Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, and Northern Great Plains piping plover populations in accordance with section 7 of the Endangered SpeciesAct (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.). 'tiVe received your August 7, 2000 request for formal consultatioar on August 11, 2000. This opinion is based on information provided i,n the August 2000 biological assessment (BA), supplemental information to the BA, available literal:ure, personal communications, and other sources of information. A complete administrative record of this consultation is on file in the Ecological Services Field Office in Ralei6h, North Carolina. Consultation ~Iistoty On August 17, 1999, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) held an interagency meeting with representatives from the Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission), North Carolina Division of Coastal 1Vlanagement (NCDCM), North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ), North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDNIF), New Hanover County (applicant), Land Management Group, Inc. (LMG; consultant), Applied Technology and ivlanagement, Inc. (ATM; consultant), North Carolina Coastal Federation, Southern Environmental Law Center, Cape Fear Surfrider Foundation, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and the National Audubon Society to discuss the proposed relocation of Mason Inlet, excavation of Nlason Creek, and disposal of dredged material on the southern end of Figure Eight Island (hereafter referred to as Mason Inlet Relocation Project). The Corps announced by Public Notice, dated September 30, 1999; New Hanover County's proposal of 6 A the Mason Inlet Relocation Project. t,,,,,,,,,JJJ On October 15, 1999, LMG met with the Service to acquire information to assist in the.preparation of a biological assessment, including. sample biological assessments and recovery plans for the species affected. A meeting leas held on October 20, 1999, to discuss issues unresolved or not addressed in the Public Notice pertaining to the impacts on Federally-protected species. Representatives from the Service, North Carolina Coastal Federation, and Southern Environmental Law Center were in attendance. On December 22, 1999, LMG submitted a draft BA and portions of the final Environmental Assessment (EA) for.the Mason Inlet Relocation. Project to the Service. On January 10, 2000, the Corps submitted a BA for the project to the Service requesting initiation. of formal consultation and the preparation of an opinion. On February 2,2000, the Service responded in writing to the Corps' request for formal consultation by requesting additional information on the duration and range of the impacts the proposed project would have on Federally-listed species. The Service did not initiate formal consultation. On Febntary 29, 2000, the Corps requested in writing that the Service initiate formal consultation without the additional information previously requested. The Service, in a letter dated March 31, 2000; restated its reasoning for requesting additional information and clarified the type of information required to proceed with formal consultation procedures. In addition,. the Service recommended a meeting of agency representatives be convened to elaborate on the type of information being requested and discuss methods to obtain the information. On April 10, 2000, the Corps submitted a letter stating their previoas request to initiate formal consultation was premature due to an incomplete description of the project and analysis of the impacts. They stated a revised BA would be submitted in the future incorporating tha information the Service requested. Ors Tvlay 12, 2000, staff from LMG requested via voice mail that the Service provide additional sections from a relevant doctoral dissertation (i.e., Donoghue, 1999) so that it may be included in the BA. The Service mailed the relevant information on May 15, 2000. On June 29, 2000, a revised BA was submitted to the Service by the consultant (LMG) on behalf of the applicant with the knowledge o~f the Corps. On July 5, 2000, the Corps submitted a revised BA to the Service requesting initiation of formal consultation and the preparation of an opinion. On July 11, 2000, the Corps submitted a subsequent request for a formal conference to.identify and resolve potential impacts the project might have on proposed critical habitat for piping plovers. On August l; 2000, the Service responded in ~,vriting to the Corps requesting additional information on the cumulative effects analysis of the project on Federally-listed species. The Service did not initiate consultation/conference. • 65 In response to our letter of August 1, 2000, the Corps submitted supplemental information in the form of an Addendum to the BA and a final cover letter, dated August 7, 2000, requesting the Service initiate formal consultation/conference for the project.. On August 29; 2000, the Service initiated formal consultation/conference for the project. Formal consultation concluded on November 9, 2000. On October 23, 2000, representatives from New Hanover County, ATM, and LMG met with the Service to discuss time-line issues of the project. The applicant proposed to start work on or about January 15, 2001, and operate the construction phase for approximately 90 days (concluding o/a April 15, 2001). The Service proposed the applicant withdrawal formal consultation until next summer pending the collection and analysis of data concerning wintering piping plovers within the project area. On October 26, 2000, the Service contacted the Corps to discuss the meeting held on October 23, 2000 with representatives of New Hanover County; ATM, LMG, and the Service. The Service expressed their concerns with the change of dates for the construction phase and requested the Corps notify the Service should the applicant offer any changes in the proposed project from that detailed in the BA. The Corps contacted the Service on November 2, 2000 to inform the Service that the applicant~had contacted the Corps and requested they proceed tivith the permit application and formal consultation irrespective of the issues addressed during the meeting held on October 23, 2000. The applicant did not propose any changes in the dates to accomplish their proposed operation. ~' On November 9, 2000, ATM transmitted via facsimile a letter, dated October 31, 2000, from New` Hanover County to the Raleigh, North Carolina Field Office proposing "to begin work on January 1 ~; 2001 and complete work on April 15, 200 i." This letter changes tfie construction starting and ending dates from those provided in the BA and Twill likely result in impacts not oritrinally consideredin the BA. The Service contacted the Corps requesting they provide a letter approving of the ehanaes to be formally i entered- into the consultation record, y On November 30, 2000, the Service requested from the Corps, via telephone message, a 60-day extension of formal consultation. The Service met with the New Hanover County, ATivl, and Ltv1G in the Raleigh Field Office, and with the Corps, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, and the National Marine Fisheries Service via telephone conferencing call, on December 6; 2000, to discuss alternatives to reduce the potential impacts to Federally-protected species. The Corps submitted a letter, dated December 21, 2000, making changes to the proposed project and requested an extension of formal consultation to conclude on February 9, 2001. The changes to the proposed project are noted below. The Service provided a draft copy of the opinion to the Corps on February 8, 2001. On February 14, 2001, a meeting was held in `Wilmington with the Corps, New Hanover County, AT~~I, LMG, NCDCM, and NCDMF to discuss the draft opinion. Comments presented during the meeting were submitted to the Service in letters from New Hanover County, dated February 26 and 27, 2001, and from the Corps, dated February 27, 2001. The Corps offcially submitted via email, dated March 5, 2001, the County's comments and new conservation measures. The Corps requested the final opinion be delivered by March 9, 2001. ~._.d 66 3 ~I~I,®GIC~I.~ ~I'II~iI()l~ I. ~es~riptlon of the Proposed Aetion A. Location The proposed project is in and around the vicinity of Mason Inlet, extending from the Atlantic Qcean to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), through Banks Channel and Mason Creek, between the barrier islands of Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach, in New llanover County, North Carolina. The purpose of the proposed project is to protect properties located along the northern end of Wrightsville Beach from expected futzlre loss due to the southerly migration of Mason Inlet. The natural southerly migration of the inlet is currently inhibited because of the placement of an artificial geotextile revetment (sandbags) on the northern end of Wrightsville Beach. • ~ f r~ l ~' -r P ~ -~~ r ,'` ~' ~ia~ora 6n#~;'t ~ ~i s, f.l ,~ Sif ~,1-r~~y J ~1 ~./ r Ji , ~ >~'~'``'-s-`J~~~ rj~g ~j ~s.u i I (~r `~~.!r" , ~ ~. `r 4~Iri~h#s~i~!e Hea~ch . ~ ."f B. Project Design The proposed project consists of relocating and stabilizing the existing channel of Mason. Inlet approximately 3,000 feet (ft) to the north of its current location, installing a sand plug in the • 67 existing inlet, dredging sediment traps and mining sand by excavating a 17.E-acre' sediment basin on each side of the new channel on the eastern end of Mason Creels, dredging Mason Creek 3,400 ft west from Banks Channel to the AIWW, and disposing dredged, beach-compatible sand along the shoreline of Figure Eight Island from the southernmost house on the island (186 Beach Road South) northward approximately 8,500 linear ft. The proposed project also consists of maintaining the new channel within a designated 1_,000-ft wide inlet corridor with periodic -every three to five years - dredging of the channel throat and sediment basins. Dredged material from the maintenance dredging will be placed within an area 10,000 ft north or south of the proposed inlet location. Ivey components of the proposed inlet relocation include: (1) excavation of a new inlet through Figure Eight Island to construct an inlet at dimensions -10 ft National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and 500 ft width; (2) deepen Mason Creek to construct a channel at dimensions -10 ft ~1GVD) and 140 ft width mean~high water (MHW); and, (3) excavation of a sediment basin with a minimum holding capacity of 180,000 to 250;000 cubic yards (cy): Total dredged sediments are estimated at 780,000 cy, including 135,900 cy from Mason Creek, 288,000 cy from the sedimentation basin, and 290,335 cy from excavating the new inlet channel. Approximately 389;000 cy of the dredged material from Mason Creek and the current inlet channel will be used to close Mason Inlet. The proposed disposal of dredged material on adjacent beaches provides for approximately 35-SO cy of sand per ft shoreline and will be placed a minimum of 1,000 ft north of the new inlet location. Dredged material will be dewatered and stockpiled in a designated area 700 ft long by 400 ft wide (6.4 acres)', that will be located at the southern tip of the spit on Figure Eight Island. The final crest elevations of the dike will be approximately +12 ft NGVD and will have a storage capacity of approximately 120,000 cy. Additional stockpiling of material may occur south of the existing inlet on high ground at the north end o~F Shell Island F.esort properties, or o~n a portion of the natural beach in front of the resort property. Dredging activities will be accomplished using a hydraulic pipeline dredge and construction activities cn high. ground will be accomplished using mechanical equipment such as excavators, dozers, and tn~cks. The contiguous section of land at the northern end of Wrightsville Beach will extend from the Shell island Resort to fhe southern side of the new inlet. C. Project Timing and Duration The proposed work sequencing and duration of operations include: (1) mobilization of land-based equipment, dredge, and personnel to the project site (2-4 weeks); (2) dredge the eastern 3,000 ft of Mason Creek and stockpile this material at the south end of Figure Eight Island (two weeks at 24 hours per day); (3) dredging the sediment basin and placement of material along the beachfront of Figure Eight Island (4-5 weeks); (4) excavating the new inlet channel and fill the existing inlet, but dredged material may be temporarily stockpiled {4-6 weeks); and, (~) opening the new inlet channel after the sand plug in Mason Creek is excavated {4-5 days). The total duration of the construction project is estimated to be beriveen 12.E and 18 weeks, or bettiveen 88 and 126 days. Initial construction operations are scheduled to occur between April 1 and July 1 ~, 2001. Maintenance dredging is scheduled to occur during the winter months from mid-November to late-March. Maintenance dredging of the Mason Creek channel, the sediment basin, and the inlet channel and disposing of material on Figure Eight Island is expected to ~ The original project proposal included a 20-acre sediment basin, but this was reduced to the current size by moving the westernmost boundary of the basin 100 feet to the east and increasing the basin depth by 2 feet. The original project proposal included a stockpile of two side-by-side diked cells, each approximately 600 ft Iong by 300 ft wide (8.3 acres). 6~ 5 occur every 3-5 years following initial inlet relocation, but activities might be required more frequently following severe storm events. The life of the project is 30 years. D. Conservation Measures To reduce the potential impacts of the proposed project onfederally-protected species, the applicant has offered the following conservation measures: {1) post signs around potential piping plover nesting habitat during the breeding season following inlet relocation to deter visitors from walking into nesting sites. This strategy will be evaluated after the first year to determine if more rigorous protection is needed. Develop an educational plaque/sign describing piping plover habitat, behavior,"and need for protection; (2) monitor m.acroinvertebrates within the intertidal habitat to quantify impacts on the macrofauna and assess the indirect impacts the project might have on the piping plover; {3) annually monitor the piping plover popu}anon within the project site during the nesting and wintering seasons, and conduct daily surveys of piping plover activity at the south end of Figure Eight Island beginning March 7, 2001 {see Attachiment A in Appendix A of this document and in the letter from New Hanover County; dated February 26, 2001 w17id7 describes"the applicant's piping plover monitoring plan); (4) only beach quality sand of similar grain size to the existing beach will be used for beach disposal; 5 monitor beach com action and conduct tilling. if neaessa ~ immediate ~ rv' Q the O p ~ ry, ly folio rn` beach disposal operation and prior to the next three sea turtle nesting seasons; (6) monitor and level escarpments after the initial disposal operation and prior Ito the next three nesting seasons and following each maintenance disposal operation; ("7) ~ educate all contractors on measures employed to protect sea turtles; {8) place the dredging pipeline on the landward side of the berm during May 1 to November 15, and designate a pipeline corridor and work area along either the landward or seativard shoreline of Figure Eight Island between the new inlet and existing inlet fill area; (9) implement a sea turtle nest monitoring and relocation plan for activities occurring between May 1 and November 15 of each year. The plan includes monitoring of beach disposal areas each morning and the relocation of any sea turtle nests laid in the area. Sea turtle hatchling success of relocated nests will be monitored and reported; (10) locate staging areas off the beach to the maximum extent possible from March 1 through April 30 and from November 1-15. Nighttime storage of equipment not in use will be off the beach. Construction pipes will be located as far landward as possible; {11) exclude the use of hopper dredges to excavate material for the project; F 69 (12) by ordinance, prohibit dogs on public property at the area surrounding Mason Inlet from April 1 to September 30 and restrict dogs to a leash at all other times. This ordinance will be developed in cooperation with the Town of Wrightsville Beach; (13) annually monitor (early July) for seabeach amaranth between Shell Island Resort and the southernmost house on Figure Eight Island; (14) pursue measures to protect natural resources and piping plover habitat at the north end of Wrightsville Beach; including an ordinance to prohibit harassment of piping plovers; (15) restrict and limit the Dredge Contractor's use of the work area at the south end of Figure Eight Island to an area 75 ft north of the north inlet channel boundary and an area 150 ft south of the south inlet channel boundary during construction of the project; (16) restrict the sand stockpile tivork area at the south end of Figure Eight Island to the designated area (700 ft by 400 ft) with all other areas restricted from use by the contractor; and, {17) develop an educational brochure to explain the importance of reducing lighting impacts on beachfront properties and measures to reduce these impacts. ~. Status of the Species/Critical Habitat A. Species/Critical Habitat Description Seabeu.cl~ Arnaranth seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus up miles) was listed as threatened under the Act on April 7, 1993 (58 FR 18035). The species currently ranges from South Carolina to New York; although, North Carolina is presently considered a stronghold for the species (Weakley and Bucher, 1992). There is no designation of critical habitat for seabeach amaranth. West Irrdian ~vlanatee The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) was listed as endangered under a law that preceded the Act on March 11, 1967 (32 FR 4001). Additional Federal protection is provided for this species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. § 1461 et seq.). The manatee population in the United States is confined during the winter months to the coastal waters of the southern half of peninsular Florida and to springs and warm water out-falls as far north as southeast Georgia (USFWS, 1996c). However, during the summer months, they may migrate as far north as coastal Virginia on the East Coast and Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico. Manateepopulations also exist outside the continental United States in coastal areas of the Caribbean and Central and South America (Odell, 1982). There is no critical habitat designated for the West Indian manatee in North Carolina. Sea Trartles 70 ~ o Of the sea turtle species that are found in United States waters or that nest on United States beaches, only the loggerhead and green sea turtle have nested on beaches in the vicinity of the proposed project. ' The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), listed as threatened under the Act on July 28, 1978 (43 FR .32800), inhabits the continental shelves and estuarine environments along the margins of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Loggerhead sea turtles nest within the continental United States from Louisiana to Virginia. Iv~iajor nesting concentrations in the United States are found on the coastal islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, and_ Georgia and along the Atlantic and Gu1F coasts of Florida (Hopkins and Richardson, 1984). There is no critical habitat designated for the loggerhead sea turtle in ' North Carolina. The green sea turtle (Chelonia mvdas) was listed under the Acton July 28; 1978 (43 FR 32800). Breeding populations of the green sea turtle in Florida and along the Pacific coast of Mexico are listed as endangered; all other populations are Bated as threatened. This species has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical waters. Major Green sea turtle nesting colonies in the Atlantic occur on Ascension Island, Aves Island, Costa Rica, and Surinam. Atlantic Green turtles nest in small numbers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and in larger numbers along the east coast of Florida (NMFS and USFWS, 1991 a). Green turtles Have also been known to nest in Georgia (Georgia Department of Natural Resources, unpubl. data), but only on rare occasions,, and sporadically in South Carolina (South Carolina Department oFNatural Resources, unpubl. data) and North Carolina (North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, unpubl. data). There is no critical habitat designated for Atlantic green hirtles in North Carolina. y Piping Plover The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) breeds in only three geographic regions of North America -the Great Lakes; the Northern Great Plains; and the Atlantic Coast. The Great Lakes population was designated as endangered and the Northern Great Plains and Atlantic Coast populations were designated as threatened under the Act on December 11, 1935 (~0 FR 50726). Piping plovers from all three . breeding populations winter along southern Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and Caribbean beaches and barrier islands, where t11ey are classified as threatened under the Act. The Service proposed to designate critical habitat for wintering piping plovers on July 6, 2000 (65 FR 41782). In 1986, the Service appointed rivo recovery teams to develop recovery plans for the Atlantic Coast (USFWS, 1988x; 1996x) and Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains (USFWS, 1988b; 1994) breeding populations. Responsibility for recovery of the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains populations was subsequently divided,,and separate revised recovery plans for those two populations are currently in preparation (USFWS, 2000b). The recovery plan for the Atlantic Coast plover identifies four recovery units -New England (Maine to Rhode Island), Newyork-New Jersey, Southern (Delaware, Maryland, .Virginia, tv`orth Carolina), and Atlantic Canada -for management and recovery purposes (USFWS, 1996x). ' B. Life History Seabe~ach Arnara.ntla Seabeach amaranth is an annual plant that grows on Atlantic barrier islands and ocean beaches, primarily in disturbed areas such as overwash flats, accreting areas near inlets, and on lower fo~-edunes and upper g ~~ strands of noneroding beaches, and may serve as adune-building pioneer species. The sterns are fleshy and pink-red or reddish, with small rounded leaves that are 0.5 to ~1.0 inches (13 to 2.5 em) in diameter. The leaves are clustered toward the tip of the stem, are normally aspinach-green color, and have a small notch at the rounded tip. Flowers and fruits are relatively inconspicuous, borne in clusters along the stems. Germination occurs over a relatively long period of time, generally from April to July. Upon germinating, this plant initially forms a small unbranched sprig, but soon beams to branch profusely into a clump. This clump often reaches a foot (30.5 cm) in diameter and consists of 5 to 20 branches. Occasionally, a clump may get as large as a yard (91.4 cm) or more across, with 100 or more brandies.' Flowering begins as soon as plants have reached sufficient size, sometimes as early as June, but more typically commencing in July and continuing until the death of the plant in late fall. Seed production begins in July or August; it reaches a peak in September during-most years, but continues until the death of the plant. Weather events; including rainfall, hurricanes, and temperature extremes, and predation by webworms have strong effects on the length of seabeach amaranth's reproductive season: As a result of one or more of these influences, the flowering and fruiting period can be terminated as early as June or July. Under favorable circumstances, however, the reproductive season may extend until January or sometimes later (Radford et al., 1968; Bucher anc'i Weakley, 1990; Weakley and Bucher, 1992). West Indian i~a~atee The West Indian Manatee is an aquatic mammal that primarily consumes aquatic vegetation such as seagrasses and bank grasses; however, they `vill occasionally feed on fish. Manatees may spend about five hours a day feeding, and may consume 4 to 9 percent of their body weight a day (USFWS, 1995). Adult manatees average about 11 ft long (3.5 trt) and weigh as much as 2,200 lbs. (998 kg) (USFWS, 1996c). Males and females are similar in size and appearance, but are distinguished by the position of the genital openings and the pxesence or absence of mammary glands. Observations of mating herds indicate that females mate with a number of males during their two- to four-week estrus period,. and then they go through a pregnancy estimated to last 12 to 14 months (USF~WS, 1996c). Births occur during all months of the year 4vith a slight drop during the winter. IVlature females may give birth to a single calf every two to five years, but 1.5 percent of births aretwins. Calves reach sexual maturity at three to six years of age. The only long-term, stable bond between manatees is that bettiveen a cow and her calf. Weaning generally occurs between nine and 24 months of age, although a cow and calf may continue to associate r ith each other for several more years. There is little inforn-tation on the life-time reproductive output of females, although they may live over 50 years (Odell, 1982). lea ~'urtles During the nesting season (May through October) female sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs in pits excavated using their fore and rear flippers. Females lay from 50 to 120 eggs per rest that will incubate for about 50 to 70 days before hatching and proceeding to the water. Hatchlings will swim offshore until they reach the safety of protective floating seaweed. There they will remain until they reach a certain age or size at which time they return to nearshore waters. When they reach reproductive age, adult females return to the same beaches where they were hatched to lay their eggs. The large numbers of offspring produced help compensate for the high natural mortality of the young during their first several years of life. 72 -Adult loggerheads average three feet (92 cm) in length and weigh an average of 250 lbs. (113 kg). Hatchlings measure approximately 1.75 inches (45 mm) in length and weigh approximately three quarters of an ounce (20 g). Age at sexual maturity is believed to be about 20 to 30 years (Turtle Expert Working Group, 1998). lvlating takes place in late March-early June, acid eggs are laid throughout the summer. Loggerheads are known to nest from one to seven times within a nesting season (Talbert et al., 1980; Lenarz et al., 1981; Richardson and Richardson, 1995); the mean is approximately 4.1 (Murphy and Hopkins, 1984). The internesting interval varies around a mean of about 4.i days (Dodd, 1988). Mean chach size varies from about 100 to 126 along the southeastern United States coast {~tMFS and. USFWS, 1991b). I2emigration intervals of two to three years are most common in loggerheads, but the number can vary from one to seven years (Dodd, 1958). Adult green sea turtles commonly reach a size greater than three feet (1 m) in length and weigh 330 lbs. (1 SO kg). Hatchlin~s weigh nearly an ounce (25 g) and are about two inches (50 mm) long. Age at sexual maturity is estimated at 20 to 50 years (Hirsh; 1997). Green sea turtles deposit from one to nine clutches within a nesting season, but the overall average is about 33 clutches. The internesting interval varies around a mean of 13 days (Hirth, 1997). Mean clutch size varies widely among populations; average clutch size reported for Florida was 136 eggs in 130 clutches (Witherington and Ehrhart; 1989). Only occasionally do females produce clutches in successive years. Usually ~vo, three, four, or more years intervene bettiveen breeding seasons. (i~1MFS and USFWS, 1991a). Pipinb Plcaves- Piping plovers are small, sand, colored shorebirds approximately seven inches (I7 cm) Ions tivith a wingspan of about 1 ~ inches (38 cm) (Palmer, 1967). Breeding birds have a single black breastband, a black bar across the forehead, bright orange legs and bill, and a black tip on the bill. During winter, the . birds lose the black bands; the legs fade to pale yellow; and the bill becomes mostly black. Great Lakes piping plovers nest on sparsely vegetated beaches, cobble pans, or sand spits of sand dune ecosystems along the Great Lakes shorelines. Atlantic Coast plovers nest on coastal beaches,. sand flats at the ends of sand spins and barrier islands, gently sloped foredztnes, sparsely vegetated dunes, and washover areas cut .into or between dunes. Plovers. in the Northern Great Plains make their nests on sand ~llats or bare shorelines of rivers and lakes, inclu~iri sparselyy vegetated sandbars on the upper Missouri River system, and patches of sand, gravel, or pebbly-mud on the alkali lak~.es. Piping plovers from all_ three breeding populations winter along South Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and Caribbean beaches and barrier islands, pr-irrtarily on intertidal beaches with sand and/or mud flats with no or very sparse vegetation. Plovers arrive on the breeding grounds from mid-March through mid-May and remain for three to four months per year; the Atlantic Coast plover breeding activities begin in March iti North Carolina with courtship and territol°iai establishment (Coutu et al., 1990; McCOnnaughey et al., 1990). Egg laying begins around mid-April with nesting and brood rearing activities continuing through July. They lay three to four eggs in shallow scraped depressions lined with light colored pebbles and shell fragments. The eggs are well camouflaged and blend extremely well with their surroundings. Both sexes incubate the eggs which hatch within 30 days, and both sexes feed the young >mtil they can fly. The fledgling period, the time between the .hatching of the chicks and the point at which thzy can fly, generally lasts 25 . to 3S days. Plovers depart for the wintering grounds from mid-July through ]ate October. Breeding and wintering plovers feed on exposed wet sand in tivash zones; intertidal ocean beach; wrack lines; washover passes; mud-, sand-, and algal flats; and shorelines of streams, ephemeral ponds, lagoons; and salt marshes by probing Far invertebrates at or just below the surface (Coutu et al;, 1990; USFWS, 1996a). ~ t0 73 They use beaches adjacent to foraainQ areas for roosting and preening. Small sand dunes, debris; and sparse vegetation within adjacent beaches provides shelter from wind and e.~treme temperatures. C. Status and Distribution Seabeach A~araritl~ Seabeach amaranth is currently known from li populations in New York, 34 populations in North Carolina, and eight populations in South Carolina (USFWS, 1996b). Seabeach amaranth has been eliminated from rivo-thirds of its historic range, and most of the remaining populations are small and vulnerable to extirpation. North Carolina has the only remaining large populations (Weakley and Bucher, 1992). Reason for Listing: Seabeach amaranth has been and continues to be threatened by destruction or adverse alteration of its habitat, and as a fugitive species dependent on a dynamic landscape and large-scale geophysical processes, it is extremely vulnerable to habitat fragmentation and isolation of small populations. Further, because this species is easily recognizable and ac~;essible, ii is vuhlerable to taking, vandalism, and the incidental trampling by curiosity seekers. hlo evidence of disease has been seen in seabeach amaranth; however, predation by webworms is a major source of mortality and lowered fecundity. Seabeach amaranth is afforded legal protection in North Carolina by the General Statutes of North Carolina, Secs. 106-202.15, 106- 202.19 (N.C. Gen. Stat, section 106 (Supp. 1991)), which provide '., for protection from intrastate trade (without a permit). Historically, seabeach amaranth occun-ed in 31 counties in 9 States from iYIassachusetts to South Carolina. It has been eliminated from six of the States in its historic range. Most of the remaining populations are small, and the species appears vulnerable to extirpation in two (South Carolina and New York) of the three States u1 which it remains. Range-wide Trend: In September of .1989; Hurricane Hugo struck the Atlantic coast near Charleston, South Carolina, causing extensive flooding and erosion north to Cape Fear, North Carolina; with less severe effects extending northward throughout the range of seabeach amaranth. This was followed by several severe Northeasters in the winter of 1989-1990 and by Hurricane Bertha in the late summer of 1990. These last storms, although not as significant as Hurricane Hugo, caused substantial erosion of many barrier islands in the heart of seabeach amaranth's remaining range. The 1990 surveys revealed that the effects of these climatic events were substantial (Weakley and Bucher, 1992). In the Carolinas, populations of amaranth were severely reduced. In South Carolina, where the effects of Hurricane Hugo and subsequent dune reconstruction were extensive, amaranth numbers went from 1,800 in 1988 to 188 in 1990, a reduction of 90 percent. A 74 percent reduction in amaranth numbers occurred in Nortl1 Carolina, from 41,851 plants in 1988 to 10,898 in 1990: Although population numbers in New Yorl: increased in 1990, range-wide totals were reduced 76 percent from 1988 (Weakley and Bucher, 1992). 1`~lost of the largest remaining populations are located on publicly owned land, including Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores; in North Carolina. At these sites, the plants are being protected from beach armoring and shoreline stabilization, the single most serious threat to the. species' continued existence. Off-road vehicle traffic has also been routed around areas where plants are growing on /~ 7~ 11 National Park Service lands. Collection and storage of seeds and plant material has begun in cooperation with the Center for Plant Conservation and its member gardens. ~~ New Threats: The most serious threats to this species' continued existence are construction of beach stabilization structures, natural and man-induced beach erosion and tidal inundation, fungi (i.e., white wilt), beach grooming, herbivory by insects and feral animals, and off-road vehicles. 'Nest Indiaar iVlanatee Reason for Listintr: The manatee population ;vas probably more abundant in the 18`'' or 19`'' century than today. Initial population decreases probably resulted from overharvesting for meat, oil, and skins (USFWS, 1980). Today hunting is prohibited and is not considered a problem, although there is an occasional incidence of poaching. Heavy mortality does occur, however, from accidental collisions with boats and barges, and from canal lock operations. Another closely related factor in the decline of the species has been the loss of suitable habitat through incompatible coastal development, particularly the destruction of seagrass beds. The combination of hieh mortality rates and low reproductive rates have led to serious doubts about the species' ability to survive in the United States. Ranee-wide Trend: Manatee population trends are poorly known and detern-iinin~ exact population estimates is difficult (USFWS, 1996c). Aerial surveys; a common method of deternlining population numbers, may not be an accurate account'of trends (USFWS, 1999). For example, sunTeys conducfed in Febniary, 1996 determined that 2,639 manatees were in Florida's waters. In 1.997, surveys in January and February determined that 2;229 and 1, 709 individuals; respectively; were present. Further; there was no evidence of increase or decrease in the population numbers between the 1970s and 1980s (USFWS, 1999). Because of the variation and uncertainty in surveying (i.e., manatee behavior, surveying methodology, weather conditions, etc.); it is difficult to correlate population estimates with population trends. Despite the lack of accurate estimates, human activities have. significantly affected manatees. Modifying suitable habitat; altering migratory routes, and increasing mortality affect manatee reproduction, distribution; recruitment, and behavior. For example, mortalities from collisions with watercraft increased approximately 640 percent from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s (USFWS; 1999). In addition to direct impacts, secondary effects from boating include such stresses as disruption of normal breeding behavior, disnuption of cow-calf bonding, interference with migration routes and patterns, and the loss of feeding areas. Overall, human-related activities have accounted,for about ~0 percent of all manatee . deaths in Florida during the last 25 years (USFWS, 1999). New Threats: Brevetoxins from periodic blooms of dinoflagellates (Gymnodinum brevii), commonly referred to as red tide, have been associated with recent manatee die-offs. Future outbreaks could be detrimental to the species if not controlled, but the cause of red tide is currently unknown. Other threats include natural catastrophic events such as low temperatures and hurricanes. However, collisions with watercraft, harassment by divers, boaters; and fisherman, and loss or degradation of seagrass beds remain the most serious threats to the manatee (USFWS; 1999). In Puerto Rico; the primary cause of manatee mortality seems to be from entanglement in gill nets. Collisions with boats and illegal killing of manatees for food may also be affecting the Puerto Rican population to some extent, but supporting data are limited. t2 75 Sea 'fur#l,es Both Species Reason for Listing: There are many threats to sea turtles, including nest destruction by natural events, such as tidal surges and hurricanes, or eggs lost to predation by raccoons; ghost-crabs, and other animals. However, human activity has significantly contributed to the decline of sea turtle populations along the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico (NRC, 1990). These factors include the modification, degradation, or loss of nesting habitat by coastal development, artificial lighting, beach driving; and marine pollution and debris. Furthermore, the overharvest of eats for food, intentional killing of adults and immature turtles for their shells and slain; and accidental drowning in commercial fishing gear are primarily responsible for the worldwide decline in sea turtle populations. Range-wide Trend: Loggerhead Sea Turtles Total estimated loggerhead nesting in the southeastern United States is approximately 50,000 to 70,000 nests per }'ear (i~iMFS and USFWS; 1991b). From a Global perspective, the southeastern United States nesting aggregation of loggerhead sea turtles is important to the survival of the species and is second in size only to that which nests on islands in the Arabian Sea off Oman (Ehrhart, 1989; NMFS and USFWS, 1991 b; Ross, 1990. The status of the Oman colony has not been evaluated recently, but its location in a part of the world that is vulnerable to disruptive events (e.a., political upheavals; wars; catastrophic oil spills) is cause for considerable concern (Nleylan et al., 1990. The loggerhead nesting aggregations in Oman, the southeastern United States, and Australia account for about 88 percent of nesting worldwide (NMFS and USFWS, 1991b). Genetic analyses using restriction fragment analysis and direct sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been employed to resolve management units among loggerhead nesting cohorts of the southeastern United States (Bowen et al., 1993; Encalada.et al., 1998). Assays of nest sariples from North Carolina to the Florida Panhandle have identified three genetically distinct nesting populations: (1) Northern subpopulation - i~~orth Carolina to Cape Canaveral, Florida; (2) South Florida subpopulation - Cape Canaveral around to Sarasota ,Florida; and; (3) Northwest Florida subpopulation - Eglin Air Force Base and the beaches around Panama City, Florida. These data indicate that gene flow between the three populations is very low. If nesting females are extirpated from one of these regions, regional dispersal will not be sufficient to replenish the depleted nesting population (Bowen et al., 1993). In the United States, the Northern subpopulation of loggerheads has declined since the early 1970s, btrt most of that decline occurred prior to 1979. There has been no significant trend in recent years (Turtle Expert Working Group, 1998; 2000), and annual nesting in North Carolina has ranged from 457 to 1140 nests since 1989: Adult loggerheads of the South Florida subpopulation have shown significant increases over the last 25 years, suggesting the population is recovering, although the trend could not be detected from the State of Florida's Index Nesting Beach Survey program from 1989 to 1998. However, an increase in the numbers of adult loggerheads has been reported in recent years in Florida waters without a concomitant increase in benthic immatures. These data may forecast limited recruitment to South Florida nesting beaches in the future. Nesting surveys in the i~TOrthwest Florida subpopulation have been too irregular to date to allow for a meaningful trend analysis (Turtle Expert Working Group, 1998; 2000). 76 13 Since loggerheads take approximately 20 to 30 years to mature, the effects of decline in immature .loggerheads might not be apparent on nesting beaches for decades. i Loggerhead populations in Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Israel, Turkey, Bahamas, Cuba,. Greece, Japan, and Panama have also been declining. This decline continues and is primarily attributed to shrimp trawling, coastal development, increased human use of nesting beaches, and pollution. Green Sea Turtles The primary nesting sites in United States Atlantic waters are along the east coast of Florida, with additional sites in the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Total population estimates for the green sea turtle are unavailable, and trends based on nesting data are particularly diff cult to assess because of wide year-to-year fluctuations in numbers of nesting females, difficulties of conducting research on early life stages, and long generation time. For instance, in Florida, where the majority of Green turtle nestinU in the southeastern United States occurs, estimates range from 200 to 1,100 females nesting? annually. Since 1989, the number of green sea turtle nests in North Carolina has ranged from 0 to 23. y In the United States Pacific, over 90 percent of nesting? throughout the Hawaiian archipelago occurs at the French Frigate Shoals, where about 20G to 700 females nest each year. Elsewhere in -the United States Pacific, nesting takes place at scattered locations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Ivlarianas, Guam, and American Samoa. In the western Pacific; the largest green sea turtle nesting aggregation in the world occurs on Raine Island; Australia; where thousands of females nest nightly in an average nesting season. In the Indian Ocean, major nesting beaches occur in Oman; where 6;000 to 20,000 females are reported to nest annually. Populations in Surinam, and Tortuguero, Costa Rica, may be stable, but there is . insufficient data for other areas to confirm a trend. Both Species New Threats: The most serious threats to the loggerhead and green sea turtles' continued existence are incidental take from channel dredging and conunercial trativling, longline, and ;i11 net fisheries; the Loss and degradation of nesting habitat from continued and future coastal development and. beach stabilization; sediment disposal on beaches and beach grooming; disorientation of hatchlinos by beachfront lighting; increased recreational activities on the beach (e.g., off-road vehicles); excessive nest predation by native and non-native predators; degradation of foraging habitat; marine pollution and debris; watercraft strikes; and disease. There is particular concern about the extensive incidental take of juvenile loggerheads in the eastern Atlantic by longline fishing vessels from several countries. Another major factor contributing to the green sea turtle's decline worldwide is commercial harvest for egos and food. Fibropapillomatosis, adisease of sea turtles characterized by the development of multiple tumors on the skin and internal organs, is also a mortality factor and has seriously impacted green sea turtle populations in Florida, Hawaii, and other parts of the world. The tumors interfere with swimming; eating, breathing, vision, and reproduction, and turtles with heavy tumor burdens become severely debilitated and die. Piping Plover • 14 77 Reasons for listintr: Hunting during the 19`h and early 20`~ centuries likely led to initial declines in the species; however, shooting piping plovers has been prohibited since the 1918 pursuant to the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Other Human activities, such as habitat loss and degradation, disturbance from recreational pressure, contaminants, and predation are likely responsible for continued declines. These factors include development and shoreline stabilization Range-wide Trend: Two range-wide population surveys have been conducted for the piping plover; the 1991 (Haig and Plissner, 1992) and 1996 International Piping Plover Censuses (Plissner and Haig, 1997). These surveys were completed to help determine the species distribution and to monitor progress toward recovery. Great Lakes Population The Great Lakes plovet's once nested on Great Lakes beaches in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio; Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. Russell (1983) reviewed historical records to estimate the pre-settlement populations of the plover throughout this range: While estimates may be high for some Great Lakes states; no other historic estimates are available. Total population estimates ranged from 492 to b82 breeding pairs in the Great Lakes region; Michigan alone may have had the most with as many as 215 pairs. The endangered Great Lakes population is at a perilously low level. From an all-time low of 12 nesting pairs in 1990, the population has increased to ~2 nesting pairs in 1999; then declined again to 30 pairs in 2000, but has not increased significantly since listin~a. During this period most nesting occurred in Michigan, but in~ 1998, and again in 1999, one pair nested along the Lake Superior shoreline in Wisconsin. Reproduction is adversely affected by human disturbance of nesting areas and predation by foxes, gulls, crows and other predators. Shoreline development, such as the construction of marinas and breakwaters, has adversely affected nesting and brood rearing in this population. As vviih other populations, unleashed dogs and feral cats may harass and kill the birds. f~tlClnttC COa.St POfJZljat1071 The Atlantic Coast piping plover breeds o.n coastal beaches from Newfoundland and southeastern C~uebec, Canada to North Carolina. Piping plovers were common along the Atlantic Coast during much of the 19th century, but nearly disappeared due to excessive hunting for the millinery trade. Following passage of the. Migratory Bird Treat Act in 1918, mmlbers recovered to a 20th century peak which occurred during the 1940's. The current population decline is attributed to increased development and recreational use of beaches since the end of World War II. The Atlantic Coast piping plover population has increased from 790 pairs since listing to 1,386 pairs in 1999 (USFWS, 2000a). However, it is important to note that the increase is very unevenly distributed; with most pairs occurring in New England; and can be partially attributed to increased survey efforts, especially in the southern half of the species' range (USFWS, 1996a). From 1986 to 1994, the Southern recovery unit increased from 1~8 to 217 nesting pairs, then declined to 183 pairs in 2000. The recovery objective for the Atlantic Coast population and the Southern recovery unit is 2,000 and 400 breeding pairs, respectively (USFWS, 1996a). 7V 15 The recovery plan (USFWS, 1996a) cites a population viability analysis (Melvin and Gibbs, 1991) that states: ~' "Tl1e modeled scenario that most closely approximates the current status of the Atlantic coast piping plover population - 1,200 to 1,500 pair populations with average productivity of 1.2~ chicks per pair -showed, respectively, extinction probabilities of 35% and 31% over 100 years; and 95% and 92% probabilities of the population dropping below 500 pairs during the same time period." Attainment of the subpopulation goal for the, Southern recovery unit is particularly important because of its current small size and sparse distribution over large geographic areas (USFWS, 1996a). A growing body of information shows that overwash-created and -perpetuated habitats, including inlets that are not artificially stabilized, inlets that have recently closed and remain undeveloped, and moist sparsely vegetated barrier flats are especially important to piping plover productivity and carrying capacity (Wilcox; 1959; Cairns, 1982; Strauss, 1990; Burger, 1994; Goldin and Regosin, 1998; Elias et al., 2000). In the Southern recovery unit, productivity and carrying capacity of Atlantic Coast piping plover breeding habitat is especially dependent on the availability of overwashes and naturally functioning inlets. Loegering and Fraser (1995) found that chicks on Assateague Island, Maryland that were able to reach bay beaches and the island interior had significantly higher fledgling rates than those that foraged solely on the ocean beach. Higher foraging rates, percentage of time spent foraging, and abundance of terrestrial arthropods on the bay beach and interior island habitats supported theirv hypothesis that foraging resources in interior and bayside habitats are key to reproductive rates on that site. Their management recommendations stressed the importance of sparsely vegetated cross-island access routes maintained by overwash, and the need to restrict or mitigate activities-that reduce natural disturbance during storms. Dramatic increases in plover productivity and breeding population on Assateague since the 1991-92 advent of lame overwash events corroborate Loegering and Fraser's conclusions. Piping plover productivity, which had averaged 0:77 chicks per pair during the five years before the overwash, posted an average of 1.67 chicly per pair in the years 1992 to 1996. The nesting population on the northern 5.0 miles of the island also grew rapidly, doubling by 1995 and tripling by 1996, when 61 pairsmested there (Nlaclvor; 1996). Plabitat use data continues to show predominant Lase of interior and bayside habitats {i`1PS and MDNR, 1993-1997). Furthermore, another 11.8-mile section of Assateague Island; where effects of artificial dunes remained visible wail the winter of 1997-98; 2~ to 30 years after the National Park Service abandoned dune maintenance, supported only nine plover nests and fledged three chicks over the six years of 1992 to 1997 (MDNR, 1993; NPS and MDNR, 1993-1997). A recently formulated restoration project. for northern Assateague Tsland has a design criterion of allowing approximately one major overwash event per year (I-lecht and Moser, 1998). In Virginia, Watts et al. (undated) found that piping plovers nesting on 13 barrier islands from 1986 to 1988 were not evenly distributed along the islands. Beach segments used by plovers had wider and more heterogenous beaches, fewer stable dunes, greater open access to bayside foraging areas, and in closer proximity to mud flats. The_v note that characteristics of beaches selected by plovers are maintained by frequent storm disturbance. The breeding piping plover population in North Carolina dropped to a 12-year low of only 24 pairs in 2000 (D. Allen, NCWRC, in litt.), compared with apost-listing high of» pairs in 1990. yThis is consistent with very poor productivity in North Carolina, averaging 0.49 chicks per pair 1990-1999, compared with 1.33 chicks per pair for the entire United States Atlantic Coast during the same period 16 ~9 (USF`VS, 2000x), and well below the 1.5 chicks per pair recovery criterion in the Atlantic Coast recovery plan (USFWS, 1996x). Concerns about the declining North Carolina breeding population are heightened by the piping plover situation in southern Virginia (south of Cedar Island), where the breeding population has plummeted from 29 pairs in 1995 to only 4 pairs in 2000. Overall, tl-ie North Carolina breeding population appears to be in a precarious situation. A consistent finding of all analyses of the demographic factors affecting the persistence and/or extinction of piping plover populations (Ryan et al., 1993; Melvin and Gibbs, 1994; Plissner and Haig, 2000b) is that vulnerability to extinction is greatly increased by even small declines in survival rates. Modeling by Melvin and Gibbs (1994), for example, showed approximately four-fold increases in the likelihood of extinction of the Atlantic Coast piping plover population when survival rates of adults and juveniles declined by as little as 5 and 10 percent, respectively, and other parameters tivere held constant'. Since piping plovers spend » to 80 percent of their annual cycle associated vvitit wintering areas, factors that affect their well-being on the tivinterin~? ryrounds will substantially affect their survival and recovery (USF`VS, 1996x). y North Great Plains Pop~r.~lation The Northern Great Plains plover breeds from Alberta to Manitoba, Canada and south to Nebraska; although some nesting has recently occurred in Oklahoma. Currently the most westerly breeding piping plovers in the United States occur in Montana and Colorado. According to the last breeding census (Plissner and Flaig, 1997), the Northern Great Plains population is the largest o~[ the three breeding populations, numbering approximately 1398 breeding pairs. The decline the Northern Great Plains population has been attributed to file construction and operations of dams on rivers that result in the loss of sandbar habitat. Reservoirs created by the dams have flooded much of the rivers' natural sandbar habitats, although birds can use shorelines of reservoirs tivhere appropriate substrates exist. However; unless reservoirs are managed to preclude vegetation in some years nesting habitat is minimized. Dam operations for purposes other than plover nesting may cause sandbar/island habitat inundation or flooding of nests. Too much tivater in the spring floods nests; whereas, dams operated with steady constant flows over a lone period of time alloavs grasses and other vegetation to grow on the prime nesting islands, making these sites unsuitable for successful nesting. Population declines in alkali wetlands are attributed to tivetland drainage, contaminants; and predation. Ryan et al. (1993) developed a stochastic population growth model using empirical; demographic data, and that model indicated that the Great Plains population of the piping plover was declining seven percent annually. Unchecked, that decline would result in extirpation in approximately 80 years. Furthermore, the model showed that as little as a five percent increase in the annual rate of adult mortality would increase the rate of decline in that population by 38 percent. Holding adult and immature survival rates constant, the model also projected fledge rates needed to stabilize the population; including what might happen with delays in initiation of population growth. The model results indicated the Great Plains plover population was undergoing a substantial decline. ' Simulations ref°renced involved population sizes from 1,200 io 2,000 pairs with an average productivity of 1.5 chicks per pair. Probability that the population would drop below 500 pairs also increased substantially; for example; from 55 to 97 percent fora 1,200 pair population. It should be noted that average 199.0-1999 productivity on the U.S. Atlantic Coast was only 1.~3 chicks per pair. ® 17 From 1991 to 1996, the Northern Great Plains (United States and Canada) piping plover numbers declined by five percent. However, when you look at the United States portion of the Northern Great Plains population alone, piping plover numbers declined by 2~1 percent. This decline closely matches the Ryan et al. (1993) model. A,11 Populations - Mi;~rating and 1=3~inter•ifig Piping plovers from all three breeding populations primarily winter along the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts beaches and barrier island from North Carolina to Texas, although some migrate to the Bahamas and West Indies. The highest concentration of birds reported in winter censuses are found in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. However, only 63 percent of the breeding birds counted in 1991 were reported during the winter census, suggesting that important wintering areas are still unknown throughout this region- Wintering and migrating piping plovers on the Atlantic Coast are Generally found at the accreting ends of barrier islands, along sandy peninsulas, and near coastal inlets. Wintering piping plovers appear to prefer sand flats adjacent to inlets or passes; sandy mud flats along prograding spits, and ovenvash areas as foraging habitats. These substrate types may have a richer infauna than the foreshore of high enertry beaches and often attract large numbers of shorebirds. Roosting plovers are Generally found alone inlet and adjacent ocean and estuarine shorelines and their associated berms and on nearby exposed tidal flats (Fussell, 1990; Nicholls and Baldassarre, 1990b). Diverse coastal systems may be especially attractive to plovers and may concentrate wintering piping plovers when roosting and feeding areas are adjacent (Nicholls and Baldassarre, 1990b). While piping plover migration patterns and needs remain poorly understood and occupancy of a particular habitat may involve shorter periods of time relative to wintering or breeding, information about ,the energetics of avian migration indicates that this might be a particularly critical time in the species' life cycle. The possibility of lower survival rates for Atlantic Coast piping plovers breedinG at hither latitudes (based on relationships between population trends and productivity) suggest that migration stress may substantially affect survival rates of this species (Anne Hecht; USFWS, pers. comm.). In addition, observations suggest that this species exhibits a high degree of nest site fidelity (Wilcox; 199; Haig, 198; Haig and Oring, 1985x). Migratory and winter residents occur along the North Carolina coast from early August to late May (Potter et al., 1980). Unfortunately, survey efforts to date outside the breeding season have been extremely limited. Three statewide surveys for wintering piping plovers in North Carolina were conducted -January 1987 (Nicholls and Baldassarre, 1990x), January 1991 (Haiti and Plissner, 1992), and January 1996 (Plissner and Hai G, 199%); statetivide counts from these surveys were 50 birds in 1957, 20 birds in 1991, and 50 birds in 1996. While fairly comprehensive in geographic scope, these surveys represent only a single visit to each site. Furthermore, they were designed to capture wintering activity, rather than use by migratinG plovers which might be more important to the Atlantic Coast population in North Carolina. V y The source population of a piping plover seen outside its breeding range can only be determined if it has .been banded. Furthermore, the probability of sighting banded birds from a given breeding population is biased by the size of the breeding population, the proportion of banded birds, and the intensity of survey effort in the wintering/migration areas. While the vast majority of overvvintering birds are likely to be from the larGely unbanded Atlantic Coast population, individuals from the Great Lakes and Northern ' Great Plains populations have been documented in North Carolina. Ovec-wintering birds from the Great Lakes population have been seen on the Outer Banks (south of Oregon Inlet, November 3; 2000, reported 18 81 by M. Hannisian). It is noteworthy that 24 of 39 confirmed individual plovers from the Great Lakes population sighted on the wintering grounds between fall 1993 and spring 1999 were found on the Atlantic Coast. Piping plovers from the Northern Great Plains population have also been documented in North Carolina. Pooled sightings of banded plovers from the 1991 International Census and earlier reports included 26 piping plovers (14 percent of sightings) from inland breeding populations wintering in North and South Carolina (Haig and Plissner, 1992), while 84 percent of 49 sightings of banded plovers occurred on the southern Atlantic Coast. Sightings of plovers banded in Atlantic Canada are consistent with this pattern (e.g., recent sighting of the plovers on southern Fiffure Eight Island on December 29, 2000, and on January li, 2001, by D. Carter, Southern Environmental Law Center, pers. comm.; D. Amirault, Canadian Wildlife Service; in lift.). All Populations New Threats: Many future threats to this species' continued existence are similar to the current problems, including increased human and pets disturbance, increased recreational pressures, increased development of beaches and shorelines, the construction of beach stabilization structures, and the prevention of overwash-created and -perpetuated habitats. Barrier beach habitats preferred by both breeding and wintering piping plovers are dynamic, storm-maintained ecosystems, and much of this species' historic habitat along the Atlantic Coast has been destroyed or permanently degraded by development and human use. The construction of houses and commercial buildings on and adjacent to barrier beaches directly removes plover habitat and results in increased human disturbance. The impacts of s}loreline development are often Greatly expanded by the attendant concerns for protecting access roads. While legal restrictions on coastal development may slow the fiihire pace of physical habitat destruction, the trend in habitat availability for this species is down. A more subtle threat to the plover is the decrease in the suitability of the species' habitat due to accelerating recreational activity and development along the Atlantic Coast. Habitat loss occurs when suitable nesting sites are made unusable because high human and/or animal use precludes the birds from successfully nesting. Habitat loss can also occur when important wintering habitats are made unusable by increased man-made activities and operations (i.e.; sand disposal, inlet dredging, etc.) which cause birds to t7ee protective habitats and use valuable energy reserves. Human population growrth along the United States coast creates an ever increasing demand for beach recreation. In 1993 only 32 percent of the U. S. Atlantic Coast population of piping plovers nested on Federally-owned beaches `where at least some protection from development can be afforded. The rernaining 68 percent of the birds nested on State, Town; or privately-owned beaches where they face increasing disturbance from recreationists and development. The situation in the plover's Atlantic Coast wintering range is similar; 37 percent of the shoreline recently proposed for designation as critical habitat for wintering piping plovers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia is Federally-owned, while 63 percent is in State and private ownership (65 FR 41782). Pressure from development and human disturbance on Atlantic Coast beach habitat continues, and the recovery plan emphasizes that piping plover habitat protection efforts must recognize and seek to perpetuate the natural dynamism of these. barrier systems (USFWS, 1996a). The Atlantic Coast Piping Plover Recovery Plan (USFWS, 1996a) calls for the protection of all known wintering habitat by preventing habitat degradation and disturbance, including direct and indirect impacts of shoreline stabilization, navigation projects, and development; disti.irbance by recreationists V 2 19 and their pets, and contamination and degradation due to oil or chemical spills. In addition, the plan addresses the need to identify important migration stop-over habitat and mitigate any factors that may adversely affect these areas. Factors that must be considered include: (1) energetic depletion due to displacement of birds as a result of disturbance; even if alternative habitats are available; and, (2) short- and long-term effects on prey availability that can extend effects on habitat quality long after the completion of a given action. D. Analysis of the Species/Critical Habitat likely to be Affected Barrier islands and inlets are complete and dynamic coastal systems that are continually responding to sediment supply, waves, and fluctuations in sea level. The location and shape of the beaches of barrier islands perpetually adjusts to these physical forces. Waves that strike a barrier island at an angle, for instance; generate a longshore current that carries sediment along the shoreline. Cross-shore currents carry sediment perpendicular to the shoreline. Wind moves sediment across the dry beach, dunes and island interior. During storm events; overwash may breach the island at dune gaps or other weak spots. depositing sediments on the interior and back sides of islands, increasing island elevation and accreting the soundside shoreline. Tidal inlets play a vital role in the dynamics and processes of barrier islands. Sediment is transferred across inlets from island to island via the tidal shoals or deltas. The longshore sediment transport often causes barrier spits to accrete, shifting inlets towards the neighboring island. Flood tidal shoals that are left behind by the migrating inlet are t}~pically incorporated into the soundside shoreline and marshes of the island, widening it considerably. Many inlets have a cyc{e of inlet migration, breaching of the barrier spit during a stornl, and closure of the old inlet with the new breach becoming the new inlet. Barrier spits tend to be lovv in elevation, sparse in vegetation, and repeatedly submerged by high and storm tides. Seabeach Amararatl~ The proposed action has the potential to adversely affect seabeach amaranth within the proposed project area. The effects of the proposed action on seabeach amaranth will be considered further in the remaining sections of this opinion. Potential effects include burying, trampling, or injuring plants as a result of construction operations and/or sediment disposal activities; burying seeds to a depth that would prevent future germination as a result of construction operations and/or sediment disposal activities; and, destruction of plants by trampling or breaking as a result of increased recreational activities. 's~est Tndian iti~anatee The proposed action has the potential to adversely affect West Indian manatees within the proposed project area. The effects of the proposed action on West Indian manatees will be considered further in the remaining sections of this opinion. Potential effects include the injuring or killing of manatees resulting from collisions with boats as a result of dredging operations. Sea 'T'urtles The proposed action has the potential to adversely affect nesting females; nests, and hatchling loggerhead and green sea turtles within the proposed project area. The effects of the proposed action on sea turtles will be considered further in the remaining sections of this opinion. Potential effects include destruction • 20 83 of nests deposited within the boundaries of the proposed project; harassment in the form of disturbing or interfering with females attempting to nett within the construction area or on adjacent beaches as a result (~ of construction activities; disorientation of hatchling turtles on beaches adjacent to the construction area ~-,/ as they emerge from the nest and crawl to the water as a result of project lighting; and, behavior modification of nesting females due to escarpment formation within the project area during a nesting season resulting in false crawls or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas to deposit egos. The quality of the placed sand could affect the ability of female turtles to nest, the suitability of the nest incubation environment, and the ability of hatchlings to emerge from the nest. Bipin; Plover The proposed action has the potential to adversely affect nesting piping plovers, nests, hatclilings; and ovenvintering and migrating plovers within the proposed project area. The effects of the proposed action on piping plovers will be considered fiirther in the remaining sections of this opinion. Potential effects include the destruction of nests created within the boundaries of the proposed project; harassment in the form of disturbing or interfering with plovers attempting to nest, forage, or roost within the construction area or on adjacent beaches as a result of construction activities; harassment in the forni of disturbing or interfering with plovers attempting to nest; forage, or roost within the construction area or on adjacent beaches as a result of increased pedestrian or animal traffic; killing of fledgling birds as they .begin to leave the nest; behavior modification of nesting plovers due to disturbances associated with construction activities within the project area resulting in failed nest attempts or situations in which they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas; and; behavior modification of migrating or wintering plovers due to disturbances created by the construction activities within the project area resulting in excessive energy expenditures or displacement of birds to unsuitable sites; increased forming behavior, or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable resting or foraging areas. The construction activities could also lead to diminished quantity ar,d quality of intertidal foraging habitats within the action area, compared with flood tidal deltas at naturally functioning and migrating inlets resulting in decreased survivorship of nesting, migrating or overwintering plovers. ICI. ~,nvironsriental Baseline A. Action Area Location The Mason Inlet Relocation Project area includes Figure Eight Island from a point approximately 8,00 linear ft north of the southernmost home (186 Beach Road South) south toward Wrightsville Beach to a point in the vicinity of the now closed Moore's Inlet (near the Holiday Inn); from the primary vegetation line to approximately -30 ft NGVD° in nearshore waters; and the 5,000-ft corridor on both sides of Mason Creek from the ocean to its confluence with the AIWW. The project area includes approximately 83,200,000 ft'` (approximately 1,910 acres) of beachfront and inlet shoreline and approximately 32,130,000 ft'- (approximately 738 acres) of sand spit, sand and mud flats, and tidal salt marsh and creek. a The EA uses -20 ft NGVD as a "closure depth" for the project area; however, sediment transport has been documented at Wrightsville Beach to a water depth of 17 m and the magnitude of cross-shore transport is reported to change from relatively high to low at a depth of 10 m (Thieler et al., 1990. ~~ 21 The action area for direct impacts includes those sections of Mason Inlet, Mason Creek, and the sand and mud flats, sand spits, and beachfront and shoreline habitats of Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach where dredging, sediment disposal, and earthen manipulation will occur. The action area for indirect impacts, however, is much larger. Because manatees, sea turtles, and piping plovers are highly mobile species, animals influenced by direct project impacts may move great distances from the actual project site. For example, a piping plover that cannot nest on the sand spit of Figure Eight Island due to the dredging of the new inlet or disposal of dredged material may fly many miles only to find marginal nesting sites. Nest site fidelity may influence the nesting success of the plover pair in successive years and may reduce the future nesting success of their offspring. Likewise, sea turtles exhibit nest site fidelity; therefore; habitat destruction may cause females to chose marginally suitable habitat resulting in lower reproductive success; as well as long-term decreased reproduction by the surviving hatchlings. Further, migrating or wintering plovers that cannot forage on the sand spits within the project area due to loss of habitat following the construction operation may expend energy to find other suitable feeding sites. The excessive energy e:~penditure may result in the bird's decreased ability to migrate back to its breeding grounds and successfully reproduce. The range of these movements produced by the project constitute the action area fer indirect impacts; for the purposes of this opinion it will be the entire islands of Lea and Hutaff,~Figure Eight, Wrightsville Beach, and Masonboro, and the corresponding inlets - Rich, Niason; and Ivlasonboro - of those beaches that may be used by manatees, sea turtles, and piping plovers. The action area for seabeach amaranth is the area within the proposed project footprint. r,' ~ 1 \ - .~. ~ '#1- ~ .a~ ~,f~~;~,~er1 ~I1,~ 17' \ Scotts Htl~,f` ~,~ ~ /~ r ~~1i ~`' `- 1I k b l{ ~Phoerrl,,; ~4`1} ~c ;~.v~ ~rurra~~s'~iile'"~a-~~'~~~ ~ 'eE,l.stbrr~ok:~ ~~,r ~ ogsi~g~~' ~ ~ ,'~~ ~~~ ice, ~;~~~ ~~` ~i f ill. ~} _~ i''~~'~,~ ~tl . / ; ~,~.~ ~ 1 h / iv.1 ,~r 4~lrigh#s=ai91e B~~ch lip 5i 1r ~~~L~t-S ~~y'~ ~t . 1 ells Creek ~ c ~, f..~~,~~ ~., r~ ~ ;~~as~n~~ro 3~1~r,~ e I I ; ~,ti~ arri ~ ~~ ''t ~11 ° 7 ~ ~" r ~Funstc~ri~ 4 ~ ~ ~~,~ ~ '}•Ker'tidail C~7~;pel ,~~? ~I ~7'fJO~ ~i+'•r ~~~~~ ~~~ ~ ~rr 1 ~,,ti. ~,~ , ~- hr,~arolina beach 2. Land Ownership/access Land ownership within the action area is both public and private and land use encompasses recreational; commercial; and residential activities. The State of North Carolina (NC), New Hanover County (NHC), the Town of Wrightsville Beach (WB) and many private individuals own and/or manage properties within the project area, including but not limited to the northernmost property serving as the new inlet corridor (owned by NHC), the property south of the new inlet corridor-and north of the existing inlet ~~ ~5 (owned by the Hutaff family), and the property south of the Hutaff family land to the Shell Island Resort, including the area of the existing inlet (owned by NC). The land immediately north and south of the new inlet corridor is privately owned by the Hutaff family. All oceanfront beach property above the high tide line is privately otivned by various individuals and businesses on a small portion of Masonboro Island and on all of Wrightsville Beach, Figure Eight Island, and Lea and Hutaff Islands. Approximately 98 percent of Masonboro is owned by the State and is designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve. For all beaches, all property below the mean high tide line is public owned; and the dry sand beach area between mean high water and the primary dune line is subject to public trust rights established by common law and State law. The action area can be accessed by vehicle, on foot, or by boat. Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island are the only beaches within the action area accessible by automobile; however, Figure Eight Island is privately owned and managed and visitors must receive admittance approval from Island security. Wrightsville Beach is the only beach within the action area with unrestricted access. Lea and Hutaff Islands (privately owned) and Masonboro Island (State and privately owned) are undeveloped islands accessible only by boat. Figure Eight Island; although privately owned; may also be accessed by the general public by boat. None of the beaches within the action area are open to ofP--road vehicle traffic. Post-dredging Disposal and Residential and Commercial Development Beach shoreline and inlet stabilization efforts within the action area have had profound effects on residential and commercial de~relopment and the occurrence of seabeach amaranth, the nesting habitats of sea turtles, and the nesting, resting and foraging habitats of piping plovers. Moore's Inlet (in the vicinity o~f the current Holiday Inn, Wrightsville Beach), which separated Wrightsville Beach from Shell Island, was filled by the Corps in 196. Further; Figure Eight Island vvas built-up by the deposition of dredged material by a private developer in the 1960s. Increased development of these land masses soon followed. The last major development on `~~rightsville Beach occurred with the construction of the Shell Island Resort in 1986'. All of the beaches within the action area, with the exception of Lea and Hutaff Islands, have had dredged sediments deposited on their shorelines. Wrightsville Beach has received dredged material for shoreline stabilization more than 20 times since 1939. This has been a Federally-funded project since 1965. Masonboro Island has also received dredged material at least tvvice as part of the Wrightsville Beach shoreline stabilization project. Figure Eight Island has had at least five disposal operations since 1979 (only one year was Federally-funded), and has recently been issued a permit (i.e., Corps Action I.D. 200000710 and State permit No. 6-01) to dredge Nixon CreeURich Inlet and dispose of the material on northeastern Figure Eiglrt Island. The first attempt to stabilize Masonboro Inlet occurred in 1966 when the Corps constructed aman-made weir jetty on the north side of the inlet (Wrightsville Beach). The second attempt came in 1980 when the Corps constructed the rock jetty on the south side of the inlet (Masonboro Island) to prevent erosion of Masonboro Island. 5 A permit for construction of the Shell Island Resort was issued in direct violation of the State's Inlet Hazard Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) regulations, due to a mapping error by the Slate; only small; moveable structures may be built in Inlet Hazard AEC's. i ~ 6 23 From 1970 to 1999 Wrightsville Beach experienced a 47 percent increase in their permanent population (North Carolina Municipal Population 1970-1999,.Office of State Budget, Planning and Management, State of North Carolina). Unfortunately, many homes are reported as non-permanent residences; therefore, the actual population grovv~th.is deflated. No figures. are available for Figure Eight Island because it is not a municipality, however, approximately 7~ percent of the buildable land is currently developed (Vv. Raney, Figure "8" Beach Homeowners Association, pers. comm.). B. Status of the Species within the Action Area Seabeach Artanranth The BA (June 23, 2000) states: "Past surveys of amaranth have found hundreds of plants located on the entire island of Figure Eight (NCNHP, 1995) and thousands of plants on the northern end of Wrightsville Beach (USFWS, 1990. Ina 1999 survey of the southern spit of Figure Fight Island, where inlet relocation is to take place, 10 individuals were found. Most plants were observed in ovettivash areas; between the ocean and the dunes. Other individuals were most likely located"further north, betr-veen the ocean and the oceanfront houses. However, in September of 1999, North Carolina's coast experienced tvvo hurricanes, Dennis and Floyd. LMG inspected the southern spit of Figure Eight Island after these events to survey the damage to the inlet and evaluate the status of the amaranth plants seen earlier in the summer. None of the ten plants were visible and were probably buried under the repositioned sand or washed away entirely by the hurricanes. The effect that these hun~icanes had on amaranth seeds is unknown. Thev may be buried under sand or dispersed from heavy winds associated with the storms.'' The following table represents the numbers of plants found within the project area as recorded by the Corps', Wilmington District during the years 1993 to 2000. Data include reaches A (from inlet to Station 229+00) and B (from Station 229+00 to Station 166+00) on Wrightsville Beach and reaches D (from inlet to Lot X188; approximately 2300 ft) and E (from Lot rt188 to Lot ;f74, approximately 6000 ft) from Figure Eight Island. The combined reaches represent a reduced range, yet a close approximation; of the action area of the proposed action. In addition, sand disposal and erosion and inlet migration might have changed the actual lengrth of the inlet reaches (i.e., A and D). Accordingly, the number of plants reported for each year are likely fewer than what might have occurred in the action area of the proposed project. i7 of seabeach amaranth 1993 199~t 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 ?000 plants per beach Figure Eight Island (south) 76 280 136 581 n/a* n/a* n/a* (10) n/a'~ Wrightsville Beach (north) 330 13 0 176 22 190 1 1 "*" indicates sites not surveyed because they are not part of a Federal dredge er sediment disposal project. Data in parentheses were from surveys conducted by LN1G in the inlet area only. West Indian i'/Yanatee The manatee is generally considered a regular, but infrequent; resident of North Carolina's coastal waters. Since first reported in 1919, the manatee has been documented from at least 60 sites in T3 2~ V coastal counties in North Carolina. The majority (48 of 57) of these sightings were reported during the warm water slimmer months of June through October (Schwartz, 1995). An equal number of these sightings were reported from creeks; inlets, sounds, and the open ocean. At least nine sightings of manatees have been documented within the freshwater, brackish, and saltwater environments of New Hanover County, North Carolina; six of these in the vicinity of Wrightsville Beach (Schwartz, 1990. Sea 'Y'u~-tles Loggerhead sea turtles represent greater than 98 percent of all sea turtle nesting activity in North Carolina (NCWRC, 1998), and most nesting activity occurs between mid-ttilay and late August (Palmer and Braswell, 1990, but may occur into September. The loggerhead sea turtle nesting and hatching season for North Carolina extends from Niay I through November 1 ~. Incubation ranges from about 45 to 90 days. The BA (June 23, 2000) states: "The loggerhead turtle utilizes the Figure. Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach upper beach fronts for its seasonal (March-October) nesting events... "Because Figure Eight Island is restricted to the public and its beaches are somewhat secluded from human traffic and more intense development, loggerhead nesting activity is high here, with an average of 12 nests per season over the past five years... Charlie Baker of the Figure Eight Island Sea Turtle Watch Program has observed nests the entire length of Figure Eight Island, including along the current inlet. However; he has only documented false crawls near the inlet in recent years. "Due to development, nesting occurrences are lower at ~rVrightsville Beach, with an average of 9 nests per season over the past 5 years... According to.Stephanie Carter of the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Watch Program, most nests occur at the northern end of Wrightsville Beach, where development is relatively new. Nesting activities have been higher than average for both beaches during the 1999 season. Seventeen to«gerhead nests were observed at Figure Eight Island and 16 loggerhead nests were documented at Wrightsville Beach." The following table represents the number of known loggerhead sea hirtle nests as recorded by the Commission in the action area of the proposed project from 1991 to 2000. # of loggerhead 1991 nests per beach 1992 1993 199=1 1995 1996 1997 1993 1999 2000" Lea and Hutaff 26 20 8 36 2~ n/a (1) n/a n/a 2 Figure Eight Island n/a n/a 7 1 ~ 12 18 ~ 10 1 ~ 6 Wrightsville Beach n/a 3 0 11 9 14 9 2 14 3 Masonboro Island n/a 4 n/a 21 n/a n/a (1) n1a 26 14 "*" indicates preliminary numbers subject to chance. Data in parentheses indicates beaches not actively monitored; nests were reported by regular visitors at these sites. 88 'S Green sea turtles nest sporadically in North Carolina (NCWRC, 1998). However, in recent years, nesting activity by this species has been on the rise. In the 20-year period from 19$0 through 1999, a total of 74 green sea turtle nests were recorded from 13 areas of North Carolina and approximately 22 nests were recorded during 2000. Only one nest has been reported from within the action area (i.e., Wrightsville Beach in 1998). The green sea turtle nesting and hatching season for North Carolina extends from May 15 through November 15. Incubation ranges from about 45 to 75 days. ~ipin~ Plover The BA (June 23, 2000) states: "The piping plover is known to -occur sporadically on Wrightsville Beachand Figure Eight Island as both a migrant and a winter resident. The species is not known to nest on Wrightsville Beach because of the proximity of development along the ocean beach and popular recreational usage. However, some nesting activity has been observed at Figure Eight Island in past years. Walker Gelder observed a pair in the summer of 1993 that were performing distraction displays, strongly indicative of nesting (Fussell, 1996). In 1996, a pair of plovers did nest, but was unsuccessful (Wynne, 1994). In Nlay of 1997; two plovers were observed at the south end of Figure Eight Island; but no nest was found (Wynne, 1999). David Allen from Wildlife Resources Commission believes that this area is more important as wintering habitat for piping plovers than as nesting habitat. During a 1996 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service International Piping Plover Census (winter), six individuals were recorded on Figure Eight Island; tvvo of these birds v~rere on .the spit in the project area (FusselL.1996). Furthermore, of the.six dates the site was checked during the winter or migration. period in the last five years, piping plovers were observed four times with up to eleven birds present at the south end of the island or on the sand flats behind the south end (Wynne, 1999)." North Carolina occupies a critical geographic link in the life cycle of the piping plover. It is ,the only State in the species' range to receive use by both breeding and wintering plovers. Wintering activity has been documented in North Carolina for plovers from all three breeding pope~ilations (Haig and Plissner, , 1992;. J. S~ti~cker, University of Minnesota, in lift.). Equally significant is North Carolina's location on tlae Atlantic Coast migration route; it is likely that a very high proportion of the Atlantic Coast population depends on North Carolina stopover habitat during the annual spring and fall migrations. While the preponderance of piping plovers breeding in North Carolina over the last fifteen years .have been north of Cape Lookout, successful breeding has occurred in the vicinity of the action area. Two chicks were fledged by single pairs on Lea Island in both 1999 and 2000 (constituting 13 and 15 percent, respectively, of the State total), while Hutaff Island fledged one chick in 1998 and again in 1999 (D. Allen, NCWRC, in lift.). Four pairs nesting at Holden Beach in 1993 fledgedone chick per pair (J. [Nicholls] Allen, North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, in lift.). In addition, breeding pairs were documented sporadically at Waites Island, South Carolina in the early 1990s (iVlurray and McDavit, 1993) with as many as five birds seen. The Nortli Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission collected data on the presence of breeding plovers in the project areal however, surveys were not conducted every year and never exceeded three monitoring days per year. The foilo~ving table represents the number of known breeding plover pairs within the action area for most years between 1989 to 2000. • 26 ~9 # ofbreeding pairs per beach 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Lea Island 0' n/a 0' -- 0' 0 ` 0' 1' 1' 1' Hutaff Island 0 ` n/a 0' -- 0' ~ ` 2 ` I ~ 1 t I ~ Figure Eight Island (north) 0~ n/a O1 -- 0' 0` 0' 0` -- -- Figure Eight Island y (south) 0~ __ 0' 1' 0' 1'` 0' 0' -- 0~ Wrightsville Beach (north) 0~ __ Ot __ 0' 0' 01 0' n/a n1a Wrightsville Beach (south) ' 0' n/a 0' __ 0' 0' 0 ` 0' __ 0 Masonboro Island (noI"th) 0' n/a 0' -- 0' 0` 0' 0' ~„ -- 0' ` =" uidic~ates no survey conducted "'" indicates number of days of monitoring during the season The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission also collected data on the presence of wintering plovers in the project area. Again, surveys were not conducted every year and never exceeded three monitoring days per year. Furthermore, weather and tidal conditions may influence both the abundance and detectability of wintering piping plovers, so actual piping plover use may be substantially higher than indicated by these limited survey data. # ofnora-breeding 1989 3990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 birds per beach Lea Island n/a 0` 3' n/a ~ n/a 0' _ 0` -- -- -- Hutaff Island n/a -- 3 ` -- -- ~ 0` 0' -- __ __ Figure Eight Island ~; gz 1G'- n/a n/a 0' $' -- -- -- (north) Figure Eight Island 1' Oi __ __ g'- 14~ 0` ( -- 3'- (south) Wrightsville Beach n/a 0 ~ 0' -- -- G' -- -- n/a n/a (north) Wrightsville Beach 3' 0` 0' n/a n/a 0' -- -- n/a n/a (south) Masonboro Island n/a 1' 0' n/a n/a 0' -- 1' n/a n/a {north) "-" indicates no survey conducted "`" indicates number of days of monitoring during the season ') As noted in the Status of the Species section above, non-breeding (migrating and wintering) plovers are generally found near coastal inlets, and Commission biologists report (D. Allen, NC~WRC, in litt.) that all plover observations from the project area have been at the inlet or on the intertidal flats just west of the inlet (flood tidal delta). It is likely that the increasing trend in birds observed over time during the winter ~.. ~7 90 months on southern Figure Eight Island be attributed to the amount of suitable habitat that has been created as the inlet migrates south and the relatively restricted access of the area. The decrease in birds .observed over time during the sut~mer months may be attributed to the lack of surveys conducted, but might-also be a product of the low reproductive success of the Southern recovery unit for this species. Regardless; the data reported here illustrates the lack of surveys to draw definitive conclusions. Available data provide a limited basis for assessing the importance of the action area for migrating plovers, since most surveys have been conducted its the tivinter. For example, the same number of plovers (eight at each site) were counted on both North Core Banks and Figure Eight Island during the January 1996 International Census. On North Core Banks, however, several sintrie day counts during migration in August and' September of 1992. and 1993 tallied 110 to 136 piping plovers (including large numbers of plovers using tidal, flats at Ocracoke and New Drum Inlets), making this one of the most important known staging areas for Atlantic Coast piping plovers (Collazo et al.; 1995). More intensive surveys may determine that there are other North Carolina migration stop-over or ovec-wintering areas of similar importance. C. Factors Affecting Species Environment within the Action Area. A wide range of recent and on-aoin~ beach disturbance activities have altered the proposed action area and, to a greater extent, the North Carolina coastline, and many more are proposed for the immediate future. Nourishment activities widen beaches, change their sedimentotogy and stratigraplry; alter coastal processes and often plug dune gaps and remove overwash areas. Inlet dredgin4 activities alter the sediment dynamics on adjacent shorelines and stabilize these dynamic environments; beach disposal of dredge material further alters the natural habitat adjacent to inlets. Beach scraping, which has increased in frequency in recent years, can artificiall}~ steep,en beaches, stabilize dune scarps, plug dune gaps, and ~° redistribute sediment distribution patterns. Artificial dune building, often a product of beach scraping, removes low-lying overwash areas and dune raps. As chronic erosion catches up to structures throughout the action area; artificial dune systems are constructed and maintained to protect beachfront structures either by sand fencing or fill placement. Inlet stabilization projects, such as jetties and groins, reduce the dvnamism of overwash areas adjacent to inlets. Estuarine dredging of navigational channels can alter water circulation patterns and sediment transport pathways, as well as increase the frequency and magnitude of boat wakes; sound-side sand or mud flats may be impacted by increased erosion rates as a result. Excessive recreational use of beaches and flats may also pose a threat to the species utilizing - those habitats by making them unsuitable or dangerous. All of these actions may have adverse effects on seabeach amaranth, nesting sea turtles and their offspring; and breedinff and non-breeding piping plovers by destroying, diminishing, or altering the habitats on which they depend. Historically there have been two beach sediment disposal projects on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville .Beach; and to a. lesser extent on Masonboro Island, within the proposed action. area. Inlet dredging and beach dredge spoil disposal has occurred and is continuing to occur at Rich Inlet and Figure Eight Island and at Masonboro Inlet and Wrightsville Beach and Masonboro Island. Beach scraping or bulldozing has been frequent on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach in recent years in response to storms and the continuing retreat of the shoreline with rising sea level. Sandbags have also been constructed on numerous lots on both Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach. These activities primarily occur during the tivinter months but increasingly before and after severe storm events, . regardless of the season. Artificial dune or berm systems have been constructed and maintained in several areas on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach, often as part of beach scraping or bulldozing activities: These dunes make the artificial dtme ridge function like a seawall that blocks ~ 91 natural beach retreat, evolution, and overvvash. Other more permanent inlet, and shoreline stabilization projects have occurred in the past and remain today, such as the jetties at Masonboro Inlet and the groins on Wrightsville Beach. Channel dredging, such as that, in Banks Channel and to a greater extent in the AIWW, have also occurred with regularity. The dredging of Banks Channel has been considered. a primary factor contributing to the accelerated migration of Mason Inlet (see pg. 2-13 and Attachment B in the Revised Environmental Assessment Mason Inlet Relocation Project, April 2000}. ~. Effects of tl~e Actlorl A. Factors to be Considered Proximity of the action: The, proposed project is in the immediate vicinity of habitats important for seabeach amaranth, manatees, nesting sea turtles; and nesting, foraging, and rcosting piping plovers. Specifically, the proposed project will potentially impact one of the largest remaining seabeach amaranth populations (plants and seed source), summer transient manatees; loggerhead sea turtles from the Northern subpopulation, and Atlantic Coast breeding plovers from the Southern Recovery Unit, as well as non-breeding plovers from the Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, and Northern Great Plains populations. In addition, the proposed action has the potential to directly impact as much as 4.0 miles (b.5 km) of shoreline anal sand and mud flats that have been proposed for designation as critical habitat for ovenvintering piping plovers. Distribution: Disturbance activities that may impact listed species will primarily occur on the sand spit, sand and mud flats around Nlason Inlet, and on the ocean front beaches of Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island. Mobile species; such as the manatee, sea turtles, and the piping plover, may also'oe affected on nearby islands by intraspecific competition; excessive energy expendihu-e, and marQinai,ly suitable habitat selection. The longshore transport may redistribute eroded sand to portions of beaches (i.e., Masonboro Island) beyond the project construction area which might affect seabeach amaranth plants on those beaches. Timing: The timing of the proposed project will result in direct impacts occurring during the ~rowina season for seabeach amaranth and during the nesting season for sea turtles and the piping plover. Transient manatees may also be affected b_y the timing of the proposed project. The effects of the project impacts are likely to remain or continue through the migratory and vvinterinff,periods for the piping plover, as well as subsequent nesting years for sea turtles and the piping plover and growing seasons for seabeach amaranth. The timing of future maintenance dredge and sediment disposal events are likely to have little direct effect on seabeach amaranth, manatees; and nesting sea turtles and piping plovers if operation are conducted during the winter months. Maintenance dredge and sediment disposal operations could, however, effect migrating and wintering piping plovers during the winter months. Nature of the effect: The effect; of the action may destroy, alter, or diminish the nestin4 success of sea turtles and the piping plover. The effects may also adversely impact foraging and resting habitats of migrating and wintering piping plovers,. which may decrease their survival rates. Any reduction in productivity and/or survival rates will contribute to a vulnerability to extinction in sea turtles and the piping plover. The effects of the proposed action could harm, harass, or kill manatees if the animals are struck by dredging equipment. The effects of the proposed action could destroy existing seabeach amaranth plants and/or bury plants or seeds, but are also likely to redistribute buried seeds. 92 29 Duration: ,The duration of the direct impacts resulting from the initial construction operation could be short-term, lasting about four months, and three months for maintenance dredge and sediment disposal operations. However, legal agreements between the applicant and the Hutaff family require the inlet be relocated when "all or part of the inlet channel moves entirely outside of the [new] Inlet Corridor and the [Figure 8 HOA] or others fail to restore all or part of the inlet to a location within the [new] Inlet Corridor within two years after notice from the [Hutaff family]" (Exhibit B to Agreement for Purchase, dated August 26, 1999). Relocation events resulting from this agreement can potentially occur as often as every year or every other year. Further, maintenance events are scheduled to occur every three to five years, or more frequently following severe storm events, the results of which can devastate the productivity of sea turtles and piping plovers that rely on habitats within the project area. The continuous itripacts could also destroy the local population of seabeach amaranth through repeated disposal of material on project beaches. The duration of the indirect impacts could vary in intensity in subsequent years and last the life of the project or beyond. The duration of the direct impacts resulting from the proposed action is not likely to adversely affect the manatee unless activities are conducted v during the summer months. Disturbance freguenev: Productivity of the North Carolina, Southern Recovery Unit, and United States Atlantic Coast piping plover is below that identified in the Atlantic Coast recovery plan. As discussed in the Status of the Species Section, with low numbers and reduced productivity, the probability of extinction increases. Continuous impacts to habitats important for this species tivill likely result in the plover being unable to recover between disturbances. At the very least, the plover will become more sensitive to the effects of other disturbances. Further, the disturbance frequency of dredging and sediment disposal will exacerbate any adverse affect on survival of plovers from the Great Lakes, Northern Great Plains, and Atlantic Canada populations while migrating through or overwinterng within the project area. The Northern subpopulation of loggerhead sea turtles could experience reduced nesting success with repeated disturbances resulting from the disposal of dredged sediments. While it appears that the number of nesting loggerheads is nearing the objective of the recovery plan, the time it takes for turtles to reach sexual maturity could cloak the availability of firture sexually mature females and, thus, nesting success. Repeated disturbance to seabeach amaranth could result in extirpation of the plant from the project beaches. The duration of the direct impacts resulting from subsequent dredge and sediment ~. disposal events are not likely to adversely affect the manatee unless conducted during the summer months. • Disturbance intensity and severity: The effects of disturbance from the proposed project on the Southern Recovery Unit and the North Carolina breeding population ofthe Atlantic Coast piping plover could result in the reduction of the breeding population by 1 percent (1 pair/183 pairs) and 4 percent (1 pair/24' pairs), respectively. While this would not be a significant reduction of the overall population, there is concern that impacts that reduce the dispersal area of the Atlantic Coast population would result in a greater intensity of the overall effects of environmental stochasticity, catatrophes, or.inconsistent management. The potential effects of disturbance on the migrating and wintering populations of plovers in North Carolina may be much greater, however. The effects of the proposed project could result in the significant reduction of the totalGreat Lakes population, which could lead to extinction. Similarly, if nesting loggerhead females are extirpated from the Northern subpopulation, regional dispersal from other subpopulations will not be sufficient to replenish the depleted nesting subpopulation. Currently, no level of take is allowed for the manatee, and any impact to this species could be detrimental to its survival. B. Analyses for Effects. of the Action 30 93 Seabeach ~mara~tla. Beneficial effects: The dredging of the new channel and the disposal of dredged, beach-compatible sand may benefit this species by providing additional suitable habitat or by redistributing seed sources buried during past storm events, beach disposal activities, or natural barrier island migration. Disposal of dredged sand may be compatible with seabeach amaranth provided the timing of beach disposal is appropriate, the material placed on the beach is compatible with the natural sand, and special precautions . are adopted to protect existing seabeach amaranth plants. Further studies are needed to determine t11e best methods of beach disposal in seabeach amaranth habitat (Weakley and Bucher, 1992,). Direct effects: Beach disposal activities may bury existing plants, resulting in mortality, or bury seeds to a depth that would prevent future germination, resulting in reduced plant populations. Dredging the new. inlet channel may destroy plants if the operation is conducted during the growing season. Increased traffic from recreationists and their pets can also destroy existing plants by trampling or breaking the plants. Indirect effects: Future tilling of the beach may be necessary if beach compaction hinders sea turtle nesting activities. Thus, the.placement of heavy machinery or associated tilling equipment on the beach may destroy or bury existing plants. Sediments disposed of on the oceanfront beaches may, through the longshore transport system, move back into the inletchannel, causing the inlet to migrate south at a rate faster than expected. This could result in the need. for additional dredging or inlet relocation activities that would damage or bury plants or seeds. Nest ~ndaan 1°l~anatee Beneficial Effects: The Sen~ice is not aware of any beneficial. effects of the action within the project area for manatees. Direct Effects: Boats and equipment associated with dredge and disposal activities may result in harm, harassment, or mortality of transient manatees moving through the waterways during the summer months (June through October). Indirect Effects: Dredge and sediment disposal activities may force manatees to occupy areas that are utilized by boating recreationists. By restricting the free movement of manatees, pleasure boat strikes may increase. Sea ~'a~rtiss Beneficial effects: The placement of dredged sediments on a beach with reduced dry fore-dune habitat may increase sea turtle nesting habitat if the material is highly compatible (i.e., grain size, color, shape, etc.) with nahirally occurring sediments. In addition, properly engineered and constructed beaches ma_v be more stable and may reduce the occurrence of escarpments and sand compaction which could hinder sea turtle nesting activities. Direct effects: The placement of sediments on beaches within the project area, in and of itself, may not provide suitable nesting habitat for sea hirtles. Although the sand placement may increasethe potential nesting area; significant negative impacts to sea turtles may result if protective measures are not 94- 31 incorporated during construction. Sand disposal operations conducted during the nesting and hatching season may result in the burial or crushing of nests or hatchlings or loss of sea turtles through disruption of nesting activity. While a nest monitoring and/or egg relocation program would likely reduce these impacts, nests may be inadvertently missed or misidentified as false crawls during daily patrols. In addition, nests may be destroyed by operations at night prior to beach patrols being performed. Under the'best of conditions, approximately 7 percent of nests are misidentified as false crawls by experienced sea turtle nest surveyors (Schroeder, 1994), thus these nests would be destroyed by the project. Besides the potential for missing nests during a nest relocation program, there is the potential for eggs to be destroyed by their excavation and movement during relocation or for unknown biological mechanisms to be affected. Nest relocation can have adverse impacts on incubation temperature (and hence sex ratios), gas exchan~~e parameters, hydric environment of nests, hatching success, and hatchlina emergence (Limpus et al., 1979; Ackerman, 1980; Parmenter 1980; Spotila et al., 1983; McGehee, 1990). Relocating nests into sands deficient in oxygen or moisture can result in mortality,morbidity, and reduced behavioral competence of hatchlings. Water availability is known to influence the incubation environment of the embryos and hatchlings of turtles with flexible-shelled eggs, which has been shown to affect nitrogen excretion (Packard et al., 1984), mobilization of calcium (Packard and Packard, 1986), mobilization of yolk nutrients (Packard et al., 1985), hatchling size (Packard et al., 19.81; McGehee, 1990), energy reserves in the yolk at hatching (Packard et al., 1988), and locomotory ability of hatchlings (Miller et al., 1987). Comparisons of hatching success between relocated and in situ nests have noted significant variation ranging from a 21 percent decrease to a 9 percent .increase for relocated nests (Florida Department of Environmental Protection, tmpubl. data). Comparisons of emergence success bettiveen relocated and irz situ~nests have also noted significant variation ranging from a 23 percent decrease to a 5 percent increase for relocated nests (Florida Department of Environmental Protection: unpubl. data). A 1994 Florida Department of Environmental Protection study of hatching and emergence success of in situ and relocated nests at seven sites in Florida found that hatching success was lower for relocated nests in five of seven cases with an average decrease for~all seven sites of 5.01 percent {range = 7.19 percent increase to 16.31 percent decrease). Emergence success was lower for relocated nests in all seven cases by an average of 11.67 percent (range = 3.6 to 23.36 percent) (A. Meylan, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in lift.). A final concern about nest relocation is that the program. may concentrate eggs in an area resulting in a greater susceptibility to catastrophic events (e.g,, a low area subject to flooding). Hatchlings released from concentrated, relocated nests also may be subject to.greater predation rates from both land and marine predators as a result of predators learning where to concentrate their efforts (Glenn, 1998; ~~/yneken et al., 1998). The placement of pipelines and the use of heavy machinery on the beach during a construction project may also have adverse. effects on sea turtles. They can create ban•iers to nesting females emerging from the surf and crawling up~the beach, causing a higher incidence of false crawls and unnecessary ener~ry expenditures. Another impact to sea turtles is disorientation (loss of bearings) and misorientation (incorrect orientation) of~hatclilinQs from artificial lighting. Visual cues are the primary sea-finding mechanism for hatchlings (Mrosovsky and Carr, 1967; Mrosovsky and Shettleworth,1968; Dickerson and Nelson, 1989; Witherington and Bjorndal, 1991). Artificial beachfront lighting is a well documented cause of hatchling ~2 95 disorientation and misorientation on nesting beaches (Philbosian, 1976; Mann, 1977; Florida Department of Environmental Protection, unpubl. data). In addition, research has also documented significant reduction in sea turtle nesting activity on beaches illuminated with artificial lights (Witherington, 1992).. Therefore, construction lights along a project beach.and on the dredging vessel may deter females from coming ashore to nest, disorient females trying to return to the surf after a nesting event, and disorient and misorient emergent hatchlings from adjacent non-project beaches. Any source of bright lighting can profoundly affect the orientation of hatchlings, both during the crawl from the beach to the ocean and once they begin swimming offshore. Hatchlings attracted to light sources on dredging barges may not only suffer from interference in migration, but may also experience higher probabilities of predation to predatory fishes that are also attracted to the barge lights. This impact could be reduced by using the minimum amount of light necessary (may require shielding) or iow pressure sodium lighting during project construction. Indirect effects: Many of the direct effects of beach disposal may persist over time and become indirect impacts. These indirect effects include future sand migration, changes in the physical characteristics of the beach, the formation of escarpments, and the consequences of increased beachfront development. Future sand displacement on nesting beaches is a potential effect of the proposed beach disposal. The relocation of the natural inlet to an artificially maintained channel will serve as a sand sink and alter the existing movement of sand in the longshore transport system. Over the years of project life, area beaches may experience excessive recession as a result of artificially maintaining an inlet channel. Such recession would reduce suitable set turtle nesting habitat. While New Hanover County will attempt to move the sand from channel maintenance dredging to a location within 10,000 ft of the new channel, the success of these remedial actions over many years cannot be assured. If the material placed on the beach is dissimilar from the original beach sand, sediment disposal may result in ehanaes in sand density (compaction), beach shear resistance (hardness), beach moisture content, and beach slope (Nelson and Dickerson; 1988x). Physical characteristics of the sand such as color, train size, grain shape, and grain mineral content may also be changed. These changes could result in adverse impacts on nest site se]ection, digging behavior; clutch. viability, and emergence 6y hatchlings (Nelson and Dickerson, 1987; Nelson, 1988). Beach compaction and unnatural beach profiles that may result from beach disposal activity could negatively impact sea turtles regardless of the timing of projects. Very fine sand and/or the use of heavy machinery can. cause sand compaction on nourished beaches (Nelson et al'., 1987; Nelson and Dickerson, 1988x). Significant reductions in nesting success (i.e., false crawls occurred more frequently) have been documented on severely compacted nourished beaches (Fletemeyer, 1980; Raymond, 1984; Nelson and Dickerson, 1987; Nelson et at., 1987), and increased false crawls may result in increased physiological stress to nesting females. Sand compaction may increase the length of time required for female sea turtles to excavate nests and also cause increased physiological stress to the animals (Nelson and Dickerson, 1988c). Nelson and Dickerson (1988b) concluded that, in general; beaches nourished from offshore borrow sites are harder than natural beaches, and while some may soften over time through erosion and accretion of sand, others may remain hard for 10 years or more. These impacts can be minimized by using suitable sand and by tilling the beach after nourishment if the sand becomes compacted, The level of compaction of a beach can be assessed by measuring sand compaction using a cone penetrometer (Nelson, 1987). Tilling of a nourished beach may reduce the sand compaction to levels comparable to unnourished beaches. However, a pilot study by Nelson and 96 Dickerson (1988c) showed that a tilled nourished beach will remain uncompacted for up to one year. Therefore, the Service requires multi-year beach compaction monitoring and, if necessary, tilling to ensure that project impacts on sea turtles are mmrmized. A root rake with tines at least 42 inches long and less than 36,inches apart pulled through the sand is recommended for compacted beaches. Service policy calls for beaches to be tilled if compaction levels exceed 500 psi. A change in sediment color on a beach could change the natural incubation temperatures of nests within an area, which, in nirn, could alter natural sex ratios. To provide the most suitable sediment for nesting sea turtles, the color of the nourished sediments must resemble the natural beach sand in the area. Natural. reworking of sediments and bleaching from exposure to the sun would help to lighten dark nourishment sediments; however, the timeframe for sediment mixing and bleaching to occur could be critical to a successful sea turtle nesting season. On nourished beaches; steep escarpments may develop along water line interfaces as the beaches adjust from the unnatural, construction profile to a more natural beach profile (USAGE, 1984; Nelson et al., 1987). These escarpments can hamper or prevent access to nesting sites. Researchers have shown that female turtles coming ashore to nest can be discouraged by the formation of an escarpment, leading to situations where they choose marginal or Lmsuitable nesting areas to deposit eggs (e.g., in front of the escarpments, which often results in failure of nests due to prolonged tidal inundation).. This impact can be minimized by leveling any escarpments prior to the nesting season. Beach disposal of project dredge material would constitute a form of beach nourishment tivithin the project area. Pilkey and Dixon (1996) write that beach replenishment frequently leads to more development in greater density within shorefront communities that are then left with a future of further replenishment or more drastic stabilization measures. Dean (1999) also notes that the:very existence of a beach nourishment project can encourage more development in coastal areas. Following; completion of a beach nourishment project in Miami during 1982, investment in new and updated facilities substantially increased tourism there (NRC; 1995). Increased building density immediately adjacent to the beach often resulted as older buildings were replaced by much larger ones that accommodated more beach users. Overall, shoreline n~ranagement creates an upward spiral of initial protective measures resulting in more expensive development which leads to the need for more and larger protective measures. Increased shoreline development may adversely affect sea ttu-tle nesting success. Greater development may support larger populations ofmammalian predators, such as foxes and raccoons, than undeveloped areas (NRC, 1990), and can also result in greater adverse effects due to artificial lighting, as discussed above. Piping Plover Beneficial effects: The Service is not aware of any substantial beneficial effects of the action within the project area for piping plovers. A fleeting net increase in piping plover habitat post-construction could occur if bayside flats behind the plugged inlet continue to furnish foraging habitat while the newly constructed inlet also results in limited new intertidal flats. However, the newly created bayside flats and sand spit will likely be subject to an increase in disturbance from recreationists (discussed below). Direct effects: The construction operation (i.e., inlet relocation, inlet and-creek dredge, and disposal of sand) would extend through most of one piping plover breeding season (2001) and the maintenance disposal operation would extend through approximately 6 to 10 seasons durintr the life of the project (estimated at 1 dredging/3-~ years for 30 years). Heavy machinery and equipment (e.g., trucks and bulldozers operating on project .area beaches, the placement of the hydraulic pipeline along the beach, 34 i.d and sand disposal) may also adversely affect migrating piping plovers by disrupting normal beach uses such as resting and feeding, causing birds to expend vahiable energy reserves. In addition; beaches that have recently received sand could have fewer invertebrates as a food source than natural beaches. The project will also eliminate approximately 11,812,500 ft~ (approximately 271.? acres) of piping plover nesting, resting, and foraging habitat by relocating and stabilizing the new inlet channel, installing a sand plug in the existing inlet, dredging sediment traps on each side of the new channel, dredging Mason Creek, mining sand by excavating a 17.5-acre sediment basin on the eastern end of Mason Creek; and disposing dredged sediments within the sand spit area: By stabilizing the new inlet channel within a narrowly defined corridor and preventing the dynamic and natural coastal processes (e.g.; overwash, inlet migration, etc.) from occurring, a majority of this area will be subject~to succession (i.e., the colonization of vegetation communities) thereby rendering it unsuitable and uninhabitable for this species for the life of the project. Currently; an extensive portion of the project action area is suitable habitat for nesting, resting, and foraging plovers, and the constant creation and formation of new habitats ensures the species has adequate foraging resources available necessary for its survival. While additional, potential nesting and resting habitat will be created on the northern end of Wrightsville Beach, this area will likely receive heavy human and animal traffic which could destroy piping plover nests or flush adults from the nests leaving the eggs open to predation or exposure to the elements. Likewise, the loss of this habitat could lessen the available foraging habitat necessary to sustain overtivintering birds, forcing them to .seek suitable habitat outside of the project area. The displacement of these birds could, in turn, affect areas which other birds utilize by reducing their available roosting and/or foraging habitat and increasing intraspecific competition. Indirect effects: Sand placement on area beaches may reduce the occurrence of ovenvash areas. Piping plovers nest on such overwash areas that are created by the flotiv of water 'through the primary dune line. Water flowing through the dune deposits sand on barrier flats and marshes depending on the storm magnitude and the width of the beach. Cross island ovenvashes create and maintain intertidal bayside flats that are valuable shorebird foraging habitats. Nests may be established on the portion of storm- created areas and adjacent areas that are relatively dry during the nestinlg season, and the birds may feed on those portioris that stay moist (USFWS, 1996a). These moist areas are key to plover feeding during migration and overwirrtering as well. Displacement of sand from the nativ inlet during construction and maintenance dredging robs material from the tidal deltas that form prime intertidal foraging habitats at naturally functioning inlets. The combined effects of removing sand that would normally form intertidal flats from the new inlet and depositing it along the barrier island beach where it will impede ovei-vvash will be perpetuated over the project life, and are likely to persist for some years thereafter, even if inlet maintenance ceases. Furthermore; these impacts will occur in a region where prime habitats formed by naturally functioning inlets are already severely reduced by past and on-going projects. Thus, options for affected plovers to find suitable alternative habitats in the vicinity are already limited. Repetitive beach disposal of dredge sediments is likely to adversely affect beach invertebrate populations, a food source for piping plovers. These populations are a key facet of the coastal food tiveb, and therefore decreased species abundances would reduce the prey base for shorebirds, surf fishes, and beach invertebrate macrofauna. Once maintenance dredging begins, Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach would receive additional sand placements on a .i- to 5-year cycle for approximately 3Q years. This periodic beach disposal of dredged material over many years may permanently depress beach invertebrate populations (Donoghue, 1999); especially on Figure Eight Island where most of the dredged materials will be deposited. Th~_is, the project may reduce foraging habitat for nesting, migrating; and 9~ >> overvvintering plovers. Piping plovers that cannot find sufficient food within the project area would be forced to~move to feeding sites outside the actual sediment disposal areas. Beach invertebrates may take a year or more to recover from beach disposal (Reilly and Bellis, 1978; Donoghue, 1999). The long term impacts of these repetitive sand placements on beach invertebrates and the shorebirds which feed on them is uncertain, but is most likely to be a degradation of habitat value. Impacts on piping plover survival rates are likely to be more severe during periods of peak energetic demand including the first weeks after hatching, during migration, and during and after harsh winter weather. As discussed above, the displacement of birds from the project area could also negatively affect nearby birds by congregating animals in areas and reducing available feeding or roosting habitats. In addition, piping plovers may also be adversely affected.by firture development,.. increased commercial and recreational use of the inlet; and by increased human and pet traffic disturbance. While it is likely that future development within the project area would be limited due to building and lot size restrictions that are normally associated with inlet hazard areas (15A NCAC 07H .0310), past development within the action area has. created the situation that necessitates the proposed action. Furthermore, the current inlet area will be under ownership of three separate proprietors and the likelihood of implementing future restrictions will undoubtably become complicated. C. Species' Response to the Proposed Action Seabeach !~,naaranth Dredging a new inlet channel through existing high ground will result in the destruction of any plants within the area of construction operations. In addition, the disposal of dredged sediments on project beaches could bury existing plants if the disposal operations are conducted during the growing season. Sediment disposal on beaches, however, can have positive impactson this species. Although more study is needed before the long-term impacts can be accurately assessed, several populations are shotivn to have established themselves on beaches receiving dredged sediments, and have thrived through subsequent applications of dredged material (Wealaey and Bucher, 1992). $~~~est ~nclian Manatee Dredging operations conducted during the warm `eater summer months may injure or kill manatees if individuals are present within the area of operation. Dredge and sediment disposal activities may also destroy areas of aquatic vegetation, the manatee's food source. However, boat strikes resulting from the dredging operations are most likely to be the major cause of injury or death to manatees. The disposal of dredged sediments at'any time of the year are likely to have little affect on transient manatees. lea T'rartles Ernest and Martin (1999) conducted a comprehensive study to assess the effects of beach nourishment on ' .loggerhead sea turtle nesting and reproductive success. The following findings illustrate sea turtle . responses to and recovery from a sediment disposal project. A significantly larger proportion of turtles emerging on nourished beaches abandoned their nesting attempts than hirtles emerging on Control or pre- nourished beaches. This reduction in nesting success was most pronounced during the first year following project construction and is most likely the result of changes in physical beach characteristics ~' y 36 ~~ associated with the sediment disposal project (e.g., beach profile, sediment grain size, beach compaction, frequency and extent of escarpments). During the first post-construction year, the time required for turtles to excavate an egg chamber on the untitled, hard-packed sands of one treatment area increased significantly relative to Control and background conditions. However, in another treatment area, tilling was effective in reducing sediment compaction to levels that did not significantly prolong digging times. As nahtral processes reduced compaction levels on nourished beaches during the second post- construction year, digging times returned to background levels. During the first post-construction year, nests on the nourished beaches were deposited significantly farther from both the toe of the dune and the tide line than nests on Control beaches. Furthermore, nests were distributed throughout all available habitat and were not clustered near the dune as they were in the Control. As the width of nourished beaches decreased during the second year, among-treatment differences in nest placement diminished. More nests were washed out on the wide; flat beaches of the nourished treatments than on the narrower steeply sloped beaches of the Control. This phenomenon persisted through the second post-construction year monitoring and resulted from the placement of nests near the seaward edge of the beach berm where dramatic profile changes, caused by erosion and scarping, occurred as the beach equilibrated to a more natural contour. As with other beach nourishment projects, Ernest and Martin (1999) found that the principal effect of sediment disposal on sea turtle reproduction was a reduction in nesting success during the first year following project construction. Although most studies have attributed this phenomenon to an increase in beach compaction and escarpment formation, Ernest and Martin indicate that changes in beach profile may be more important. Regardless, as a nourished beach is rewarked by natural processes in subsequent years and adjusts from an unnatural construction profile to a more natural beach profile, beach compaction and the frequency of escarpment formation decline, and nesting and nesting success return to levels found on natural beaches. Piping 'lover Limited information is available on the specific effects of dredge and disposal projects on nesting, migrating, and wintering pipintr plovers. Most research has focused on the general impacts of human disturbance {e.g.; Burger, 1991; 1994; Collazo et al., 1990, or other measurable impacts to resources used by plovers (e.ff., Reilly and Bellis, 1978; Donoghue, 1999). However, the results of human d-isturbance are closely related to the indirect effects of a dredge and disposal project on piping plovers. Habitat loss and disturbance associated with human development are the most frequently cited causes of the decline of the species. Dredge and disposal operations can be beneficial or detrimental to plovers depending on the timing and location of the operations. If nesting habitat is more limited than nearby foraging habitat, the deposition of dredged material can be beneficial to nesting plovers. A project may improve the quality and availability of nesting habitat if the spoil material results in the creation of areas that are higher, wider, and less vegetated than the pre-disposal site. However, the disposal operation often increases the use of the area by humans, which results in an increase inhuman-caused disturbance of adults and juveniles or mortality of egos and chicks. In general, coastal development-and stabilization activities degrade nesting, roosting, and foraging habitats used by piping plovers by altering the natural processes of beach dune and inlet erosion and accretion. The construction of recreational, residential, and commercial structures not only physically alters or covers the habitat, but the increase in human and pet and feral animal use of the beaches generates greater disturbance of plovers using those Habitats. 100 ~7 The geographical location of North Carolina makes it unique in its use of habitats by piping plovers during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. However, additional data are required before conclusions can be drawn on the specific impacts a dredged and disposal project might have on nesting, migrating, and wintering piping plovers. V. Cumulative >Effects Cumulative effects include the effects of future State, tribal, local, or private actions that are reasonably certain to occur in the action area considered in this biological opinion. Future Federal actions that are unrelated to the proposed action are not considered in this. section because they require separate consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Act. While some future beach nourishment may be funded or carried out by State or local governments or private groups, the Service is not aware of any specific projects under consideration within the action area, However, the Service is aware of the permitted project to dredge 1v1:YOn Creek/Rich Inlet and dispose of the material on the northern shoreline of Figure Eight Island. While this project will likely increase the amount of sediment in the'longshore transport system, thereby potentially increasing the migration rate of the inlet and the frequency and magnitude of dredging activities at Mason Inlet, this 'project was permitted through the Corps' Regulatory permit process and was subject to a separate consultation pursuant to section % of the Act. beach bulldozing and sandbagging (i.e.; above the high tide line and not requiring a Federal permit). by private individuals or local Groups and governments is another activity that may adversely affect species -using project area beaches. The purpose of the proposed beach disposal is to protect beachfront buildings; however, the effort creates the impression that beachfront property will be protected from time to time by government action. In the periods between beach nourishment activities, beachfront property owners may feel compelled to provide their own interim protection. These interim protective measures may include small-scale beach bulldozing or sandbagging to create small barriers bettiveen the ocean and beachfront homes. These activities impede habitat creation and maintenance. `Bulldozing and sandbagging have occurred before and after storms in the recent past on both Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach and is likely to continue.in the fiitzire. seabeach Arnarantla -Following storms private individuals and local governments may undertake relatively small-scale beach bulldozing and/or sandbagging operations. Such activities can destroy seabeach amaranth plants by trampling or burial. West Indian IV'lanatee -Increased water-related recreational activities, such as boating and fishing, may seasonally effect transient manatees using the wateztivays within the project area during the summer months. Collisions with manatees from boats or personal watercraft could harm, harass, injure, or kill individuals. Sea 'I'u~-tles - As with seabeach amaranth, beach bulldozing and sandbagging while sea turtle nests are present on action area beaches has the potential to destroy these nests or create artificial barriers that prohibit hatchlings from reaching the shore In addition, beach bulldozing activities could create escarpments and sandbags could create barriers that hinder females from accessing suitable nesting habitat. 3~ ~ ~ 10_.1. Sand fencing, if improperly constructed, could prevent female turtles from reaching suitable nesting areas or trap them while returning to the ocean. In addition, sand fencing can trap and prevent hatchlings from reaching the ocean after emerging from the nests. Piping Plover -Beach bulldozing and sandbagging may also affect piping plovers by reducing populations of beach invertebrates used as a food source and creating artificial barriers to movement of chicks. Beach bulldozing can also destroy plover nests if conducted during the nesting season and in areas used as shelter during the migrating and wintering seasons. "The greatest impact of sandbagging and bulldozing, however, is that these activities prevent overwash and the creation of new nesting, roosting, and foraging habitats. As stated above, the stabilization of the new inlet channel and creation of the sand spit on the north end of Wrightsville Beach~will be more readily accessible by beach-goers and residents. The increased recreationist and animal traffic could result in the destruction of eggs and nests and the flushing of birds from their nests exposing the eggs or young to predators and the elements. In addition, birds may be flushed from protective habitats during the migrating or wintering seasons. Sand fencing could alsoadversely affect piping plovers by altering the geomorphology of the beach, creating dunes were they might othe;tivise not occur. This activity adversely modifies and/or converts suitable nesting, resting, and foraying habitat and prevents the formation of suitable habitat through. natural processes. Small scale development not affected. by the restrictions associated with inlet hazard areas could occur within the species' nesting, resting, or foraging habitat. The loss'of these habitats could result in the displacement of birds to sites less suitable for sustaining or recovering the species. ~. Concla~sion After reviewing the current status of seabeach amaranth; the manatee; loggerhead and green sea turtles, and the piping plover, the environmental baseline for the action area, the effects of the proposed ivlason Inlet Relocation Project and tiie cumulative effects, it is the 5ervice's biological opinion that the Nlason Inlet Relocation Project, as proposed; is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of seabeach amaranth, the manatee; loggerhead and green sea turtles, and the piping plover. Critical habitat has not been designated for seabeach amaranth, the manatee; or loggerhead and green sea turtles in North Carolina; therefore; none would be affected. The Service proposed to designate critical habitatfor wintering piping plovers on July 6, 2000 (65 FR 41782). A final decision on the designation of critical habitat for this species should be published in the Federal Register by July 6, 2001. Comments on the effects of the proposed project on the proposed designation of critical habitat for this species are included in the conference opinion. If critical habitat is formally designated, the conference opinion may be considered the Service's final opinion on the proposed project. The proposed project will affect approximately 28.4 acres (11.49 ha; 3.1%) of the approximate 922 acres of seabeach amaranth habitat in North Carolina; an undeterminable amount of aquatic habitat within Mason Inlet and surrounding Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island seasonally utilized by the _ manatee in North Carolina, approximately 20.4 linear miles (32.8 km; 6.4%) of beachfront and inlet shoreline of the approximate 320 miles (515 km) of available sea turtle nesting habitat in North Carolina, and approximately 20.7 linear miles (26? km; 13.5%) of sand spits and sand and mud flats of the ~~ 102 39 ..,~ approximate 153 linear miles (247 km) of piping plover habitat in North Caroiii~a. Research has shown ~, that the principal effect of beach nourishment on sea turtle reproduction is a reduction in nesting success, and this reduction is most often limned to the first year following project construction. Research has also shown that the impacts of a nourishment project on sea turtle nesting habitat are typically short-term because a nourished beach will be reworked by natural processes in subsequent. years, .and beach. compaction and the frequency of escarpment formation will decline. Inlet dredging and sediment disposal impacts on nesting, foraging, and roosting piping plovers also are expected to be short-term; however, the severity of the effects increase with repetitive activities, especially when they do not allow the natural dynamism of the environment to occur. Although a variety of factors, including some that cannot be controlled, can influence how a nourishment project-will perform from an engineering perspective, measures can be implemented to minimize impacts to seabeach amaranth, manatee, sea turtles, and piping plover. ~I®i~I~~i'~'~'AL ~'A~ 5'~'A'~'~M~~~' Section 9 of the Act and Federal regulation pursuant to section 4{d) of the Act prohibit the take of endangered or threatened species, respectively, tivithout special exemption.. Take is defined as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound; kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. Harm is further defined by the Service to include significant habitat modification or degradation that results in death or injury to listed species by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding, or sheltering. Harass is defined by the Service as intentional or negligent actions that create the likelihood of injury to listed species to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavior patterns which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering. Incidental take is defined as take that is incidental to, and not the purpose of the carrying out of an othe~nvise lawfiil activity°. Under the terms of section 7(b){4) and section 7(0)(2); taking that is incidental to and not intended as part of the agency action is not considered to be prohibited taking under the Act .provided that such taking is in compliance lvith the terms and conditions of this incidental take statement. The measures described below are non-discretionary, and must be undertaken by the Corps so that they become binding conditions of any grant or permit issued to New Hanover County, as appropriate, for the exemption u1 section 7(0)(2) to apply. The Corps has a continuing duty ~to regulate the activity covered by this incidental take statement. If the Corps (1) fails to assume and implement the terms and conditions or {2) fails to require New Hanover County to adhere to the terms and conditions of the incidental take statement through enforceable terms that are added to the permit or grant document, the protective coverage of section 7(0)(2) may lapse. In order to monitor the impact of incidental take, the Corps or New Hanover County must report the progress of the action and its impacts ou the species to the Service as specified in the incidental take statement (50 CFR § 402.14(1)(3)). AMOUNT OR EXTENT OF INCIDENTAL TAKE seabeach r~m~ranth -Sections 7(b)(4) and 7(0)(2} of the Act generally do not apply to listed plant species. However; limited protection of listed plants from take is provided to the extent that the Act prohibits the removal and reduction to possession ofFederally-listed endangered plants or the malicious damage of such plants on areas under Federal jurisdiction, or the destruction of endangered plants on non-Federal areas in violation of State law or regulation or in the course of any violation of a State criminal trespass law, .Applicable provisions of the North Carolina Plant Protection and Conservation Act {GS 106-202.12 to 202.22) should be followed. ~ ~0 103 West Indian i~"Ianatee -The Service is not including an incidental take authorization for marine mammals at this time`because the incidental take of marine mammals has not been authorized under section 101(a)(5) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and/or its 1994 Amendments. Following `•../ issuance of such regulations or authorizations, the Service may amend.this biological opinion to include, an incidental take statement for marine mammals, as appropriate. Sea'I'urtles -The Service anticipates approximately 4.5 linear miles of nesting beach habitat on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach could be taken as a result of this proposed action. Based on the review of biological information and other information relevant to this action, incidental take is anticipated to be in the form of: (1) destruction of all sea turtle nests that may be constructed and eggs . that may be deposited and missed by a nest survey and egg relocation program within the boundaries of the proposed project; (2) destruction of all sea turtle nests deposited when a nest survey and egg relocation program is not required to be in place within the boundaries of the proposed project; (3) reduced hatching success due to egg mortality during relocation and adverse conditions at the relocation site; (4} harassment in the form of disturbing or interfering with female turtles attempting to nest within the construction area or on adjacent beaches as a. result of construction activities; (5) disorientation of hatchling turtles on beaches adjacent to the construction area as they emerge from the nest and crawl. to the water as a result of project lighting; (6) behavior modification of nesting females due to escarpment . formation within the project area during a nesting season, resulting in false crawls or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas to deposit eggs; and. (7) destruction of all nests destroyed as a result of escarpment leveling within a nesting season when such leveling has been approved by the.Service. Incidental take is anticipated for only the 4.5 linear miles of nesting beach habitat on Figure Eight .Island and Wrightsville Beach that have been identified for sediment disposal and inlet relocation. The .Service anticipates incidental take of sea turtles will be difficult to detect for the following reasons: (1) turtles nest primarily at night and.all nests are not found because (a) natural factors, such as rainfall, wind, and tides may obscure crawls, and (b) human-caused factors; such as pedestrian traffic, may obscure crawls, and result in nests being destroyed because they were missed during a nesting survey and egg relocation program; (2) the total number of hatchlings per undiscovered nest is unknown; (3) the reduction in percent hatching. and emerging success per relocated nest over the natural nest site is unknown; (4) an unknown number of females may avoid the project beaches and be forced to nest in a less than optimal area; (5) lights may u'isorient an unknown number of hatchlings and cause death; and, (6) escarpments may form and cause an unknown number of females from accessing a suitable nesting site. However, the level of take of these species can be anticipated by the disturbance of suitable turtle nesting beach habitat because: (1) turtles nest within the project site; (2) sediment disposal will likely occur during a portion of the nesting season; (3) the sediment disposal project will modify the incubation substrate, beach slope, and sand compaction; and, (4) artificial lighting will disorient nesting females and hatchlings. Piping Plovers -Based on historic use of the project area by breeding piping plovers, the Service anticipates approximately 27,562,500 ft- (63~ acres) of nesting, foraging, and roosting habitats on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach could be taken as a result of this proposed action. Based on the review of biological information and other information relevant to this action, take is anticipated to be in the form of: (1) harassment resulting in the Loss of nesting oppoc-tunities within the project area that are designated to receive sand placement or be dredged due to disturbances associated with construction activities; (2) harassing, disturbing, or interfering with piping plovers attempting to nest, forage, or roost within the project area or on adjacent beaches as a result of construction activities; (3) harassing, disturbing, or interfering with piping plovers attempting to nest, feed, or roost within the project area or 104 ~l on adjacent beaches as a result of increased recreational, pedestrian or animal traffic; (4) behavior modification of piping plovers due to disturbances associated with construction activities within the project area during the nesting season, resulting in failed nest attempts or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas; and; (5) decreased survivorship of nesting piping plovers due to diminished quantity and quality of foraging habitats at the newly created inlet, compared with flood tidal deltas at naturally functioning and migrating inlets. No incidental take is anticipated, nor exempted, for the death of an individual breeding bird or the abandonment or destruction, of active piping plover nests. Should an active nest be found, protective measures detailed tinder the terms and conditions shall be implemented. The Service also anticipates approximately 27,562,500 ft' (633_ acres) of foraging and roosting habitat on ~~Irightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island and an undeterminable amount of foraging gild roosting habitat on Lea and Hutaff Islands, Figure Eight Is}and; Wrightsville Beach., and Nlasonboro Island could be taken as a result of this proposed action. This habitat loss equates to an undeterminable number of piping plovers that could be taken (harassed) annually curing the non-breeding season. Non-breeding season impacts are expected because (1) piping plovers migrate and overwinter within the action area; (2) the effects of the inlet relocation will likely occur during a portion of the migrating and wintering seasons; and, (3) the inlet relocation project will modify the hydrology, beach slope, and habitats utilized for feeding and roosting by the plovers. The Service anticipates incidental take of non-breeding piping plovers will be particularly difficult to detect because: (1) migrating and wintering plovers are not as easy to identify as breeding birds because they lose some of the markings associated with their breeding plumage and often congregate with other similar looking shorebirds; (2) the effects of intraspecifi'c competition are difficult to measure; and, {3) reduction in reproductive success on the breeding grounds will be ~d~ifficult to measure if the plover on the wintering grounds is unidentifiable (no bands present). Based on the review of biological information. and other information relevant to this action, incidental take is anticipated to be in the form of: (1) harassing, disturbing, or interfering with piping plovers attempting. to forage or roost within the project area or on adjacent beaches as a. result of increased recreational, pedestrian or animal traffic; (2) behavior modification of piping plovers during the migrating and wintering seasons due to disturbances associated with construction ar~d subsequent maintenance activities within the project area, resulting in excessive energy expenditures, displacement of individual birds, increased foraging behavior, or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable resting or foraging areas; and, (3) decreased survivorship of migrating and wintering piping plovers dtle to diminished quantity and quality of foraging~habitats at the newly created inlet, compared with flood tidal deltas at naturally fimctionina and migrating inlets. No incidental take is anticipated, nor exempted, for the death of an individual non-breeding bird.4 The Serf~ice will not refer the incidental take of any migratory bird for prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, as amended (16 USC § 703-712), if such take is in compliance with the terms and conditions (including amount and/or number) specified herein. EFFECT OF THE TAKE In the accompanying. biological opinion, the Service determined that this level of anticipated take is not Likely to result in jeopardy to seabeach amaranth, the manatee, loggerhead and green sea turtles,. or the piping plover. 4 REASONABLE AND PRUDENT MEASURES ~ 105 Reasonable and Prudent Measures: All Species The Service believes that the following reasonable and prudent measures are necessary and appropriate to minimize take of seabeach amaranth, the manatee; loggerhead and green sea turtles, and the piping plover: Only high-quality, beach-compatible sand should be disposed of on Figure Eight Island and/or Wrightsville Beach as part of the sediment disposal project; 2. If the construction phase, including inlet dredging and the disposal of dredged sediments, will be conducted during the seabeach amaranth growing season (April through September), surveys for seabeach amaranth shall be conducted prior to the start of any sediment disposal and again prior to any tilling operation. If plants are found within the area ofsediment disposal or filling. the plants shall be protected with an adequate buffer zone; The Corps and the applicant shall ensure that contractors doing the work fully understand the seabeach amaranth protection measures detailed in this opinion; If the project will be conducted during the summer months of June through October, observations for manatees shall be conducted to minimize the potential irr~pacts resulting from dredging operations. If manatees are observer within the area of dredging operations, avoidance measures will be taken to minimize impacts to the species; The Corps and the applicant shall ensure that contractors doing the work fully understand the manatee protection measures detailed in this opinion; If the construction phase, including inlet dredging and the disposal of dredged sediments, will be conducted during the sea turtle nesting season (May 1 through November 15), surveys for nesting turtles shall be conducted daily. If nests are constructed in the area of sediment disposal, the egos shall be relocated following the protocols of a nest relocation program approved of ~by the Commission and the Service; 7. Immediately after completion of the sediment disposal project and prior to the nest three nesting seasons, beach compaction will be monitored and tilling shall be conducted as required to reduce the likelihood of impacting sea turtle nesting and hatching activities; Tmmediately after completion of the sediment disposal project and prior to the next three nesting seasons, monitoring shall be conducted to determine if escarpments are present, and escarpments shall be leveled as required to reduce the likelihood of impacting sea turtle nesting and hatching activities; The Corps and the applicant shall ensure that contractors doing the work hilly understand the sea turtle protection measures detailed in this incidental take statement; 10. During the sea turtle nesting season, construction equipment and pipes shall be stored in a manner that will minimize impacts to sea turtles to the maximum extent practicable; 43 106 11. During the sea turtle nesting season, lighting associated with the project shall be minimized to reduce the:possibility of disrupting and disorienting nesting and/or hatchling sea turtles; 12. If the construction phase, including inlet dredging and the disposal of dredged sediments, will be conducted during the piping plover nesting season (April 1 through July 15); surveys for nesting plovers shall be conducted daily. If nests are constructed in the area of construction activities, the nests shall be protected tivith a fence and an adequate buffer zone following. the protocols of a nest protection program approved of by the Commission and the Service; 13. The Corps and the applicant shall ensure that contractors doing the work fully understand the piping plover protection measures detailed in this incidental take statement; 14. During the piping plover nesting season, construction equipment and associated materials shall be stored in a manner that will minimize impacts to piping plovers to the maximum extent practicable;. 15. In order to minimize impacts to piping plovers and bayside intertidal flats, sand and mud flats, and overwash areas of the sand spit preferred by this species, human and pet access to the sand spit north of Shell Island Resort shall be restricted; 16. In order to maximize overwash that maintains bayside intertidal flats preferred by. piping plovers in the vicinity of the inlet, sediments shall not be placed within 1000 ft of the location of the new inlet; 17. To the extent consistent with the location, scope, duration, and timing of the operations, the initial inlet construction and all beach disposal of sediments shall not be conducted in the vicinity of an area of high use (e.g., nesting, foraging; resting, roosting, etc.) by piping plovers. In order to achieve these goals, the Service believes that a program to monitor the use of the project area by piping plovers should occur prior to, concurrent with, and following the initial inlet . ~ _ construction'and all beach disposal activities. The program should not be limited to reproductive activities (territory formation, courtship, breeding, incubation, and broad rearing), but should also endeavor to quantify the value of the project area as overwintering and migratory hnbitat. 'TERMS A~iD CONDITIONS In -order to be exempt from the prohibitions of section 9 of the Act, the Corps must comply with the following terms and conditions; which implement thereasonable and prudent measures described above and outline required reporting/monitoring requirements. These terms and conditions are non-discretionary. 'Terrns and Conditions: All Species A report describing the actions taken to implement the terms and conditions of this incidental take statement shall be submitted~to the Service's Raleigh Field Office, Post Office Box 33726, Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726 within 60 days of completion of the proposed work for each year when dredging or disposal activities have occurred. This report will include the status of the four species - seabeach amaranth, nesting loggerhead and green sea turtles, and nesting, migrating, and wintering piping plovers -addressed in this opinion and any known impacts, either beneficial or adverse, of the 44 107 project upon completion of the construction phase and following each maintenance phase, inclusive of the years between each operational event. The dates of actual construction activities and the names and qualifications of personnel involved in species surveys should also be included. The biological and geographical scope of these reports shall not be limited to areas of actual disposal, but each report shall encompass all areas within the project action area. 'T'erms and Condations: Seabeach f4maranth Seabeach amaranth surveys shall be required if any portion of the sediment disposal project or tilling operation occurs during the period April 1 through September 30. Plant surveys shall be initiated prior to sediment disposal and/or tilling activities. If plants are discovered in areas tivhere they may be affected by sediment disposal, and/or tilling and construction activities. the plants shall be protected by an adequate buffer zone. The protected area shall not identify the plants to protect them from collectors, but shall be of adequate size to obscure the specific plant site. 'Terms and Condations: West Indaan Manatee The applicant will inform all personnel associated with the project that manatees may be present in the project area, primarily during the months June through October, and the need to avoid any harm to these endangered mammals. The applicant will ensure that all constnuction personnel know the general appearance of the species and their habit of moving about completely or partially submerged in shallow water. All construction personnel will be informed that they are responsible for observing water-related activities for the presence of manatees. The applicant will advise all construction personnel that there are civil and criminal penalties for harming, harassing; or killing manatees which are protected under-the Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended. If a manatee is seen within 300 ft of the active daily construction/dredging operation or vessel movement, all appropriate precautions shall be implemented to ensure protection of the manatee. The precautions shall include the operation of all moving equipment no closer than 50 ft of a manatee. Operation of any equipment closer than 50 ft to a manatee shall necessitate immediate shutdown of the equipment. Activities will not resume until the manatee has departed the project area on its own volition. Manatees should not be herded away or harassed into leaving. 4. Any collision with and/or injury to a manatee will be reported immediately. The report must be made to the Service's Raleigh Field Office (919.856.4520), the Service's Law Enforcement Office (919.856.4786), and the Commission (Mr. David Alien, 252.448.1546) immediately, and dredging should be postponed until cause of injury or mortality can be determined and a revised dredging and or monitoring plan is produced and approved by the Service. A sign should be posted in all vessels associated with the project where it is clearly visible to the vessel operator. The sign should state: CAUTION: The endangered manatee may occur in these waters during the warmer months, primarily from June fnrouQh October. Idle speed is required if operating this 10~ ~5 vessel in shallow water during these months. All equipment must be shut down if a manatee comes with 50 ft of operating equipment. A collision with and/or injury to a . manatee will be reported immediately to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 919.856.4520 and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission at 252.448.1546 The applicant/contractor will maintain a log detailing sightings, collisions, or injuries to manatees during project construction. After construction, the applicant/contractorwlll prepare a report which summarizes all information on manatees during construction. This report will be submitted to the Service's Raleigh Field Office and the Commission. All vessels associated with the construction project will operate at "no wake/idle" speeds at all times while in water where the draft of the vessel provides Tess than four-foot clearance from the bottom. All vessels will follow routes of deep water whenever possible. If siltation barriers must be placed in shallow water, these barriers will be: (a) made of material in which manatees cannot become entangled; (b) secured in a manner that they cannot break free and entangle manatees; and, (c) regularly monitored to ensure that manatees have not become entangled. Barriers will be placed in a manner to allow manatees entry to or exit from essential habitat. '~'errns and Conditions: Sea B'urtles 1. All fill material placed on beaches shall be sand that is similar 'to that already existing at the beach site in both coloration and gain size distribution. All such fill material shall ~be free of construction debris, rocks, organic materials, or other foreign matter and shall generally not contain, on average, greater than 10 percent fines (i.e., silt and clay; passing the # 200 sieve) and shall not contain, on average, greater than 5 percent coarse gravel or cobble, exclusive of shell material (retained by the # 4 sieve). 2. Daily early morning sea turtle nesting surveys shall be required if any portion of the sediment disposal project occurs during the period from May 1 through November 15. Nesting surveys shall be ii7itiated 65 days prior to sediment disposal activities or by May 1, whichever is later. Nesting surveys shall continue through the end of the project or through November 15, whichever is earlier. If nests are constricted in areas where they may be affected by construction disposal activities, eggs shall be relocated per the following requirements. 2a. Nesting surveys and egg locations shall only be conducted by personnel with prior experience and training in nest survey and egg relocation procedures. Surveyors shall have a valid North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission permit. Nest surveys shall be conducted daily between sunrise and 9 a.m. Surveys shall be performed in such a , manner so as to ensure that construction and maintenance activities do not occur in any location prior to completion of the necessary sea turtle protection measures. 2b. Only those nests that may be affected by construction activities shall be relocated. Nests requiring relocation shall be moved no later than 9 a.m. the morning following deposition to a nearby self-release beach site in a secure setting where artificial lighting will not interfere with hatchling orientation. Nest relocations in association with 46 109 construction activities shall cease when construction activities no loner threaten nests. Nests deposited within the areas where construction activities have ceased or will not occur for 65 days shall be marked and left in place unless other factors threaten the success of the nest. Any nests left in the active construction zones shall be clearly marked, and all mechanical equipment shall avoid nests by at least 10 ft..The nest site shall also be cleared of materials or equipment that could potentially, block passage of hatchlings from leaving the nest and approaching the ocean. , Immediately after completion of sediment placement on beaches and prior to April 1 for three subsequent years, sand compaction shall be monitored in the placement area in accordance with a protocol agreed to by the Service, the State regulatory agency, New Hanover County, and the Corps. At a minimum, the protocol provided .under 3a and 3 b below shall be followed. If . required, the area shall be tilled to a depth of 36 inches. All tilling activity must be completed prior to April. 1. If the project is completed during the nesting season, tilling shall not be performed in areas where nests have been left in place or relocated. A report on the results of compaction monitoring shall be submitted to the Service prior to any tilling actions being taken. An annual summary of compaction surveys and the actions taken shall be submitted to the Service. This condition shall be evaluated annually and may be modified if necessary to address sand compaction problems identified during the previous year. (NOTE: The requirement for compaction monitoring can be eliminated if the decision is made to till regardless of post- construction compaction levels. Also, out-year compaction monitoring and remediation are not required if placed material no longer remains on the beach.) y 3a. Compaction sampling stations shaft be located at 500-ft intervals along the placement area. One station shall be at the seaward edge of the dune line (when material is placed in this area); and one station shall be midway between the dune line and the high water line (normal wrack line). , At each station, the cone penetrometer shall be pushed to a depth of 6, 12, and 18 inches three times (three replicates). Material may be removed from the hole if necessary to ensure accurate readings of successive levels of sediment. The penetrometer may need to be reset bettiveen pushes, especially if sediment layering exists. Layers of highly compact material may lay over less. compact layers. Replicates shall be located as close to each other as possible, without interacting with the previous hole and/or disturbed sediments. The three replicate compaction values for each depth shall be averaged to produce final values for each depth at each station. Reports shall include all 1 ~ values for each transect line, and the final sis averaged compaction values. 3b. If the average value for any depth exceeds 500 psi for any two or more adjacent stations, then that area shall be tilled immediately prior to April 1. If values eXCeedinu 500 psi are distributed throughout the placement area but in no case do those values exist at ttivo adjacent stations at the same depth, then consultation with the Service shall be required to determine if tilling is required. If a few values exceeding X00 psi are present randomly within the placement area, tilling shall not be required. 4. Sand compaction data shall be collected on beaches scheduled for sediment disposal prior to the disposal operation following the protocols described above. Such pre-disposal beach compaction data would establish a range of values for areas in which sea turtles actually nest. These data 110 47 would forma valuable baseline for comparison with post-disposal compaction values and could influence the necessity for post-disposal tilling. 5. Visual surveys for escarpments along the project area shall be made immediately after completion of the sediment placement and prior to April 1 for three subsequent years. Results of the surveys shall be submitted to the Service prior to any action being taken. Escarpments that interfere with sea turtle nesting or exceeds 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 ft shall be leveled to the natural beach contour by April 1. The Service shall be contacted immediately if subsequent reformation of escarpments that interfere with sea turtle nesting or exceeds 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 ft occurs during the nesting and hatching season to determine the appropriate action to be taken. If it is determined that escarpment leveling is required during the nesting or hatching season, the Service will provide a brief written authorization that describes methods to be used to reduce the likelihood of impacting existing nests. An annual summary of escarpment surveys and actions taken shall be submitted to the Service. {NOTE: Out-year escarpment monitoring and remediation are not required if placed material no longer remains on the beach.) 6. The applicant shall arrange a meeting between representatives of the contractor, the Service, the . Commission, and the permitted person responsible for egg relocation at least 30 days prior to the commencement of work on this project. At least 10 days advance notice shall be provided prior to conducting this meeting. This will provide an opportunity for explanation and/or clarification of the sea turtle protection measures. 7. From Mav I through November 15, staging areas for construction equipment shall be located ofF the beach to the maximum extent practicable. Nighttime storage of construction equipment not in use shall be off the. beach to minimize disturbance to sea turtle nesting and hatching activities. In addition,. all construction pipes that are placed on the beach shall be located as .far landward as . possible without compromising the integrity of the existing or reconstructed dune system. Temporary storage of pipes shall be off the beach to the maximum extent possible. Temporary storage of pipes on the beach shall be in such a manner so as to impactthe least amount of nesting habitat and shall likewise not compromise the integrity of tl~ze dune systems (placement of pipes perpendicular to the shoreline is recormended as the method of storage). From May 1 through November 15, all lighting associated with the project shall be limited to the immediate area of active construction only and shall be the minimal lighting necessary to comply with safety requirements. Shielded low pressure sodium vapor lights are recommended to minimize illumination of the nesting beach and nearshore waters. Lighting on offshore equipment shall be minimized through reduction, shielding, lowering, and appropriate placement. of lights to avoid excessive illumination of the water, while meeting all U.S. Coast Guard and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements. Shielded low pressure sodium vapor lights are highly recommended for lights on offshore equipment that cannot be eliminated. • A report describing the actions taken to implement the terms and conditions of this incidental take statement shall be submitted to Mr. David .Rabon of the Service's Raleigh Field Office within 60 days of completion of the proposed work for each year when activity has occurred. This report will include the dates of actual construction activities, names and qualifications. of personnel involved in nest surveys and relocation activities, descriptions and locations of self- release.beach sites, nest survey and relocation results, and hatching success of nests. 48 111 10. In the event a sea turtle nest is excavated during construction activities, the permitted person responsible for egg relocation for the project should be notified so the eggs can be moved to a suitable relocation site. ' 11. Upon locating a dead, injured, or a sick sea turtle specimen, initial notification must be made~to Mr. David Allen, Non-game Coastal Project Leader for the Commission, located in Trenton, NC at 252-448-1546 prior to transporting live debilitated turtles to a rehabilitation facility or disposing of carcasses. Care shall be taken in handling sick or injured specimens to ensure effective treatment and care and in handling dead specimens to preserve biological materials in the best possible state for later analysis of cause of death. In conjunction with the care of a sick or injured sea turtle or preservation of biological materials from a dead animal, the finder has the responsibility to ensure that evidence intrinsic to the specimen is not disturbed. ' The Service believes that incidental take of sea turtles will be limited to the 4.5 linear miles of nesting beach habitat on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach that has been identified for sapd placement. The reasonable and prudent measures, with their implementing terms and conditions, are designed to minimize the impact of incidental take that might otherwise result from the proposed action. The Service believes that no more than the following types of incidental take will result from theproposed action: (1) destruction of all sea turtle nests that may be constructed and eggs that may be deposited and missed by a nest survey and egg relocation program within the boundaries of the proposed project; (2) destruction of all sea turtle nests deposited during the period when a nest survey and egg relocation program' is not required to be in place within the boundaries of the proposed project; (3) reduced hatching success due to egg mortality during relocation and adverse conditions at the relocation site; (4) harassment in the form of disturbing or interfering tivith female turtles attempting to nest within the construction area or on adjacent beaches as a result of construction activities; (5) disorientation of hatchling turtles on beaches adjacent to the construction area as they emerge from the nest and crawl to the water as a result of project lighting; (6) behavior modification of nesting females due Ito escarpment formation within the project area during a nesting season, resulting in false crawls or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas to deposit egos; and, (7) destruction of all nests destroyed as a result of e~scarpme~nt leveling within a nesting season when such leveling has been approved by the Service. The amount or extent of incidental take for sea turtles will be considered exceeded if the project results in sediment disposal occurring more than 10 times (i.e., one initial construction operation occurring April 1 through July 15 during the sea turtle nesting season and nine maintenance operations occurring November 1 ~ through March 31 during the non-nesting season) on the 4.5 linear miles of beach shoreline on Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach identified for sand placement and inlet constriction. If, during the course of the action, this level of incidental take is exceeded, such incidental take represents new information requiring reinitiation of consultation gild review of the reasonable and prudent measures provided. The Federal action agency must immediately provide an explanation of the causes of the taking and review with the Service the need for possible modification of the reasonable and prudent measures. Terms and Conditions': Piping Plover 1. A monitoring program for breeding and non-breeding piping plovers must be implemented; daily during the construction phase and weekly (no less than every six days) when no activity is scheduled for the life of the project (i.e., 30 years). Monitoring of piping plovers must be initiated immediately upon issuance of a permit or letter of permission or by the start of 49 112 construction operations, vvhichever is earlier. A quarterly report must be prepared by the applicant on the previous breeding, migrating, and wintering season data and submitted to the Service and the Commission; an annual report must be submitted by April 30 of every year summarizing the previous year's data (through April 1 of the reporting year). The reports will be reviewed and.the scheduled. timing and/or frequency of surveys shall be adjusted accordingly. The Service and the Commission shall approve the timing of surveys, any protocol for selecting areas to be surveyed, any protective markings or symbolic fencing around nests, the establishment of protective buffer zones, and work restrictions within protective buffer zones. The applicant shall ensure that the monitoring program is adequately funded. (NOTE: If deemed appropriate based on collected data or new information, the Service can make the decision to end or modify the piping plover monitoring program.) Monitoring for piping plovers may be limited to those areas that match established criteria necessary for the survival of piping plovers (e.g., accreting areas at inlets; bayside, sand, and - mud flats;. or, recently disturbed areas such as washover areas), but should include all of Lea and Hutaff Islands, the northern and southern ends of Figure Eight Island, the northern and southern ends of Wrightsville Beach, and all of Masonboro Island. including their corresponding inlets - Rich, Mason, and Masonboro Inlets -and bayside flats. The monitoring of these areas is important to compare plover use of habitats with varying degrees of manipulation and observe trends in how this species responds to the resulting impacts of the proposed project. Monitoring should be conducted daily during the time of territory establishment, courtship, and copulation (March 15 through Julv 15) of the construction year or during the construction 'operations. In addition to nesting .pair counts and productivity data, monitoring of breeding sites sheuld include other information important to determine site protection needs. Whenever possible, data collection should include (USFWS, 1996x): a. dates when monitoring began and ended; b. nesting chronology (dates when plovers were first seen on the site, nest establishment dates, dates when unfledged chicks are present on the site); c. locations of nests and .brood foraging territories; d. known and suspected causes of nest and chick loss; e. indices of predator abundance; f. ,locations of commonly used foraging areas during each stage of the breeding cycle; and, y g. use of the site by post-breeding or migrating plovers. The applicant, in coordination with the Service and the Commission, should develop a plan to protect piping plover nests in the project area. The protective plan should implement appropriate protective measures (e.g., post and fence nest areas) to restrict access of people, animals, vehicles, and other machinery and/or equipment to nests and chicks, but not restrict movements of the adult and juvenile birds.. Typically, a buffer zone of approximately X00 ft (150 m) is required to protect nests and juveniles prior to fledging. Monitoring for non-breeding plovers should be conducted weekly (no less than every six days) during the migrating and the overwintering periods (July 15 through March 15) and year-round during years when no activity is scheduled. Piping plovers exhibit diurnal shifts in habitat use; therefore, observations should be conducted for the minimum amount of daylight hours; including 30 minutes after sunrise to 30 minutes before sunset, and should be evenly distributed throughout this period, including a wide range of tidal conditions and habitat types. The amount ~~ 50 11~ of time necessary to survey each site will depend on the amount and type of habitat to be covered; areas should be surveyed slowly and thoroughly. Monitoring piping plovers can be difficult because they appear to depend on a variety of habitats, and habitat use varies depending on tidal regime, weather conditions, season, and disturbance. Plovers are often found in tight clusters on prime feeding sites, and may be overlooked, especially in large shorebird concentrations. While some ornithologists find censussing of plovers on roosting habitat to be the most efficient (Fussell, 1990), an inexperienced eye may easily miss a cluster of roosting plovers because they are often huddled down in the sand or along the wrack line (Eubanks, 1992). Monitoring should not be conducted during poor weather (winds > 25 mph, heavy rain, severe cold) since birds may seek protected areas during these times. The Corps, the Service, and the Commission should coordinate on the exact data to be collected by the monitoring program. At the very least; these data should include: (1) the date, time, and location of each observation; (2) the number of birds seen; (3) the microhabitat of the occurrence (e.g., sand and mud flats, beach, etc.); (4) the activity of the birds (e.g., foraging, roosting, courtship, brooding rearing, etc.); and; (~) an_y visible markings or identifying features (i.e., leg bands). Observers should be able to recognize bands on piping plovers from any of the three breeding populations, but specifically the endangered Great Lakes population. The presence of birds from the Great Lakes population should be reported immediately to the Service and the Commission. The applicant, in coordination with the Corps and the Service, will devise and implement a plan to minimize the impacts to nesting piping plovers during the initial construction phase, to include: (1) minimizing the amount of heavy equipment in the project area at any given time; (2) not storing heavy equipment within the project area; {3) minimizing the spatial extent of the work area; and, (4) cordoning-off an area to remain undisturbed during construction activities. The applicant will design and implement a program, including enforcement, to limit access to tlae sand spit, sand and mud flats, and bayside flats within the project~area (southern Figure Eight Island and northern Wrightsville Beach) throughout the year upon completion of the construction operations. The restrictive access program shall consist of a barrier system, including a rope or fence partition and/or signs, clearly marking the area limiting human and/or pet admittance. In addition, the applicant shall enforce the program. The Service would be willing to assist in the development of restricted access signs. The implementation of the program must occur by the completion of the initial construction activities or July 15; 2001, whichever is earlier. 4. The person(s) responsible for monitoring piping plover nesting shall develop specific procedures for notifying the Service's Raleigh Field Office (ivlr: David Ration, 919.856.4520 extension 15), the Commission (Mr. David Allen; 252.443.1546), and the Corps (Messrs. Jeffrey Richter, 910.251.4636, or Keith Harris, 910.251.4631) in the event that construction activities result in the direct take (killing, harming, or maiming) of a piping plover. The Service, the Commission, and the Corps shall develop a standard protocol for handling dead piping plovers found during the monitoring program. This protocol shall be directed at determining the cause of death and ensuring that all banding data are recorded. St 114 The Service believes that incidental take of breeding pipinc plovers will be limited to the approximately 27,562,500 ft'` (633 acres) of nesting, foraging, gild roosting habitats on Figure Eight Tsland and Wrightsville Beach that have been identified for. initial construction operations. The Service also believes that incidental take of non-breeding piping plovers will be limited to an undeterminable amount of foraging and roosting habitats on Lea and Hutaff Islands, the northern and southern ends of Figure .Eight Island, the northern and southern ends of Wrightsville Beach, and l~Iasonboro Island, and their corresponding inlets -Rich, Mason, and Masonboro - and bayside fiats that have been identified within the action area. The reasonable and prudent measures, with their implementing terms and conditions, are designed to minimize the impact of incidental take that might otherwise result from the proposed action. The Service believes that no more than the following types of incidental take will result from the proposed action: (1) harassment resulting in the loss of nesting opportunities within the project area that are designated to receive sand placement or be dredged due to disturbances associated with construction activities and subsequent maintenance activities; (2) harassing, disturbing, or interfering with piping plovers attempting to nest, forage, or roost within the project area or on adjacent beaches as a result of construction activities and subsequent maintenance activities; (3) harassing, disturbing, or interfering with piping plovers attempting to nest, feed; or roost within the project area or on adjacent beaches as a result of increased recreational, pedestrian, or animal traffic; (4) behavior modification of piping plovers due to disturbances associated with construction activities within the project area during the nesting season, resulting in failed nest attempts or situations where they choose marginal or unsuitable nesting areas; (~) decreased survivorship of nesting piping plovers due to diminished quantity and quality of foraging habitats at the newly created inlet, compared with flood tidal deltas at naturally functioning and • migrating inlets; (6) behavior modification of piping plovers during the migrating and wintering seasons due'to dishu~banees associated with construction activities and subsequent maintenance activities within the project area, resulting in excessive energy expenditures, displacement of individual birds, increased foraging hehavior, or sihiations where they choose marginal or unsuitable resting or foraging areas; and, (8) decreased survivorship of migrating and wintering piping plovers due to diminished quantity .and quality of foraging habitats at the newly created inlet, compared with flood tidal deltas at naturally functioning and migrating inlets. The amount or extent of incidental take for piping plovers will be considered e~~ceeded if the project results in the dredging and sediment disposal occurring more than 10 tirnes (i.e., one initial construction operation occurring April 1 through Tuly I S during the piping plover. nesting season and nine maintenance operations occurring November 15 through ivlarch 31 during tl?e non-nesting season) on the approximately 27,562,500 ft- (633 acres) of foraging and roosting habitats on Figure Eight Island and W'riahtsville Beach that have been identified for the proposed dredge and sediment disposal operation. If, during the course of the action, this level of incidental take is exceeded, such incidental take represents new information requiring reinitiation of consultation and review of the reasonable and prudent measures provided. The Federal action agency must immediately provide an explanation of the causes of the taking and review with the Service the need for possible modification of the reasonable and prudent measures. . ~Vl \T i' 3.J10L11~Rt ~S ~11A®1 i after reviewing the current status of the piping plover; the environmental baseline for the action area, the effects of the proposed Mason Inlet Relocation Project and the cumulative effects, it is the Service's conference opinion that the Mason Inlet Relocation Project, as proposed, is not likely to destroy or adversely modify proposed critical. habitat for ovenvinterin~ piping plovers. $7 115 ~~l°'+TS'~~VA.'T~~~i ~®l'>~IVV~E~iI~A'TI~NS Section.7(a)(1) ofthe Act directs Federal action agencies to utilize their authorities to further the purposes of the Act by carrying out conservation programs for the benefit of endangered-and threatened species. Conservation recommendations are discretionary agency activities to minimize or avoid adverse effects of a proposed action on listed species or critical habitat, to help implement recovery plans, or develop information. For the benefit of seabeach amaranth, t11e Service recommends the following conservation recommendations: The applicant should monitor seabeach amaranth for a minimum of three years following sediment disposal activities on all actual or potential beach disposal sites in order to determine the status of the seabeach amaranth popillation in the action area and the effects that this project has on this species. Surveys should be conducted annually in late July or August so that the number of plants reaching reproductive age can be determined. This information should be used to direct future sediment disposal activities so that seabeach amaranth will not be impacted by future projects. A detailed report documenting the number and location of plants found should be submitted to the Service annually following each survey. 2. When sediments are scheduled for disposal of on project area beaches, the material should be placed in a manner which would not harm existing seabeach amaranth plants. These precautions would include efforts to prevent the deep burial of plants. Educational signs should be placed where appropriate at beach access points explaining the importance of seabeach amaranth for the stabilization of the dune system and/or the life history of seabeach amaranth in the area. For the benefit of sea turtles (loggerhead and green), the Service recommends the following conservation recommendations: Surveys for nesting silccess of sea turtles should be implemented for a minimum of three years following sediment disposal to determine whether sea turtle nesting success has been adversely impacted. A coordination meeting prior to the commencement of sea turtle nest monitoring should provide an opportunity for the applicant, the Service, and the Commission to discuss additional data collection during the program. This meeting should allow the discussion of data needs and funding possibilities for such measures as Global Positioning System coordinates for each crawl and fregiienc_y of tidal inundation for each nest. 2. Educational signs should be placed where appropriate at beach access points explaining the importance of the area to sea turtles andlor the life history of sea turtle species that nest in the area. 3. The Corps, in cooperation with coastal counties, the Service, and the Commission, should implement and enforce a lighting ordinance, management plan, and/or condition with each coastal county to eliminate or reduce the amount of artificial lighting effecting nesting sea turtles and/or hatchlings. V 116 5~ 4. Sand compaction data should be collected on all beaches scheduled for sediment disposal- prior to the disposal operation. Such pre-disposal beach compaction data would establish a range of values for areas in which sea turtles actually nest. These data would form a valuable baseline for comparison with post-disposal compaction values and could influence the necessity for post- disposal tilling. 5. In addition to monitoring sand compaction and escarpment formation,. the Corps, in cooperation with the Commission. and local sponsors of all sediment disposal projects in North Carolina; should design and fiord a research program to determine the long-term effects of beach disposal on sea turtle nesting success. This program would collect and analyze data on the physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of disposal and natural beaches and the data examined with regard to sea turtle reproductive success. The goal of the effort would be to develop methods for minimizing the adverse impacts of sediment disposal activities on sea turtle reproduction. For the benefit of the piping plover, the Service recommends the following conservation recommendations: L The Corps should endeavor to create and maintain suitable piping plover nesting, migrating, and overwintering habitat. Natural accretion at inlets should be allowed to remain. Accreting sand spits on bander islands provide excellent foraging habitat for nesting, migrating, and ovenvintering plovers. 2. The Corps should fund monitoring surveys for nesting, migrating, and wintering piping plovers on and around all beaches and inlets outside the.action area of this project that currently receive, orare scheduled to receive; aFederally-maintained sediment disposal or inlet dredging project. Thisdata would assist the Corps and the Service in determining the long-term impacts these routine activities have on this species and their seasonal use of these sites, and would be important in developing protective and operational measures to assist in recovery of the species. The goal of the effort would be to develop methods for minimizing the adverse impacts of sediment disposal and inlet dredging on piping plovers. A detailed report documenting the number and location of birds found and the behavior then were engaged in should'oe submitted to the Service annually following the wintering/migrating season. A conservation/education.fact sheet or display. sign would be helpful in educating local beach users about the coastal beach ecosystem and associated rare species. The fact sheet/sign could highlight the piping plovers life history and basic biology and ways recreationsts can assist in species protection efforts (e.g., avoiding nesting sites, keeping pets on a leash, removing-trash to sealed refuge containers, etc.). The Service would be willing to assist in the development of such a fact sheet/sign, in cooperation with the Commission, interested non-governmental stakeholders (i.e., National Audubon Society, North Carolina Coastal Land Trust), the Corps; and the other interested stakeholders (i.e., New Hanover County, prope~~ owners, etc.). In order for the Service to be kept informed of actions minimizing or avoiding adverse effects or' benefitting listed species or their habitats, the Service requests notification of the implementation of any conservation recommendations. 54 ITadITIA'TI~i'd I~®T~~'~ This concludes formal consultation and conference on the action outlined in your request for formal consultation/conference for the Mason Inlet Relocation Project. As provided in 50 CFR § 402.16, reinitiation of formal consultation is required where discretionary Federal agency involvement or control over the action has been retained (or is authorized by law) and if: (1) the amount or extent of incidental take is exceeded; (2) new information reveals effects of the agency action that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not considered in this opinion; (3) the agency action is subsequently modified in a manner that causes an effect to the listed species or critical habitat not considered in this opinion; or, (4) a new species is listed or critical habitat designated that may be affected by the action. In instances where the amount or extent of incidental take is exceeded, any operations causing such take must cease pending reinitiation. You may ask the Service to confirm the conference opinion as a biological opinion issued through formal consultation if the overwinter piping plover critical habitat is designated. The request must be in writing. If the Service reviews the proposed action and finds that there have been no significant changes in the action as planned or in the information used during the conference; the Service will confirm the conference opinion as the biological opinion on the project and no further section 7 consultation will be necessary. After designation of critical habitat for over<vintering piping plovers and any subsequent adoption of this conference opinion,~the Federal action agency shall request reinitiation ofeonsultation if: (1) the amount or extent of incidental take is e;~ceeded; (2) new information reveals effects of the agency action that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not considered in this opinion; (3) the agency action is subsequently modified~in a manner t11at cause's an effect to the listed species or critical habitat not considered in this opinion; or, (4) a new species is listed or critical habitat designated that may be affected by the action. The incidental take statement provided in the conference opinion does not become effective until the species is listed and the conference opinion is adopted as the biological opinion issued through formal consultation. At that time, the project will be revietived to determine whether any take of the habitat has occurred. Modifications of the opinion and incidental take statement may be appropriate to reflect that take. No take of the habitat may occur bettiveen the designation of critical habitat and the adoption of the conference opinion through formal consultation, or the completion of a subsequent formal consultation. We have assigned our log number Service IDm 00-0655 to this consultation; please refer to it in any future correspondence concerning this project. If you or your staff have any questions concerning this opinion, please contact Mr. David Rabon of the Raleigh Field Office at (919) 856.4520 extension 16, or via email at david_rabon@fws.gov. Sincerely yours; r. Garland B. Pardue Ecological Services Supervisor 118 ~~ ~% cc: New Hanover County, Wilmington, NC (Dave Weaver) ~°' . USFWS, Asheville, NC (Brian Cole) USFWS, Atlanta, GA (Cherry Green) USFWS,. 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On the consequences of timing, location and fish for hatchlin~s leaving open beach hatcheries. Pp. 155- 156 in Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, R. Byles and Y. Fernandez, compilers. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-412. FWS/R4:DRabon:3-14-01:919.856.4520eYtension 16:\9901052_B O,wpd • 64 12~ ~ ~ ~~ OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ~1ANAGER 320 CHESTNUT STREET, ROOM 502 WILMINCJTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28401-4045 TELEPHONE (919) 341-7139 F.~l.'~(919) 341-4a2~ JLdv 16, 2001 Keith Harris USACOE P. O. Box 9 890 Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 RE: Actions for Mason Inlet Relocation Project Dear NIr. 1-Iarris: ALLEN O'NEAL County Manager ANDREW J..4TK-NSON Deputy County Manager PATR-C-A A. MELV-N Assistant County Manager DAVID F. WEAL'ER Assistant County ivtanager 414 Chestnut Street, Koom 101 Telephone (91 U) 341-7 ] 39 Pay (970) 341-405 The following is a list of potential actions for the Mason Inlet Relocation Project. Some ofthe items, as specifically stated, are subject to final decision by the Board of County Commissioners antl other appropriate governing bodies. l) ~~rrch67sc of ~c~ai~ing ~'rncts on L,e~ ~s~~and There are signif cant efforts currently underway to acquire the remaining tracts of Lea Island to protect the island from any development and provide a natiu~al habitat for birds (see list ofproperties attached). The N.C. Coastal Land Trust is heading the effort, and IZ.mding is coming from a Coastal Wetlands gram from the Fish and Wildlife Service and the N.C. Natural Heritage Trust Fund. The parcels will be~ owned by the State of North Carlini and designated as i State Natural Area under jurisdiction of the Division of State Parks. However, State Parks will enter into a lease with the National Audubon Society to manage the property. Completion of the acquisitions should occur within the next two years. 2) Actions to be t~l:er~ by ~'ig~ire ~igt~t ~slansl. Figure Eight Island Homeowners Association has agreed to several actions that will. increase shorebird habitat in the area of Banks Channel as outlined in the 12~ Keith Harris Page Number Two July 16, 2001 attached letter. 3) restrictions of access to the north encl oI'the ~'owr~ of ~Iri~htsvilie ~e~cla. Once 1Vlason's Inlet is relocated to the north, it will create new areas for habitat between the inlet and the existing Shell Island area. This area north of Shell Island will be owned in three separate parcels by the County, Hutaff family, and the State. The County will own a 1000-foot corridor encompassing the new inlet. The Hutaff Family Trust will own the property between this corridor and the existing inlet. The State of North Carolina will own the property comprised of the filled-in inlet. The County has. already cleternlined that it will not permit Bevel®pment within i`ts 1000-foot corridor. Further, the County, is very willing to manage its property and the State property based on a plan to be developed to meet mixed-use needs of conservation and beach access. The plan will be developed with and meet the objectives of Federal and State agencies. In addition, the State will protect its portion from future development and lil~ely .provide a conservation easement over this property. {See letter from State Property Office). The Hutaff family property will also be protected from development. The County has a 30-year option to purchase a construction easement on this property and ~viil exercise its option each time maintenance of the inlet is necessary. ~ The easement will prevent any development on the Hutaff property. In~ addition, the County will continue to pursue conservation easements on the Hutaff property, although there is no immediate clear hope for success. The County would manage these areas, and its management program would include: a. Directional fencing and educational signage will be installed and maintained by the County to control access and to educate the public. The system of fencing and signage will be worked out between the County and the FWS, NC WildlifeResource Commission, anq d~t l~ SEP-05-2001 -DIED 02 ~ 59 PM NNC Ef`IG I VEER i NG FAX N0. 910 341 4035 Keith Harris Page Number Three July 1 b, 2001 P. 04/05 agencies. (Examples of signage are attached). b. The Town's anirrlal control ordinance will be extended and acti~'ely enforcedta the southorn bank ofMasons Inlet. This ordinance requires dogs to be on a leash at all times and bans dogs from the beach bet~,~een April 1 and September. This t~nenst.zre will require action from both the County and 'the Town. The time h~arne for these actions are as follor~vs: r"i~tIIOri Time ~r:3me Design of signage and fencing plan Design process l~~il~l begin with other agencies. immediately upon completion of the BO. Review design plan by Board of Review praecss tivill occur as Commissioners. design elements are completed; // Signage will be first pricrity_ Installation of educational signage and fencing; the location of directional fencing may be changed during the Project to accommodate construction and to reflect changes as the design plan evolves in coordination with the agencies. i/lpon approval by the Board, educational si~.:na`e and fencing will be installed hopefully prior to initiation of constZ~uCCion Devc;lopment of a draft agreement for A draft will be completed by enforcement of the Town of Wrightsville County staff prior to initiation Beach dog control ordinance, between the of Project canstruction. Town and the County. Review of drafr agreement by Board of The review process will requira Commissioners and Town Council, approval by bath the Beard of Commissioners and Town Council, ar,d consequently may require several months before final review and approval by both elected bodies. Implementation of ordinance. Upon approval by the Board o'f ® Commissioners as~d the Town Keith Hands Page Numver Foiir July 16, 2001 Council, the ordinance will be implemented. 4) ~'roject desi~aa m®di~c~tlun end ch~n~~s i~-a ~abit~t acre~a~~. The attached report from ATM outlines both a proposed change in the project design that will create additional desired habitat, and a compilation of other habitat acreage changes that will result from the Project. 5) ~aarch~as~ o$~ r~araairaiiag traits ®I' leas®aah®ro ~slaaad fc~a- inclaasi~aa int® the 1~1.~. ~staaariaa~ ~r®~rBraa. Approximately 30 acres are still in private ownership under 13 groups of owners. New Hanover County has fi~ndin~ allocated to 'it by the N.C. Clean Water iUIanagement Trust Fund and certain matching fiends: We have spoken . ~ with staff at the Trust Fund about the use of those funds for the purchase of the remainingparcels on Masonboro Island. Staffhas said that the Trust Fund will very likely permit the use of those funds (approximately X400,000) for such a purpose if the County develops a specific plan for implementing the purchase. The County will ivork in cooperation with the Trust Fund, the Society for Ivlasonboro Island and the State to accomplish that task. The process for using these fi.~nds is as follotivs: 1) The County's Advisory Board will review the use of these fiends for this purpose as soon as possible after completion of the Biological Opinion. 2) The Board of County Comti~issioners will review the use ofthese fiords for acquisition of Masonboro Island. Upon the Board's approval, funds will be set aside for this use. 6) Pr®tection of north cud o~ C'~r®~in~ ~e~ch. The Board of Commissioners, in a first reading, recently passed the attached ordinance that puts some controls on vehicle use in the undeveloped area north of the Town of Carolina Beach. The ordinance, for instance, limits where vehicles can be driven and bans the use of ATV s. The ordinance must be .. 131 Keith Harris Page Number Five July 16, 2001 passed by the Board in a second reading to become effective, probably in August. The County Sheriff will actively enforce the ordinance. We offer these actions in good faith and will diligently pursue them in the time frame discussed, well before the first maintenance dredging cycle will be performed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments. Sincerely, Dave Weaver Assistant County Manager New Hanover County cc: Board of County Commissioners ,Allen O'Neal, County Manager Greg Thompson; Project Engineer Wanda Copley, County Attorney 132 5'0:'21./2f~C~l i4:'Gb ~1'O/bLb.7u7 = S ~t-c~-~ ~. J^^~' C L t:T -, ~J~"l ipn S~<~.~eo~ ~~~~ ~r~~cSccl • • IYI, IJL ~ LEA ISLAND LOTS STATUS Lot 4 - Pamela Brewer -`- Option signed, received by NCCLT. G~Yaiting on signed Deed from Brewer to NCCLT Lot 7~ Jefi and Amy Lucas.Deeded to NCCLT and transferred to State of NC Lo# A°' Mark and Wands Glenn.`Deeded to NCCLT and transferred to State of NC Lot 1 lB . G. O. and Elsie Foy Deed signed and recorded, belongs to NCCLT Z..a~t lOl A. G. and Genie Carter Deed signed and recorded, belongs to NCCLT Lot 12~~ Scott Furlthead.`Deeded to AdCCLT and transferred to State of NC Lot 12B~ Scott Burkhe~d_ `°Deeded to NCCLT and transferred to State of NC Lot lOrd~ Allis McCullen and Foy S. Thornton ~ Deeded to NCCLT and transferred to State of NC " Lot 10~~ Reuel S. Mci~ee. Deeded to t~dCCLT and transferred to State of NC Lot 25 lvtr. and Mrs. A( Lineberry, to sign Quit Claim Deed, lot is under r~va#er ~Lat 1 1 A ~ Irvin Anderson, Option Agreement to owner for si .afore L,oti 21 Donald Cameron/Pau1 Lyon. CIedH #o contact heirs of Donald Cameron. Paul Lyon, also deceased, his portion can be released with a Quit Claim per his attorney, no acts tin heirs. Lp of ~ , Michael Com, pption Agreemant to owner far si tore. Lot 1A Drtl;d and Fannie Floyd. Both d~ceas~ed. Title work beirt done, Lot 23 Bernard Gold. Owner wi ling to do partial donation of the value of lot for the price of $9,400, January 2000. Have not heard from owner since. ~~Lot i07~ Joel I-iamilton, Option Agreement to owner for signature. . 33 JUN-21-2~~1 1525 9i~d7525~49 °.~% P.02 ap~2l~Gne~i 1v. cu ~~~~:JGV.JYJ rHUC G~ of B Marvin E. Johnson, Option Agreerzaent to owner for si afore. of 4 Marvin E. Johnson, Option Agreement to owner for sa store Lot LaPort Enterprises, Inc., Option Agreement to owner for si store. of 1 Maxgaset O. Lihario, Option Agreement to owner for si store. Lot ~ Joseph Mallison, Option Agreement to owner for signature. L~ of ~ Darrell McCall, Option A$reemer~t to owner for si store. of ~ Loran McGlynn, Option Agreement to owner for signature. 134 JUFJ-z1-?0~? 1525 910766349 ~qx o ~~ .^, ._,I v WESSELL cgL ~ANEY, L.L.P. ~ -__ - ATTORNEYS AT LAW 107-$ NORTEI SECOND STREET . PosT Or~r~icE Box 1049 WILbIIN(3TON. NORTH CAROLINA 28402 JOHN C. WE99Er-.[.. ZII TEi.EPHO;vE 910.782-7475 Wrrr.raar A. R.ertEY. JR. F'nx 910-762-7557 ~i41nu.:cvnNV Rl®aEZ.ZSOVTa.NEm June 1, 2001 VIA FAX & REGULAR MAIL (341-4035) Mr. Dave Weaver Deputy County Manager 414 Chestnut 5treez Wilmington, NC 28401 Re : P~iason Inlet Relocat~.on Project Dear Dave.: The County has requested Figure "8" to consider ways in .which it might .assist in providing mitigation for the perceived ;;~ adverse effects of the Mason Inlet relocation project. First,. let me say that the Association is very committed to this project. It has agreed to convey marshlands to the State for wetland preservation. Tt has also agreed that ari island it owns can be restored to wetlands as a wetlands mitigation measure. To address concerns over loss of habitat the Association is i~ailling to forego any rights it has to dredge in Banks Channel under the terms of CAMA Major Development Permit 29-98, which is currently active. The Association is also willing to forego any dredging south of a point 200 feet south of the entrance to the southernmost lagoon on Figure Eight. This is the limit authorized in LAMA Permit 29-98. However, Figure "8" would retain the right to ask that this limitation be lifted if there appears to be no legitimate reason for the restriction remaining in place in connection with future projects.. The Association must abide by conditions in any permits it - receives for any future dredging activities. If regulatory agencies believe there are legitimate reasons for limitations on dredging activities by the Association in the future, they could condition any permits•so as to impose such limitations. I.f, on the other hand, such conditions are deemed unnecessary for .future projects, the Association would not want to be bound by some previously imposed limitation that is not necessary at the time the project is p~o`d. Mr. Dave Weaver June 1, 2001 Page 2 The current Figure "8" Board of Directors does not believe it should make additional long-term commitments regarding possible future when it is unknown what the situation will be in the future. The Association is very supportive of the project and will be happy to consider any reasonable request to assist in. making the project a reality. Please contact me if you would like to address these issues further. Sincerely, WESSELL & R[~NEY, L.L.P. ~~- - ~~ W. A. Raney, Jr. WAR:ktw WAR\ENVIRON\R96-233-C389 bcc: rir. Art Poineau Mr. Mack Paul 136 Michael P. Easley, Governor CrwYn~~ T. Swinson, Secretary State Property Office Joseph ;r1. Henderson, Director June 21, 2001 The Hotiorahlc Dennis A. Wicker Smith Helms Mullins ~ Moore, L.L.P. Attorneys at Lativ PO $ox 27525 Raleigh NC 27671 DearMr. Wicker: This is in reply to your letter of Jtxrae 21, 2001 regarding the relocation of Mason's Inlet. Should the inlet work create land, title to ~vl>_ich is vested in the State of North Carolina, it is certainly possible that the Stag will agree to protect such land as a nat!tral area, bixd nesting area, wildlife habitat area, etc. We have a long history of protec#ing such islands, sl~.oals and marshes through vartous mechanisms such as dedication to the State Nature Pzeserve, allocation to state conservation agencies with restrictive covenants, and conveyance of conservation easements to third parties such as conser~~atiori organizati.ous, the federal government and the like. lz~ most instances, the ianposition of such protective measures or the conveyance of an easement to a third party requires the approval of the Governor and Council of S#ate, PlEase advise if I can provide any .additional irtforrsiation, Sincerely, °9 oseph H. Henderson Plyailing Address: Tel®phone (918) 733-4348 i"ocatlon: 1321 Mail Service C.°.nter 1~ax (919) 733-1431 11G West Tones Street R~iaigh, N.C. 27699-1321 State Courier ~2-71-78 .Raleigh, North ~r~~] An Equal Oppcrtunily / AffumaTivc Action Employer Wcb: htcp://spo.doa,si~tc.nc.us F C ,~~ Y ~ ~ ~ - r ~, `. ~ E' ~ i l~ ~~ c a_ ~ . . ~~ ~ / ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ 5 ~ . "'Jl:.ar . ~PPLlED TECHNOi.{~CY & ~LANAGG~~tENT C7F I~iC9ltTl I CARUL(Ni1, l~lC. Mr. Keith Harris Regulatory Division Wilmington District, USACE PO Box 1890 Wilmington NC, 28402-1890 Re: Mason Inlet Relocation Project Minimization and Mitigation Efforts Dear Mr. Harris, July 18, 2001 Since the submittal of the first draft of the Environmental Assessment in October of 1999, New Hanover County and its representatives have. worked diligently with the state and federal resource agencies to minimize any foreseen adverse impacts caused by the project and to minimize the habitats affected by the initia! construction. This project is designed to incorporate an initial project as well as maintenance events over the next 30 years. It has been clear from the beginning that any alterations that result in an increase in maintenance will result in higher cumulative impacts to the species inhabiting the area. Careful analysis has been done at each point when modifying the project design in order to avoid reducing the functionality or stability of the project. Three design alterations including the currently proposed adjustments have been made in order to minimize direct impacts to existing habitat. For those impacts that have been determined to be unavoidable, the County along with the other parties directly affected by the project has offered mitigative measures to offset these impacts. The Nlinimization Efforts are described as follows: 13~ April 2000 - iVlinimization of Wetland and intertidal Habitat in Mason Creek The first revision of the October 1999 Environmental Assessment was completed in April 2000. The original design for the Mason Creek portion of the Project was to have this channel 170 feet between banks and 8 ft deep (MSL). This channel resulted in the removal of 2.9 acres of wetlands. In order to minimize the impacts to wetlands, within the l April 2000 EA revision, the channel dimensions were adjusted. to 140 ft in width and a 10 ft depth. These dimensions were determined using the WQMAP Hydrodynamic Modeling to be the narrowest and shallowest possible to support the predicted tidal. prism. These changes in the channel dimensions reduced the impacts to Spartina Marsh by 1.0 acre from 2.9 acres to 1.9 acres. Subsequently this modification resulted in lessening the impacts to intertidal bottom by 1.6 acres. Eel~rt~ary 2®01 - ~tlinirnization of Sedirraentation Basin ®im2nsiions As part of the effort to minimize impacts to Piping Plover foraging habitat (intertidal shoals), the east-wes# dimension of the Sedimentation Basin was reduced by 100 feet. This resulted in a reduction of intertidal shoal .disturbance by 2.5 acres. !n order to maintain the holding capacity of the sedimentation basin, the nominal depth was increased from -10 ft MSL to -12 ft MSL. J¢aly 2n01 - Beduce Inlet Infill Area Elevation and I~ength As a result of meetings with the USFWS, NMFS, and, the USACE, the dimensions of the lnlet Infill area have been reduced to the extent possible. The length of the Inlet Infill Area has been reduced by 490 ft, resulting in a reduction of the impact area by 9.9 acres: This area includes the supra-tidal spit on the southern end of Figure 8 island, as weir as intertidal and sub-tidal habitat immediately adjacent to the spit. in addition the crest elevation of the Infill Area has been altered. The construction template for the southernmost 680 ft will remain as previously designed with a crest elevation of +10.0 MSL. This elevation is similar to the existing elevations on the Wrightsville Beach side of the inlet. The crest elevation for the remaining 600 ft of the Infill Area will be reduced to +8.0 MSL and tapering to existing grade on Figure 8 Island 1350 ft north of the sand bag revetment. See the attached figure. Ih addition to the efforts to minimize impacts to the existing environment, New Hanover County and Figure 8 Island have offered a substantial mitigation measures to offset the impacts of the project. The mitigation efforts are as follows. '~ 3 9 Wetland iViitigation Island The County has proposed to restore the majority of a 10.7 acre USACE Confined Disposal Facility into tidal marsh habitat. The beach quality material located with the CDF will be removed and placed on the beachfront of Figure 8 Island. The mitigation site includes the following habitat acreages: Intertidal Marsh 5.2 acres High Marsh 2.1 acres Sub-tidal Creeks 1.4 acres Bare Sand Area (Elev. +6 NGVD) 2.0 acres Preservation of adjacent wetland 19.0 Acres This site was designed to offset impacts to 1.9 acres of intertidal wetlands to be disturbed during the excavation of Mason Creek and to mitigate for any secondary impacts to the '; J wetlands caused by additional navigation use. The total required wetland restoration area for project-related impacts (by the combined requirements of DWQ and USACE) is 5.4 acres. The proposed mitigation site totals 8.2 acres. This is 2.8 acres greater than required and this amount should be credited or "banked against any additional impacts related to storm or rnan induces events. Please refer to the mitigation plan submitted in December 2001 for complete details. Reduced ®redging Area In hanks Channel As a mitigative measure for piping plover and other shorebird foraging habitat, Figure 8 Island has agreed to relinquish the rights, given to the island under the provisions of its 1993 dredging permit, to mine sand from the Banks Channel from a point 200 ft south of the southernmost lagoon to the proposed Mason Inlet location. This measure results in 18.4 acres of intertidal habitat that will be restored through the elimination of dredging in that area. Through the shoaling process, this measure will provide for additional shorebird habitat, including piping plover, as the sub-tidal bottom is naturally elevated to intertidal depths. 140 Protection, of this area from dredging will not only increase. viable habitat, but will also Limit . ~ human use of the adjacent beach by reducing the navigability of channel within this area. • ~ 141 Habitat Enhancement i3etween the Sedimentation i3asin and the lnfill Area -The area south of the Sedimentation Basin will provide an enhanced habitat for shorebirds as well as infaunal and epifaurial benthic species. An intertidal lagoon will be formed between the Sedimentation Basin and the Inlet lnfill Area once the project,is complete. One natural flushing channel exists in the southwest corner of the area and thus tidal exchange should be sufficient to prevent any stagnation within the area. The reduced water velocities will enhance the area for the benthic organism populations which will in turn act as a food source for shorebirds and fish during alternate portions of the tidal cycle. New Hanover County has proposed to limit human access to the backshore area through the use of educational signs and rope barricades. This area encompasses 29.4 acres of habitat, of which, 16.9 acres are intertidal or sub- tidal shoals. The remaining 2.5 acres is an overwash fan created during the hurricanes of 1996 and 1999. Elevations within the overwash fan are intertidal ranging from -2.5 ft to +2.7 ft MSL. Additional Mitigative Measures by view Hanover County New Hanover County will be providing details on the following Mitigative Measures, each of which require the approval of the County Commission ® Restriction of Human and Pet Access to lnfill Area via Signage, Barricades, and Ordinances ® Preservation of the remaining 30+/- Acre of land in Private Holding on Masonboro Island ® Ordinances Limiting AccessNehicles on North End of Carolina Beach. Scammarization of Pre- Project and Post Project Habitat Types The following is a list of Pre and Post Project Habitat types and their acreages based on elevation and wetland delineation. A detailed analysis of this data is attached. 142 Habitat Type Pre Prm~ec# P®e# Pr®jec# Change • Acreage Acreage Acreage Sub-tidal 14.3 42.2 (-27.9) intertidal Bare Sand Beach 3.9 7.8 3.9 Intertidal Shoals 35.2 0.0 (-35.2) Intertidal Marsh 1.9 5.2 3.3 In#ertidai Surf Zone 5.5 3.5 (-2.0) Supra Tidal Bare Sand Spit 16.4 23.5 7.1 High Marsh 0.0 2.1 2.1 Upland Adjacent to AIWW 10.7. 2.0 (-8.7) "NO DREDGE AREA" 0.0 1.8.4 18.4 North of Sedimentation Basin "ENHANCED SHOALING. AREA" 0.0 29.4 29.4 South of Sedimentation Basin Tidal Marsh Preservation. 19.0 19.0 19.0 if you have ,any questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact our office at 910-762-0800. Attach: 14~ Chris Gibson, PE Senior Coastal Engineer °~ ~ °i ~ ~. ~ ~ ,: r ~, ~~ M~ ~~j ~, ~ .- ~r _ f::, ~__ ,~ f .~ - . , ~- _. _, mason Inlet I-telocation Project Habitat Types Pre- and Post-Project,~creages Pre Project Habitat hypes Supratidal Dry Sand Beach 16.4 Intertidal Bare Sand Beach 3.9 Surf Zone Bare Sand Beach 5.7 Subtidal Aquatic Habitat 14.6 Intertidal Bare Sand Shoals 35.2 Ttdal Marsh 1.9 Total Affected Area 77.7 ** Acreages vary from Figure 5.1 of the Environmental Assessment due to: a) Reduction in footprint of the Sedimentation Basin by 2.5 acres b) Reduction in Inlet Fill Area on Figure 8 Island side by 9.9 acres Habitat ,iterations Description Area Acreage . Area* Square feet 1 Sedimentation Basin -Intertidal to Subtidal 657,288 16.9 2 Sedimentation Basin -Subtidal to Subtidal 122,210 1.0 4 South Area -Inter-Subtidal "ENHANCED SHOALING AREA" 1,279,620 29.4 4a Sub Tidal Area 735,418 16.9 4b Overwash Fan 544,202 12.5 5 North Area -Inter-Subtidal "NO DREDGE AREA" 799,513 18.4 3 Mason Creek -Intertidal to Subtidal 432,171 9.9 3a Mason Creek -Intertidal Marsh to Subtidal 82,764 1.9 3b Mason Creek -Subtidal to Subtidal 72,081 1.7 6a Fill Area - Intertidal to Supratidal 401,854 9.2 6b Fil! Area - Subtidal to Supratidal 402,967 9.3 7 Fill Area - Intertidal to Intertidal Disturbed 120,830 2.8 8 Fill Area - Subtidal to Intertidal 144,927 3.3 9a Fill Area - Intertidal to Intertidal Beachfront Disturbed 95,940 2.2 9b Fill Area - Subtidal to Intertidal Beach 54,451 1.3 10 Fill Area - Wrightsville Beach Supratidal Disturbed 69,318 1.6 11 Fill Area - Figure 8 Supratidal Disturbed 107,536 2.5 12 New Inlet - Supratidal Disturbed 59,074 1.4 13 New Inlet -Supratidal to Intertidal 71,897 1.7 14 New Inlet - Supratidal to Subtidal 409,711 9.4 • 15 New Inlet -Subtidal to Subtidal disturbed 78,848 1.8 * See Attached Figure for Location 145 Updated Acreages 7-18-01 1 of 4 IVlason Inlet Relocation Project Habitat Types Pre- and Post- Project Acreages Changes In Habitat Type Area Acreage P4Yason Creek and Sedimentation Basin Square feet Intertidal Shoal Pre-Project 1,168,335 26.8 Post-Project 0 0.0 Net Change -1,168,335 -26.8 Intertidal Bflarsh Pre-Project 82,764 1.9 Post-Project 0 0.0 Net Change -82,764 -1.9 Subtidal Area Pre-Project 115,641 2.7 Post-Project 1,366,740 31.4 Net Change 1,251,099 23.7 Changes in Wabitat Type Area Acreage Existing inlet and New Inlet Cut Square feet Subtidal Area Pre-Project 520,335 '11.9 Post-Project 488,559 11.2 Net Change -31,776 -0.7 Intertidal Bare Sand Beach Shoal Pre-Project 109,884 3.9 Post-Project 120,830 2.8 Net Change -49,054 -1.1 Intertidal Shoal Pre-Project 364,977 8.4 Post-Project 216,824_ 5.0 Net Change -148,153 -3.4 Intertidal Surf Zone Beach Pre-Project 248,292 5.7 Post-Project 150,391 3.5 Net Change -97,901 -2.2 Supra Tidal Bare Sand Spit Pre-Project 714,384 16.4 Post-Project 1,040,749 23.9 Net Change 326,365 7.5 Updated Acreages 7-18-01 2 of 4 Mason Inlet Relocation Project Habitat Types Pre- and Post- Project Acreages Date Offered Minimisation Peasures Area Acreage Square feet April 2000 Reduce Mason Creek Channel width by 30 feet 113,256 2.6 Wetland Impacts 43,560 7.0 Intertidal Impacts 69, 696 9.6 February 2001 Reduce Western Side of Sedimentation Basin by 100 feet 108,900 2.5 July 20001 Reduce Fill Area Elevation and Length 431,244 9.9 Area Acreage Mitgative Measures Square feet "ENHANCED SHOALING AREA" South of Sedimentation Basin 1,263,912 29.4 Subtidal Area 745,466 17.1 Overwash Fan 518,446 11.9 "NO DREDGE AREA" North of Sedimentation Basin 799,513 18.4 Mitigation Site -Intertidal Marsh Creation 225,512 5.2 Mitigation Site -High Marsh Creation 91,476 2.1 - A~itigation Site -Subtidal Creation 60,984 1.4 Mitigation Site -Bare Sand Area (Elev. +6 NGVD) 87,120 2.0 • 147 Updated Acreages 7-18-01 3 of 4 IVlason Iniet Re4ocation Project Habitat Types Pre- and Post- Project Acreages Changes In Habitat Type Project Totals Area Acreage Square feet Subtidal Area Pre-Project 635,976 14.6 Post-Project 1,916,283 44.0 Net Change 1,280,307 29.4 Intertidal Bare Sand Beach Shoal Pre-Project 169,884 3.9 Post-Project 120,830 2.8 Net Change -49,054 -1.1 Intertidal Shoal Pre-Project 1,533,312 35.2 Post-Project 216,824 5.0 Net Change -1,316,488 -30.2 Intertidal Marsh Pre-Project 82,764 1.9 Post-Project 226,512 5.2 Net Change 143,748 3.3 Intertidal Surf Zone Beach Pre-Project 248,292 5.7 Post-Project 150,391 3.5 Net Change -97,901 -2.2 Supra Tidal Sare Sand Spit Pre-Project 714,384 16.4 Post-Project 1,040,749 23.9 Net Change 326,365 7.5 High Marsh P.re-Project 0 0.0 Post-Project 91,476 2.1 Net Change 91,476 2.1 Upland Area Adjacent to AIWW (Former USACE Spoil Area) Pre-Project 466,092 10.7 Post-Project 87,120 2.0 Net Change -378,972 -8.7 "NO DREDGE AREA" North of Sedimentation Basin Pre-Project 0 0.0 Post-Project 799,513 18.4 Net Change 799,513 18.4 "ENHANCED SHOALING AREA" South of Sedimentation Basin Pre-Project 0 0.0 Post-Project 1,279,620 29.4 Net Change 1,279,620 29.4 ~~ Updated Acreages 7-18-01 4 of 4 _ _ .. - ~~ _ - r ,>- i - J ~ , i i ~~ ~` -~ C.,: 'Y. ~. - - i i_ j - ~, I. ~~:~f ~ V. 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F m~ U Ui `s'amuE .E c~O~ Evroi~ Uroroa romca oy ~u~maY E~m drom~ .°=o°'N - ~ - m c m ro E ~ y s ~° ro~ N ro N u E~~ u G m'.•%_- ~i m J ~~ m v~ ~~ y c Z ~-a° N n.c > m 's E N v m - m ~ m ° =o c m 5 ro u 'c I°n ~ ° m o 0 o a °,~m'- a m'm ci °' mam ~5 L-.m aai~ m~.c ~o at ~ Y L C L m G N E C O E N O S J a L L O O L m m L .._ >a O m I° "O ro 0 f- '~ m G N 07 .. ~ m L i° ¢ m J¢ O .~ V F- 3 G m F- J O > O a N L m .i C 'O V '~ ~ N t - ~ 77 c N y ~roY~~~~ar~ ~~~~ • ~, Pipirig plovers (Charadrius rnefodus) are small shorebirds approximately seven inches long with sand-colored plumage on their backs and crown and white underparts. Breeding birds have a single black breastband, a black bar across the forehead, bright orange legs and bi11, and a black tip.on the bill. During winter, the birds lose the black bands, the legs fade to pale yellow, and the bill becomes mostly black. Piping plovers breed only in North America in three geographic regions: the Atlantic Coast, the Northern GreatPlains, grid the Great .Lakes. Atlantic Coast plovers .nest on coastal beaches, sandfiats at the ends of sand spits and barrier islands, gently sloped foredunes, sparsely vegetated dunes, and washover areas cut into or between dunes. Piping plovers from all three breeding populations winter along South Atlantic, Guif Coast, and Caribbean beaches and barrier islands, primarily on intertidal beaches with sand and/or mud flats with no or very sparse vegetation. Piping plover populations were federally listed as threatened and endangered in 1 g8~~. The Northern Great Plains and .Atlantic Coast populations are threatened, and the Great Lal<es population is endangered. Piping plovers are considered threatened throughout their wintering range. ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ "t -~(' Ye adc44;l,SJ ,', f.~Yq' _ t ~~ AN ORDINANCE ' OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF CONIl~ZISSIONERS The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County does hereby ordain that Chapter 53, entitled "Traffic and Vehicles," of the New Hanover County Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 53-31 Bcfiniti®ns The following words; terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Dune ~rrea means all land situated in this county and lying within 750 feet of the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean'or inlets adjacent thereto. Section 53-34 Restrictions No motor vehicles may be operated in the dune area except as follows: (1) by a person licensed to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways; (2) either, below the high tivater mark or on property within 25 feet adjacent thereto,. or, on platted roadways. (3) if on private property, with the written permission of the owner of the property; (4) a motor vehicle weighing less than 5,000 pounds, except that no all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motor homes, travel trailers, or other trailers of any kind inchiding personal watercra$ trailers, shall be allowed; (5) at a speed of 15 miles per hours or below; and (6) in such a manner as not to endanger persons in the dune areas, adjoining areas, or in the water. Sections 53-36 ~nforce~ent (a) Violations of this article may be punished by a civil penalty to be recovered in the nature of a debt of $100.00 for the first violation, $300.00 for the second violation, and $500.00 for the third and subsequent violations. Violations may also be punished 1 ~~ as a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-4. { Except as expressly amended above, Chapter 53 shall remain in effect as written. E i~~®~/ER C~UT~ ~~R ~F CM~l~SS~®ERS REQI~EST ~®R ~®~R® ACT1®N !Vl~~ting ®ate: 09/17/C3 Regular lterva #: 1~ Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Governing Body Presenter: Lucie Harrell Contact: Lucie Harrell SUBJECT: ~ora~rr~i~~ee Appoint~ner~t~ B~2lEF SUP~IV~ARY: Vacancies are on the following Boards and Committees: Juvenile Crime Prevention Council/Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees FdECflMMENnED MOT~G~N Af~D f~EQUESi"ED ACTIONS: Make Appointments FU~~DiNC S~3URCE: ATTAC~91ViENTS: Committee Information. Sheets and Applications PTE'~i DOES fVOT REQl91RE COUNTY ~VIANAC;,E~ Make appointments NS/ RECbMMENDP7IC?NS: r ~~LfI~T'Y ~t9EVIMi~pi~ APPROVED REJECTED [~ , REMOVED a 3 POSTPONED 4~ `~ ~dEi4Ri~ 153 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS JUVENILE CRIiVIE PREVENTION COUNCIL I CRI~~INAL JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP A®VISORY BOARDI 4 Vacancies (2 Unexpired term) Members are needed from the following categories: (1.) At-Large (2.) Business community representative (3.) Community service coordinator (4.) Person under 21 (5.) Representative who provides service in mental health, public health, substance abuse, employment and training, community-based corrections programs, victim services programs (6.) Representative from the community who has been a victim of a crime; recovering from chem ical dependency orwho has received substance abuse treatment ELIGIBLE FOR APPLICATI0~1S CATEGORY REAPPOII~1Tty1ENT `~ Gloria C. Crist 5 ~~ Cheryl Denkins 5 ~ z Daryl Dockery 5 Rev. John Fredlaw 1 or 2 William P. Newel 1 '~ ~i Darold B. King 1-~ P~ X -i~ Reggie Mathis S4 (,Un~j;f~~ ~Lr~M Marian E. Mosser 1 Robert F. Ochs 1 Yoland:a~~P~arker,~ R-andoiph y/~^`'v~ 1 ~, Marla~D. Ri~ce,~Ewans 1 or 2 ~ertst ~,a'~. 1 ~' Frankie Rob 1 ~ , j Rev. Terry~Df~~Ste;p~hens 1 Dolores M~~Wi'~I~Ii'am~s 1 ~~Kim Williford ~'~"~~~~' 1 ~ -~~~ -~-, Attachments: Committee Information Sheets 1 ~ A Applications ,TUVE1~tLE CIg;1ME PREVFN'TI~JI~i COU~ICII, C~tI~iINAL ~15'PICF PAI2TNEI2SJP ADVIStJIt'Y B®A~3 '~~ Members Seclude representatives from the following categories: Court System, Law Enforcement, Health Department, Mental Health, Criminal Defense Attorney, Public Defender, Probation Officer, Community Service Coordinator, Business Community, Crime Victim, Recovering Drug Addict, Community Based Corrections Program, Victim Services Program, Employment and Training Professional (Minimum number of board members. is ten) ~'erms: Initially staggered terms; thereafter, 3-year terms ~Zegular Meetings: Meetings are held on the third Friday of every month at 12:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Office of Juvenile Justice, 138 N. Fourth Street. Criminal Justice Partnership items are discussed quarterly. Statute or Cause Creating 'Task Force: NC General Assembly established Criminal Justice in 1994, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council was established 12/21/98. Purpose: The purpose of the advisory board is to develop community-based solutions to the problems of rehabilitation and punishment for criminal offenders. The goals will be to reduce recidivism, to reduce the number of probation revocations, to reduce alcohol and drug dependency among offenders and reduce . the cost of incarceration now being paid by counties and the Stag. TFJtI'~1 P~FSFi`~i'1'LY "3"FRig~J h CU3~RFi~' MFiYIBFRS SFF~VJI~dG F~P~FS Community Based Corrections Program _ Joanne Lee ~ Second 9/30/2001 TASC/Da~.Sentencing Center ~ '~ 801 ~incess Street \ ' ' W~l~inington, NC 28401 ~ Z , ~r Appt. 9/18/95, Reappt. 9/21/98. / /162-5333 (W) Community Service Coordinator Sherita Young First ~ 9/30/2003 467 Racine Drive, Apt. 306 Wilmington, NC 28403 Appt. 9/18/00 392-0368 (H) 791-8510 (W) Defense Attorney D. Lynne Williams Une;cpired 9/30/2003 P.O. Box 1303 Wilmington, hiC 28402 Appt. 7/9/01 798-0936 (H) 343-1730 (W) 155 ~. ~rv~~r~L~ C~z~ PR~V~~IT~~~r c~~zvc~~,/ c~~~~l~d~a. ~J,sT~CE PA~aTr~r~~s~ ~V~sO~~ ~~~ ~C~I~tTlr>~J~~) Faith Communit Pastor Bo Baker First 9/30/2002 313 Shamrock Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 Appt. 11/15/99 791-1021(H) 791-8996(W) ~,~ Person Under 21 ~ ~ '9 Nephitearya tel Bailey ~~'~' 321 Hoo Road, Trailer 4 --7 / ~ (~, ~ First 9/30/2003 Wil ~ jton, IVC 28403 ~ ~ Appt. 9/18/00 Business Community Unexpired 9/30/2002 Donald E. Harris 316 Church Street tiVilmin~ on, NC 28401 Appt. 9118/00 763-39:16 {H) 452-0038 (W) Members-at-large - ~~.~~~ ~~/~ p ~ ~; Harold B. King ~ ~ ~,~" Unexpired 9/30/2001 10 Island Drive Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 Appt. 2/21/00 395-1220(rI) Erik Lindst '~~~~~,~ First 9/30/2003 330 Str eigh W~lington, NC 28403-1230 Appt. 2/21/00 to unexpired term ~3-6653(H) 397-8015(yV) Appt, 9/l.8/00 John A. Ranalli 7100 Kinsella Court Wilmington, i~lC 28409-4461 799-3985(H) 799-9652 Aaencv Representatives: County Commissioner: Robert G. Greer Judge of Superior Court: Judge Ernest B. Fulltivood District Attorney: John Carriker Sheriff Department: Col. Steve Smith Health Department: Betty Creech DSS: Wanda Neidig Juvenile Courts: Phyllis Roebuck \Crime 5/O1 156 Unexpired 9/30/2002 Appt. 2/21/00 County ititanager's Office: Andy Atkinson Judge of District Court: Judge John Carol/ 1ilmington City Police: Lt. J. W. Carey iVfental Health: Art Costatini Substance Abuse Center: Virginia Gorman Schools: Al Lerch United Way: Vicki Elmore July 6,2001 ~' Hanover County Commissioners Chestnut. St. w mington NC,, 2840.1 Dear Commissioners, ~^o~ U ~oo~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~o ~~5 ~ J~~~ \o N`~~~4 ~~ E~~ I regrett to inform you that I must resign as the under 21 board member on New Hanover County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, I will be departing for Raleigh in a few weeks, to begin my undergraduate at Meredith College, I ~,vould like to thank you all for giving me this wonderful opportunity.. I learned a great deal from the experience and I know it has prepared me even more for my college experience. Once again thank. you for allowing me to serve the community, the way it has served me these -past eighteen years. It is my hope that when I return as an educator in a few years, that I will have another opportunity to be of serve to the county. erly, ~~Tephitearya Bliley under 21 board member JCPC 157 rKUri LiLUaJ l I-1C5UULt'H I l.rl PHUNC NU. y1b ry8 8305 Sep. 05 26D1 89: 21RM P2 ,Appi~catcon for /~ppoir~tinents - 3'a~e l of 2 ~~~ticc~t~~~ ~r~rr~~~~~~~~e~~ ~~ ~~~r-d~, ~ra~ai~~~~s, ~~~ ~~a~s.~i~t ~ t p Request far ~pairrtm~•rr#- to: ~~ ~ ~ ,~, Now tom fsave yore been. a resident of Ne~.v Hanover Crsunry? ~ ~ ~~ . f - i 1# 1 Ca~J grad StQte: YYP Z"Sp C.rar~~: ~€~C'~J!`7LJfa~: t~t7111~': _ ~ ~ T__~ 1`~fl5~f]~wS: ~ ''"T~i~is 9rai'csrmeatian is rec7cres#ed for #}:~ svl~ ~aaarFxase of trsscarira~ #b~f a crs~s;-se~-ticrs e~f e carrrazaada~i~yr is a~a~oin "^,A g~rsa;an curre~~tty gmptoyed ray the og~ney or d~par#ment for ;v4aic~r this app(ic~#iors is mca~e; mast resi~r~ iYi: H~raov~r County ~rpan 4~~il7t'i??8J7t, irp ~cc~rrirzr:c~ ~iPh ArstPit'te vi, 5~. ~ of ti;eapvea~ I~~rnrav~r ~aez~a~,~ ~er~snn~1 }arof~rsie~nat Act1v>ti~+s: -_ ~ ~ a ~ V~(unteer r~ctivi#ies: ~ ~ "art ~~i~l.- ~~' ~!/3 ~°' ~~ , iNhy do you wistr to serve on the Sccard, Committee, or ~txianissivra requ~+stedr ~ g 158 C~ • •,••, , - rn~iv~.. i•~~• ~~~ ~ ~o oJi`J~ DCF7, YJ~ ~YJCJ1 YJ7. G1H1'I I''J ApPlicatian for appointments Wage 2 cif 2 • ,erg ,you currePatfy 5erv3Yr,g on c~traotft~r a1'd ts~° C~~rrrz~~te~ ap~tnt~~ #~y ~t rrasrrtacr~~di£y csr a st3u~ttY? Jf , Y~ e~ 1 •~1r9 ~~ 'time ~ ® b i W v~~a$~{' Whr~turea o con ern wqu~d yaca like ~o see tf7e E~ard, Co~rrrni ~ ~L, or CommP.s~an acldre~s. o L3r~'e: _ _ °`s~ ~ S3~Y1oi-~rre _,., ' "~ ~• ~~'E~REt~l~ES: f'f$~rs~ pPOVida ~irr~ 1(;p~raf r~~~r~sr ~~~~ ~. ~. • ;. a ~ ~ ~~ ° ~~ 9 ~ ~ • P http:l/~r~vw.,~lacg~v.~oml~~Jap~l~.ht~n ~/4lt?1 1 59 ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~5~~~~~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX (910) 341-4130 Application for Appointment to Soards, Committees, and Commission Appointers ley the New t-lanover County Board of Commissioners. Request for Appaintrrrent to: ,- JCPC. Board - ~~', ~,~ ~ ~ ~ _~ Marne: Cheryl J . I)enl~ins !lotiv tong hove you teen a resident aj NPw lfanover County? __ 30 -years llon,e Address: _ --.~05__Shep and --Road Wilmington, P1C 28411 NEw N.4NOVER CO - -_--P.- - ---.-------__-- =--------__--- gp OF COMr1!SSinNERS ,Mailing Address: ___ Same As -Above --_---_-- - _ ___-__- City and State: -Wilmington, idC _ ----,---- -_-,Zip Code: 28411, ---- Telephone: ilome: _910=..791=3704 business: 91C- 254-0761 '>ex: __--_ii_emale ;RoCe: -African-American .Age: _ 32 `This ir~jormatiori is requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the corl~rrrunity is appoin "F_n,ployed by: Ease Coast Solutions "A person currently employed by the agency or department for which this application is made, must resign l,i~ llonover County upoa~ appcintment, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Jc,b Title: Case Manager Rrafessionaf Activities: Business and Professional Women (BPW)- Nfember; volunteerActivities: Youth Mentor£~. 1898 Group ~?acilitator Why do you wish to serve an the (board, Con,rnittee, or Commission requested? To make a difference in the lives of the areas youth and ensuring the comfort and safet_Y of th.e_, community. Wlxrt do you feel are your quafificatians for serving on the board, Committee, ar Commission requested? I have an extensive background in working with at-risk youth, families and the community. Also, I have worked for agencies whose mission is-moo assist~h~s~~~~~e~d-• 1 ~~y.'J//ww~v nl~cc~,v.ccini/C'C'/~~~i~~l}~.Ir(ur ~ O~/2g/21)UI 4b'hnt areas ofconcern wverld you like (n sre the board, Committee, or Conrn,ission aridness? ._,__..._.____For__the-__Board_ to solicit more community input and support to address the problems facing our youth and their families. Ar e you currently serving on another boar d or cornntittee appointed by a rnunicipa(ity or a county? !j so, p(eusc __._____-.5c~theastern__S~ckle_ Cell_~ssociation, Inc.- Vice-Chairperson. vats: ~ ~ ~-1-- ~ ~ _~--_.__.-- -- --------- - Si REFERENCES' Please provide three loco( ~tersonat rejerrnces: Nar7te • 1. Veronica McLaurin-Brown Z- Kenneth Waddell Phone Number 313-1206 343-0422 3. - Jasper Reed 793-2000 Agglication foc A~rpQinira~~nts ~~~?~-~ .,i. 7"~l~ah~~r~ (~ 1 ~) 1 p71 ~~~ (~90) .3~4~s~sf~D Mca~s ,~c'dr~~s: Jj ~, fL~~ilirtg ~iddr~~~t ~a~ ~`3°` ~Yt;~ ~ne~ State: ~ ~' Telepho~ss; Moans: ~~°`'J ,~ ° °,~ f~us~;rress~.~`~'ia) ,~°~ ~~i ' °7'h/s Infr~rrn~t;4,t 1.s raqusst~d Irar rho .gale pvrpos~ o~ a~~urlr~g th~rt ~ ~rpss-~actian a~ the cammur~r'v is ~Alaninre~e~ ~'~mplaya~' byr . rte. ~d'1.~a`-'c_..> ~~r° „!,!fix ® °~d person c.urr~ntly imp/eyed by the ag$rtay o~ dep~rrtment for urr4lets rhls appllcarien fs m€~de, mu;P resign hislher position with New Harrr~vcr County upon appainimer7r, fn ~ccardance with Arficie 'v'9, Sic. 4 of tho Nsvv Marraver County Persarrne! Po/icy. - Jab ~Ple: r'l "`~,. .. - Frof~sslonel ~ctivlties: y.,s.a n 1 ~;a~lwww,cp,n~~v-h~nver.nc.uslCCing~pllc.htm 1~°~, Application for, Appaiai4m P~~,s ~ ~f 2 Votunrr Actlvirl~s: yr, ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ,~r Why do yqu wish tc~ ~~rva on rye 6a~rd, Cammiii~~, sr Comml~.sfsn r~gtd~~t~d? ~~~r ~~~~ Wh»t ava~a~ of ce~re.~m u~orrld you ilke !n ,~f~~ /te Baard, ~cmmlrr~~, or ~ammisstgrr address? 1ar~ you Curr~n7h,~ sanefng 4~s enoP}9~r is~ard nr cemmla°t®e ~,o~solr~~rsd by s mc~rrleJp~li~y or ~ Bounty? !f so, • ~iarn~ Phon® ~durrtb~r .. r ht2 :1lwww_ct~,na~ - p u hanover.nc,usl~C/~ppl~s.htm ,~ ,~ f~~ ~ / ~~o ~~P ~ ,~ `~ ~/~ f1 U I f Df~'!/?'f~fi7y ~' Z' ,S~ What ~o you f~aa! ire your qusJTr'ie8tions for s~r~fr~~ oar r~7~ ~oerd, ~'orr~riittee, ar Ca~mmiss/on r'~gL~St~d? '/ L~~~ ~ ~.k'.! %~. ~/"/C.r?~C~ _. /i ./? T~t~ ~ drJ ~ J~ ,/~i~YJdi~i ~.t',r.i m~ ~ Ft~~'~'r?~itl!~~S'~ I'l~~sa~ ;~r~vide three lQeal ,~~rsan~f r~l~rc~rac~s: ~~~~~~v~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~.~ ~~ ®~ ~~~~~s~~~~~~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 2840 ~ -4093 Telephone (91OJ 341-7149 FAX (910J 341-4130 ~~~~~~~D ~~~~ 0 9 ~ 2000 ~EY'dd NAA!r~!r~ r~. applioation for appointment to hoards, Committees, and Cord7missions appointed by the 1Ve~/ 1-~anover County ,hoard of Commissioners. Request forAppointment ta: Advisory Board Name.' AP~r 7nhn Frorl],.~(n7 Nome Now lang have you been a Address; 110 S: 13th Street Wilm. NC 28401 resident of New Hanover County?_SYrs. MailingAddress: P. O. Box 715 City and State: Wilmington NC Zip Code:- 28402 Telephone: Name: (91 0) 7 6 3- 8 2 4 6 Business: (91 0) 7 6 2- 3 5 4 9 ~Se.~: MaleRace: Black "Age: i 47 "This information !s requested far the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. ~aEmp/oyed 6y: Retired ""A parson currently employed by the agency or department far which this application is made, must resign hisjher,oosition with Nevv Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Artic/e Vi, Seca 4 of Phe New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Jolt Title: h'rofessianal Activities: '/olunteerActivities: n; rPr+-nr nP A LTPI ri n~ FTanrl Mini ci--rim.®~ Z~~„ _ Why do you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? Please See Atta'chmer.t W>~at do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? __ What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? - Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed b y a municipality or a county? if so, please list: ~~~ ~ _ `~ (Please use reverse side for additional commentsl a Signature ~ ~-------- REFERENCES: Please provide three local persona! references: /Name Phone l1/umber 1• S~,nator Luther Jordan 2• Honorable Judge James Faison Ms. Sandra Spaulding Hughes 3. _... _ Applicant: ~~ ~~iV /L.~. ~~G~~~ • 165 ~6 ~~'T't~~'~~'fEl~t~'" Why do you elvish to serve on the t3oard, ~ofln~nittee, or ~ony~tflission requested? I wish to serve on this committee bemuse ~ have great passion for our children. I have spent ~ grant de~l~of time ~'ith children and law enforceflflzent issues. € feel that with the right leadership and guidance our current "~uvenile delinquents" can become productive citizens of our conflanunity What do you feel aye your q~flalifications for serving on the board, ~'ommitte~, or ~'ornrnission requested? NIy qualifications include lasing the ~'~-founder and IJ~ecutive ~irec#or of A helping land ID'finistries, inc. ~ ministry whose central focus is aflding disalaled, elderly, aflad disadvantaged individuals, ~nefl~toriflgg for children and much more. f believe that our cllildre are our fut~sre, and we nflust act now to support and preserve our future, fur children What areas of concern would you like to see the hoard, ~arnmittee, or ~'omfl~aission address: f would like to see this coflnmittee address the issues of rehabilitation I'ofl juvenile offenders. What types of programs are currently available to our youthful offefllders and what arc the success rates of the prog~'ams? f would like for this coznfli~ittee to address the frequency of repeat offenders. iC;astly ~ would like this coflnmittee to address methods of curbing ~juveflflile crime, identifyiflflg causes afl~d solutions. ire you currently serving on another board or cornmitte~ appointed by a municipality or a caunty`~ ~$ so, please IistA ~~ 166 ~ inclosed, are a few a helpful hints list for how we should raise our children. ~_ 1. ~roTn infancy a child should not be given evea-ything he /shy wants. 2. Always give him/her spiritual training. 3. Parents should quarrel less as possible. 4. 'l'each them about finances and how to earn their money. ~. .'l'each thean that everyone is to be respected, palice, neighbors, and teachers alike. ff ave take heed to these very siffiple hints we would have far less delinquents iTy oar Juvenile C~-i~inal Justice ~ysteTn. • ~ 167 licah;on fvt ~F _~__.. rr~ •, s ~ s auvenile Crime Prevent~~n o~n~il 1~illiam P. Heave /~5e~ ~ ~~v~ yv~ ~ ~ v~` raw t9~ar ~ssnfyr' Eleven vea l~v ~~ .~~d 210 Yorkshire Ln ~ ~~~~; ~~ilmin~ton, NC 280° ~~~ 7~ rte: ~!®rrn~.• 3 5 q~.male ~a~r °~ac~ C a u c a s i a n ~~si~=6 5 sePvve~ ' a~ r ~ f~-r ~e ~d~ v ®~ g ~ ~ .~•~ s v~ ~ai8y fs ,- ~~ ~ , ~ ~ Retired U,S. Coast Gu rd g g~ ~~ ca~rr+eevrfy yid try ey ar ~~~rnt for verfideb Yfil~ ~~~sroro is rra~v, rrxesr r6~» fir ~~l~are tta Id~va+ t~~a-~P Ctsvnry Haan f»isn~°st. ~vr ~ccv c~ ~fr~s ~9, mac. ~ ad ~~ ~ d~v.s~a~r Ca~Ry nrs~ Pv11eq+. 16~ Applica~aon for Appointmcn;~ p~$c 2 of 2 Volunt~r Acttvtf~s: Mediator, Communit P•1ediation Center - r~s., '96-98, director, '93-99, Dispute Settlement Center of Cape Fear UV~y da you avish io ~rve an tha ~aam; Camnuti~e, or Commission r~qu~~tsd? Ouveniles are the future. Yet .Juvenile violence is increasinn. while criminal Justice and education systems are struggling. VVe__ne~L_to ~7tat't~oyo~ ~a~1 are your puelifications far ~rvle~~ an the Baerd, Corr~ml7i~o, yr Cavnr~sis~ron requ7~d? Experience with dispute resolution crisis irttervPntiQn- aa~r r~~nage- ment and leadership. Vyh~t ~r of oonc~r~r s~oulrl you lek~ em ~®~ ttso Bca,~rd, Cov~emltt, ar Cr~mrnr'ssdmn ~vd~rs~ Community action to orovidP ou~ycuth w~ th ; m7 rnvP~{ _ ~ ent skills,strong role models, character d~vPlcnment- -- ,Are you cuer~rafiy ~esryinp on one~~~r &sffiro° or conxnil~8 ~~polnt~~,~y ~ r~ur7icip~Jtty ~r ~ coarn#yr' if sa, p1e89~ hit: NI o • D~ar~r S e p t. 7, 2 0 0 0 Si~rrnlvr~ ~~ /! i ~'~l~~t~c~~; Pl~~.s~ provOds rhr local p~rrsnn~l r~irc~s: ~8rr1~ '• Frank S. Conlon '~' 4~irsten Atkinson 3'Donald C. Thompson :~n.~.n-~a~,ov~•.ac.uslcc~ag~ali~c.l~trn ~t~8ne ~V~amb~r 343-8089 362-8000, 452-2000 251-1237 o°r~t7i~ 169. V~iiliarn P. ~levvel 2'80'(or8cshire Lane, Wilmington, 8VC 28409 (9'10) 350-086? September 7, 2000 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Dear Commissioners, Because I share your concern. for the development of our youth ,into responsible citizens, I request your favorable consideration of my application for appointment to the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council With our prisons already crowded (1 in 32 of adult males in USA in prison), our court dockets bloated, violence among our youth on the increase, and our education system struggling with its ability to impart accepted values, we need greater community involvement in programs to attack our problems. I want to help. My relevant experience includes: Thirty years in United States Coast Guard, with duties including ship operations, law enforcement, security, and training development. Eight years experience in dispute resolution, including family and community mediation, anger management, and peer mediation programs in schools. Board of directors for local community mediation center, and acting chair of advisory board. Recent exposure to court overcrowding, while providing mediation services in New Hanover County flistrict Cou9°t. . My education includes: BA from Amherst Cofiege and MBA from UNCW, Training in basic mediation, family mediation and crisis intervention. While I don't claim to offer magical solutions to our problems, I promise that, if appointed, I will work diligently with other Council members to evaluate existing programs and improve our community-based efforts. S i n~cerel y, ,~ ~J ~ , William .Heave 170 N~'W SAN®1/F'!~' ~C~ DINT ~ ~~AR® C)F' ~~1~1~1/S~StC3NEt~S 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 ~. Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Telephone (9101 341-7149 ' FAX (91 OJ 341-4130 Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the tVew Hanover County Board of Commissioners. _. Request for Appointment to: ~ ~' ~ 4~. ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~~ ~`~ ; C ~ ~.a ;,~N ~ t' S i~. i ,~ ~1~~! S vt~c~ (_) ~ ~. ~ Name:. ~-~ ~~ ~ ~ C1 ~ t ~ Nome Address: ` ~ ! 5 ~ ~- ~ t~ ~ tZ ~ ,How long have you been a resident of New Hanover County? ~ ~ Y Mailing Address: T ~ O ._ ~ ~ ~ ~{ ~~ ~ ~ , City and State: ~,J Y ~ ~• ~~ S V ~ ~ ` ~ ~ ~ ~- ~ ~ ~ ~ Zip Code: ~' ~~ ~. ~% ~% Telephone: Nome: ~~ ~ '~~ -- 7 ~ -- ~ ~; ? '`~ Business: -y "Sex: ~~ "Race: "Age: (a:, ~ 'This information is requested for the Bola purpose of assuring that ®cross-section of the community is eppoinlad. ""Emt~loved bv: ~ ~.~ ~ Y ° °A person currently amp/Dyed by the agency or depertmenl for which this app/ication is made, must resign his/her position with New Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. 4 0/ the New Hanover County Personnel Po/icy. Job Title. Professional Activities: Volunteer Activities: ~4' ~ ~--L ~ 1 ~ S ~,~' ~ ~; ~ ~? t' Why do yov w/sh to serve on.the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? What do you feel are your qua/ifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? What. areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: .(Please use reverse side (or additional commentsl -~ ~- -,-~~ ~.~ ,.:; B,FFERENCES Please provide three local personal references: Name 3) Phone Number ice/ ~- ~ 72 Application for Appointments http://www.co.new-hanover.nc:usiCC/applic.ht~r ~~~ ~~' ~~JI1/1 IBS®IV~' I!!I' i1 ] ~^1'I 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 . Wilmington, NC 2840-4093 ~~'dl `-i~"~°'r` =~° "'?. e^ o.= .: S Telephane (910) 341-7149 FAX (910) 341-4130 . Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the lUew Hanover County Board of Commissioners. Re uest for .A ointment to: - Name: ~ ~;,s ~ ~~ - ~How long have you been a resident of New Hanover County? ~j ~f~r`~ _ ~~ Home Address: ., ~,~~5 ~Ctiz°~l~- ~c~ J Mailing Address: Z ~ ~ ~ l ~, ~, ~~ ~ C~ ` ~ City a d State: ~ I ;';L'ti'! ~'~::;'1 J % ~/ C ~ __ Zip Code: ` ~.~~- Telephone: Home: G(LD. ~~' ~ ~' ~ ~~ j Business: . `~ ~ ,~~ 'Sex: ;1,'lG (~, `Race: Gt,u~r`r ~-`1 `-Age: *This information ~s requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the rvrnmunity is appointed. `xEmployedby: ,~. ~ ~ ~( n *A person currently employed by the agency or department for which this application ~5 made, must resign his/her position with New Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with ;article Vl, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Job Title: ~ ,_ ~f- ~~. ~ J Professional Activities: CJu-~j' , /} Voleinteer Activities: ~y + ~~ ~ 1 /~' ^ ~ ~%.~~-:'7 ~ ~;i ~~C(~~ ~~~!^ ~, I l "~ / /~ ~'c 'j `.~~ ~~/~'~lb%%61.~'1L~:` ll~.-2li~i~i,1.-'f-G~C'.~' SAC{. l..Q~"~ ~C~(i%fiCL ~L!`,~~~ ~,7 J i Cl, ~~ 1 _ U~ `~~ yt 7'- ~ ~'' ~ ~~~ Why do you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? C"~t~~ r ` ~&'~ l~'1 ~2~i: ~~ rz~ Wh~a'ti,dvo~-you feel/are ;lour qua/itfic}a/ti~(ons for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requestedl? ~' '+t~Lf V . ~l.~Q.r'b~ f~~1i~ / ~'L~Jl.~`~`' (, j'~`~c..~ / „t,L::7 ~ L--G=_ ~1.I ~ 1 ~~," ~~~' ~-t 1 ~ ~ 1L'~G~ ~~ T7i~, (,LJ t~~~ 1 ~ (~r~r ~"~T- ~~'1C~ -titn~(-~%r` ~,Jw~ ~~ r~%i~ ~~ ?~~l ~ ~ 1 of 2 ~~ G1 ~%~ ~ ~ ~ 6/;0/00 3:08 PN Application for Appointments http:Uwww.co.new-hanover.nc.us/CC/applic.htm What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or.Commission address? Are you currently serving on another board or committee ap,oointed by a mun~c~pality or a county! It so, please /ist.~ r -j- ,~/' / ., ,~"', ` ` ~, Date: ~~3`C~G _ Signature _ ~ %,-~ ~~-~'-' y ~~~u~~".- REFERENCES: Please provide three local personal rer'erences: Name .Phone Number ~~ 174 ~ 6/30/00 3:08 Pv ~ of ,~ rage i or L • ~~v U N~N~v~,SS ~~E.RS N~;~ coF,~,, 320 C9~estnu~ Street, 17o0rrt 3015 ~o of Wifmin~tcrn, NC 28~40't-4093 7°etephone (990) 341-749 ~,4~C (910) 34?-4730 ~1pplpcc~i:ron ~~rAppoz<n~rraent ~~ wards, Ccmmitte~s, arad CarrTrnlssp0 ' ,Appointed bar ~t°~~- ,~e~ Na~r~ver Cann/ty l3~card of ~~tr~miss$or~er~- Request for Appointment to: '~---+~1 m ~i~rY~ Jc~S~It~. r'~`1Y ~rvP~Sh~ ~ j~+'"d,5ve+ a.~.Q E~ SU i/Y'.ii f,?~ ~u 5 rte. ~rr~t~n< <a.~ t'aw,vC7 ~, How (on,~ have you been a resident of Neer Hanover County? ~. ~ .~! ~' ~ ~ Horne Address: ~''.~~' L ~ ~'" r' c /~-' a ~ Maiiin3 address: ~ ~fl~ ~~'I ~ ~'`~ f"r /~G f ~ City and.Stace: f ~M dip Cade: ~ f 7'etephone: Nome: ~~ `- ~ ~ ~ ~ f~ ~ -Business: c2-~tt "` .~~ ~- r "Sex: ~--r~'' ~'y'T ~1'' r~~ "'RrtC~~: /~ ~ r -~? ,-A~e: ~T`' -- "7'his inJ ormation is regtteste~l far the sole purpos@ of assuring that acrass-section of the ccrnmcrrlr#y is dpooi *`Fmplcryed by: ~""d persan currently emptoyerl by the agency or department for which this application is made, rr:ust resign hi Yar,over ~'t~unty upon oppc~intrnent, in accordance vrith Arfic/le Vi~SeC. ~ of the Alevv Huntnter Cauniy Persotlne tip r v~ / U ,~ ~~..~1 ~° I ~`,a~-r ~. .~ ~` .'S' ~~ ~~ ~.~' .lab Tif (~: /~ L ~ S t r ~ ~ ~rofessionalActivitie5; ~-~'~~~'~d~+.~ ~~,~a~/~~' ~0 1~'r~ c~~,r~, . L~o(unteer Activities: Why da ypu wish to ser/Q on tt~e Baard Committee, ar Comrnissian requested? !~'.4,~A1 /~ ~~ l r~ /,~'rrt.~ruR~~ 7`3~, sf',o~vYi r'~/''d&~'rtt~r~ ,F°~ S ~tS"7`rvl~'~ / ~ 4~~LJ9 ~ 'S ~r5-~ /('~`r~G-..5 r~Nr',~ ~~/~sf'E'_' ,fit ~ ~'~ t;~''ir'~.t1CE~s" ~~ ~.~ f S S V~._5: What do you feel are yaur qua(Fficrrtions far serving an the Baard, CorrrmitCee, or Cvmmissran requested? / ,r ~ ,~ ~? ,~~ ~~ ~ta1 .,~}. ~ v ~~~.,/~. ~'fr o ~i ft-7`ty~. ~~ -c.~ ~e .r`e n.~s~.,.. l ~cr~„i`,.~ @ {~~ (C:~ ~1.~' ~ U YP'n / / 2 •r L~"!'Q'~- ' /~ tJr~,. ~~''~`0 !~ ~ ~ J' p'~ 2~ f'~9 r ([ ~~*L'}/ ~'' sC i("fl°NC ~ s~}N~ t'"~~r2.rsx.?~1~~ ~~ /~-~ir~ ~'.~'rr+tll't-r't~ j ~S ~r:~' ~s'!. ~`~~ ~~`. • lZt~p://rsv,nl~.cgov_comlCC/apolvhisn 09i0~I2001 175 ~Lppi_ication fpx Appoin~.ez~ts page 2 of 2 What are/as o concern would yQU tike to see the Board, Comrnrttee, or Commission address? Are you currently carving on another board ar committee appointed by* c~ munfcipafity or a county? t~' so, pteQs ~~~ ~FFFA urFC~ Please pra~ride three ~aeat persona( teferencas: ~~Y11@ n ~ ~ ~ /~f ~ t htip:llw-yv~,-v nl~cgov.comlCC/apply.htm 09!05/2001 176 ~~,~~~~ p~l~t1@ ~l1m~J~i' IV~W HA1V ~'~'~~ C~Lo'I~JT ~' S®~~4fl CAF ~C?lV1~ISSI~~IERS ~, 32D Chestnut Street, Room 3D5 . Wilmington, Nt~ 28401-4093 " Telephone (910J 341-714.9 FAX (9 101 34 1-4 130 Application for Appointment to Boards, Commr'ttees, and Commissions ~8ppointed by the Nev-t Hanover County Board of Commissioners. Request for,4ppointment to: ~,y~•~'.v/.~~ L ~»~.t; 1°~'; v~,C,drres.~r ~'avrvcrt /r,~/,~J.v,r~. ~',.sT.~ 9°a .v7.at~.c~a'.yr~ „ .. - Name: ~nme:~T ~ OGr~„~' Hcros How long have you beef°a Address: S3.3~" .ts'a~.a.~ .~=~~~:~'.~~~a~ resident of New Hanover County? 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T~•a~o *Sex: .ri'r~/.m *Race: L~r,y, w= "Age: ~ °This information is requested far the sole purpose of assurinv that across-section of the community is appointed. *Employed by: ~'~; :.atra ° -A person currently emplo yed b y the agency or department fo: wnicn this application is made, must resign his/her position with NewrJanover County upcn appointment, in accordance with flrticle Vl, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. ti/©b Title: Pe,a~~s~:? ,Z:r,$.z`' "~ 3 ,~,,~.~:.rc v,~~'~~l `$~v ,~-:~~ ,'° ?; .. :ii.~~ ~y~v =,~d ~r~'a 3?,s /{fe?,.~ ~~fJS.~'y ~'a/:.,~~ov.~~..:.~~,z'~C~~Ta+w ,~yr C°:~;w~aru~ ~.~a~ «:°~,ePa,i~~%r+.,vs~'str s3e~/,~uivva~!'~.~„ua+~' - r~'.~.4"Av~a3~'.~a"` Professional Aci~ivities: ~ •~',r4-+~~ .s~'~.~,~,~~,~„ - ~,a~~ ~ .~,~~sr~,.~.~, ~ av.,t ~v t rar ~ Ta ,v ~"i'~~rq ~ ~ ~rr~,f "- a, .~ ~0/UnteErACt%V/t1eS: ~J~~•°~+••~,r.~~di ,3"~.re'dJ',~•QS.3'~sz.~•~~.~'~'°Y+y» ~da,su.sra~ J 1915'~J /~.i. GS e~. '~.'etp9l G',7 w'hy do you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? ~ ,.rz., .a~tx~~,~.,; ~..~+*.~ What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? , ~/.~[J~.d.o , ,u ~,. ~.:a. ,...reV..+Ls. .v ...Gl.G.tM:--r:P '~e9+.,;z,~tl.,s:.saGa+' ~du...~.lt/ ~-wr~..~'...fi>,,:~P~1s<: ~-D 9 t_z~,.~s....~0..:a..ar. .JJ t^,.~.a-.a- ~y1!(~hat areas of concern would you like to see the Board,~~-Commit~e'e, or Commission address? ~~~ ~~ Are you currently serving an ono D)~ by a municipality~or a county? if so, please list: Date: .~'~ ,r!'~.c,,,..,_ ~ e a r (Please use ravers~e side for additional h; JUL - 1 _O~i ~~ ,,/~~ tsl / NE'h' NANOVER CO 90 Oi COMh115Si0NERS ~, • ,dpplication for Appointment to Bo®rds, COm i.tt ~yt'ry~~ Appointed by the ~~w Hanover County 8 r-d o ~'or~am • • Request for Appointment to: Name: Q~ How tong have you been a resident of New Hanover County? < ~ ~:(~~~'~;' Home Address:. ~~~ l ~ ~~~'-l~~ r~o'?-~i~ Mailing Address:. ~1~ <~~~~ ~~~ r ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ r~ City and State: ~%~~%~~~~~~,: ~ ~ S'~r'~~~ Zip Code: /Q / n/ / ~- /y~~ Telephone; Nome: l ~ l/.~ `7'~`- ~~- - / 7 / ,1~ Business,~`"~~/> ~ ~~ ,j L'' " 1 ~ "Race: _= _L/LC~,~C_.~ "Age: Sex: ~ i`-2-r,~ `This information. is requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is app ""Employed by: `.l..2 .G f:zt~ //~' ~ ~~ ~y'z~~~/~~~~L.- ,.~ --,, ,~iv~~~'G~-'~J ""A person currently employed by the agency or department for which this application is made, must resign Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Person Job Title: %~Z,~-~f%iU ~~% ~(/.-c r Professional Activities: __ Volunteer Activities: ~C% ~.. ~ ~ Why do you wish. toserve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? - ~.: i ~ ~~p / ~ , -G=- ~. What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? http://wtiwv:nhcgov.com/CC!apply.htm ~ 09/05/2001 ~ I 1 What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? ^ , ~? , a > ./77" ~ G~Cc.~ , ,~` ~y Z~u.L c d LCY~-~n~~~u~~ c.~ru~sc~-c Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed y a municipality or a county? !f so, plE ~~~-~~-e--~ / ;~ Date: ~ / ~ ~ ~` Signature ~ ' ~~~ Gam` ~ ~~'- ~" -._J ~ ~ ~ REF~REPJCI='S: Please provide three local personal references: Name Phone Number ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ -~ r - 3. 1~0 http:/iwtvw.nhcgov. com/CC/apply.htm 09/05/2001 .. (`. ._ ' r\~~ .. ,~ ,w ,~~. .\'.. ~\~1.~J 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 ~ ~'~'~ J ~ ' Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 ~ - ' Telephone (9 101 34 1-7149 - FAX (910) 341-4130 Application for Appointment t® hoards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the,New Hanover County hoard of Commissioners. _,..... ~ Request forAppointment to: Name: Home Address: lLlailing.4 ddress: r City and State: ~( ~/ 1 (V 1/ 1 Iy) ~ Telephone: Home: C~~ ~C 9 "Sex: ~ `Race: ' - "This information !s requested for the Zip Code: C7LC1 -L~-~' U -,, -' _ Business: ' ~~ d ~ ~ -" J ~ ~, "~ ~;~~ ~,t.0. ~ *Age: ~ t,.v~ purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. Employed by: ~,~t./ ~C7 ~ ~ "'A person currently emplo yed b y fh agency or department for which this application is made, must resign his/her position with New Hanover Cgunty upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vi, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Job Title: ~ lf'-2~C~ Y' (~~ i./~il~~i` ~,1~~rY'~~~i~, -- Professional Activities: Volun to er A c tivi ties: Why da you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? ..~, j,c)~ _~S~Y ]/ p.J 0 ` D Q What do you feel are your qualrficafions far seivln he hoard, ommlttee, or Commission requested? J 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ `° - ' . ' ~ --- 0 V ~, ~~ ~ ` bvt o ~ ~ -fib i.t ~ Q trt GG~~ r ~rr~..~ -~ v~ c,!-,;, l ~- ~ o ~` a~, What ~reas of concern ~ultl you like to set the Board, ~ommrttee, r Corrlmt'ssion address? it r ~ I ~ I ~. 1 r ... ! /1 ~ ~ Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: r Dater ~ /~ ~ Signature (Please use revers Ada far a di Bona! commentsl l REFERENCES: Please provide three local personal references: Name Phone Number 1. ~. ~ l 3 ~; Applicant: °'Y .. .. ~~ 182 ~~IiYB~ l.I~ `LoLJIb'I16//,o3a.7®~/61~~a~ ~' ~ ~r~r~~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 , Wilmington, NC 2840.1-4093 ~ ~~~ ~ ~~9~E ~ , Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX (910) 341-4130 Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the Ne~v Hanover County Board of Commissioners. ' Request for.Appainiment to: ~~ ~'.~ C--- Name: F2J~ii,~ ~ r z ~~~ ~ c-~ ~. Home (( J Address: / 2.~1~ (~/~S t~l ~ How long have you been a _ S¢ ~/~l ~~~~~'~~~ .f.~~- resident of New Hanover County? ~ ~ ~_~ Mailing Address: ~ L~, ~~~ yC~ ~~! City and State: ~-CJ ; f `1~?~ Evil ~ . .Zip Cade: ,~~~~c~ Telephone: Nome: ~/l0 - ,~ ~.~~ ~'~..3 ~ Business: ~/~ 7l2 -~~'~~ Sex: i'"'I_t=-~-~- "Race: .LD~/a-C~. Age: ~S ole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. ested for the °This information is req u "Employed by: ~ 21 ~- ~ s i~l- `~~~`~ f~ °A person currently employed by t a agency or department for which this app/ication ~s made, must resign his/herposition wife Naw Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Arficie VI, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Job Title: (.,~GVIU~E~ ~ f~J~~.~~~ Professional Activities: 5PC` ~~; ~i1~ ~'~ VoiunteerActivities: ,S~' c'- ,~~5-c.{ra!/~.. Why da you wish to serve on the Board, Committee; or Commission requested? / ~ ;g .~j~,7~~ C~c( ~2e n~2~ ~,C What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee; or Commission requested? ~.S ~~ l~~Sc-~rvt~.. What`areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? If so, please list: I~ U Date: ~ -,~-~ _~C~ iP,~aase use reverse side for additions/ comments) ~'~~ Signature. /~ o ~~~Q~e trees 121 Hargrove Drive Wilmington, North Carolina 28411 Phone (910) 793-0736 Fax (910) 793-2114 E=mail SHAB ~Z2295 Objective To recreate communities to he drug free, and crime free; to . perpetrate Godly principles and ownership of the community. I9>8 -Present Self-employed Wilmington, i~tC. Employment Oc~~~er al~d operator ofTunun~ Heads Beauty and Barber Salon ® Cuts and styles clients' fair • Sets appoint~~;ents e Counsel clients, provide ~?;uidance n Supen~ises the s«lon area and or,e Barber a Entrej~reneurial training ' Developed "Mope" 1/.Iouscs to assist in drug rehabilitation 19S4 l~larris Barber Coll~_~,e Ralei~?h, NC ~.+ducation Ii)iploma iii Barbering 1983 - 1984 Oakwood Cc.~ICe~Te Iluntsville, :~I, 1983 Juirn "l~`. 1fc;_~,~~t~rd f~ii~_{li School ~~Vilmi>>gton, NC I~-ii<<l~~ S~huoi L1il);o~na !Ln established entrepreneur ~,vho is tiwell respected within the ~~ur~tmary.of community; a (two-time) .candidate fcr i~tew Hanover County gu~lsfications Commissioner and (one-time) candidate for City Council; const~lnt ' interest in helping and leading the connnunity; communicate well with young people, keeping fresh in their minds that they. are our future. Vc~iunfieet' Preseirtly a mcrnber on tits board ot: direc!ors for ECHO, Elevate experience ~- the Community to Fli~,her Oppo~~u~liti~s 1996 Organized the Inner-city Softball League 1990 to 1993 l\~Iember ofthe AuFAIT (socially correct) Club 1992 Organized and sponsored a political forum for candidates 1997to 1990 Former member on the board of directors for iV[y Brother's Keeper 184 P1EW MA~fOVER COlJNTI° BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 lNilmington, NC 2840-4093 Telephone (910) 349-7949 FAX (910) 341-4130 Application for~4ppointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the Plevv Hanover County Board of Commissioners. Request far Appointment to: Juvenile Crime Prevention! Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Soard Name: Rev. Terry D. Stephens How long have you been a resident of New Hanover Counh,~? smears l,'ome Address: 8120 Mainsail Lane IUlailing Address: 8120 Mainsail Lane City and State: Wilmington, NC Zip Code: 28412 Telephone: Nome: 910-392-1347 Business: 910-791-0383 *Sex: Male ''Race: C Age: 38 "This information is requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-secfion of the community is appointed. "*Employed by: United Advent Christian Church ~`A person currently employed by the agency or department for which this application is made, must resign his/her position with iVew Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Job Title: Associate Pastor Professional Activities.' Youth Ministry. Christian Education Preschool, Public Sneaking, National Commission on Youth Ministry Volunteer Activities: President, Carolina Seach School PTO, Asst. Scout Master youth sports bVhy do you wish to serve on the Board, Cammiftee, or Commission requested? A lifelong concern fior adolescents and their well beingand to help others appropriately understand them. a i 185 What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? Education training work experience and concern for kids What areas of concern would you like to see the Soard, Committee, or Commission address? Further implementation of Frameworks in asset building tyre you currently serving on another board or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? tf so, please list: Date: 8121100 Signature REFERENCES: Please provide three Iota! personal references: Phone Number Name 1. Rev Adrian Shepard 910-791-6383 2. Charles Crafit 910-763-0159 3. Vicki Naves 910-458-9472 1~6 • Pastors Adrian Shepard Terry Stephens August 22, 2000 ~Tnited Advent Christian Church 4912 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28412 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners 320 Chestnutt Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Re: Committee Vacancy Telephones: Church (910) 791-6383 Pre-School (910) 791-9564 Fax (910) 313-0694 1`-'~ts~ ~.6~1 r 1 ~~'~" ...s .._:.J ~. a ~J lair :l + r.r^.~ T llq Pa.~ ,-r~ I would like to submit my application for your consideration for one of the vacancies listed on the county web site with the Juvenile Crime Prevention/Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board. I am currently serving as Associate Pastor at United Advent Clu•istian Church in Wilmington, NC. I relocated here just over six years ago from Chattanooga, T?`1 where ~I was employed with the Chattanooga YMCA as. Youth and Family Program Director at the Downtown Branch and Pastor of the Chattanooga Advent Christian Church. While in Chattanooga I had the opportunity to volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused/neglected children in the Hamilton County Juvenile Court system and to work in and direct many aspects of the YiV1CA. I directed youth and family programs, day camp, before and after school; youth sports, and offered support to child care, and facility management. I developed programs including a Middle School Model United Nations, Youth Exchange with the YMCA in Kiel, Germany, and direction of a youth leadership experience for middle school student leaders (Chattanooga Youth Trust). I served as YiVtCA Cluster Coordinator in the Tennessee Cluster for family programs. I was able to Qain experience working with kids in a variety of socio-economic circumstances. While in Wilmington I have had a strong ministry within the local congregation and have been heavily involved in the community. My ministry involves a preschool, children's ministry, youth ministry, Christian education, counseling, and other pastoral duties. I have served on national and regional committees within the church structure and I work well with volunteers and groups of all aces and have consistently been committed to youth. I hope you will seriously consider my application for the above mentioned position. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, --'~_'~` ~r-- Terry phens 1~7 Serving the Community and the World ~~ e X120 MaAnsail i.ane - 4~i8~tingt~r't, R!C 2~4~2 (9~.®}392-1347 To secure a position in a that allows for professional growth and development and provide leadership in empo4vering people of a diverse populace to identify and develop their individual potential; and strengthen families throughout the community. ~~ ~'~ ~ ~~~~~~ Good Communication Skills both written and oral Associate Pastor (1994-present) Good organizational Ski(Is United Advent Christian Church Wilmington, NC Job Experience Job responsibilities: Youth Ministry, Christian Education, Pre- School/Kindergarten, Counseling, and other pastoral duties _tt personal Integrity ' assigned by Senior Pastor. ~ Volunteer Coordinator (1995-1998) Netvvorkingskills Carolina Seach School -New Hanover County Schools .. -~, Wilmington, NC Job responsibilities: Administer school's volunteer program, ~` ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ provide direct services to the children, serve as liaison ber,veen the school, the community, and volunteers. '~'~ 1980-1984 Youth and Family Program Director (1988-994} Berkshire Christian College Lenox, MA YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanoaga Bachelor of Arts in Theotogywith emphasis in Job responsibilities: High School/J r. High Programs, Family „_~,~_ Youth Ministry Programs, Youth Sports, Before/After School, Chattanooga . `(outh Trust, Day Camp, Staff Liaison with German YMCA -Kiel, ~ 1976-1980 Germany, Member International Committee and Christian Rossville High School Rossville, GA Emphasis Committee Pastor (1985-1994) Chattanooga Advent Christian Church '' ' Job responsibilities: General leadership over ail departments ;;- and auxiliaries of the church, with special attention to Sunday School program, youth program, visitation, counseling and !~`'~ encouragement, and maintenance of grounds and facilities. Adolescent Group Leader (1987-1988) - ~'~~'' Valley Psychiatric Hospital Chattanooga, TN Job responsibilities: Daily care of emotionally disturbed -_ adolescents, leading small group sessions, organizing daily schedule, leading programs designed by activity therapy - department. -'`~,. .. Youth Minister ~ - ~ ~ ~-'}' ~' Princeton Advent Christian Church Princeton, WV - ~ ~ ~'} `'~- Job responsibilities: Youth and children's ministry. - ~ r~ ~~~~~~~~ ~, r;T t5 V; 2j S ' ~~ ~ '- . r C`t. r~ -n .. - :,.r ~~ .~~ ~ ~It 1 ~ _ ~ .., _ ~ µ, ~. t ~ ~ ~,~f ~, - ~;~:" ~~r~a~~c~~~®~~ Certified -Prepare/Enrich premarital/marital counseling model Ordained Minister -Advent Christian Conference of Eastern North Carolina Sonlife Ministry -Youth Ministry Strategy Seminar, Advanced I Training.in Youth Ministry, Growinga Healthy Church Tennessee Cluster Coordinator for Family Programs YMCA Principles and Practices -Staff Development Program "Y-Indian Guide Director" "Pricing" -YMCA Career Deveiopment Module How To Supervise People Seminar Clinical Pastoral Education -Erlanger Medical Center tanooga, TN CASH (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Volunteer - Hamilton County Juvenile Courts Governor's Recognition for Volunteer Services in North Carolina Outstanding Young Men of America Award Outstanding Christian Businessmen of America Award Eagle Scout Lt. Col. Aide De Camp: Governor's Staff State of Georgia ~~~~~t~~e Ex~~r~~~~~ PTO President Carolina Beach School Volunteer Coordinator Carolina Beach School Youth Sports Coach Cub Scouting Advent Christian National Commission on Youth Ministry . CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Howard Brown, Director RSVP Program New Hanover County, NC: (910)452-6389 Rev. Adrian Shepard, Senior Pastor. United Advent Christian Church: (910)791-6383 Lee McChesney, Executive Director, Cleveland Family YMCA: (423)476-5573 Bill Wetzel, CEO, Chattanooga Metropolitan YMCA: (423)265-8834 Chris Phillips, Chairman National Commission on Youth Ministry for Advent Christian General Conference, Mechanicsville, Advent Christian -= Church: (804)746-895 4._.,. -~ Chet E. Hart, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Amer- ica: Dallas Texas (214)987-4073 >~` ~~~~~ Y Travel, Bicycling, Tennis, Backpacking, `-~'' Canoeing, Soccer, Swimming, Cooking, Family `~'1 Activities. y;- Desktop Publishing `Nord Processing Internet Editing Web Page .~ 189 IVFVi/ ~-1~N0VFR COUl1lTY BOARD OF COMJVIISS/Ol1l.ERS APR ° 4 2001 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wi/mington, lVC 28401-4093 NEw HANOVER CD Telephcne (9101 34J-7149 BD OF COr~!eiSSiONERS FAX (91 of 341-; 13~ ~}-~~t.: rG I~SQ ,~-/,, ~ r- °~.. Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the IVew Hanover County Board of Commissroners_ F,equest for Appointment to: ~/yV~'-i7i/~ ~('!r}'1 ~ ~ ~.~/~~ ~~~ pv~c/ ~( ~~ ~C` ~ /~ . r9Jame: ~~ l 0 ~-5 %~ , ~iLJ~ G ~ ~ %,'1 S Nome _ / ,~ How /ong hive you been a Add,-=ss: 3//.3 ~/ o ~ (~~~~/-~ f- ~ f' resident of New Harrower County? ~ ~/~~.~5 l~lai/ing Address: 3/L3 ~/ o ~ (~yf~ ~~/-u' ~~^, City and Stare: ~~i ~/Yt ,'y/~- ~D n. ,~{~ ~ T'p Code: ~ ~~d / ~ , Teie,ahcne: r'-!ome: ~=~5~~- ~7i~~ D 2usiress: ~-'~~- ~~c Ste( 'Sex: ~~.~r~w% 'Race: 'Age: 'This information rs requested fcr (h~e~s~ole/purpose of a/s^suring chat across-sac:ion or th,a'ccmmunity is aopainted. b~c-np/a yed b y: C~~-~-~ a ~~ l~(/r f ~'? / /ZG ;7~ ~. °',^. pers-an c::rrsnt/y amp/dyad by the agency or deo~rcment fcr wnicil G7is appiicadon ~s made, must resign hrs/her position with New Hanover Countyf~ucon apcointment, in acc/orCance~with ,QrtiCi9 V!, Sec. 4 of the New h'anover Ccunty Fersornai Policy. f ~~yy %/ 1 - / 1 ,~ f~ -oi~essiona/ACtiviiieS: ~L~ l~~l~ ~SD~>a~0/L , /(/~Y ~ / Kli'" ~.SSO ~'/~'7`: ©/ti, icy! ,LJftl~ ~.S D i Volun to er A c ti vi ties: ~ GtJ ~~i ~C 1/-~/^ ~jyJ~ ! ~~ ~ ,L ~~, ~(~~, ~~ ~+ ~, om rn. c>>-~. a ~ m ~ ~GL°r-r/flr~L~ i~ C~ Why da yeu wis,"; to s~~~e on the Beard, Committee, ar Commr'ssion requested? J~O ~':,2~ f~~~ i) ~ / , ~ ,/ G~i/vl~'rI ~f1 ~t Sea~'l/r e. S 4~ ~ v1~e~ 1 / P--S ~lJ ~iS 'v~/~til What do you tee/ are your qua/ifioations far seriing on the ward, Committee, or Commr'ss;'cn requested? d2r'd S ~°,~° ~/~ C. o E1 -~° rr -2-n ~-~- ~n eJ S ~S L~ v®6 Lv ~/' ~ i2 a 1 ~4 ~2 ll~ (/~ S l O ~t Ci ~^ ~Vhar areas or ~ncerrr wou/d you like o se~ he 6oaro; C~brnmittee, or Commission address? ~g~GC_! °vn~' Q ~ ! r .~12t2 ~ /2L~ ~ /' / C//~at / /cam _C f i m e- ~ /`e- l~2 '~`~O .~. ;m,~'~ ~t `v'I Are you current/l~yJser~r'ng on anot~`re.r boa/r'd or commit~ee appor'nted b'y/tea muric:na/it y or a co/unty? lr" so, please /~st: ~/~S ~ )'!/~ ~~r~ E I/~y' La/~'1 /~1_sS < o r-i ~r l/U9i72-~°_~'l, ~c~n-mil ~~''1 ~ yt!~i %'i t /1 ~~ !'Please e side for adaitionai comments) ~. Sir•r, a tore ~ 2~~Lr~-W~-~ .~ ~ ~®~o~~s M. yv1~,~.~~~s, J.~. 3113 Joe Wheeler Dr. Wilmington, NC 28409 (910) 341-5851 ®BJ~~'IVE Board member where I can utilize my leadership, consensus building, organizational and~interpersorial skills in service to New Hanover County. - E1~UCATI~I1t & TI~AfNII~TG Juris Doctorate, Louisiana State University, 1978 Licensed to practice law in Louisiana (1978) and North Carolina (1.995) Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1974 Minimum of 15 hours annually of Continuing Legal Education Trained as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for juveniles, .mediator and facilitator EXPEiZIE1~ICE Assistant City Attorney -Wilmington, North Carolina - 1995-date Rountree & Seagle, Wilmington, NC -Clerk, Associate -1993-95 Sole practitioner of law in Louisiana - 1989-93 Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, Slidell, LA -Special Partner - 1981-88 Judge John J. Erny, Jr., Larose, LA -Associate - 1979-80 David A. Hamilton, Baton Rouge, LA -Associate - 1978-79 As an attorney I use many skills required by a board ~s~ember. Listening skills and other interpersonal skills- and recordkeeping are required in dealing with elected officials,. City management, other attorneys and judges. I use .organizational; legal expertise and public speaking skills in dealing with various governmental bodies anal agencies. I have also taught family law, community property, successions and wills in the. Notarial Course sponsored by the St. Tammany Parish Legal Secretaries Association. NIy leadership and consensus building skills are used to advocate and to negotiate. V~9LI_TI~TTEEIt ~®AIt~ ACTIVI'TfE~ NORTH CAROLINA: Elected to third term as Treasurer (1998-2001) and three terYns as President (1995-98) of the NEW HANOVER CONINIISSION FOR WOMEN. Since 1995 the Commission regularly prepares and implements an annual program agenda. As chairman of the Teen Leadership Experience committee led the major callaborative community effort to establish and fund the Teen Leadership Experience (TLE), a leadership and conflict resolution program which is now in its fourth year. Coordinated the TLE Youth Summit held in January 2001. In 2001, chaired t'~e committee that published the 12 page booklet Women's Work: a Cerztur~'s Worth. In 1997 co-chaired the committee that published the 80 page needs assessment report, Status of Women in New Hanover Coicnty for which the Commission was awarded the Gove's' . Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. ''~~ Secretary (1995), Treasurer (1996), Vice-president (1997-99) and President (1999-date) of the COMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTER OF CAPE .FEAR, INC. which provides education and training in the peaceful resolution of conflict to people in the Cape Fear region. As special projects conu~nittee chairperson (1997-00} worked with Dr. Bruce McKinney, UNCW Department of Communications, on Eracism: a Discussion of Race, a theatrical production, co-sponsored by the 1898 Centennial Foundation and obtained funding from the NC Governor's Crime Commission for the P.A.C.E. (Providing Adolescents Choices to Enhance) program that provides services to juvenile status offenders. Past member of the Board of Directors of WILMINGTON HOUSING FINANCE AND DE~IELOPMENT, INC. which provides housing for low and moderate income families, 1994-1995. LOUISIANA: As a founding member, organized, established and operated SAFE I-IAIZBOR, INC., a shelter for battered women and their children in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Served as President from 1992-1993 and as a member of the Board of Directors from 1990 to 1993. Under my leadership the shelter went from an idea to an operating facility with 4 permanent staff members and beds for 15 victims of domestic violence. Used my organizational, negotiating and interpersonal skills to obtain the support and approval of public officials and local and state regulatory agencies for the establishment, funding and operation of the shelter. Elected to Board of Directors of the LOUISLANA CENTER FOR WOMEN & GOVERNMENT at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. in recognition cif nny leadership roles in the legal profession ar~d cozmnunity. As a mennber, coordinated and held a Girls Leadership Conference fo-r girls ages 10 to 13 in 1993. OTHER BOARD NIEti1BERSl-ZIPS. OFFICES AND VOLUN'T`EER SERVICES: New Hanover 1-Taman Relations CoTiux~ission awards committee chairperson (:1996- 2001); Slidell Bar Association, Past President; Slidell Memorial I-iospital Women's Health Foundation Consultant; Northshore Hospice at Northshore Regiona11V1edical Center; The Caring Center of Slidell, Inc., a shelter project for homeless women and their children, Vice-president; Juvenile Justice Task Force under formex Louisiana Lt. Governor Ivlelinda Schwegmann: H~I~~1~S 1998 YWCA Cape Fear Woman of Achievement for Community Service Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association for providing free legal services to indigent battered women as a volunteer through the YWCA.Battered Women's Program in Slidell, Louisiana, 1990. Beacon of Light Award for my services to Safe Harbor, 1992. 192 huuiL r~ uuctL ton ouoxn rax•ylu~olorul hug r ' u1 15.18 Y. U1 •-~r••~ .. .. •,.w.«~w-A~u,uver.nc.uslC:~la~ly.; ~i~'d~i ~ ~ ~.S ~C 1751 cad 1~~1a:~ 3.20 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 2c$4pT_.4py~ Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX t97p) 347-4130 Applicatir~rr ~av /.#ppointmeni to Boards, Cnft7r»itte~s, and Cart7missiOns Appainteo~ 6}r Phi lV~w F~arJVVSr CouragY ,8'trarcl of Cmrnrnissiz~n®rs. Request for,gppointment to: Cximistal Justice Faz~tnership Program Board lllarne: Kim Williford How Tong have you been s resident ~fNeW Hanover County? lZ years Home Address; 3109 Wi kforc Road Mailing Address: _ 3109 Wi.ckforC Road City and State: Wilmington, I~ort~a Caralin~ Zip Code.' 28409 Telephone: Home: (910) 392-91t'C Bras;ness: (91U) 251-5777 *Sex: F e ~'Rece: _ ~W ite _ *Age: 37 "Thrs information rs requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community rs a,o,oc,)n *"Employedby: N.C, De~aztment of Corrections, Division of CarrQmu».t Carrecta,ans x,A person currently employed by th~~ agency er department for which this app/icatior, is made, must resirJrr hi with New Hanover County upon appo himent, in accordance wi#h Article t//, Sec. 4 of the Ne~~v Hanover Couni Policy. Job Title: tl~sistant Judicial District T4anagez ~ ~ Sa~t~-Y-; ~ ~rvic~.s , ~n~ of I`~?~, ~ of N.~3, Co. Vselr~i C7gf~r~rs professiona/Activities: ~ ~_ app p Cram, l~~i b/~a Cast ~ g~ & ~~ VolunteerActivities: U,~q d7ilr=~~g l ~ ~~~~~ Why do ypu wish to serve an the board, Committee, or Commission requesteC? I ~k clotsel~ ~.th tl~ Neva ~ x~aty I~ ~ ~vlce tr>? ~ ozfic~s zn ~ t ~' ar.-rl . z can ail valt~hi. t to tYsis . as X17_ a~ 1.eazn a. lat. Whet do you feel are your quaiificaffor,s for se,ving an the Board, Cornmitr~a, cr C~,,,mission requested' k'arrte€~ (14) vas of e.~ri wi.'h Mvi~Lc~l of Cam>_ziity rte- t- in a~.,esvi~' off'~r~xs ~rrl c~ffi-cis as we~,1, as s~crart~ ~ev3.~~s ~ m ~rariass ds. _. What areas of concern would yuu like 'o see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? 7/25x0! 11_~b AM . 193 HQUlt t'f OUdL10(1 JVJI~D rdX•y1VLJ1JfUl nuy r Vl 15:1y r. VJ . _.__...._ ~ .~ aY~~y ~]C2 f7-m ter 2wr ~..~ t'~ -~-nT { .-ll Are you currently serving, on anothEr board or committee a o ~~ ppoint..d fiy a muricipafity or a county? !f so, please Please provide ;hreg locp! personal rE terences: flafe: __ ~,1/~}(J _ Srgnaiure ~- REFEREIV Cc,~ ~~~;i~,~~'o~~ ~famePhone Number !. Tc~xry Gam, ,]~! - D~ (9I0) Z51-5757 2. 3. Cl~rit of Ccaxrt (~I.p) 341.-~44 Jo ~~ Coming, 2II, Djstx~.c!: C~.~t .Fiz3~ (9Ifl~ ~+1-4~1.b oez 19 4 7/25lD I i i a~ ~ r\ COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 VACANCIES (1 unexpired term and 4 ful! terms) APPLICANTS: Grace F. Avery Larry Clark .John Coble ' Sandy Cyphers-Bohn .Gerald W. Landis ~°~ Patricia L. Leonard ~ ~ Nancy S Marks 7~ Richard J. Nasca, MD Dana E. Page Donald Patience David B. Sims, Jr. :.. - ~ .---~-~ Frank Taykor -~-~ F. Spruill Thompson `~ -~' James E. Vann -~~Gayle Price Van Velsor~ Janna A. i lams F. Marton White, Jr. ~ Curtis John Wright ~~6- V~lilliam D. Wright ~ ELIGIBLE FDR REAPPOINTMENT X C ~~ ll utaEfc~JirBd~t'/nm6 7>,clc /Y~~ rucr/ Attachments: Committee information Sheets Applications 195 P~~,W ~AI~~~'~I2 ~~~IflI'~A~. l`,~I~~~Cr~L ~~N'~'~R ~~A O~ ~J~T~~~ i'~T~her of Tv~emi~e~s: 1~ - 4 ex-officio members: County commissioner, Chief of medical Staff, Past Chief of Staff, and Chief of Staff Elect (non-voting) Terms: Three years (effective September 1993) ~.e~~~lar Meetings: Fourth Tuesday, each month at 5:00 p.m. at the Hospital. Committees of the Board average one meeting per month each. Trustees serve on committees as appointed by the Board's chairman. Statue or ~.ause creatia~g ~©ard: Charter or Articles of Incorporation issued by the Secretary of State, dated May 26, 1967. brief o~n ~'unct~ions: Takes responsibility for the operation of a large public hospital through the establishment of policy and the deciding of major questions on finance; scope of services, facilities, future directions, etc,; and through evaluating quality and costs. CL~.i~'T ~EMBE~~S Jon W. Rosboro~.~ah 422 Brookforest Road Wilmington; NC 28409 395-4726 (H) 341-4333 (~') Stedman Stevens 2216 Lynnwood Drive Wilmington, NC 28'103 251-0601 (H) 620-.6444 (W) ~•Iargaret Weller-Stargell 813 Tarpon Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 452-1887 (H) 343-0145 (W) Haywood E. Whife III 6108 Old Branch Road Wilmington, NC 28409 762-9155 {H) 343-3377 (W) Howard L. Armistead, Jr. P , O. Box 4143 19ilmington, NC 28402 2-7776 (H & W) T~. PRASE Tom, ,SER~L~ I First ,~ppt. 9i?Oi 9 First Appt. 9/2/99 Second Appt. 11/ 18/9b Reappt. 9/20/99 First Appt. 9/20/99 First Appt. 9/18/00 T ~~~J ~~P~RL~ 9/30/02 9130/02 9/30/02 ` 9/30102 9/30/2003 • N~`'V ANO~~~ ~~~~~'dA~ i~~C%~.~ C~N'~'iE~ 330A ~~' ~t~~'~~ES (C'OidT.) C~J~i~~~1'~ ME~i~~~tS Elizabeth "Beth" F. Dawson 422 Forest Hills Drive Wilmington; NC 28403 762-0766 Richard L. 2~11cGraw 2016 Graywalsh Drive Wilmington, NC 28405 256-4335(H) _~ °.. ;. .. ._ , Charles Cecil Wells 221 i Marlwood Drive Wilmington, i~iC 28403 752-8500(H) 792-6612 (W) ,:;;^ Pamela S. ivSorine 101 Windlass Drive i Wilmington, NC 2.8409 452-1770(H) 799-7800(`x%) ~%' Sylvia H. Rountree P.O. Box 104b ti~rightsville Beach, NC 28480 256-4312 (H) William C. Taylor 125 Paririd~e Road Wilmington; NC 28412 791-1432(H) ,:,~~-. F. Spruill Thompson, P.O. Box 5 Wrightsville Beach, NC 23480 313-0737(H) 256-6999(W) Second 9/30/2001 (Apps. 9/18/95) First 9/30/2001 (Appt. 5/18!98; 9/21/98) Ex-Officio Members: Chief of Medical Staff, Past Chief of Staff, Chief of Medical Staff Elect County Commissioner: William A. Caster William K. Ar_kinson, PhD; President and CEO, NHRMC, 343-7040 P.O. Box 9000, Wilmington, NC 28402-9000 9/00 File: N ~] '~ERfb~ 5~~.~I~N~ ~~~'~ES First 9/30/2003 Appt. 9/18/00 First 9/30/2003 Appt. 9/18/00 Second 9/30/2003 Appt. 9/ 16/97 Reappt. 9/ 18/00 `~econci 9/30/2001 (Apps. 9/18/95) Second 9!30/2001 (<-\ppt. 5/17!93 to unexpired 5-year term) (Reappt. 9/18/95 to 3-year term; Reapt. 9/21/98 I+'1.~.~xs~..~,x,, Wx~.~.x~ras ~c Go~~.a~, L. L.~ ALAN A. MARSHALL I19D8.1979> LONNIE 6. WILLIAMS A. OUMAY GOAHAM, JR, JERRY C. WOODELL WILLIAM ROpCAT CHfiA RV, JR. F30NAL^ H. WbbRRUFF LONNIE 8. WILLIAMS, JR. JDHN D. MARTIN CHARLES D. METER JOHN L. COpLE WILMINGTON. Wanda M. Copley NEW ~`#ANOV'ER COUNTY OFFICE OF TFiE COUNTY ATTORNEY 320 Chestnut Street, Room 309 Wilmington, NC 28401-4095 MAILING ADDRESS P, O. DRAWER X068 WILMINGTON, N. C. c 6402-2D88 'HONE (9I O) 763.9691 IMILE 19101 343-8E04 www.mwglaw.aom or~Flces A4 SC74TH FIFTH STREET WILMINGTON, N. G. 2 6401-45 3 9 £-MAIL; adg@rnwglaw.com Re: Appointment of New Hanover Regional Medical Center Trustees - Gass of 2003 Our File ~No.: 02~, 005 19~ Dear Wanda: This is my annual reminder letter regarding appointments to the Board of Trustees of New Hanover regional Medical Center. rvly records reflect that the four Trustees whose terms of office expire on t~ctober 23, 2001 (the date of the regular October monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees), are: Pamela S. Morine, Sylvia Rountree, William C, Taylor and F. Spruill Thompson. As you wi11 recall, if a Trustee in the class of 2001 is completing the second of two consecutive three-year terms, or if a Trustee in the class of 2001 was initially appointed to complete an unexpired term and was then reappointed to serve a regular three-year term, then, in either event, that person would not be eligible Por reappointment and would have to rotate off the Board of Trustees. at .the completion of their existing term of appointment. However, if a member of the c#ass of 2001 is just completing an initial three- yearterm, then that person would be eligible to be reappointed for a second three- yearterm. ~n ~I~ ~r'rr ~nr Tn m nnu August 27, 2001 ~~ 1Nancla fol. Copley August 2'?, 2001 Page 2 In addition to tl~e four positions described above, Richard L. McGraw, whose term. would have expired in October 2003, resigned from the Board of Trustees several . w+~eks ago to take a position in Washington, f~.G. ConsequentSy, Mr. McGraw's resignation fr©m the Board creates a vacancy ita the class of 2003 which should also be filled by the flew Hanover County Board ofi Commissioners when the new class of Trustees constituting the class of 2004 is appointed by the Cornrnissioner~. Very tA-uiy y©~ars, M ALL, W~LL~AM5 & GORHAM, t..L.P, . A, Dumay Gorham, fir. ADG~rJrip cc, Gharfes C. Wells, Chairman of Board of Trustees ~IVilliarn K, Atkinson; Ph.D. • 199 ~~~~ cr~~t ~nT tn_a~_nnu ~~^is„,sits ,:`t~, , ~i~t 3.~0 C,~~stnut Stroot ;~?oom ~D~ ~;~ a~~~:r.>`""`'~~''°~, Wilmington, NC 28~D 1-4'D,~3 ~- -" ~~ ^''~W Telephone (91 of 34 J-7149 fAX (9 7 0J 341-413C ~~~,~;~~~atior, for „~~ointrr3~nt try ~oar~~, ~~arra~nitt~~s, ~rat1 ~~rx~~issi~~~ ,~,~~oi,~t~rl ~a~ t~~ tll~v~ a~Jar~a~e~ Cra~rnt~ ~~ar~° ~f C~,~rrsassac~,~~r~. Request for,4ppointmentto: New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees slams: Grace ~' . Avery Home 407 Grandiflora Court Ho~v long have yoU been a ~4ddress: resident of New Hanover County? /i~iai,ing,4ddress: 407 Grandiflora Court City and State: 6~7ilmington, I~IoC, 1io Cade: 28405 a ~ ~ Telephone; Home: ~ -1 0) 3 9 _ 31 4 Business: "Se ~; 31 years r G~ 'This inTorrnation is requested for the sole ,purpose of assuring that across-section or the community ~s appointed. ~' "B,mployed by: Retired from Plantation V:~lla~e - Resi do-tn Services. Director "",Q person cun•antly empio yed 6 y the agency or department for which this agnlication is roads, must resign his,~her posiuvn with New Hanover County opus ap,oointment, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. ~ of7,he New N.anover County Personnel Poiicy. ,.IOU Title: .°rofessicna/Activities:Realtory Cape Fear Garden C_l~~b Board Fast member - Domicilliary Home Community Advisory, ~~olun to e r ~t c tivi ti es: SHIIP Volunteer Y~~`ay do you wish to serve on the Beard, Committee, or Commission requested? Assist in the planning and administration of policy making functions for the betterment of the staff' and the public. iNhat do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commr'ssion requested? I have followed the growth and history of the hospital for the past 31 years, T y l n - n l l ra t ~ T L 1 r, ~ C. 7 +'' the environment and want to contributeYm time and practical skill. iNhat areas of cancers would you like to see the Board, Commt~tee, or Commission address? Exercise responsible growth and use the expertiseand services that exist Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed b y a muricipa/hy or a county? If so, please list: No 2 ®® r%'; ~ Date: Ju 1 y 1 4 , 2 0 0 0 Signature , ~ ?~i'~~'-~/ ~ ~U%~-'~~~~~ --'" (Please use reverse side for additional comments) ~\~~ RfFFREr~CES: Please provide three local ,personal references: I~Jame Phone Num~er ~. -T-.PC.~1S `T' ~TL17'LPP~~~ 11 ~a~ ~Sn(1: _hRh 5~~7 ,~, Eugene A. Lees 799 1294 ~ David C. Barefoot 762 685x; 702 0255 .-4ppllcar)L: (~?"r7C'P F A~JPrT.7 • 201 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 ~Jl/ilmington, ~1C 2340-4093 Telephone (990) 341-7949 FAX (910) 349-4130 Application forAppointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed ~y tote ~le~.~v Hanover County .Board of Commissioners. Requesr for Appointment to: ~'Ve~~v Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees Name: Lawrence (Larry) S. Clark Now long have you been a resident of New Hanover County? Since July, 2000 (moved here from Santa Rosa, California) Home Address: 6804 Hardscrable Court City and State: Wilmington, North Carolina Zip Code: 28409 Telephone: Home: 910x98-0878 Business: 970/962-7672 *Sex: Male 'Race: Caucasian "Aye: 52 (1/9/49) *This information is requested'for .the sole purpose of assuring That across-secticn of the community is appointed. **Employed by: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCUJ) **A ,oerson rtrrrent/y employed by the agency or department for which this application is made, must resign .his/her position ~Uviih ;j1f N,anover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vl; Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. Jcb Title: Dean, Cameron School of Business Professional Activities: Currently member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Coastal E!~irepreneurship CouncN and Small Business Development and Technology Center. Volunteer Activities: Member, Historic Wilmington Focrndation and Wilmington Roadrunners. Extensive leadership involvement with United V~/ay in California and Louisiana (including service as Campaign Chair and Board President). Was elected as a Parks Commissioner while living in Illinois. Why do you wish to sense on the Board, Committee, or Commission, ; equested? Next to education, nothing is more important to a community than health care. 1 have a strong personal interest in health and hospital care because my rather and a Grandfather were bot,'~ physicians (and my Father was also a Chief of Staff of a hospital in Illinois). The Regional ~Aedical Center is of additional keen interest to me as a business school dean because it is a very complex, successful br_rsiness model (a model depena'ent on the exercise of business best practices). 1 thus see the possibility of ser~~ing as a Board Nlember to be an opportunity forme to both learn and contribute to the community. 202 D~~~~~ AUG - 9 2001 NEW HANOVER CO BO OF COM".1iSSi0NERS What do you feet are your qualifications for serving on the Board. Committee, or Commission requested? ~m sixteen years of experience as a business school dean, !believe ! have a good understanding of the importance of effectively serving customers, attracting and retaining employees and solving budget challenges. 1 also believe my personal experiences during my career in interacting with different health care models in Virginia, lNinois, Louisiana and California might be helpful to the Board. What areas of concern tivould you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? I have no persona! nor professional (nor UNCW) agenda. Similar to a university, a medical center mast be able to attract, develop acid retain outstanding people to be able to effectively carry out ifs mission of high quality service to its stakeholders, especially patients. Retaining access to gciality health care for all people of the Cape Fear region is critical for the long-term warfare and quality of lire of the region. Are you currently serving on another board or committee. appointed by a municipality or a county? If so, please list.' No ~~ 7 ~i L/~( Date: ~'~~ ~ J Si nature REFE,RrNCcS: v .G._ R. ~ ~ Please provide three (acal personal references. Name 1 Dr•. Joy~rc C. Ccrvcaytcaargh ?.~~Is. L's•telle C. Lee 3. ~VG•. Roher•t F. 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GQII Bf7 Ct.Jr. A ,F Dry Erin P-9cN;~ithan http:/(~7J~vtiv.roc:~t>v.~arr~/CC'./ap~,ly.htrr~ z~-~ ~'l;~n~ 1~~~~:~~ ;15--Ga11(wot~l~~ 793-1°1I(h~+nle} 762-25g7(~vori;; 7~~?-lfl~~`(~~naF3 251-51t~1(~vork) 35G-Gr352(l~on~e .207 ~/21U 1 d~c = ~£~ go=~o_~~,b ~®.4~® O~ C®l~it~,~SS/~111~~5 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Telephone (9101 341-7149 FAX (9101 341-4130 App/ication for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the l1/ew Hanover Count/y Beo~a~rt~f/of C/dmmissianerOS. _ . {. Request forAppointment to: IV ~U1 Gi-Y1 D I~~r I U 9~G~ iy 1 ~LtI C~-C ~~~ ~2.1"' Uo~t-1 ~!r'u.S l~.S Name: ~'~"0~ ~. ~ L-~ a-~ Gt._1 S Nome Hcw long have you been a Address: JI-'~a'7 ~ e- ~~ Y1 ~tt/e--~'1 ~C-°~ resident of New Hanover County? ~ YES MailingAddress: ~ l ./~ JQ.Y~ ~ City and State: w l / m ~ ~ ~~D Y1 ~ 'l~ ~. Zip Cade: o~.c~~D q Telephone: Nome: ~ ~~o - ~ ~ C~ ~ Business: ~' , ~ ~ ~' "Sex: ~ *Race: ~ _ *Age: ~ .~ "This information is requested far t~h~a sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. *''PPrrtnlnvPn' hv~ ~Q-~~ ~~-~-- "`A person currently employed by the agency or.departmenf far which this application ~s made, must resign hisiherposition with ~ } New Hanover County upon appointmenlt,~in ac~co/r~dance with ~'+rticle VI, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Policy. f J Professional Activities: ~~p~.r` rQ 11 C~ ~ ~C t Y~ ~~~ GC~I~ ~ ~' 1 DS.~ t ~Gt-l ~ _ . Vo(unteerActivuies:~ ~-~ Wh y do you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? f~~c~~, ~S 1~ y T l~ ~ ~'~ ~' l",QS ~a~ ~ r°v12. W t ~~-S ~` ~ r l rn _ LvOr~ Y car °~ ~ ` J~a-~ ~ ~-~~.s a.~- ~'~..~(~~. ~..~~ ~>,l ~~ h ~s t~ls as ~~~.1 0_s -~ What do you eel ar your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? __ What areas of concern wo ld you like to e th Board, Commute , or Commission address? ' ~~ p~ 1 ~'' Are you currently sere: on other boar or con#mitte~ppointed by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: Date: 1-'- ~ (Please use reverse side for additional commenrsl /J ~ ~~ ~ Signature ~ G!.~.:~ t~Cl, ~t~LC~ REFERENCES: ~, Please provide three local persona) references: Name Phone Number 9. CB--~ lz~ y~~ % c~o ccr 5~15~- 0 7 ~ ~ ~, . ~ o ~ ri. _ r~os ~~ro c~c, ~` ,3 fit' - ~3.3~ :., _ _ ?. l~r~ 1 c~,.~~... ~ a. s c~.J a5~ - S3 a.d Applicant: ~, • • IUE~! ~-IAl1!®VEf~ C®(JNT~ ~C~AaR® C~~ C~I~IIUII~SI~f11E~3~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4093 Telephone (9 101 34 1-7149 FAX (9 101 34 1-4 130 Application for Appointment to hoards, Committees, and Commissions Appointed by the Illew Hanover County Board of Commissioners. Request forAppointment to: Ne~.u Hanover Regional ivledical Center - &7P Name: Patricia L. Leonard Home How long have you been, a ,, -,1 _ 1108 Carolina Beach Ave. N. resioent of New h'ahover County?18 yrs !-1 vV% CSJ: Mailing Address City and State: ,~arne Carolina Beach Zip Code: 28428 Telephone: Nome: 910-458-3463 Business: 910-962-3117 "Sex: g "Race: Caucasian "`Age: 46 v°This information !s requested for the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. " "Emplo ye d b y: _ UTiCtiV ° °A person currently emp/oyedby the agency or department far which this application is made, must resign his/her position with New Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Articia Vi, Sec. 4 of the New Hanover Counhy Personnel Policy. Job Title: VICE CHANCELLOR STI`UD~'T ` rAIRS ProfessrUnal Aotivities: Please_ see attached resume VolunteerActivities: Please see attached resume Wh y da you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? to volunteer my services to an institution that has significant irlpact on the auality of life for New H~no~Ter-Cotinty. What do you fee/ are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? ~ ~ a n administrator for over 20 years, I believe I bring skills and abilities such as budgeting, stra egic p anning, personn~leYperlence, an po icy eve o_rxnenL. What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? iii ~, nr~r~, leadership-and planning for future growth. Are you currently serving on a _ ~ ~ ted by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: Not currently. ~= `' ~, AUG - 7 20G1 \ ~ l~te~ ~ P -® Sr nature ~ ~ 1,°lease use reverse side for additional ~omm P~E'v4~ Hnri0:E~ CO BD OF COhiMiSS10P~ERS REFERENCES: P/ease provide three local personal references: Name ~ , JA'y1ES R LEUTZE 2. JOYCE FER.NANIiO 3, MARK CANTER. Applicant: PATRICIA LEONARD Phone Numbsr (910) 962-3030 (910) 799-3434 (910) 962-3030 • • 21.1 ~~t~i~ia L. L~®~a~d . 1108 Carolina Beach Avenue N. • Carolina Beach, NC 28428 ° 910-458-3463 601 S. College Rd. • Wilmington, NC 28'103 • 910/962-3.117 • 910/962-390. EAX • Leonard@uncwil.edu Educ~tiorr c~ Professio~tal ~~eveloptrcent 1ti~Iichi~an State University M.A.. College Student Personnel Administration. Cognates: Management and Communication, 1977-1979 Collebe 1~Iisericordia B.A., Social Work and Secondary Education: Social Studies, 1973-1977 Bryn 1~urv~- College/'riE~S, ~dlid America Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Summer 1992 7E~arvard ~lniversity Summer Institute for Educational Management, Summer 1999 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs 'The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina (July 1996-present) Interim Vice +Chancellor for Sta~dent Affairs The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington; North Carolina (7anuary 1996-June 1996) Senior administrative officer responsible for the direction,., administration and oversieht of student life and student services/development programs. Spokesperson for student services and student needs, quality of life, and co- cur.-iculum outside the classroom. Responsible for polio} ,long-range planning; budgeting; personnel, and leader- ship in the administration of student services/student development. Develop and carry out the mission of the Division of Sriident Affairs and, along with division staff, formulate goals and objectives for the division in accordance with the ffoals and purposes of the university. Provide leadership to the following departments which together comprise the Division of Student Affairs: University Union, Dean of Students; Housing and Residence Life, Counseling Center, Student Health Center, Pharnracy, Wellness Promotion Center, CROSSROADS (sub- stance abuse education and prevention), Disability Services, Student Life Assessment; Orientation, Campus Ac- tivities ~~; Leadership Center, Career Services Center, and Campus Recreation & Sports Facilities Management. Dean of Students Division of Student Affairs, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina (Oct. 1987 -Dec. 1995) V University administrator responsible for working with all segments of the university as an advocate for students and consultant for faculty and staff. Responsible for the publication and implementation of the Student Hand- boo]dCode of Student Life; direction and guidance for international and non-traditional student assistance pro- grams; Greek Affairs coordination; implementation of the campus judicial system; coordination of university withdrawal process; development and implementation of commuter student program. Responsible for supervi- sion of the Career Services Center, Student Development Center, Wellness Promotion Center (substance abuse education and prevention program and seYUal assault awareness program), and Student Health and Wellness Center. Prior to division reorganization, supervised Campus Recreation and Residence Life Programs. Provided assistance to the associate vice chancellor with new student orientation and assisted the vice chancellor w' special projects. ~-~ 212 Associate Dean of Students Division of Shtdent Affairs, The University ofNorth Carolina at `Vilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina (July 1983 - Sept.~1987) Responsible for workine with all segments of the university as an advocate for students and consultant for faculty and staff. Responsible for assisting the dean in the development and implementation of new student and parent orientation programs; publication and implementation of the Student Handbook/Code of Student Life; develop- ment of assistance programs for international and non-traditional students; creation of sexual assault awareness and prevention programs and. policies for the campus; development and implementation of the university judicial process. Area ~oordinator/Instructor Office ofResidence Life, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (July 1980-June 1983) Administrator of a complex compr.'sed of nine residence halls ,which housed 2,000 students:=- Responsible for supervision, training, and evaluation of staff (sin full-time, ten graduate level and 90 student staff assistants); coordination and development of group programs and policies for 2,000 students in six freshman residence halls and three upperclass halls; and implementation and development of area staff orientation. Conducted major disciplinary interviews; trained and advised area judicial services of the university; assisted (as a member of the central staff) the Director of Residence Life with. general planning, for the total residence program; and chaired area student staff selection committee. ~2esidence Caordinator . Residence Life Office, The University of i~ orth Carolina at Charlotte (July 1979-June 1980) Served as chief administrative officer in a university residence hall housing 500 students. Responsible for selec- tion, training and supen,-ision of undergraduate resident assistants and full-time state security employees; admin- istration of student room assignments and room changes; development and implementation of a "Venture House" within the hail; development of sociaUculniral educational programming; and budgeting of programming and damage funds. Co-designed and taught resident assistant class; advised snrdent hall council and student judicial board; provided personal and academic advising on an individual and croup basis; and completed general admin- istrative work through the housing office. Redr~ted ~'~°®~essio~ul ~'~~er~e~ac$s eachirg ° Miami University: Student Development and Leadership in Residence Halls.. (1980-1982); Instructor for graduate and undergraduate internships (1980-1983). ° The University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Human Potential and Life Plarming and Resident Assistant Class (1980). ° Michigan State University.: Leadership Traizung Course and Adaptive Life-Lab (1979). ° L'NCtiV: Guest Lecturer. Consultant • Council Misericordia (Fa11200I ) ° Grant Reviewer: " Prevention of High- Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior.A.mong College Students," U.S. Dept. of Education (Spring 2001) ° U.S. Department of Education, Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and • Alcohol Abuse. (1990-1998) Drug Prevention Program, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1992) 213 • StudentAffairs Staff, College Misericordia; Dallas, Pennsylvania (1980) belated Pl`lI fL'SSZOIZUI EXjlCt'Ze12C2S (continued) Presentations (Formal) • ~ UNCW Adult Scholars Leadership Program (2001) "Issues and Challenges in Higher Education" North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (1996) "SeYUaI Assault: A university's response" • North Carolina Community College System Deans and Vice Presidents (1996) "Developing Effective and Legally Sound Policies on Substance Abuse" - North Carolina Community College Counselors Association (1995) "Developing Effective and Legally Sound Policies on Substance Abuse" • Southeastern Community College Faculty-Staff, Whiteville, NC (1993) "Responding to Students With Behavioral Problems." • North Carolina Victim Assistance State Network, Raleigh, NC (1993) • North Carolina Victim Assistance Regional Network, Wilmington, NC (199?) "Campus Violence and the university's Response." • 1991 North Carolina School for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Wilmington, NC (1991) "Addressing CAS and the Standards of the Network of Colleges and universities Commi-tied to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse." • National Drug Awareness Week hick-Off Conference, Azlington, VA (1989) "Addressing the Standards of the Nerivork of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse." y • Southern Association of College Student Af#~airs ".Addressing the Standards of the Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse" (Tampa, FL 1989) "When You're In A Swamp - Build a Bridge" (New Orleans, LA 1988) "Operationalizino CAS Standards" What Difference Does It Make?" (Orlando, FL 198b) "Relationship Violence on the College Campus" (Orlando; FL 1986) "Fin,ers on 'the Campus Pulse: An Approach to Greater Job Satisfaction" (Nashville, TN I98~) "Meshing Values and Job: Searching for the Right Fit" (Nashville, T~,' 1980 "Responding to the Change of Legal Drinking Age 19-21" ,Legislative Issues (Winston-Salem, NC 1984) "Women in Student Affairs Administration: Different Perspectives" (Winston-Salem, NC 1984) • Association of CallegeUnions-International, Region ~ "lust When You Thought You Were Within the Law, It Changed: 2l Strikes Again" (Richmond, VA 1986) ~ . = Southeastern Association of Housing Officers "Instinitional Ambiguity, A Lesson To Be Taught" (Hilton Head, SC :1985) North Carolina Housing Officers "Women in Higher Education" (Boone, NC 1984) Speeches • CAA Women's Volleyball Tournament, Wilrington, NC (1996) Keynote speaker • Cape Fear Rotary, Wilmington, NC (1996) "Student Lifestyles and Future Directions" . National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Cape Fear Chapter, Wilmington, NC (1996) "Social Drinking: A responsible approach" 21:4 ~~~~~ ~'ublication~s Edwards, D.D.; & Leonard, P.L. (1994). Students as Change Agents in Preventing Drug Abuse. In E.V. Coughlin (Ed.), Successfitl Drug and Alcohol Prevention Programs. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Mullendore, R.H. and Leonard, P.L., "Keeping Our Fingers on the Campus Pulse", in Stttdent Services-Enhancing Student Life. The Fourth Compendium of Papers by Student Services Officers of the University of North Carolina, . University ofNorth Carolina General Administration, Chapel Hill, 1986. Review: Bryan, W.A. & Leonard, P.L. (1989). Review of Coping With Crime onCamgus, "Journal of College Student Development", 30.469-470. Affiliatior~~' and ~o~ors ° American College Personnel Association -voting member ° National Association of Student Personnel Administrators -voting member ° `Women Adrninisnators in north Carolina Higher Education • Association for Student Judicial Affairs • Phi Delta Kappa (Professional Education Fraternity) • Alpha Delta Mu (National Social Work Honor Society) • Laura L.D. Thomas Award, North Carolina Association in Higher Education and Disability, 2000 • Award of Excellence Nominee, University ofNorth Carolina at Wilmington, 1994 • Devotion to Duty, Division of Student Affairs, 1994 • Professional StaffAward for Excellence, Division of Shdent Affairs, 1994 Doctor ofPublic Administration, Honoris Causa, College Misericordia, 1993 • Certification of Appreciation by the State of New York and Board of Education of Middle County Central School District for participation in the "Convocation for Excellence" program, 198 ° Outstanding Young Women ofAmerica, 1984, 198 Listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1984, 1986 ~'o~a~ntarrity 14ctivities • Cape Fear Area United Way - Board of Directors, 1994-1997 ° Cape Fear Substance Abuse Center - Board of Directors, 1988-1993, Treasurer 1990-1993 Coastal Horizons (formerly Cape Fear Substance Abuse Center) Board of Directors, President 1993-1995 ° American Red' Cross, Cape Fear Chapter -Board of Directors, 1990-1991 ° Wilmington City Police Department -Community Relations Search Committee, 1990 • Ne~~ Hanover County Task Force on Drue Abuse, 1989-1990 .Robeson County Human Relations and Unity Commission -Leadership Orientation, 1989 • New Hanover County Human Relations Commission, 1987-1989, Chair 1989-1990 • Task Force on UNCWlNeighborhood Relations- Wilmington City Council, Fall 1988-1989 Cape Fear Rape Crisis Center Advisory Board, 1986-1988 Co-Chair 1988-1989 • Zonta International, 1988-1989 ° Judge for Union Carbide's Annual Washington Workshop Congressional Scholarships for High School Juniors, 1989, 1990, 1991 ° Friends of Human Relations, Inc. -Board of Directors, 1990-1991 ~ 215 32~ Ci~estnut Strut, RO~rr~ 3C~~ LJ I!i J~C ? ~ %'~~C' ~~~, . VVilrnington, 1~1~ ,~3~C~~-~C~.~3 Te/ephane (9701 341-7749 NE`s Ni~hO?!E"n CO. SAX l9 /Ol 341-4 /30 ~~ 2D OF CO~o+~~ISSID~aERS ,~~,~IicatS~~ ft~r.A~~vir~tment to Lrar~s, ~ar-~rr~iz~ees, ~n~% ~~,r~,r,~issi~~s ,~1~apaarat~d ~~.~3ae i~le`nf ~~anr~v~r ~'t~~,n~~/ ~~ard raf ~t~r~missi~n~r's. ~ > , F,'equest farAppointrnent to: /~;.~~~ l'~ ="~-~?~~~~' ~,~~-?J~~~+..~ 'y(~~i`r_.~ ~~r;, ~t ~~~'d'~^~'1 ~,~'~ ; ~~~~~~=~~ --' r ,tome ,,// •.. Hv~w lone Piave you, been.a Address: ~'.~ .~;t,.y~,.'~~" ?~r°, _- resident of i~le~.~v Hanover Counti?? ~/r g/~~°~~{ l~iJaiiir~g Address: ~~ ~-a ~ --- - -- -- _ Y '' ~ , Cr'ty and Stata: r%~>'~.j"~~~t: ,~~~-- :'~~', ~~ Z.ip Code: .%~ ~ ~'~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~. Te!ept`~one: Home: - n ~ ~>- ~ ~~~ E~afn-es~: ~.~ ~ ` ~ . ~ ~ ~ 'Sex: r-~ '°Pace: _ ( _ `Are: _ ~~i _ "This infcrmaiion is repuested far the sale purpose of assuring t';har a cress-section of the community rs appointed. ~'rrnpla yed b y: ~ ~_,~,' ~~,~_~~ ~ _ "61 parson currently ample yedby fhe agency or d~cartmentfor which this application rs mach, must resign f,ls;'herpositicn with ~~ Navy Hanover County upon appat:niment, in accordance NJith .4rtide L'l, sec. 4 of the tjJew Hanover County Personnel Policy. h ~ / 3 -~3':Y':re,v~`,.IOU Ttle• ~C..i179~?~ i ~~wL~'Pd•'iI!/Y-, ~`/~.'d/~ !~~.,~'~2~1/I..e" ~3~:'...~..~'? ~ 1,/ "''~,y?~s%...~d ~, i _~ _. ~ ----- pp ~ t1VltleS .;~ ~.. < ~r I~, r.,"'"v~~~ W~ ~ ^°° ~2;:='I ~Ii_,vY u q e~ ~r i 7L" .°+ ~~di~ PJ~-'z„1" f~rvr`es~ivnai Ac ~: ~`,_~/_~ ~s f Y =,~' d-; ~ ~ ~~~_ a ,~,,, ~ ~ :~r r_; ~~ ,~ ~. wai~r$ ~~..~'l'tra~t J,,~3/~z'~~ /l~r.~st~ ~:~:~~ ~,%r~' ~J 'l~>r~~~, r~yy"~ i~v,r I ~ 1 r ~ , .~_, o i vaiurl to er; ~ !'ti'/l tl eS: ~f.,iW-~ f > .i '~Y t_,1 ~.n ~i'*-~ ,~ 9••a vLr t". > J+ dr" 9ran. ~ ~~3 ~f+ a Z' ~ '~~ ~!s,:fi '' d a ~.~. ~r~ l.tct? {. i ,~ t° x ~ 'i;., I w a ~~t<~ ~/ ~ L y.:.~ r~~..L[/ l~ Sz~.~r w,r J; 1._~`i+~'m> r' ri 5 ' ~.,.~t-~~P yE.~:La~+a!9t f.~.to'3r'at.a 1 (`-L'•~.,v'" L z933T ri2^.~t99 ~ ~ ~~r i -' ~ ~' ~ Why dv you wishro serve cr1 th,e Board; Cammi1ttee,.n)r C1ornrnlssian requested? J / ~~ +x~bi ~ ,Y°L ! ~7.~ ~a+~*-C ~,^.(~Z d^~,$,~-I >`1 ~', ~1:~t I /1I r?"~ 1J1~4". ='\,! r~`Y- i°~ `G'.~1~(~~ t~z~`/~~ ~''.;y,..L"J°~"~` ~ 1..r ~'~( ~ l°!J"e%~°'/7,~. ~ //r , , ~f'y~~ ~~°..~?~" L'~~,t':~r"' Lttlyii/`i~~ ~L'1S ,+"~ `~'~it' ~~~~r~Y/t/ f ~"~/t°rt° ' a~ ~~s~`f~[~~Lr; l~~y~~4J 1".~'~~:~~.>/ ~%°~,~r« ~ ~l/ ~l'~'~,~ ~ 1----- What do you fee! are your qualifications fnr serving on the Board, Cvmrnittee, or Commission requasted? / ? r, ~~~•i~i"'~., 1~ ~ LY'. Yt' LY.... ' ~ ~~~~~7'3~ ~~. `Q }.,~~&~f_," 9 ~ r~~~L.° 11~~,~ ~~`L ~f/ o.:~ /V '~~ ~117iied~ ['~ ~' ~'~Ls`~ r.=~FJ */r?2~"S ,~~'-.:~IY~~r1ga.;,t~ ~r} t"/~~y' J1G~2.~t"~,~ L'.4f°'~• 'What areas of cvncem would you like to see the Board, Committee, nr Cnmmr'ssion address? - ~~- ~ ~.~ ~. ~ ~ ~~.~ r ra~~ ~L-~~! ia9~S ~ '~t:.1~~~1`L-'J'~'_~+2.1;U,., 3 ~~?.Y',~~~~~ ~ r7~d ~hc^t'2+' uL~~-° ~ 1 ~~5~/r5 [~a~ ~YY Gt~9~"~iL`,1 i!'~C'~%dY`dr~s`~ Are gnu currently serving on another board or committee appointed o y a municipality or a county? /f so, p/ease list: ,~1,~ --- ;y~ a1 (.4nt_ ~:Yr' ~~~Ynr~~s~o /tl (~r~~~a~ ~~~~r~ S~r~t1''e.Y.- ~` ~ ~y ra~~{;r~.~~ s ,~~~~;'nG ~7..~L`l; , ~ ~ ate: ~u. ~~! I ``' v~ Deb Signature ~`~ ~~ »..~~.. ~ / i0'~ ~~J~-,.,-' - /Please use rav rse side for additional comments) `- I Y ~S~FE'REt~IC~'S: ~' Please provide three local personal references: blame Phone Number - _ ,' • 217 /~ ~ T° Telephone (910) 341-7149 RAX (91 G) 341-413© ~~ ~ w7 ~' (~ C~ [~ ~ ~,! I~ Ilya ~ ~ ~~;- ,~ NE'~'r HANOVER CO S~ Of rn~.,~~,n;SSIO?'Ie~S ,~,~}aJisatic~r~ ;fob ~3~,~r~in.t`rrj~rzt ~~ ~~ards, ~t~rs~trtit't~~s, ~r~d ~'o,nrraissir~ns ~p,ct~int~d b~ ~;~~ l~J~~ ~~r~~v~~ ~'runt~ ~©aad ~a~ ~t~r~s~issi~n~rs. Request ~cr,~ppointment to: _ ~~~~ /~.~/t/J~'~'~. ~F_'l',r ~.~~ ~ ~' t~' ;t ~ !°C-'~.r'~~~ ,.'~~':r'~ ~' ~% ,rrL~r/2°'~f u .--~ I b iGi l, l ... '~ ~ ~_ F l 7 Homy ~ }'lOw long have you been a r ,address: ~ ~'1 ~ ~'='~~~~~= ~ ~s~a~ >~ •~'Ir/c° resident of l1/e!rr hfanover County? i,.J~i~ ~,nr>~,i r r~,,9aiiing.~ddr2ss: ~,1;-:~c'_ .~~..5 ~i 3~~'_ G';°ty and State: ~~rt',~~~~~>/ iii: ~ Zip Code: ~ ~c~ ---~ 7-elep~ona: Hama: :~' G - .~ - ,~.~~ ~~ Business: ,.~ ,:~,~: "S'e;r: .r~tr ~ rr "Race: ~ ",~~~. c,~ ,~.-.~ ~ ~Arda: !=., ~ "7hrs infarmalion ry rsqusstsd for iha sole ,ourcosa of assuring that across-section of the ccmmunii'y rs appoinlsd. ° "F; yarscn currant/y amp/oyadby the agency er dspartment;or ~,vnich this application is mods, muserasign, hrs,harposition v/it/9 ~/a~rv Hanover Count~j wean appointmsnf, in accordance with ArtrcJe VI, Ssc. ? of tna Nayv h'anover Coun?y rarsonnal Policy. ~..Jh'.7f' ~!tle: ~ ~''.:'°i",~ >9rj"~~~v .; C -~`` -~ r~.,l'a%,~ ~f-~.i' :o' j"'J,;~r,l R'ra~°~a1~i'7al:~~t11/itl?5: tt::~rza:.7r~fi"}a~~i~ s;~?,~.~-~t_ ~ ( ~=~_~%-~1i'i~-'-°'~~..c rr:~.,ds~wYJ`.` j~J r j%i'Yr'9-'~`•~J•+7J 1'~~"".Yri"g t/ ~'~ f'~ 1~.~7 .rv} ,~? ~J~ U J"~-f/:,~: '7">`-'-Ld•e ~~-L (J~a ~ L~''/~ ~ ~.,i'.~'aa ~V' ~~ a; x~r~r'"/ /'%r ei' •+a'9, ~DiL~nteer,~'CiivltdeS: ~y~i.nJ`G'~'_ ia,~t.~'rP?nr'L~" ~~/Jt~l~ r'~'i!'~YJ.~J<f'.S.~~G,~L~.r'~~.'L~~,49n1 a~.°TC,,:G4~~°'"-s:~-~Si~'%'~-.i t°+~C°~ t~'hy do you wish to serve on the Beard, Committee, or Commission requested? t ~-v's~ „~"r.,~ _,~ ,.~-~~ ~~-,~ j`w~.~ / '~+<~-~'-•~ r.~J ~ 1 ~ .~r c a-~, vt- Cd ~L`° y. c.2.~ c~! ~ d r a,,i J' Gs~-~~ ,r .~J G'.~,;~-~'~.,cfd,d ~.~7 ~ CS cam., fPi°r_'~ ~, L- . s /~..~, - ~ ' -~ i ~/ .r , ~ - 'What do you ;'eel are your qualifications for serving on the Board Committee, or Commission requested? ;!4'~c:~n>q d • t SaY~ N~~3 C' v %c ~ Gf,c 6 ~t ~ `~7 ~ - Zfl or .,a,'_ ~d Ld,~t~ .rz L!. 'y /'-"~d-ar a .4, ,1 /p-% c ,~s s,+~y.a~~• err .~.~"'.r,vc ~-2d?'/~ L.~ ( ~' ~'r'~--~v ~a-c ct t't >~ -4~ ci. ~~JU G7GS.ao ~' 2~ ~Lr n..tn, ~j ~ ,/ra~z~t.~ac.~',~ .~.~"~s5'.g~-., ~/~;f" ~ir~ ,W:.~'. Whaf-~areas of concern would you Jike to see the Board, Committee, or Commission addre.~s? ~ ~~~+ ~'~ Are ~~ i ~~.v'c;r,~.. ---- h ~ y ~ ,F9. ~,%~-r-L-~± r a~° .ter .rid ~ ,~cJ r~ r? ~r ers-+'" L7 ~u c,~- ~s .rec.. „~¢,~v,y%' /C. a ~ C=1/-S-'fd(/L' /~n-n p~yJp ~A.!°, ~' u currently serving on another board,or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? a <L~r ~ ~~ .r.,,.a~,.~ .~ ~ Cs ~J ~ c d-c„ ,~? /~ t/r. r ~ it ~ l_' d ~ ~a i ~Z' e ~~.»/ Date: ~ - /~ ~ .~~/ (F%lsasa use reverse side far additional comments) if so, please l/st: ,L ~~ Signature La .f ~~-c~-J ~,.%~~~z RFFFRE~I~'ES: _....... '. ~, . Please provide thr~a lace! parsa,~aJ references: blame P,~cne i~lum,ber I , ~' Chit ~ ~ ~ ~- C'.~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ,~ .~ ~~r' ~? ~~ ~~ ~' J ~~ ~;~'1,i~pl~~ant: ~`~' /~,%~'i"~L.(( ~,..f /W.%.~ 1C, ,^f t~Zl'i`3~ ____~~, , • ,~ ~ ~ ~~~ S2D Shestnut Street, Rnc~m Sfl~ ~l~rI71r7CJt017, ~~ .~~~r~ ~-~~~~ Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX (910) 3~ 1-4130 L~ ~~ ~~99 r A [ NE's' HAi~OVFR CO 4 8d OF CO"h:iISSiOiiERS I .~~~lication f~~ ,~~;~~~n~rra~n~` ~o ~3oar~~, ~om,~~te~s, ~~~' ~~r~dnisseo~s ~~~of~t~~ ~~ ~~~ 1Ve~ 3-~~n~~f~Y ~ourty ~o,~rd o~ ~t~a~ai,~sl~~~rs. Request forAppoaniment to: ,... ~,,r. ~, Blame: ~~' z1 ~ f s Nome ~ ~ ~ l ,, ~ ~ ~/hi ~ 3'~ ~ ~ ~\ ~ ~y _.. ;~ .. i~lailingAddress: ''~ ~ _--~ ~~ ~ :,,~~ h'ov! long have you been a ~~~ . r, residern~t or'I~lewNanovar County? ~ .> :,~~, k r ~ I'1.~.,, r', t y and ~ to te: ~~~ ~~ ,~~ ~ ~~~'~1 ~~i+~ ~~' , : ~~`'+9 '~ .-- _ ZI,rJ CO d e: ~ a j^.b ~ ri ~; `, Telephone: Ncme:,__~ 1 ~''~ '~ ,_~~_~ Business: r----- "Sex: _ ~ ~ Race: ~'',,I '',qge I- i_:; "This informafio is requester/ to th sole purpose of as-uring hat a cr ss-seci;on of the communih! s appointed. ~ ~ ~ t ;~ "`imp/o yed by: '~~~~ .-:, ~ ~ ,,,,~° ,~~ ,~,~ rl~ 'i ~ > ' ;~) ~ -rv ____ "°,~ parson currently employed by the ageir'cy or department fcr which this acplication is made, mustres;y„ h;S/herposition yvith New Hanover County uDOn appointmer, t, in accordanca with Artic;e vl, Sec. =~ of the lVe~.v Hanover County Personnel Policy, ./Ol3 Title: ~A_ iWr?~ ~... lx '~ ^' ~ r Imo, ~} ~~ Professional ~1 ctivities: ~+~ ~ ~ - _ ~" `; '" I a r ~' ,~ . Yo!unteer~l ctivlties: '' r~:~ ~,~ ~ ~ +.;,I 7 ; ~`:il~' `' ; ,°' ~~,,, ~ ' ~ {„J u, Why do you Vvr'sh. to serge an the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? '~~%' ~'~ ~. ~'3`' ~+ ~ ~~~> ~~ '`:j' ~~+ ''~:::~;t V~('\ ~a ~,A jn., ~ ~~,--~~_, ~ ,,~ ' df ~, P ~a~`', ~' lY' ~ ~' 1. ~ ~~y ~('`, ~;; .'~, ~~ ~~~1~"f- 1~..'`o . fi~--~'~~~.~°`'~~ ~,~~ What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board Committee, or Commission requested? ~ `~ ~;?>n°( 4 r ' _ - -- +,~ 7 v What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? ~''~'`~'r%` ~,~y~~;~~~ 1 )~ 9 ~ t/ Are you currently serving on another board or commr'ttee appointed by a municipality or a county? if so, p/ease list: ~' --- ,~ „., C L lJ,~ ~ ~ ~- ~ .. Date: ~~~ ~ ~ -~ ~~',~ Signature (Please use reverse sia°e far additional comments/ ,~. .. ~?EFFf3ENCFS.~ ' ~'.. Pfease provide three'iocai personal references: Name . .-. 7. '" ~7 ~~~~ ~ ~~ ~a:~ _. ~ ,1 Phone Number ~ ~, ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r, 'j ~ ~~-~ f ti..:r r 1 a ~"` i~' ~ '~' j~i, a a' ~ ~~ ~ 9 ~ t°~ .applicant: ~ i~~ ! ~a ~ ~~~;=~`~ ~~,_. ~~ • ~ 221 ~, 320 Chostnut Stroet, Room X05 Wilmington, NC 28~~7-093 Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX (9iU1 341-4130 .~1,~pJicatic~n fir A,~pointmant to ,hoards, Cor~rnittaes, and ~Carnrr~issions ~~~aointed ~y t3~a IVe~dv ~artovsr ~ozrnt~ Board of Commissioners. Request for Appointment to: I,'~-;t~i ~'! ~~~l~il; ~..~'~ n~j f 'D;~.!/`'i l r°~rr~ j1(.~ 1__ ,J'ry~l ;__.~? /~L~r~;' ~' I.> ~"`~ { r` /} i ,~ :, l~ /`Jam, e: 1. i~'~ l!.~ ~`r L_ 1 > ~° r. ! 1 ~~ll~'~', ~. Home _ ~ ~ How long have you been a r 1 _ Address: ,~^__; ~<,' ~ : ~.L~1> , ~?:~ 1~~; _ resident of N,.w Hanover Count ~ ~ `' I~ ~'•i ;~,. lL9ailing ,~ ddress: City acid State: 1 '{ ~rYl 1 i-`~. ' 1(i%h` %{'~/-- Telephone: Nome: { l ~ ', ' '~~ :~ ~ ~. ~/, Zip Code: - ;_l '; ~;~~ l :~ Business: „~ ~ ~ ~Sen; lir I Race: +;~.~ Age: ;7~•~r "Thrs information Is requested far the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community Is appointed. r~' ~.~~ "A person currently employed by iho agency cr depart,~rent for which this application rs made, must rasign hrs/her posirien with New Hanover County upon appoinC,mant, in accordance with Article Vl, Sec. 4 of the r`Jew h'anover County Personnel Pel%c y. Job Title: Professional Activities: c,.~~ ~:=~~ 1'~~~j'.J /~i I .i .` ~~~~'~ ~ ~~_~%%' ~`~ /alunt,.e, Actr~itlts: <.,t-r- ;=' , Yr,~l ~ ''~ ~. ?~r `..!~I,`~r !~Vhy do you wtsh to serve cn th,e Board, Committee, or Commission requested? What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? '~ r A ~ I f i ~'j ~~~ 1>(.~-r~ f .. , J ;~ 9_ ~~i~~~'h ^ ~ ~r'_ Il~~(' ~ ~il''i.~ ~~ ~-;t ~ ~t`_ ;' _ ~. r`-; ~Y..~ .rr~- 1 ~'~'t°a.'~ I;~~~ 1 ~ l ", -:~?' - ~ s ~ ' P _~_~ , What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? i -~ Are you currently serving on another ed by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: ~pV~?r~ ~y;.{~J3 i~ ~ ~ /, ~ ~~~,~ .~C.'~_ ~ -ic.,~f-~l ~~ ~ ~~~~ w9~ature ~;~ / tr:.r_. --1~. /,,i!.~(k i2,~-=~-- (Please use reverse sid for addition ( rh e tsl l' ~~~gR~iVCFS Please provirJe-three local personal references: Name Phone Number J~ .~ ~% ~ -~ ~!'~~ J i. ~ l,~ ~~ 1~' ~( L- ~~!`.,: ,F'~ i ! ~ % ~ ~~I ~ "r ~ 1 7f f~o~~ ~ ~ ~~~~..~ ~ ~~ ~%c ~ ~ I~ ~ - 1 ~ .2/ '~ ~~~'C)L_.ty ~ ~+}`~~,i~~~...T~x~ L~'~j:~ ti~ t ~ ~ j ~ ~. "- ~ A jib - n ~ J ~` [, d~O~l~`,LD P~~"i~s~iC~ 6512 Providence Road Wilmington, NC 28411 Telephone ~ Fax (910) 686-7857 e-mail gmpatience@msn.com S1~~17~1.~,~`~ Retired Product Development executive and Medical Device Consultant with extensive project planning, new product evaluation and development background in the Healthcare Products Industn/, Inventor with 23 US Patents that have generated over $400 million in sales at above average profiit margins. Excellent problem solving, analytical and organizational skills with the right balance of creativit`,~ and practicality. Major strengths in RED management, project leadership and product innovation; to ensure the development ofi products that make money. Additional skills in the areas of marketing, manufacturing, finance, and communication. Consultant to several major medical device and market research companies. ~GCD~f'1_15H1~1E~.1-i'S Management and Planning ~ As a senior member of the business unit team, successfully managed ti;e .multi-produc~Jtechnolcgy research and development functions of the Surgical and Intern2tionai Divisions of Kendall Healthcare Products Co. Directed R&D laboratony or' 145 technical personnel. Reorganized international RQ D function to a product orientation for improved multi-national activity. ® Provided the technical leadership for 3 and 5-year strategic product pions. _, Product Development Experience in all phases of product de~aelopment including sterile packaging, marketing and regulatony affairs; over a successful 40 plus year career. Provided leadership far cost reduction programs that did not sacrifice product quality or efficacy. ~le~n~ Product Evaluation Directed the evaluation oi" new product coa~cepts as potential profitable additions to the corporate product line. Managed the technical analysis and the firar~cial impact for potential new products including product cost and timing. Basic P,esearch Organized and staffed a Wound Healing research group to implement projects directed to new approaches to Wound Healing. ~ Identified Growth Factors as a new area for investigation and implemented a program to devise the delivery of factors to ulcer and ether chronic wounds. ~ Organized and chaired a Wound Healing symposium attended by domestic and European experf.s. 224 ~ l~O~i.,+~L43 ~?~TiE~1CE ~o~GE 2 ~~1F'IetJ`t'~E~l~ NISTflR`l 1991 -Present MEDICAL DEVICE CONSULTANT, Wilmington, NC Consultant to major medical device manufacturers and distrii~utors, market research and management consultant firms. - 1951 - 1990 THE KENDALL COMPANY, Mansfield, MA and Barring#on, 1L Manufacturer and distrib~itorof healthcare products and. medical _ devices, domestically and internationally. Retired 1990 as Research Director, Surgical Division. 1950 - 1951 ~ THE MT. SINAI HOSPITAL, Chicago, IL - Histoiogist/Medical Technician EL~~lG,~T3t'~~t S.S. Medical Technology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL - 1950 Knitting Technology Course, N.C. State University - 1970 I.R.I. Course for Managers of Industrial Research, Harvard Business School - 1975 ~ 225. Donald Patience V£~I~~T~l'~"~,~R AC'~~'~J3`~"~~S gape ~'~ar T/;luseugn $aar+d of Tra~stees ~~ Recently completed 6 years as a member of the Board of I'urstees of the Cape Fear tiluseum. Served as Board Secretary and Chairman of the following comrpittees: long ranee planning, finance and collections. Currently_ serving as an ai-large member of y the museum strategic leadership team. SC~I2~ Service Corps of Retire~3 E~eca~tives Active member for 9 years of the Wihnis~aton SCORE Chapter ;x283. title counsel in person or by e-mail people who want to start a business or are having problems in their current business. I am one of two SCORE assistant directors for North Carolina. ~SI:A .=~r3aalt Scholars ~.,e~de~-s~ii~ ~1~~ra~i Currently treasurer of this alumni organization which is an adjunct of 1JNCW. SAP ~:etireti S~~ior ~o~a~~t~~r P~•obra~ Former chairman of the advisory council ~~~hich is a iiinction of the N~ County Senior Service Corps at the Senior Center. Scl3c~t~l a~ad IJ~i3raa-~ Bo~~r~is Elected positions in the State of Illinois vvhere I had previous residence. 226 ~ 5~Y-U~-1UU1 VY~;ll PM FAO~t: FAX: PAGE 1 JUi:-i2-'~Ui '. ~';S ~3Uk1; N•AX, t'hGE ~ pucayan car,sy~a 1 \^ r uay.rrw~w.ev.nGt,'eicswYr,~.uc:.us'~w~,}~ly,y~~u ~\`} 1 ~~ ~~/ ~\ ~ She " ~' ~ ~~ .~'` ?.t~'~',.~...~ ~a,,c~~~co ~~5 X20 Ch~sa'~ut S'rr~~, ~conr?a 3t~5 ~~,y. c~Mti1~~ ~'t7mtx~~tr~n, N•C ~~4a1'~4t~~3 ~.~slo~ ~~~-~rso • ~pl:~t3o~a,~'c9P r~,p.~a~lrtitr~s~s$ ~a .~a~rd~, C.'p~te~sr ' ~~a~~ara~ • -~p~ra>~x~st ~,~ t~s~ ~T~w eo~~r Ca~a'~a~ .~a o~'~rssa~~~are~~, ~~.i,~rer:vrr ~rrrrrt(j+ empl~vsc~ by ii~~ a~sncy or da,~car~nsnt,~~r whJch ~c appltautiotz 3,~ ~oacJd, r~u~x rcyiy~ h~s,/ha~~,paslrson wJ ~o;trar~ u~r crppolntrhrrar, to ar.~crdr~cs wfah ~}rrtrlg I~, SaQ ~ g~'tF.a A~'awi3~rav~rC'aran:~Pwr~4nn~1',~cliav~ ~%f~,rsiartatAc~za~istea; ~~f~f ~'.~„~' t!d~~;~tarr~cYivlaies: ~ ~ .~ ~,~. ~hY' ~D you avtrh :u serve ors the ~t~ar~ ~ax~naru~e, ar ~'attrrrttsglc~x rt~u~~tet~P • ' °.~ i I~''raut do you feel ara y~~r gual~jfictxtto~.?foraarvirsg v$ the .~o CammJtta'~, or Cammt~slon regrtsatad? sa ~° . 4 f.. w i' ~a ea+ 1_ ~ be...., _ A _ _ ~"f s9 w f_ _ . ~~~ . si'2 • ?130b3 s:53 PM 227 ;What r~rr~sas of canaerr: ~ouid yeu !/kg ra,v~s tha.8aaid. 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City and State: ~ ~ • ~. ,~~ ~ Ci ~,;'% ~ ~ .- ~p Code• ~, k- ~~-~-~~, Telephone: Nome: ~' ; ~ ;' S ~ :.; ~ , ~' C , G/,' -, _ " -- ~~ Business: ~ /l '~';~ G, G, .~1 C~' ~~" - ~~_ 1 / ri' - `Age: /'"' ~ 1 "Th!'s In(nrmaUOn Is rmquastad far rho salm purpose pf e,zyur/ng lt,at aBros.:-section cf rho carr~munity rs appatnted~ -~ `~ ) i "~~rr~pl®yed hy,~ ~ 4.= ~l. ~~-,~ i l .; ~ ! ,,:~, C_ . % ~~ ~ ~ %. ~y- <m:d p~..ari curranuy amployad by Use sgavrcy ci~ denerrment for which thix .sppricaucn ~s made. mu„t res, n hi;~/hsr ~9 pas+rion wieh Nrw h/3n^var County ugon appainrmenr, in accordance w/th Ar tle/e VI, Sec 4 o~'tlte New 1-1ar,o+r®, County a@fSCnne/ Polley, .Pro Pessi on al .~4 c Pi vities: Volunteer ~ cfrvities: ~11hy do you w~i5h to carve on the hoard, ..' ~ f i ) ~ . %J or Commission requestedt //~ rte. %il 'r~;%.~i,~'~t l Jr / / ~" / What do you feel are your qualifications for Serving on the Board, Committee, or Co,fimr'ssion requested? ~"~ r'~ ~%'~ /- _ .~^ .~ 1 i' ~ ' ~iil if ,%; `i" t /.~--.~%y~i/.~r-, ._\ ~ir~ J.~, ,~ Gam. ~ ...~.,`~.f ,~ ~./ i~'-~- ~ ,r%tG`~ l ~ ~,',' , What areas of concern would you tike to see the Board,//Commrnee, or Commission address? - { ~>>~ ~' /' ' .<--~~~ ~~' f .ire yeu currently serving on another %// _ date: ' i~~- C_ ~ ~d' ,(~ L`'C~~ /~ IPlee:® usa r®verre side Par addinQne/ common ' Committee appointed by a municipality or a county? Jf 50, please list: ~~ ~~~~M- AUG - J 200t~ign r . C-__--~~ -~~-ems ~~_ NEW HANOVE~°- 9;~ OF 0---- Oh-~i_ONERS JUL-19-O1 THU 14 12 NHCC FAX N0, 3414130 P, 02 REf"FRENCES: Please provide three local personal references: lllame / / Phone` Number ~ ~~ , ~ ~~ 230. ~~ Ps75$-It`9 Fax Note ,-~- 7671 :^.ara7 ! 4 / pnges~' ~.-` Te ~ ~ n_ G G.v~ From _ ColDapt. Co. _.__ Phone k Phone u 311/, ! I ~T Fax N ~ _l'Y' ' ~J F ax ~ FRANK Z'AYLd~R 4170 Woodstock Drive Wilmington rVC 28412 910._313.0899 entail: franktaylor@hotmail.com PERSONAL A native North Carolinian, I moved to Wilmington in 196 and was transferred to Raleigh in 1966. My wife and I moved back to Wilmington at retirement in 1999. We have rivo daughters-- one is ah attorney in Richmond, Virginia; the other is a third-year law student at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. - WORK EXPERIENCE ALONGSIDE NIANACEMENT ANC®RPOR.~TEI~ PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ,alongside Management Incorporated 1991 - 1999 Richmond Virginia Alongside Management is a management consulting and training company that provides services for some of large and small national and international companies. In this position, I performed duties commensurate with the title and nature of the job. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD . . 1 spent twenty-five years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield and held several positions. Responsibilities included: Director of Communications (Public Relations and Advertising); Vice President, Long Range Planning; Senior Vice President, Marketing; Senior Vice President and chief operating officer of a major division. I worked with Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plansrn North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois. and New Jersey. VICE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Blzie Cross anc~' Blzse Shield of~New Jersey 1987 - 1991 Newark, 1Vew Jersey Served as Vice President of the National Market Division, Senior Vice President of the Commercial Division and Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Corporation. Responsibilities included .senior division management for marketing, customer service, information systems, administration, claims processing, etc. The corporate marketing job involved developing and managing the marketing division and developing corporate business strategies and programs. In each position, I was a member of the Senior Executive Operating Committee headed by the. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer V[CE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SALES Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois 1986 - 1987 Chicago IL I had responsibility for all national sales and marketing for one of the largest and most successful national account divisions in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING 197 - 1985 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Southwest Virginia Roanoke VA My initial assignment in V irginia was Director of Long Range Planning and Deveio~ment. I later' assumed responsibility for all sales and marketing throughout Virginia. Durrg ~ i~e~ BCBSSVA became the fastest growing-Plan in the BOBS system. L, ~~,,JJ FR:~NI{ TAYLOR PAGE TWO DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 1968 - 197 (~`~^/J Blue Cross and Blzre Shield Association Chicago IL Responsibilities involved all facets of public relations and advertising. These included directing a staff that develops our national advertising and public relations campaigns. I was involved in maintaining relationships with the media; working -with. congressional liaison staff in Washington; directing the development of radio and television programs; preparing and delivering congressional testimony in Washington DC; writing and delivering speeches. DIRECTOR OF COMMLR~IICAT[ONS 1966 - 1968 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC The responsibilities in this job included developing all public relations and,advertising programs for BCBSNC. The job also involved media relations and delivering speeches on behalf of the company. CAROBINA Pt7WER & LIGHT CGiYIPANY SALES REPRESENTATIVE 1963 - 1966 Carolina Power & Liglzt Company Raleigh NC My job with CP~:L included assignments in iLlorehead City, Wilmington and Raleigh. I was responsible for market development for the Total Electric Concept. This involved working with developers, architects and engineers to advance commercial and residential usage. ~I3UCATIOi`d y BACHELOR OF SCIENCE North Carolina Slate University CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFERED B! University of,>/lichigan, YYhartorz, Harvard, American NlanagementAssociation CJMMLrNITY AND ~:tGANIZATION ENV®I,VENIENT 232 ~ Public Relations Society of America ® Sales and Marketing Executives 4 Rotary Club ® Board of Directors -Merit Corporation 0 The Southern Center of Chicago ® Lawndale Youth Development Organization in Chicago ~ American Red Cross Board of Directors -Roanoke Chapter 9 Junior Chamber of Commerce 0 American Heart Association ® United Way 9 School Committee Member ~ President of School Board, St. Rose of Lima, Newark NJ ~ Various church committees and boards D. Franklin Taylor 4170 Woodstock Drive Wilmington NC 28412 910.313.0899 • August 6; ?001 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Dear Commissioners: Attached is my application for consideration for appointment to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees. I know the Medical Center already has an excellent oversight group, but I would like to become a part of that governing body and bring my own unique perspective. Perhaps. my extensive experience in both health care financing and my management experience could contribute to the growth and development of. the organizations _ Thank ou for our consideration: Y Y . ~ Sincerely yours, ---~, ~_ l . - ,; ~'~---1`"~-'~-'' D. Franklin Taylor Enclosure ~~~~~ ®~ ~~~~~~~a~~~~~~ 32~ Chestnut Str~eP, Room ,305 ~`Jilmjr~gic7n, JVC 2~•4~9-•4D9S Telephone f9l tJl 3~d 9-7949 FAX (saOJ 349-4130 Application far ~p,~el~ntm~nt to Sfl~rc1~, ~'arrar9aitg~es, Ana' CQ»arniss~®rrs AppofnYed by the N~v~ alan~ved Casartt~ ~~~rtl ~f tbprraesaissitar~~rs. ReQuest lorAppointment to: I~ew H~zaover R~ic~al I~dical G~tex Board of 'IYustees ~..~ Name: F. S rum ill Thompson ftDme hdaw /one hive you begs a Address: 901 Twisted Oak Place (6/1/98) resident of ~~vsr 1--tanoa~~r ~punty? 6years Mailing 6iddress: _ Post Office Box 5, Wrights~dlle Beach, NC 28480 C~'ty anG Stale: Wilmington, North Carolina Zi'p bode: 2840 Te/ephon~: Nam B: 910-313-0737 business: 910-2~6=6999 -gex; Male ®~aee: White __®____~.o ®.4gE; 36 °Thls inrarmet;on is r®pu®.stsd{u the so!® p~wgoaa nr®,ssexmg tAat a g~,ts•s®cPmn of tFse eommwalry Is sy~oi»rsd s "Ftnpl®yed ~y; 1st Atlantic Pzoperties, Inc. • °A ~s~ISOn ctN/mntJy ®np1o yid by dh®Bgsn~y or d~g®vtmenrPDl e~ith tlai8 ~gJic~dOr1 it tlsmcJas, ,h+tcst sasigvr hdStAe?/~sB.?itran wins /doss Fdnnovor County goon ~ppo/ntmonL do ®CCOtdMnc9 ovit/s.~/ta'efe ~/J, ,5ac. ~ ~r Clio Maw Nanov~r Caunrr Poraonnpl f'41icy ~1ab Tlle: President, Owner professipnaf.AClivilies: Chamber of Commerce, Committee of 100, Rotary ~oluntEet Activities: Boy Scoutts, Fund Raising, VMI Soccer Campaign y'rny do you wish to serve on the ®aard, Comrrfi`etee, or Corr9mission seque5cEd7 I feel a civic obligation to partici ate rather than to simply give financial support tc worthy organizations. What do you tee! are your quafificatigns for Servjne on the ~Os3/9, Committee, ear Commission requested? iVly constant interaction `: ith the communirJ affords me an objective view from the public. What areas a` concern wou/d you like to sEp the hoard, CommiltEE, Cr ~®mt1'tiSSiord address? I feel that responsible f scal and facilities management will be an ever present challenge. Are you eurrently servin8 on another board or commr'ttee 8ppointed by a municipality or a couraty7 if so, please list: No. Dd}~28 98 IFIe®r vs ~ a tide /or addilwnel commonts,°,,,~-ar~!'._?`." aPR Z y 1°q8 ~~nature (OVER) T ~~ ~u~ ~~~~i~;:~o~Y~i..,~ REFERENCES Please provide three local personal references: 1) 2) 3) , • • Name Phone Number DAN CAMERON 910-762-2676 BILL CASTER 910-791-1572 GENE MTLLER 910-256-9940 .~ `~ 235 F~an~C ~~~xill ~`l~o~n~son P. O. Box 5 Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 (910) 313-0737 EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts degree in English; Virginia Military Institute, May 1984. Additional concentrations in History and Psychology. ~NORK L',XPERIENCE: Feb. '95 -Present ®avner, President of 1st Atlantic Properties, Inc., Wilmington, N.C. Broker-In- Charge. Responsible for the operations and marketing efforts of the company including achieving the company's goal of a $20 M portfolio within the first 6 months. Operations include budgets and performance tracking as we31 as employee morale, motivation and productivity and recruiting. Marketing efforts include confidential representation and sale of healthy ongoing businesses. This includes the solicitation and pre-qualifying of buyers for the acquisition of businesses. Responsibilities also include negotiation of leases and coordination with attorneys for a successful transaction. Oct. '93 -Feb. `95 Sales and Marketing, IylcWharter Praperties, Wilmington, r`T.C. Responsible for the confidential representation and sale of healthy ongoing businesses. This . includes the solidtation and pre-qualifying of buyers for the acquisition of businesses. Responsibilities also include negotiation of leases and coordination with attorneys for a successful transaction. Business development for the recruitment of listings, as well as buyers and tenants inchides coordination with restausank franchisors and other Fortune X00 companies. June `93 -Oct. '93 Sales and Marketing, Intracoastal Igealty Corporation, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Responsible for the confidential representation and sale of healthy ongoing businesses. Also responsible for the recruitment of commercial facilities for sale and lease. This includes finding tenants for these commercial facilities. April '91 - June'93 Sales and Marketing, C.J. Farris and Company, Inc., Greenville, N.C. Responsible for the confidential representation and sale of healthy ongoing businesses. This includes the pre-qualifying of buyers for the acquisition of businesses up to 12 million in sales and 1.8 million in consideration. Responsibilities also include negotiation of leases and coordination ti~ith attorneys for a successful transaction. Jan.'86 -April °91 Sales Representative, Deluxe Check Printers, Greensboro, N.C. Responsible for sales to financial institutions. This includes cultivation of marketing campaigns for checking account programs as well as training and education of personnel on products and services. Received Sumnut Club .Sward, August 1989: March ~ ~e~'86 Sales Representative, Jahn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Charlotte, N.C. .Responsible for sales of individual and group life and health insurance. Sept. `84 -Feb. `85 U.S. Army Quartermaster Officer Basic Caurse, Fort Lee, Virginia -Basic officer training May'84 - July'84 LLS. Arnzy ROTC Advance Camp, Fort Bragg, N.C. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on July 18,1984 • • ARMY RESERVE EXPERIENCE: Oct.. `89 -Present Captain; Inactive Ready Reserve Feb. '87 -Oct. `89 Executive.Officer, Co. F 3398th USARECSTA, Det. 2, Kinston, N.C. Received Army Certificate of AcTxieverrtent Feb. `87 -April `86 Assistant Committee Chief, ITT, Co. B 2nd BN , 108th TRNG Group, Charlotte, N.C. Sept. `86 -Feb. `87 !~pri1 `8b -Aug. `86 Committee Chief, Seer, Co. B Znd BN 108th TRNG Group, Charlotte, N.C. (Subcotnanittee of the above) Commander, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Jackson, S.C. Received Army Comme~~dation Award 237 ~~~ ~s~~~ ~~R ~~~~~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401-4p93 Te%phone (910) 341-7149 FAX (9100 341-4130 ~pplica~ion for ~ppoin~metrt. ~o Boards, Corra3mittees, and Commissions ~4ppo®nted by t#se Iti(e+.b f,'anover Covntlr Board of Cort?missaoners. RequestforAppointmentto: NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF Tg,UgTEE; /+/ame: dames E . Vann fJome Address How long have yoti been a 808 Inlet View Drive resident of New Hanover County? 14 gears ~1ailingAddress: 80$ Inlet View Drive City and State: _ Wilmington North Carolina Zip Code: 28409-2106 Telephone: ~Jome: 910-350-0666 Business: N/A Sex: Male °Race: Caucasian Age: 69 °This information is requested for the sole purpose of assuring Phat across-section of th® community is appointed. "b'mpJoyed by: Retired from NASA and State of North Carolina ° °A person currently employed by the agency or department far which this application is made, must resiQre his/herpasitian s~vith PJew Hanover County upon appointment,. in accordance with Ariide W1, sec_ 4 of the !;/ew Hanover County personae/ faa/icy 1) Executive Director, NASA Science ~ Technology Research Center Job Title: 2) Retired President, Community College f'rofessitinaJActivities: 1) Research Triangle Park, NC; 2) Sampson Community College, Clinton, llolunteerActivities: See Reverse Side Why do you wish to serve on Fhe Board, Committee, or Commission requested? To utilize my experience, ability, and organizational skills to assist NHRMC become the most effective healthcare center possible, maintaining a close working relationship with the county. What do you feel are ygur qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? Organizational experience; education; leadership background and training; board experiencE from of er arge ins u ion . What areas of concern tiveu/d ~•ou like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? Cost effective bent care coupled with prudent expenditure of county an Are you currently serving on another board or coma j No ~ ~ n .. i. C~ ~ ~, c~ I ~,U~=i ~ U ~r~~1 Date: 14 Au~-ust 2001 ' (Please use reverse side for addi?lone/ rnm~nnn ~c~' by er. funds. or a county? If so, please list: NE'rV NA~~OVER CO BD OF COMh11S_ S~ RS REFF'RENC~S: Please. provide three loco/personal references: Name Phone lilumber '• . John S. Pace M.D. 350-fl248 2. Eric 'B. McKeithan, Ph.D 251-5101 (CF'CC) ~• Michael C. Da3ris, CPA 791-3331 ' .~4pplicant• James E . Vann VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES ~nrstee ... . ....................... ........... . .. . .Cape Pear Community CaIlege Two terms of 4 years each; appointed once by New Hanover Board of County Commissioners and once by New Hanover Board Education. of - Chaizman .. . ................. . Committee ......................... ... - ................ - - - • ............ .....".. "- ............................. ...Cooperative Extension Service Advisory ................... . .- ...................:..................................... .....Three Years Master Gardener of the Year........ - ............................... • - - ....1989 Master Gardener Hot Line Volunteer ................... . .... ............... . ................ ......................................... ......Ten Years ...... Volunteer ............. .. ' .......~......... ..........................New Hanover Regional Medical Center Emergency Room Facilitator .............. Family Surgical Waiting Room Facilitator ............................. ................................................, ....Three Years ...................... . ....... ....... - .............Three Yeats. Volunteer .................. . ................................... ........................Lower Cape Fear Hospice Files Care Center Facilitator .................. . Chairman, Publicity, Festival of Trees ............... .................. - .... ......Three Years ........ .............2000 MISCELLANEOUS VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Active Churchman (Lay Leader ~y Speaker, Sunday School Teacher, Chancel Choir Member, Handbell i ber, National Conference Delegate, Board Member); Former Rotarian; Member, Fraternal Organization (Grand Orator; Hear r Organisation of Four-State Area of Commissioned Officers in US Mili -er on Motivational and L ~' Past President, National Sojourners, Inca, Cam ee~N eadership Topics;. President; Homeowners' Association; President, Duke Alumni Association, theasiern NC; B.S. and M.A., Duke University; Doctorate, North Carolina State University; Married, Three Children (One eceased). DR. JAMES E. VANN 808 INLET VIEW DRIVE WILMINUT©N, NC 28409 August 20, 2001 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, NC 28401 Dear Members of the Board: Enclosed is my application for membership on the B©ard of Trustees of New I-Ianover Regional Medical Center. Having had extensive experience in managing large, publicly-funded organizations, and having been involved during my professional life in. leadership positions and in decision-making requirements, I feel as if, combined, these talents would serve I~1I-1PMC ~,vell, with wise and prudent use of scarce tax dollars. I sincerely hope that you will look upon my application with favor. Thank you very much. Sincer ly, ~ . ' / James E. Vann ~v~ 2~ ! 69 !~W 9 ~E. 9 i 4J V / Y /////~~~~/ f~p~ //~~ga y/~p 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, lVC 2840 ~ -409 ~elephone (910) 341-7149 FAX (9 ~ 0) 341-4130 ~ ~ V ~ ll AUG 3 0 2001 NEW NANOVER CO BO Of COh1tA!SSfONf.RS Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and Commissions' . Appointed vy the New Hanover County Board of .Commissioners. Request for Appointment to: l~(PuJ Anr~c) r' ~rOnQ,t ~PCI~C~Q l' ~~°n~r~r- ~a,.,cc~ Name: ~2 ~,u ~~. /'r r C~., V Q, r, V 2,1 Sor" How long have you been a resident of New Hanover County? ~ ~, ~ E'a rs Home Address: _ (~ ~/31L S ~-„'n n w n ~d ~~ Mailing Address. City and State: ~~ r ~rrtc'na~~g ~C, Zip Code: 0?8~109 Telephone: Home: ~4/p~ 3 SD - n ~gp Business: ~q/~~,~; (~ ~ ~~,~ ~ *Sex: ~ *Race: ~fl a r'L3 S ~ ct r-a *Age: f~ 0 *This information is requested for the so% purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. *{EmpioyedbY° ~ P~~. - ,~ t'roQ+^e~~ ~~r~T ~~ c2nad *A person currently employed by the .agency or department for which this application is made, -must resign hr's/her posi New Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article Vl; Seca 4 of the New Hanover County Personnel Po. Job Title: Ui'('~ NPeSr~c#l~n'~ ,~~_S~r'r`n l~pu~n~i Professional Activities: Cy~~,',~ ~'r~d~~Pr^n Pn~rr- -~or ~g,',~,,~a~l 17~U ~d l~a 1m ~han,b~r-, ape Fea A ea., tJ~,;-sec( tray, -~o~mer Chr~.(r- . W t D t3d.membet-. Wilm. ~o$~r~ Volunteer Activities: w ~ • , ~ VVhy do you wish to serve on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? Ad tl i 5or y f3~ , l~ m 1 n't~ P r ~+ ~7~ eCd~ r n Q. ~ o t~-~~ ~ a S ~' r~ P 5 ~ p (` ~ ~ n C i~~~_~ ~ , /~ ~c_ r~~ C~~S~ - e~~~e.~,'ye~ h~ 1-(~ are., What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? r ~ ~ .~ L 4~ ~ a r c{ ~ ~" 9~o.U ~. se r ~ e c~ n r,__~/_ c~ rv~ r• ~ t' y, 4 e u r .^ ~ ~, ~- I , What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? Are you currently serving on another board or committee appointed by a municipality or a county? if so, please list: Date: G`~ 2 ~I ~ ~ Signature REFERENCES: Please provide three local personal references: Name Phone Number 7. ~~. ~ll,'~ % ; ~ ~ ~~_ ~l~ 3 - '7310 ~ ~~9 - l9a 7 ~N) 2. I rr r~ / C~l1Q P/C.S Ip,~Q //S '~~' ~ ' ~olof aC t~1tlT. ~ '7 (DrZ ` r~~OD ~N) 3. i~a r ld S ~a r,'~~i'r~ 71v ~ - 7/~l 39a - ~~3.5 242 ~~ ~~~ ~~ S2D Ch~stnrrt Stf'0~'t, loom 30~ Wilmington, l1IC ~84~ ~-~0.9.~ Telephone (°90)341-7149 FAX (910) 341-4130 ~C~~ QC~/[', i t f J ~ .J ~. ~ ~d[~' NA~vOVER CO EO 0~ G0~`,1A!ISSIONERS ,,~~rpiicafitra ~~.~ ,s~,t~pt~in~rna~~ i~ ,~~a~r~s, ~C~rr~rni~tn~s, a~~ ~ar-z~rnissi~~as ,~~~®ir~~at~ by t,~~ ~~'~ ,~ia~~~e~a' ~Cfl~~aty ~3oar~' ~;1' ~~>~.~Jissi~~~~s. RequestforAppointmentto: ~~~ r'-.~~..r,~~/~,~ -~.~~ 1t~~..1~:L~;~-~;~~G~~Z.. l"~~ir~e°~ ~~~r~'~ ~~ ~,~~rrs~°p a Name: ~ ~~ ~~ ~~T1-~7 i ~, ,.~ >2 ~ ~v~~ ~ ~ Home How /ong have yvu`beerr a Address: ,r ~ l~ ~.t.~~t~~~/r ~'~~~~' _ res,~dent of New rianvver County? ~ fir., Mailing A ddress: ~~"7~ ~= City and State: ~ ~-~~L•/~ry~,.~,I, r~~ .Zip Code: ~~ ~v'~ Teiephone: Home: ~'~?~,~ ~~~~ ~~ ~ '~ Business: '~~- "Sex: ~~/~ ".Race: 1.%~ *Age: ~,' !',~ "This information. (s requested for tr.s sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. ,~ *L~mployed by: ~~~°~ T:I.%~'z`"'..1~ ..__ ~ ~"~', /r`,I ~'. "%1 person currently emplo yed by the agency or department far which this application is made, must resign his/her position with PJew Hanover County upon appointment, in acrordance with .4rucie Vl, 5ec. ~ of the i^Je~w Nariover County Gersonnel rolicy. Job Title: ~~~%';~-~[~ -. ~vj,~ 1..1 Cj>.~~/' ~~~<:~. v~~ l .J~o~.~C"A~P.%j-~°~~;'/1~~~ Rrafassivnal Acrivitr~s: ~`~-~~~`r~ .~J~~ r 7~~'~~~-'ma'r /'~J.~/~~'`~ _ ,~~,/'~i'>~/Y'> ,1~~~'..~i'~~i'",-~~~.?r'zj ~~'~.^,-ic?~ ,~`~~i,/~ /?~'s,?J =~i`l.y;%J~?iY),i-~~ ~~L;/~ orb /?~r~C~JYJ~.:J~ :~~:,4 1/olunteer'Activities: ~~~ ~'t7~r,e?~~ ~'~=3~;'/,Y'.k'~',S",~~~~' ~r.~;r"%~~~~~~'C,'~..<~~">~?-~'~"~!.~; ~~~~~,%-r'l,.a?r,;~~.~r.'.j' ~'/hy do you wish to serve on the Soard, Committee, or Comm(ssion requested? T>~~° ~~%~°~~4-'%~ 'j~'~';~~~~->""° ~[,e''°".~u'+~'c ,~'L1~~w.ti-. .G7 .'',~`y~^~,+~.L..T°.~ ~'i-~.'~c.£'..Yv~`.9~Crc1:~'.> .~'.,%).~3-.rl.,1~1~YCr'1.:.i'~y~~.~~,,°al,.`jr?r~~ rJ~1/.F i r~~;'~ ~~`~~3~-,~• r°'*--~~.~y~~,'~.~}~ ,~7'~„!~J/"~ .J N fT~r~ ~~/ ,~Tr~.X.J J~~~~L©..S ,~"~>~`~I~".lA~s~~.~+ ~.vV / ~}"/'Vt/ .s~J srl O.G .L~J J ~ f-'.'/'`/r~ ~'/~C.:~ ~'i~d'~S +'_ ~7'.~~r~U~l~/V ~a'a.~/T7L.U~' ,''=%~1.~-~'a'_;1,~"L ~'u.°.~'[..~~-~...5- t~1.~r~J.L~' ~~'Jt~-Jsi.~T~/.~"a/',/~~J~ ~'!L r~1 ~r7'~'*J~'r~>~t`7,~" ~~~.,~ ..'..~ic}.77+"V~.'?` ~,~D~.'i ~~~~ d.:~.>~,,~a~!/CC'S :l_J Gt>t7t.~' .L/:,~'°~' I`;r.~^ ;~?r~ ~~;.~ ,G;~~:~T~'~;~°'y"~.a(J~w~~~l "T,~/,.~ ~ .}r"'~~Az_'~.t What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Bvard, Committee, cr Comml"ssion requested? l\/.~'!",J~'.'~ ~ ~''~~ ~~~~~~~J~~.A.l~' ~~~%~'~C~~~' A1J,' ;r--~ ~.>~~"C;.~J~ ~C7 ~ ~~~~r U/hat areas of concern wou/d you like to see the Bvard, Committee, or Comm(ssion address? ~~~T~'~'~~ ~.L~`~1.''.r'/~''~~ ~ ~ 1S!SL1,~~' C D ~~Lfl ~ ~ y'-,a'G.~:~rJTr-~ J=~ JL/ ,.,~~ .~ lY~',~.1.~ ~J r~'',~'',~i' ~ °/~JT / ,s~.,~ :~/"~' ~'J~ TJ~`~' ~~~~~~ ~ /~J~c'~T,'=_/~i7J~~ .~~'.''%J~~.L?~ L~L.1~.'~ 1J~39-.~/ti7'I`'~~,~'/ r~.~~~~T.~ ~`J~',t? Are you current/y serving on another beard or committee appointed by a municipality or a cc~ty so, p/ease //st: LJ ~~ '- ~-~ ,~ Signature ~~/~it.,-i'_'.c~-~aif~-~ Date: , (Please use reverse, side far additional comments) R~FFR~NCfS; ~- ~._.~/ f'leas~ provede three local personal refere.~ces; IVarre Phane iVumber ~ ~ ~ -~ ~~ t~~,~ a ; ~ G~',r!.L,~~-~:~ Lam- ~..~"T~~~~ ~~.~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~,~ ~ ~ ~~-~ ~'~'3 C~=~%,~ ' ~~~ Application for Appc~in#rnCnLs Page 1 of ~~ ~~ 3~~ Ch@Stt7Ut ~TT'2u°~', RDQr1"1 .~QJr Wt(mington, NC ~B~D 1-4t?93 Te%phane (91 DJ 34 7-7 l49 FAX (91 dl 341-41.0 .4pplfcatiQn for Appo;r~tment I'o B4'~rcfs, Cornrnit~~s, ar~t1 ~~~/97issivns Appointed by+ flte !!(ever Harss~~~r ~~ar~aty hoard ~f ~orror~Issir~tter's. Request for.~ppoinrmenr to: ~, „ Name.' 1~~ , . -~ Haw long havQ you been a resident of New Hanover County? ~~ ~` .' Home Address;~°~~~ ~~~1 ~~.-.~. ~'~"- ~~ ~,.~'Y~ ` ~1C .,..,~~ Msi(inq ,4 ddress: ~~ ~~'~~- c ,~~ ~, -\; t,,r~ ~ e .~ .. Crty and S#ata: Zip Core: . ' Telephor<s: Name: ^ ~~ _ ~~~_ Business: _~..,,y_~~?- _ ~ _~- ~. "Sex: Race: '~s.~~-,,, ",qge: "Thi,~ rntormat:on rs requeste or die sole ,ourpose of assurln,g that across-secrton ar e ,ommunrty rs a "~mproyed by: ~~r,+,~;~ ~ 1...~r-~. ~--=*~ _. "A pflrson currently employed by the agencyi or department for which this application is made, must res New Hanover County upon a/~poinrmenr, in accordance whh Artie!® Vl, Sec. 4 of the lVew Hanover Coun Job Ttle: ~„ ~' t~ Professriana! Actrvtties: ~_ ~~ ` -~ ~is~~~r"^. ~,~~ ~a ,. -t---~',.~. Volunteer Actlulties: ~ ~ ~ p, (~ ~-,,y ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~.5.~_ 1Nhy da you wish to serve nth oar ,Comm e , ommr sr requested? What do you feel ere your qualifications +`or serving an the B~~r~ommCm n, esr - , What areas of concern would you like to see the Bcaro; Cornmrrtes, or Commission~~~~rT~'~.'J rte' R ~s .r-.~-~ r,'~S • ~ `i_~~~.-~., ~~~ '~e^°~ ~ ~ C1r-~ ~-~". Q c'~ r . ,~°' httg:i(www,nhcgo v.co tniCC:iapply. htn, 9/~i 01 Bid 3~Gd ~q~~SF ~0-5-d~S ~ZLL~ZSVOE6E ~~NIl~(ISNQ~ ~(' ~h9 1N~5 Application Por llppointm~nt.~ Page 2 v f "? Are ydL~ct~~ r/y nj g~p~ ther bnRrrl r~r cnmmittep appointed by a municipRliry ar e caunr ~ (f sc Y~ . Aare: ~- -~5~. S~grtat~re'~ ~ ~ ~s~~~. ~ _. REFEREIVCFS_ Please provrd~ three /oca! persan8l reference: 246 http:l/~vw~w_ nl,cgov.co~niCGlapp ly.htm 9/:~/01 EIB ~Obd ~5E~9~ ~0-5-d~S ~zLL~iZ5i~0~6E `JNIl~(1SN00 7~f ~A8 1N~S ~ FIOX 15013 5--w-^~r- ~ --. r-~~,;~~ 4 ~i H WItMiNGTON, NC 28.tp$~~~ * :G:r r ~'-c~xt yet, ": ~ ~~, 91as~r-ors ' ~'~',~ ~ ~~ ,~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~,.~ ~ ~,~~: , r ~ , , • FAX 1~ 910-452-4772 ",`~ ~'~? ~.. . ~ ~, ~ t .=.' ; ~ ~ ,.~ s. `.:y.'*'_ ~ -~ . ' ~'a: PlHC Commissioners ~. Jenne Williams . Fax: X10-314-4130 f?a~~es; Fhon~ ~ f September ~, 20d1 fie: ~: 910-452772 Urgent x ~vr ftevi+ewr D Please ~trara~eett ^ ~fea~ ~depfy ~ Fle~se f~cy~fe m C~ettefl~eaf~t: P~le~Be e'~i~w rrry apgfi~tiors ~'Qe ttta~ o~rtetl f~ftfara to flee 9d fiats®v1~r f2fc~rt~f flA~ltcai Ge+ra¢a~r 6i4~r~fi. T?"t1a ~rti ~+a~if;iorr is ~orrre~tin~ f nave #f'10tdg$f# ~sou~P tcsr s~va~r tfuee ~e~r~,,. f fia~ei f am a verb{ gt~ali9fet9 C~raellrfl9te !'tai 4hls poaaitfeea. 6 sera wifRira~ bo rfeaffc~te ~~ t}erne rer;tafr^eaf f•~r 4fam~ variou9 Maet:4iea~~ sad ~tarnerai#8a®~ lrtg~ tfaat ~~ raetee~~arg fir #6ais gaq~i#3eaea, °f "hassle ~u in advance ~oraa ~era~ ate eesn~i~dtaoas. .9anrra A. ~lfiarns s 247 F ~SVd :~E~9E 40-5-d~5 •`ELLgZ9p0F6~ ~dNIll(1SN0~ Cif ~A8 1NdS Application for Appoin[~-nents Page 1 oF2 ,~ -~ 0 l~ C ~~~ ~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room Wilmington, 1VC 2~?~01-~(J . ~~~ JU~I ~ 1 ;~;:,~E Telephone (910) 341-7149 FAX !910) 341-4130 ~~w N~.r~o'~~~~ co ~n o~ cc~n~a~ss~o~E~~ ~pplicatic~n fcr,4ppointrr~ent to BcsrrJs, ~err3,~nittecs, and Cr~rr~missi~or~s Apps~int~d ~~/ t}ae l~lcv~~ I--lancver Cocar~ty Board of ~orrarrrrssicrrars. . ,.__ -n .. _ ,. ,, l'feQueSi for fa ppOlntmeni to: ,/~~~ ~.~.- ~'i~,1,`C~r h(~ ~_, ~~?l~ 1 ~ ~.t~ ~ i/,;ri/v~.t ~~ ~~~1 r .-rY_ ~ t`>/~ ~ ,+--. Y ,4 f, Ho~•fv long have you been a resl'dent or Ne+fv Hanover County? - %'i~ 1r ~Lr~`~ _. ... -- ~ -- N9aiiing Address: ~` -i ~rir.f n-:°' City and Stare: :~~ ,, 3^ , ' ~';-~,' ~-~ {'_ ~' ~ `';ic' ~'~ Zip Code: . r ,: I elepnone: Home (' ~ t + ~ t f `! -- `; 1 ~~~' .l__- Busfnes i ~'.;., ~ =' 1 .,, ~~ ~- .».•t;._,~ _ _.. ~ :..~. *Se;~ _°'~'?~ ~ ~ .' s'~: }Race: ;.:rt Y rr _~~.~''~r! ",-age: ~ ! i i z_- "' i nfs intorma7ion rs requested for the sole purpose of assuring that a :;toss-section of the cornrnunity Is ap --,~ _~ J w #=mployeuQy: ~ _'"'~~..i:?sz ~,.I~'~+,. 1I~: ~~~i~{-°~i , JY"r __ t ~:~ person currently emoieyed bpi the agency ar department r"cr which this application is made, must resi with New Hanover County upon ~opointment, in accordance with Articre Vl, Sec. ~ or the nle+rr Hanover C Pclic y. ../Oi7 T/t/e: 4 ! •./ ~ ,'71, r.,..i f--~ ~ ~ ~ -:,sl ~ r . i ,.._ ,.. ~ ,_,~r ,^~. _.~Y~,. r a•nr,~ccinnal Ar•ti+./itiac• ,.. , . w_ _ ;.,: ~ . , i. ~ / ~/ . ~','.. ,//'; .. ~ 1~ i;~,:~~:~,~C.._' ~ . t ~'. ,i'`/a ::~ v /'>' . , VOlUnteP,rACtlVltleS: ~l~C/ly~f'i~.G'I ~~.~~i_;, ~:~a~~:. _~-~ ~,?--~ ~` ~-~'`t:(J`[,lc.~/ ~.v~~:r~15. ~.~-L'a~,M ~~~~;i_;t. t~1f~..L~t:S~r-~' ..~ i , ~.1 1{, (~ ~~ , 1-r ti..L ,. L~,;,::.5 -- ;.-~ ~..~ ~-- ~ 1F r ~ <¢: Z~~ ~(~% 1...~~ -i~•~ 1r ~...G ~~ l~,J .;;"t.'] ;f~7 , J I ~'",, i_~ _ i Why do yr!~u ~w,~sh to sere on the Board, Comrrfitree, or Commission requested? ,, -. , _ 1, ~.~ ~: ~~1; ~ 1 ~ ~- ~~ i ~.~~ ~ ~ v ,_;,d r1 L .r. ~ >> / t:~77. J7 +L.. ~'~ ~, ~~r 7 u.~ ..~ •,=~ _ ~ ..f f~r + t! 1 r i t_ - ~'~ r, (, j'1'~v ~~~'' ~ ~~% ~~ /,;1Z~~~/J~'~~~ _ ~(1u;1'irJ, i l_..~~; ~ w-j;- J, ,( ,~ ~~L:~ ~f ..~ ~ d_% /-~ d - __~ ~-.~ ~ It: ,i~ Jt:.:- F,.~ r ~ r r ,'~ !_ ds-. ~~~..f«;: d ~-r-;~ 1 ~..~.` --~ ~ ti; ` / ~ ,~ t' ' =-~ J~~" =- `1'i ~~''i~`. . U/hat do you feel are your qualifications far servino on the Board, Commrt~ee, or Commission requested? ~_.- ._., "~ ;- ,., e ;f /t~.!'~~ ~7rF ~': i r,~,'~' ; i L.e~.,, ,7~`r'i~, rl,='L=F1/1.. ;'°' /, ` t~ ~• G l=r~l~~L~~1'~'~:=; ~r , ~-~~ /ir~.:r=°i ~f ,ia ;h` ~.. ~~~ . ~~ V What areas of concern would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Commission address? .. ~r ~ ,. ,. ~; ,1. 1.: 'r y.'rl~-//: %% i (i4~;.-i-fL'/ I, G`~ L /t/ ~'I~ ;,1'~"'-v ((.t~i (/' c...r; ~ i,t. ~ i '.a rr ;;i:_.. ~-~~ ~ fj,r ..j~!°;-(_._ httpa/wtivw.co.new-nanover.nc.uslCC/appIy.htl-n Ob/07/2001 Application for Appointments Page 2 of 2 ~., Are you currently serving on another board orcommittee appointed by a municipality or a county? if so, p ,RE,~tn~tVCE~: P/ease provide three /ocai personal references: Name 1. -r 11/~ °h; Phone.~lumber / ~ >,. ~ ~ r ---, 7 _ _ ~ ,~ ~'' •~ ~ ..~~ __~ ~) ~ ~ . ' i' t -7 ~ .. % j f ~y ~J~ , - ~~ ~ J ~ f f ~ ` ~ 7 _ r. -~ ~-'~. ~~, $~..+' ~J ~ LJ I I ~ 7 !~'`9(A.~~L.''fr°t' ,1..~~.; y~'~, .. 1 tL • ... ~ ~y .`~ 4,1~ _,~ r'~ t,y r ' ~ ( c.; ~ i f~ r ~~' ~~ ~~ ~ a fi- =' ' / rtr~ ~ ~ .... /} j ~ 'J4 ~. Y ~ ~ ~' ~~~ hnp;!/www.co.new-hanover.nc.us/CC/apply.htm 06/07/?001 V. - . ,~ 320 Chestnut Street, Room 305 Wilmington, lVC 2501-4093 Telephone (910J 341-7149 Fra X (910) 341-41.30 ~p,~alicatian for Appointment tv :wards, Coenrnitte~s, and Ct~rrnrnissi~ns ,~ppoint'ed by the Neer Nai~over ~'ounty~ hoard of ~~omrnissi®~rers. ry _ t' ~-- ~i f>1..: _\ t ~','~ i V, 1 _ . ~f E, ~'.` a ~ ~ ~ _,'~,.t ~ ` .~1 .-,. ~ Request forAppointment to: '' - z~ - t ~ - '- ~,.. Marne: - t r ~ ~' _?,_ How long have you been a Address: ~'_ ` ``,' ~' f-~ E ~'~, ~ ~~ ~`~~~~' - residen. t of lVew Kanover County? D lL9ailingAddress: City and State: _ _:~ r `._. ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ; ,r ,..~ ' .z %ip Gode: ..~ ~ ..., Horne ,f ,E;~; ~ _. ~,'.z .w Business: uE}.~ °~ :a.`? Telephone: _ ,-= *Sex: ! ~ l'Race: `~~;.., r r.~ ,.,e *Age: ''This information is requested far the sole purpose of assuring that across-section of the community is appointed. ° "A person currently emplo yed by the aoency or department far which thr~ gsplication i made, must resign hlsiher position with New Hanover County upon appointment, in accordance with Article '//, Sec. 4 of n5e P/ew~ Hanover County Fersonne/Policy. Job Tit/e. '_ Professional,~ctivi.U'es I i "-~ e ;~;, e s _. _ , ,~ _ r 't1 f ,~ ,`F!_, i - r .. . r ~ i' blfi ....-2 ~ /'~' 6 F~ r , ', ~ _ ~ .., h , t .. *' > , ~.t .~ , .. ' ,, ~„ ~, t ,~ n c ,.~ _ „~. _ ~ ~, , f '~ '- : , -- , /olunreer,Gctlvttl~ _.~ } ~ ,. _. - - - .. ~. r~ ~ .. .. ~-- - - .s Why do you ~ivlsh to serve on the Board, Committee; or Commissr'a~ requested? ^~" F -~ -="~~ ; ~;,"~ ~.~ f.~ r~- - - _~...- - - _ , . ~ ~ ti .~ ~. •- , z; Ik k , i- Y M1 ~" What do you feel are your qualifications for serving on the Board, Committee, or Commission requested? ~ ( h`r. 1 .-~ ~..` What areas of concern, would you like to see the Board, Committee, or Cornmfssion address? t"` ~ ~~- ~= .~ '-~' ?' Q p~ ,, y;., ._; p F y y 7 ~ p ,.. 'f r E~ r:r ,,~ ~:_.M. ..- ~ e i" ~ i' 3 ,F ......} ,. dr._ t ..~ ,..3.~ .. f i' ~ ~,,, s t ~:,.,, t' t ~ ~~,-•- C:^' ? U-~~ ~'"i ~ v%j `~~} 1 r i`"'t:...~ w~. y d ~ ~ l J ? ~~..._ ,4 re you currently serving on another board or committe.. a o.n~ed b a me.nrct alit or a coun~ if so, lease list: j ~~: ~' •~ _~r:~ . ~...~'` 1 r, ~ r r' date: ~ C ~7 ~~ ~`--r,. ~~ q 7 ~ I ~ l~(] tuts ~'`--y h ~ ~~;! h~ i1~~te;,~ ~,~1e4 J ~~ ~`,~,~+Y.~-~/'"_{~, (P/ease use reversa~side far additional ca ~ ) JUG. l ~ ~~~~,1~ ~ ~ L-/~ ~' (, (~`~~ Nf yY NA,"tOV[R CO 9D Gf COMMIS>IONER.S REFERENCES: Please provide three local personal references: Warne Phone Number -~ ~,_~ c-.. ~ , ~..~ ~. ~ ,t ~-- ,~._. ~ . _ ,,~ .., f rr (( ~ ~• ~ ~ F f .' ( Y .~ C -. f '~' 4, 'O~~ ~,~. w•-• 'r..( i ~~„1 a 1 J ~. a 1 t 4, ~ /' S ¢~ o . / _. ~ ~ppJ~cant.~ , 1 i,r~ ~~'~.~ t ~-! .~.m° E _ w. . F [7 ~ 251 {This page intentionally left blank} 252 MEETING OF THE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ROOM, NEW HANOVER COUNTY HISTORIC COURTHOUSE 24 NORTH THIRD STREET, ROOM 301 _ WILMINGTON, NC September 17, 2001 ITEMS OF BUSINESS PAGE NO. L Non-Agenda Items (limit to 3 minutes) 253 2. Approval of Minutes . ~ 255 3.. Consideration of Request for A Temporary Exemption from Wastewater Impact Fees 257 Cape Fear Fair and Expo 4. Consideration of Approval of Contract for Meter Reading Services #02-0 l 18 .Adjourn • • 253 {This page intentionally left blank} 254 • • IVES HAIVOVER COUNTY BOAR® OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION .Meeting Date: 09/17/01 Water & Sewer Item #: 2 Estimated Time:. Page Number: Department: Governing Body Presenter: Lucie F. Harrell Contact: Lucie F. Harrell SUBJECT: 1Nater and Sewer Agenda -Approval of Minutes BRlEE SUMMARY; Approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on September 4, 2001. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Approval of minutes. f UNDING SOURCE: ATTACHMENTS: ITEflA DOES NOT REQUIRE REVfE(n/ COUNTY MANAGI"R~S~i~t1~fI~ENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: _ Approve minutes. ~' COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: t;iNTY ~®~~ii~a1Q APPROVED ~/ .. ,~~ REJECTED F?EMOVED ~ ~ f POSTPONES ~ - FiEARn ~ ~:... -- 255 {This page intentionally left blank} ~..~.,.r,.,.vv11 V ( ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f~ ~ rFk ~~f J5 . \.f„ ~ {y 4 y '~~`~ ~. ~ 1 ~'~ ~ ( p~ [[ ~~ ~' ~"~ s .... 1 `il r ~ '~ 256 NEW I-IANC~VER COUNTY BOAR® OF COIVIIVIISSIONERS . REQUEST FOR i30ARD ACTION IVleeting Date: 09/17/01 Water & Sewer item #: 3 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Water & Sewer District Presenter: Wyatt E. Blanchard Contact: Wyatt E. Blanchard SUBJECT: Request for A Temporary Exemption from Wastewater Impact Fees Cape Fear Fair and Expo . BRIEF SUMMARY: Attached is a copy of a letter from Skip Watkins (Cape Fear Fair and' Expo) requesting partial or total exemption from the wastewater impact fees for the County Fair location being developed at . the Airport. As part of the development, they are planning to construct a sewer collection system to serve camper trailers, food vendors, etc. To construct a collection system a State Permit is required. When a permit is issued by the State an equal amouht of flow is assigned or obligated in the treatment plant. The design wastewater flow for the proposed system is 8,000 gallons per day (gpd). The impact for this flow would be $30,236 based on $3.75 per gallon of daily flow. When an exemption is given for an impact fee, it cost the District approximately $4.00 per daily gallon to provide the capacity based on the cost to expand the treatment plant which equates 'to $32,000. The only exemptions granted so far have been .for County agencies. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: I recommend granting a temporary exemption to be reviewed on an annual basis. If the status changes to permanent, then !recommend they pay the appropriate fees at that time. FUNDING. SOURCE: No funding involved ATTACFtMENTS: Letter of Request REVIEYVED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: N/A BUDGET: N/A HUMAN RESOURCES: .COUNTY MANAGER'S. COM ENTS~,4~.D RECOMMENDATIONS:. Concur with County Engineer .--_ '~ r~~ ' COMMlSSdONERS' ACTIONS/C MM~NTS: APPF;OVED ~- REJcCTE® RED ~OVED ~ ' X257 ,~ ~2.v~e.~e~ Via., r, //rz. ~ ~ ~ ,~ning ~,ao3, `mi'l ~ 0 ,~ ~ ~r ( ~ ~ ~r ~ n ~~~~ 'To 1VIt~. t~ll~n On~at, ~aw~ty ~n~ger ~'ro~zs Skip i~l~tkis~~, Pr~~ident C~~~E a ~~ :. '~ I,::J ~ i 258 ~,~ ~ ~~, NE1M HANOVER COUNTY BOARD Of CONIIVIISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACT101V . iVleeting Date: 09/17/01 Water & Sewer item #: 4 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Water & Sewer District Presenter: Bruce Shell or Julie Griffin Contact: Bruce Shell or Julie Griffin SUBJECT: Master Contract for Meter Reading Services (Contrast #02-®116) BRIEf SUMMARY: Enter into contract with Utility Meter Services, Inc. to provide meter reading services for the Water 1 and Sewer District. Contract will begin November 1, 2001 and run through June 30, 2004y-~s/.(o~(o~--~'~J Contracted price is $1.66 per meter read. Estimate the annual oast o be $154,000. This contract replaces services provided by our previous service provider which filed for bankruptcy in May, 2001. We are currently providing this service with two temporary employees. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Recommend approval of the contract for meter reading services. FUNDING SOURCE: Existing budget. ATTACHMENTS: (1) Contract #02-0118 being sent under a separate cover. REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend approval. ~ `'' :~ COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: r ~4~iVTY ~i~fI~~ APPROVEQ ~'~~ -.; F?EJECTE® ' REi1~4VED ~1 . PCSTPONE[3 ® ~''~ H.EARl7 ~ ~~ ~~ ~.~ .~4 . ~ s,~(og (~~;~~ 9 MASTER CONTR4CT FOr Meter ~Zeading Serv~ce~ For dew I~anover County water and etiA~ ~~r ~i ~tr~ct 1 :~ ry y .. 260 . _ . ~:,: .. ~ 3 PPAB-Cfll/402685.4 ~ 1 MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONTRACT METER READING This Master Agreement for Contract Meter Reading (the Agreement} is made as of the seventeenth day of September, 2001 by and between Utility Meter Services, Inc., a corporation organized under the la~,vs of Pennsylvania with its principal offices at 708 Blair Mill Road, Willow Grove. Pennsylvania 19090 (hereinafter referred to as Contractor) and New Hanover County, a corporation organized under the laws of IvTorth Carolina with its principal offices at 320 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, North Carolina. WHEREAS, New Hanover County wishes to out-source the performance of all worns related to mete.rre.adings, as described hereafter, by engaging Contractor to furnish, including, without limitation, all labor; supervision., tools, equipment, and transportation as needed to perform all meter readings services in the New Hanover County area as requested by New Hanover County .(hereinafter called Services). NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. SCOPE This Agreement shall cover meter reading in the area(s) of New Hanover Count,/. C'ontractor shall perfo~ m SCCVICCS as specified by New Hanover County, including, but not exclusive to, those set forth i;; this Agreement. Contr~:clor agrees to promptly comply with all requests and directions of i;'ew Hanover County in its performance of ti-~e Services. ~ ' 2. METER READING ACTIVITIES Contractor sha]1 read all residential,commercial, industrial meters and records within the assign::~i meter reading routes and manually enter or optically extract (where applicable) those readings into an electronic meter reading deg%ice (hand held computer). V Contractors shall provide assistance to New Hanover County in the form of lal:~or any; informationto reroute efforts designed to improve reading efficiencies. Contractors shall provide assistance to New Hanover County for rereads of meters associated with the regular meter reading cycles. ti Contractor shall perform all normal meter reading work activities durin* d~.ylight hours between 07:OG a.n.. and 07:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contractor shall meek all billing deadlines and regulatoryrequirerrients. Billing "schedules are subject to change at New Hanover County sole discretion, with prior notice, to meet business ar~d n:,gulatory requirements. 3. CONTRACTOR DUTIES Contractor will perform the following duties: Resetting and sealing of demand meters (where applicable). Work during an emergency to act as a guide for out of.town crews at the houriv rate sit forth on 1=;xhibi~ 1 Monitor and make visual inspection for revenue security violations at all customer ~ service locations. Broken meter base seals and suspicious locations shall be noted and delivered 'o Ni;~,v iariover C~-~~ffke .tall'. PPAB-CH1 /902685.4 .~ Unsafe electrical conditions and/or tampering with meter or revenue securi~_y violations shall be immediately reported to New Hanover County. 4. EQUIPMENT New Hanover County will provide Contractor the following equipment: electr~~nic rireter reading device,: (hand-held computers), charging cradles. Contractor shall properly care for and operate this equiprirent. Contractor will.bc billed for any damages or loss of the above equipment due to Contractor misuse or neglect. Cost of additional approved equipment will be responsibility of the Contractor; however, any additional equipment associated with adding more routes or due to growth will be considered New Hanover County responsibility. Contractor is responsible for furnishing a fleet of vehicles of consistent type, clearly identified and marked with Contractor's name for use on all meter reading routes and related performance of Ser~iices and wor'; activities. Vehicles must be neat and clean in appearance. Employee identification cards with picture or personal identification with pictw~e and signature and an employee identification with a signature; and uniform, consisting of: shirt with company logo, proper pants and footwear. 5. COMMUNICATIONS New Hanover County will provide a means for immediate communications frq_n its Region and Area Management to the dispatcher and personnel. This is necessary to report any energy prot:,ction iss~ies, safety hazards or work ~r Service related requests 6. CLAIMS Contractor must identify and provide an employee to receive and process custr>,~n r nouirir,. and dcn~t~ce cl.?in-s. The Contractor will respond to all customer inquiries within or,e business day of date received. A Bu:,~iness day is any day Monday through Friday, excluding days on whim New Hanover Cnur.ty ooserves a holiday. 7. HARD TO ACCESS METERS If Contractor estimates a meter due to an access problem and Contractor id~,r.tifie-s this access pr~.`_?I~.m „o th~~, ?`?e:w Hanover County Coordinator, New Hanover County will issue a reread and will verif,~-the problem. "Curb Reading" is defined as falsified readings entered into the meter reading device by a reader as actual/true; readings. Any curb reading will result in Contractor's employee no longer being allowed to read r~~utes on New I-Hanover County system. ~ ' 8. ROUTES New Hanover County will assign the meter reading routes to the Contractor v~ith the number of records and estimated read time o£ each route. In addition, New Harcver County will pro~rde a map of the assignee? meter reading routes to Contractor. 9. BILLING AND PAYMENT New Hanover County will pay the Contractor as specified in Exhibit 1 for each me~:er read by the Contractor on a monthly basis. 262 FPkO-CH1f4U26iS5.4 10. SAFETY AND REGULATION Cori tractor shall perform the Services with the utmost regard for public safety and welfare, taking all necessary safety precautions as required by New Hanover County or by Local, State and Federal authorities to safeguard lives and property. . The Services shall comply with the provisions of all applicable Federal, ~t~,te, and Local ?aws, onLinance~, regulations and. codes, including, but not limited to, Contractor's obligations as an employer with regarc to health, safety and payment of its employees and identification and procurement of required permits, licenses, certificates, approvals, inspections, and local business licenses if required. The Services performed or work done under this Agreement shall comply ~.vith the r;:o~•e stringent of Federal, State and Local safety rules, Contractor's safety rules or New Hanover County safety rules; inclu7in~% tivrittea New Hanover County guidelines pertaining to appropriate clothing and footwear. Contractor shall at all times enforce strict discipline and good order among its employees. Any ernpIoyees of Contractor who shall appear in any way unqualified or presents a public i.n.age detrimental tv Ne~,~l Hano-~~er County in New I~anover County sole judgment, shall no longer be assigned to perfor*n Services ar work fo: New I-Ianovcr County, and shall not again perform any Services or work i'or Contractor en the New l-Ianover County s} stern without New Hanover County written consent. It shall be the. Contractor's r_,sponsibi.ity to conduct adequate police background checks on employees and to insure employees working on the New Has over County s-ystenr s1+a11 not be convicted felons. Possession of firearms of any type is not permitted while conducting .meter reading work activities. Contractor shall establish a company "Safety Program" for its employees to abide by to beshan~d find monitored at regularly scheduled meetings with New Hanover County., 11. RECORD KEEPING AND AUDITS Contractor agrees to maintain records to support all work and Services per"or~-ned and all item-~ b_li;d to it ~w Hanover County and shall retain all such records for a period of three (3) years, Contractor shall maintain records required by any Local; State, or Federal .la J- •~: re~;uiation. 12. INSURANCE REQUIREME2vTS Contractor shall maintain insurance with coverage and minimal limits of liability ~s follc~,vs:. Worker's compensation insurance with statutory limits, and emplo.~er's liability ins+-+rance with limits a~ nci less than $.500, 000. Commercial general liability or equivalent insurance with a combined single limit of not less titan ``;2,000,000 per occurrence, such insurance shall include but not be limited to products/completed o!~eratiors liability, contractual liability with an endorsement specifically referencing this Agreement, and pe.rs.onal injury liability. Such insurance shall (A} be primary for all purposes; and (B) contain standard cross Liability provisions. Comprehensive automobile liability (or equivalent) insurance Gvilh combined single limit of not ess than $2,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include coverage for owned hired and non-owned ~~eiricles, and . contractual liability. Contractor shall name New Hanover County and Ne~~,~ Hanover Cour;ty Watc-r and Sewer District as an additional insured party under the above insurance coverage. In no event shall the provisions of this Section be construed in any way to Iin;it Contractor's obligations r~r liability under this Agreement. PPAB-CH1/402686.9 All of such insurance, including renewals, shall be subject to the approva} of New I.an.over County and eviCence o!' such coverage's shall be furnished to >v'ew Hanover County on Certificates of Insurance indicating sack insurance is in force and providing that it will not be canceled without thirty (30) days 6>ciar written notice to 1'~Tew 1-ianover County ~~~.._..___/// If, in New Hanover County judgment, prevailing conditions warrant the prevision c~f addidon~:': liability insurance coverage or coverage, which is different in kind, New Hanover County res;rves the right to require the pt~wision of an amount of coverage different from the abov:. stated amounts or in kind. Pde`~ Hanover County shall ;ive written notice of such change in requirements thirty (30) days prior to :ne date on which the requirement shall take effect and Contractor's compensation shall be equitably increased. If Contractor fails or refuses to satisfy the requirzment of changed coverage within thirty (30) days following New Hanover Counts written notice, New Hanover Couri[y may terminate this Agreement. 13. IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND REFORM AC T Workers provided by Contractor to New Hanover County are Employees oil Contractor. Contractor is responsible 1'or complying with the requirements of the Immigration Control and, Reform f~.ct of L%t,6 f'or ail workers provided by Contractor to New Hanover County. This includes performing all required e;nhloyr~.eait eligibility veriric;atii,n checks and maintaining all required records. 14. ~VARRA,'~ITY Contractor represents and warrants to New Hanover County thz.t: (a) Cor.tracto~++~ shall perf~.>>rm the; Service in a professional and workman like manner in full compliance. `with all final ~,~-ritten insn~ctiora, policies and procedures New Hanover County provides to Contractor, including those specified in this Agrcernent and in the corresponding PO; (b) Contractor shall employ only competent and experir;nced personnel to perfo.n the Sec~,~iccs as ;lesc:ribLd herein; (c) Contractor shall perform and complete the Services within the s::hcdu':eestablished in t1e come<~poriding PO; and (d) no federal, state, local or foreign statute, la-tiv, rule, regulation or order •wili be violated by C.on+,racior or its personnel in the performance of the Services. 15. FORCE MAJEURE Neither Contractor nor New Hanover County shall be responsible for any delay or ,~ailure. of pe.~for~mar,ce ~-,rider this Agreement which is caused by any occurrence commonly known as fora^ majeure, including; war; riots, embargoes, casualties, or accidents, communications breakdown, or any other causes, circumstances, or ccminti encie.s within or without the United States of America, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature to the ''oregoing, beyond the control of Contractor, provided that Contractor will exercise prompt and reasonable-, diligen.~; to overcome or c,iiti~atc the effects of such occurrence of force majeure. 16. INDEMNITY Contractor agrees to indemnify; defend and save harmless New Hanove* County, New Hanover County Water and Sewer District, its affiliates and agents and their respective directors, officers, ~emr.,ioyees and r ~Grescntatives (collectively; the Indemnities) from and against all claims, demands, actions; pmc+~vdin,S ar:d s-.zits brcuga by third parties and from all damages, awards, amounts required bysettlernent, liabilities, eo;=ts, fees and expcns~s i,includin~ reasonable attorney's fees) for personal injury, including death, and propcr'cy ciama~e ~,vhich arise ,;,t oL ~r relate toy Contractor's provision of Services hereunder. Contractor further agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmhss the inderrnifi~d }"hies fr~~u! ar:d against any and all liabilities arising out of Contractor's violation of any law, ordinance, r+:~ulation, code or other irnal reyuircmenl or Contractor's failure to comply with the teens of this A~reemcnt. These indemnity obligations of Contractor shall survive the termination or cxpiratien of this Ae,reemer,t and shall ~'7~r~n in full force and effect. These indemnity obligations of Contractor shall apply wlte!her the claim. or legal P?AB-CH1/402685.4 action is brought against either New Hanover County or Contractor or agar:ist bo±h. 17. SUBCONTRACTORS Subcontractor shall mean a person, corporation or other entity ~.vho has a contract ~.vith Contractor or another subcontractor to perform any of the Services or work. Contractor shall riot contract with ar~y sui~contrac(.er, nor allow any subcontractor to contract with another subcontractor, or otherwise trans; r or ~~ssign its oi~Lr~;C,trl.,,^[J hereunder without New Hanover County prior written approval. Contractor shall require each subcontractor to execute a written subcontract cor.~ainin~ all of t„e eb}iga'ions and responsibilities, which Contractor by this Agreement assumed toward Adew Hanover County. Contractor agrees that it is fully responsible to Iv'ew Hanover County for thy, acts ar,t': orn.issians of ar.y subcontractor(s) and of persons directly or indirectly employed by subcontractor(s). If any cf the Services and)or work is sublet 6y Contractor, Contractor shall be and remain fuii,•~ responsible and liable for such i;rvir~es and%or work under the terms of this Agreement to the same extent, and for all intents a.nd purposes, as i'i suer: y~er~-ices and/or work had been performed directly by Contractor. Nothing contained in this :?gre~::ment s;.aL cn=ate any contractual relation between any subcontractor and New Hanover County. 1`+ew ' :r;wver ~:ounty shall ha-. e nn obligation to pay or to require others to pay any monies fo any subcontra~~tor. Io. ~COi1TRACTTERMINATION Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party defaults in an}- of its rr,;nteriai obl;:ati~~ns h~.r~cunder after giving written notice of suc'~~ default to the other party and the other p.irty bails to cure such delau?.t within (en (10) days, New Hanover County shall have the right to terminate this Agreem[r,t imrpr!diat~ly ir, i'1~~ ev~~~.~t that a proceeding under the bankruptcy laws is f.'ilcd by or against Contractor, ,?r if Contracc~r +;na~cs .:rn zssi~n_z~ent for the benefit of creditors, or if a receiver of Contractor ofa substantial portion of Contractor':; assets i~ a,,iu~inied. 1`?;,.v Hanover County may immediately terminate this Agreement by giving wrii',.en notice ill t.e. eve:rtt any'•.:rbor dispute arises out of the performance of this Agreement. New Hanover County may, for its convenience, terrnina.t:, ':his ,_greement in ?.ts enti.n~ tv c?• any pc. ~ tion ~'' tl;~~ Services or work, upon ninety- (90) days written notice tt~ 4;ontractor. In the c;vc~nt o'[' uch terrain:°.tion, tde~~N • Hanover County shall pay termination charges to Contractor which shall c.>nsist solei,/ of outstanding c}lar;cs I~or Services performed or work completed prior to and during the thirty (30) d::y notice pc, ioc;. Contractor may, for its convenience, terminate this Agreement ;nits entire'°.y ,~r any r~cttum of ~h,= Services or work, upon ninety- (90) days written noG:ce to rlet~~ :Hanover County. In the event this contract is re-bid ;:arty or at the conclusion of the term oi' t~is A;~r~~erner~t, a CransitS::~*~~ ,~le:n ;rill 'oe developed and mutually agreed by both parti?s to minimize ad4itiorial c~~st and r~tain;a.ir per-formar~ce ic;v~:;ls. railure of the Contractor to follow the plan will result in the non-payrrient oi~ the final month's int, Dice ;o icntrac:ior. 19. FEDERAL REQUIREMI/NTS Unless exempted by rules, regulations or orders of the ?.Ir,ited ~~tates Secret;r_i of i :ivOr. Gr;trrictor areas to comply with the provisions of Executive Order ] 1246 of Septe;nCer 24, 7 S6:i, a.nd •:.~it}~ the rules, rc:~ula!iun~, '!nd relevant orders of the United States Se-cretary of Labor issue~:,i~ pcrsuant to the Under; ~~~ith Scctior: ~(.;? of t5,: Vietnam Era Veterans Readjirstrnent Assistance Act of 297-1 and any subsequeri' a nencrnents t,~ tl:e 'u ~ ..,;( ,he rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the United Stags Secretary of 1.,abor iss,.+e<j pur:,uant tr, the .~e~; zr,d •>,v;th Section 503 of the.Rehabilitation, Act of 1973, and any subsequent amendments ~~': ;he A and tl~e rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the United Stags Serr~:~tary of Labor issued p,rsu:a,t to the ~`..t. Unless this Agreement is exempt under the rules, regulations, or orders of ~ he. G, Utz :Matra Seca arv o+ L.ibcr, Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Vt,tc~ans Rea~u~ rant ~.~[~;~:; PPAH-CN1/402685.9 Act of 1974, and any subsequent amendmer;is; Section 503 of the 'lehal-!ilitruien .-~cc cif x973, a!,.d r~ny sui-~z;eq~..cni amendments, and the rules, regulations, ar,d relevant orders issued by the Unaed ~:zctcs C:;ecretary~ cl' L;t~cr pu!suant to the authority of the aforementioned Executive Orde;~ and Acts. are, to tiu; exten~:'.h.°y .r..;-~!y be mach a: applicably;, part of this Agreement by referer;ce. /// Contractor agrees that the provisions of 48 ~CFR 52,219-8, Utilization of S-rtall Cosiness Concerns andmall Disadvantaged Business Concerns, and. any subsequent amen dments shall, o the exti~.nt They may b~ al7plcable to this Agreement, be incorporated i,a this Agreement by refere;?ce as if set fo th herei:~; in full tea. Upon Co!;tractor's request, Company will provide d;e full text of the clause inc:~rporated her~.ir! b_,~ re~ren~.e. 20. NON COLLUSION C:ER":c II~'CATION Contractor represents and certifies to New Hanover County that neither Co;aracto~~ nor an~~ of i~,~ officers, employees, or agents has acted in concert with or agrei:d with any other person, il.r:n, corporatio~:.;r ot`-,er entity; whether actively or passively to set the cha*ges to be paid tmde~ this Agrr ement a~: or a':-m.~~. a ceriair~ r:~te o! to allocate the Services performed and wore generated by tl;i> ~~~=~e:nent. , Contractor further represents and certifies that the compensation set forth t.::r!~in has been arrived at and ~,u'_unitled by Contractor without consultation or agreement with a.ny-other person, fir;li, corperatir.;n or oti'!er entity wh`ch has also submitted a quotation to per,'orm the Services ar.d/or wurh. If Contractor has cort..xii~aed anv !'the <xts set forth in this paragraph, flew Iianover County shall have the right to immediately t,.r-?ir,aie ;I;is Agr~:e;a~+:;~! ~cvith r;ut ;any further obligation or liability to Cant: actor. 21. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOI1. Contractor shall perform Services under this Agreement as an i„depende.s~.t cer.traci.o-, and sh;~l.l r,ot act as :to b.: deemed an agent, employee or legal representative of Pew Harc,ver Cour,t;~. 22. NOTICES All notices or other communications required to be givcsr~ nereonder shall t;e ir: ~.vritinra and deliv~_n_;i either personally or by tJ.S. mail, certified, return receipt requested, p.:,:;tag;e prepaid, and iu'~ressed ~,~~: ~!.r~;,~vided ir, this Agreement or as otherwise rec_!!!+.st~~d by the receivin ;party. 1`lolices delivered pro!;ally shat: (,~~ ~.°.~i~e~~tivd uj is delivery and notices delivered by mail shall. ire efi'ective ,.tpon ~ihcir receipt l~!y fits party to whoa, th<;y are t!ddres:;ed. 23. GENERAL This Agreement shall be governed by tike I.~~c-s of the State of North Carciina. If any part or clause of this Agreement is held to be invalid, t;en the remz.ind,r of ,:i~_e Agrecrnc!~t ~~ill b.; ii~ iorcc and the parties will, with all due'•~aste endeavor to replace. sr~.ici p_~rt or clau:;e nth a rei?1,:!c~ merit ,. ~ s:m:il.ar as possible to the replaced clause that. is ~,~alid. The term of this Agreement will st.::rt, November L %OG and conclude !~~n, Jur ~ ~t,. ?0„-1 ur i er.,1+.~.r terr ~t :ate::-d as herein provided. The article and paragraph headings contained in This A~Jre:cnnent are for n_fere;i:c p!.-pose:;,only ..u:i sl.aL r.ot affect .~ in any way the meaning or inter~re~tation o~ u:is Agree~~~rnt. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and superse.:`::,_ a'_I of +^r prier a~reu:~rens, s~atements, understandings and representatiora, oral and written, among ~:h° parties hcr..ii~ ~°,itl', ~+apect to tl~e subect rci:tter hereof. This Agreement may no`. be waived, molified alter~~~ or ~u~endea c,ra l;, a ~'ar:~ral',' ~;n~ bj ~~.!rs~ c+f 2 eating, but only by' a written -~ocum;nt siJn~~d I,y both F;arties. PPAB-CH1/4026A5.4 " IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties herc:u~ have exec.~ted t;is Agreemer;l t':~:~ d~~.t- ~ r;d year i~irst abo~-e •,~ riltei~, in ~, duplicate originals. Utility Meter Ser~Tices, Inc. By: Title: New Hanover County B y' --- Title:. Exhibit 1 Billing Rate Per Meter $1.66 Rates For Work That Maybe Required Outside Agreenent'~;/:'ark Scope. Billing Rate for Person & Vehicl:; (No Mileage Charges) Straight Time Aver Time. $24.75 $28.82 -Billing Rate for Person Straight Time Over Time ' $19.85 $25.31 PFAB-CH 1/402685.4 267 {This page intentionally left blank} 268 CONSENT AGENDA NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS September 17, 2001 • • ITEM5 OF BUSINESS PAGE NO. 1. Approval of Minutes 269 2. Approval to Apply for Governor's Crime Commission Grant and if Awarded 271 Approve Associated Budget Amendment 3. Approval of New Hanover Regional Medical Center Proposed Lease 273 4.1 Approval to Apply for March of Dimes Grant .and if Awarded Approve Associated 275 Budget Amendment 4.2 Approval to Apply for March of Dimes Grant for Folic Acid Project and if 277 Awarded Approve Associated Budget Amendment 5. Approval to Apply for State Farm "Good Neighbor" Grant for SAFE KIDS 289 Coalition and if Awarded Approve Associated Budget Amendment 6. Approval of Acceptance of Grant for Partnership for Children Grant for July 1, 295 2001 Through September 30, 2001 and Approval of Associated BA #02-0044 7. Award of Bid #02-0090 and Approval of Contract #02-0090 for Five (5) Vans to 297 Vic Bailey Ford, Spartanburg, SC an Approved State Contract Vendor 8. Award of Contract #02-0069 Water Tower at the New Jail Facility 299 9. Approval of Release of Value 301 10. New Hanover County and New Hanover County Fire District Collection Reports 305 Approval of Budget Amendments: 11.1 #02-0046 Public HealthBpidemiology 307 11.2 #02-0047,Emergency Management 313 11.3 #03-0048 CourtslDistrict Attorney Domestic Violence Unit 315 ~, NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01' ~' Consent Item #: 1 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Governing Body Presenter: Lucie F. Harrell Contact: Lucie F. Harrell. SUBJECT: Consent Agenda -Approval ofi Minutes BRIEF SUMMARY: . Approve the following sets of minutes: Regular Meeting, September 4, 2001 Joint Meeting with City Council, August 29, 2001 Work Session, August 30, 2001 RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Approve the minutes. FUNDING SOURCE: . ~ ATTACHMENTS: lTEM DOES NOT REQUIRE REVIEW a s ~''~'1UNT't' ~1Mil~li~lp _ '' LiPPROVED ~'+~' REJECTED E3 REMOVED tqi POSTPONED I•.~l '' ~fEARI~ ~ '~` --~ ®.~~ 269 {This page intentionally left blank} 3 ti=+~~14. a .: ~ x 4~ 270 NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSI®NERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meefing Date: 09/17/01 Consent Item #: 2 Estimated Time: Page Number; Department: County Manager Prlesenter: ' Contact; Richard Christian, Directoi Day Sentencing Services, Andy Atkinson, Deputy County Manager SUBJECT: Governor's Crime Commission Grant Submittal BRIEF SUMMARY: In order to support the staffing and operation of a Juvenile Day Reporting Center whose goals will be to reduce detention and training school center referrals and provide an appropriate community based sanction option for delinquent and at-risk youth ages 10.17, we are seeking a grant from the Governor's Crime Commission in the amount of $300,000 for each of the next two years. Matching funds are covered by local JCPC money. If the grant is approved the funds will provide funding for nine staff. This number of staff will enable the Center to have an~enrollment of up to 72 youth. It is anticipated that the Center will have an enrollment of up to 100 in the next several years. There is no requirement for the County to pick up any cost of positions if the grant is not continued. The location of the new Juvenile Day Reporting Center is tentively set for the Brigade Boys and Girls -Club. Negotiations are not final as of this date. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Authorize submittal of grant and acceptance of the grant if awarded. Request approval of associated budget amendment if awarded. FUNDING SOURCE: Governor's Crime Commission, JCPC funds, in-kind school resource officer ATTACHMENTS: REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: N/A FINANCE: N/A BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend authorizing the submission of the grant pr sal to the Governor's Crime Commission, and acceptance. of grant if awarded:---~`"`~ COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: APPROVEC~ ~~/ REJECTED ~ REMOVED ~ '` POSTPONED ~ ~-tcARi') 271 {This page intentionally left blank} 4J' i~1:3J 1/ l.Yli ~ . i 272 ~ . ` ` ~ ~~ NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 Consent Item #: 3 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: County Manager Presenter: Contact: Andy Atkinson SUBJECT: New Hanover Regional Medical Center Proposed Lea,Se $RLEF SUMMARY: The Regional Medical Center is proposing a lease agreement with Eric Bindewald, M.D. The location is 5305 Bldg. C Wrightsville Ave. The (ease agreement will be for a fair market lease rate and will be leased for one (1) year. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Authorize the lease to be executed. FUNDING SOURCE: ATTACHMENTS: • NPPROVER ~~~ s REJECTED W REfViOVED ~ f.. POSTPONE®~ ~~" ~IrAR~3 "~ ~ ~~ s 273 ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE REVIEW August 30, 2001 Andy Atkinson Deputy County Manager New Hanover County Government Center 320 Chestnut Street Wilmington, N.C. 28401 ~'~~ i l~c_ I tt11~ i~ t,..r--~, ~,~ 1, i``, __ ~ I= '~ ~_ ~~ ,1'11 ~ _...._......__--~.__..~._.-. i s~ ''1~ ' ` ~j ~' ri, -~ ~IEVV N~i~1flV~.~ G0. 1 f•~~IF~t~F,a~ER's OF~I~E Dear Andy, T_t is fur understanding that the New Handver Board of Cot:t~.vnissioners would lake to be informed of any real estate the Medical Center proposes to sublease to other entities. In accordance with this, the Medical Center has a proposed lease that we would like to present to the Commissioners. It is my understanding that this will be presented on the Consent Agenda at the upcoming Commissioner's meeting. New Hanover Regional Medical Center is proposing the following lease. The proposed lease agreement is with Eric Bindewald, M.D. and is located at 5305 Bldg. C, Wrightsville Avenue. The lease agreement will be for a fair market lease rate and will be leased for one (1) year. This lease agreement was approved by our Facilities Committee. and the Board of Trustees at their August meetings. Please let me know if you need additional information about this Lease agreement. The tenants are prepared to utilize this space immediately upon execution of the lease agreements. Andy, thanks for your assistance. Sincerely, Richard L ones .FACHE Vice Pres dent; - .rategfic Services ~~~~ , :' RLJ:jIt F:jonesaetter:AndyAtkinsonltr_county~eases_083001 2 74 ~'~~'a'U a"'~3ed~'9?:?'.dwr a={c~°;~2'~Y'sui l?,kxmti~ka9 ~, . rC.~` t^'.~. ~G.;~ :'i:~)l} ~ v! ~' 1 :j. . /1.'I 4:it v„a ,i~1~ IrssY(S~Ci"1 -,!_, ~~~' ;.:~ :~°t1!~v :1 (J-::4'3 ?t~?ia NEd11 HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 Consent Item #: 4.1 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Health Presenter: Janet McCumbee, Director Child Health Contact: Janet McCumbee, 343.6559 SUBJECT: March of .Dimes Grant Application for Family Assessment Coordination 016,500) BRIEF SUMMARY: The.New Hanover County Board of Health. approved this grant application on September 5, 2001.. The New Hanover County Health Department Child Health Division is requesting approval to apply for a March of Dimes grant for $16,500 (salary for part time clerk/plus small operating budget) to provide support services for the Family Assessment Coordinator from January 2002 through December 2002. if this funding is received, the Child Health. Division would hire a temporary (no benefits) data entry clerk to work 20 hours a week to provide support to the Family Assessment Coordinator. The Family Assessment Coordination Program began in February 2001, with funding from Smart Start and Cape fear Memorial Foundation. The Family Assessment Coordinator (RN) has implemented a universal screening process for expecting parents and parents with newborns. The "New Arrivals Survey" is administered at OB offices and at the hospital at birth, to determine the financial, social, and parenting needs of new parents. The Family Assessment Coordinator is administering the surveys with parents, processing them, entering data in a data base, providing follow up resources for families, giving feedback to physicians about results, and connecting families to many programs in New Hanover and surrounding counties for the 250 - 300 families of children. born each month at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. The Family Assessment Coordination Program is presently evolving and the nurse spends much of his time marketing the service, revising the materials, talking with parents and providers of care, etc. He can concentrate on his functions as the universal screener if there is clerical support for data entry and general clerical duties. With the additional clerk over the period of this start up year, the program should become smoothly run and able to function without additional support. No county funds are required. If funding is discontinued, positions will be eliminated. The program will require no additional administrative staff or funding from the County. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Approve submission of March of Dimes Grant application for $16,500 (and budget amendment if awarded) FUNDING SOURCE: March of Dimes ATTACHMENTS: Yes-7pages-including a budget page REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES COUNTY MANAGER'S CO BNTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend approval. COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: r --- ------^---~-~ APPROVED ~~--~ .:;' [~EIECTED REMO`tir~D ~ ~ ' POSTPONED ~l '"`~~ '-~ N h'A ARi) ~~ ~ :: t 275 {This page intentionally left blank} ~f ~.`! i i ~tiJ? ~r J ~~. } ~"~ ~/ e~ ~~+~ f ~.~~.'. ..~ , 276 NEdll HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 • Consent Item #: 4.2 Estimated Time: Page Number.: Department:. Health Presenter: Contact: Betty Jo McCorkle 343-6660 SUBJECT: March of Dimes Grant Application for Folic Acid Project ($16,618) BRIEF SUMMARY: The New Hanover County Board of Health approved this grant application on September 5, 2001. The New Hanover County Health Department, Women's Health Care Division is requesting approval to submit a March of Dimes, Grant application for $16,618 for continuation of our Folic Acid Grant Project. We are currently delivering multivitamins with folic- acid along with educational material to agencies and organizations that serve women. Our proposal will be to continue and' expand this effort. We plan to expand the number of women we can reach in the areas already established and to expand to some new areas. The goal of the project is to educate women on the value of taking a multivitamin every. day to prevent birth defects (especially of the brain stem and spinal column) for those women of childbearing age -and of the protective effects for older women (especially protection against colon cancer, heart disease and stroke). • An additional goal is to increase women's awareness of the positive benefits of folic acid which will change behavior and, in turn, women will begin taking multivitamins with folic acid even after the free sample bottle is gone. We will be assessing this through random follow-up telephone calls. No county funds required. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: FUNDING SOURCE: ATTACHMENTS: REVIEWED BY: ~ ~~~6~~O~6~Q~1~~~~4?~ LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: lI~PROVED ~~! - COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMME D TIONS: ~tEMQVED ~ ~uC Recommend approval. ~, POSTPOf'~ED ~I ~; f~#EARi~ ~~ ~ ~, COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: - • 2~7 1V~.a rch of'DUnes Saving babies. coyeeher Applicant Organization Address [yfarth of t9~m~s Chapter C®mmunity Grants P'PLIA`f~~ ~P~t w#~E~' New Fanover Ccrun[~ Health DepartmenC 2029 S. 17th Street Wilmington, N.C. -28401 Phone/Pax (sl4) 343-6540 (914) 3$1--4146 Project Contact $etty_~ WcC'nr'~xlP .... Fxnail bmccnrk,~.e@nbcgav. cow Project Title Folic Acid A~rarea~ess Cattrpaign . Priority Area (Please check the primary priority that the application. addresses) Pre-pregnancy and prenatal care Participation in MCH pragxams 1?rovider services related to preventable birth defect Genetics services Outreach workex training and support programs Use of syr_thetic folic acid Services related to sexually transmitted diseases -Folic Acid Education Services related to tobacco, alcohol or other drug use Total grant amount requested ~$ 1b,61$ Check should be made out to: l~ew Eano~rer County Health Department The budget zncludes,funds for a consultant or other subcontract ,~_. -,. ,;f~~ - 4 r= ~~ Sigmatur ' ~ ate "~ Sigzzature/Date Primary StaffResponsBle Executive Director . ~ .J Hetty Jo klcCork].e, Director Typef an it e ~~ 278 North Carolina Grant Application June,zOQl __ yes no X David E. E3ce, Seal.th Director Type Name and Title -" £C) 'd At71 h i fii~(l i R '(1tJ uN.1 U I -tu~u nn v~nntiru~r M-ixr 1 !` ~ !1 T T\ t t T n i n • ~ .. March of Dimes Saving babiesrtogether • [7 Check one: % Application ~~~ March Off Mmes chapter ~ornmunty grants Progress Report Date: 9/14/01 Grant Period T+'TO>vn:JAIdUARY To: December, 2002 Grantee N~~ ganov _ .o in ~r gpa7 th Name of Project Foi, ~~~ A ~v Ti9's~T~'n~SG (:~mpa-i ~rLl BUDGET APPLICATION Tots! budget EXPENDED (Progress Reports Only) ~.. Salaries Name and Position Total Salaries B. Expendable Su~lplies v~.tau-ins $7,987 Ba s/ba su lies Survegs/evaluation fox~ls ~ 500 ucat3.ona materials $1,315 Total Expendable Supplies C. Equipment 't'otal Equipment D. Other Expenses/]Fees S,ist each item and amount over $S0. Total Other Expenses 1. TOTAL COSTS A60 VE (A+B+C+D) ~ 16 , 618 TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED ~ 16, 618 Signature -Executive Directoz Date iJorth Carolina Grant Application June, 2001 279 Si~ature-Director of Operations .. 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The continued success of this~p~gTavailabiiity ®g ~o~ as Family Assessment Coordination, will depend o additional funding to expand the program to effectively meet the needs of this large, diverse region of the state. Project Description: riorities number (1) The North Carolina March~ronous with the obje tig es of Family Assessment and (2) are inherently syn Coordination (FAC), which is currently being implemented within the nine- coun re 'on of Southeastern North Carolina. This program was begun in March 2001, with Smart Start funding. This MOD grant would provide foil expansion of Family Assessment services, which w ~ SAC ~ ~t~®ce' A part time data entry clerk would be hired, to allo provide more screening and follow up with familie ne ~~ ~~ fro nding priority number (3) would be approached m a man current Folic Acid campaigns in this .region. The intent of thas new u~itiatlve would be to enhance, existing Folic Acid projects by including F®lic Acid reminders and stickers in mailings sent out to families resluesting inf®rrnation about prenatal services. Specific methods in which each ®f these priorities would be met are discussed in detail in the section titled, "Project Objectives and Activities/Methods . Specific needs or problems to be addressed through this initiative include the following: ~` re- re an and) prenatal risk ~ Funding priority 1 a: Enhancing. (p P gn ~' assessment, pregnancy case management and health education for high-risk women." ~ Funding priority lb: "Increasing--through education and public awareness--participation in state or local maternal and child health programs including, but not limited to, V1TIC and Medicaid for. (pre- pregnancy and) prenatal care." riority 2e: "Increasing (Pre-pregnancy and) prenatal health m Funding p education and information referral services available to pregnant ~. women who use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs." 2 ~ 1 September. 2001 North Carolina Grant Application Ne~~ Hanover County Health Department Family Assessment Coordination Page Hof 1 ~ Funding priority 3h: "Increasing the number/proportion of women of a e in a targeted geographic area who take the childbearing g of s thedc folic acid daily." recommended amount (0.4, mg) yn a e about the ~o Funding priority 3i: "Educating women of childbearing g importance of folic acid in preventing neural tube defects." The needs outlined above will be impacted by a process known as Universal Screening, which is intended to be a concise, the diverse comprehensive, and "user-friendly'C~me hases of theirs ea ly parenting needs of families during three crrt~ p experience: ®rt services ~ Phase I (Prenatal) : To identify eligibility for family supp and provide prenatal information as soon as possible, with appropriate referrals. ~ Phase II (Postpartum) ~ Every mother who delivers at New Hanover Regional Medical Center is given the. opportuni eenina is offered to Universal Screening. Additionally, follow-up ser g parents contacted during Phase I. This will ensure that clients then pregnancy have indeed had the opportunity to screened during access resources that are appropriate and available to them. ase III Follow-Up): This contact occurs within the child's first year la Ph either via a survey distributed in the mail, a telephone interview, or screening conducted in area pediatric clinics. B offerin Universal Screeniritg to families on these three occasions, the Y g following benefits can be realized: 1. For ex ectin families and arents wi ble all~~d~e ~f®~ation and personalized, up-to-date source of rel>ta su ort services will be made available when and where it is needed PP most. acting as a liaison for clients with f~'- 2. For healthcare roviders -- By reachin medical, financial, parenting, social, and emotional needs, g ortuni to focus their attend.on on physicians are afforded the opp tY medical riorides with the confidence that the diverse needs of the maternal-child population are being met. hed to 3. For the communi -Because Universal Screening can be app - ~' a network of vi~~y any family support service or healthcare setting, collaboration and communication among rr;tany di ation about how 282 Another benefit is the timely avaion are impac~g health promotion ~ various rograms v~thin ~~ reg ~,~ P September. 2001 North Carolina Grant Application New Hanover County Health Departmem Famih AssessmeN Coordination Page Jof I pals of reducing risk factors related to infant mortality and g neonatal risk factors, Dr. morbidity. At a recent seminar on reducing Marvin Hage, high-risk perinatologist at New Hano bou ~e nil Medical Center, cited a lack ouuneSl sans barrie~ t effective prenatal availability of community r es of information and care. With current data available on the typ services healthcare consumers request, area physicians are in a better position to anticipate the needs of their clients. n avers a of over 3,000 births at New Hanover Regio enefit fro With a g Center per year, the number of families, which stand to Family Assessment Coordination, is impressive. The FAC began eenin in March. W~~ recent unprovernents made toc~ e universal scr g rocess~of performing Universal Screening at ~~e montBh~f August p there have been 212 b>lrths .for more efficiently, as of 8/17). Of these, 192 families were offered U~ 138sa1i S ~) ha e (also known as the New Arrivals Survey). A total o been returned. A cursory review of survey responses indicates a wide range of needs being identified. Among them are the following: car seats properly, nutrition/WgC information about using tLrnrisin~ information, emotional support, parenting classes, and a ___~__- ro ortion of arents indicatin that the would ~ tuo, babwis oe~n much to feed their infant and h su west that, despite widespread P~~~,oh to eat. These responses gg efforts to raise public awareness, a prevailing need persists among. parents to receive vital information. abili of the New Hanover County Heath Departrnen~to~effe ~rnent . The ty uality service, such as Fam y organize and administer a q oordination, is evident. First convened in 1877 untie ~e site ®f Nolpth C of Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood, New Hanover County ><s Carolina's first State Board of Public Health. These >ln Southeastern tradition of impr®ving the lives of those who res there are several North Carolina continues to idlentified by the March of Dimes and similarities among prlontie Strategic Planning Priorities developed at the Ne e~aa~ ~ ~~ the Health Department. Among key issues under sure following: romotion) ~ Communication, education, and marketing (p rvices m po elation growth ~ diversity: increased need/demand P Septemher. 2(10 I North Carolina Grant Application Nr~~ Hanoi rr C ount~ Health Department Fami1~ Assessment Ccxirdination Page 4nt' 1 ~ Access .to health care: transportation; indigent, at-risk populations, language barriers, outreach and satellite services ~ Preventive services: education, screening/early detection, and treatment ~ Evaluation of services Family Assessment Coordination is currently in the process of being announced to the community by means of Powerpoint presentations at area OB and Pediatric clinics. and an inform ~e Universal Screening Family Assessment Times (Attachment A). Tool itself has been designed with a ~~ health ~o leers ande~• ~ interdisciplinary group of local mate consumers, known as the Prenatal Triage Tea1n ,Toole U dated nd approved the format of the Universal Screen g p statistics and information will be communicated to area healthcare providers and family support services via future publications of the Family Assessment Times. Additionally, ruble on the Int met de for up-to-date resource information to be ava Funding by the March of Dimes and technical support from the Southeastern Public Information Network (SPIN NC) would make this mode of cornriiunicadon available to healthcare providers and consumers alike in the near future. Publicros ed a to promote the ~ would be released to area radio. and, news p availability of this searchable database. Proiect Obiectives and Activities/Methods: Planning activities are currently underway, and will continue on a periodic basis. Feedback and status reports are provided. at th Care following monthly program meetings: NAVIGATOR, Maternity Coordination, and Child Health. Services. Quarterly reports are submitted to the Prenatal Triage Team and the New Hanover County Partnership for Children. Progress is to be monitored based on the following information: m Rates of participation by families visited at the Family Birthplace ~ Subjective input obtained from healthcare providers, participants in the New Arrivals survey, and peers during program meetings m Increased family support services utilization rates: Medicaid, WIC, z 8~t. Child Service Coordination, Maternity Care Coordination September. 2001 North Carolina Grant Application Ne++' Hann+'er County Nealtfi Department Famih At~essment Coordination Page Sof T sessment Coordination is manned by one full-time . Currently, Family ~ Public Health Nurse, with supervision provided by one nurse osition rovides . supervisor. A 30-hour per week clenm ~sitin nurses and is only able . administrative support to 3 other ho S to su ort the FAC minimally The table below is an estimate of the PP ort needed to provide additional hours (20) of administrative supp ..Family Assessment Coordination services at full capacity. Time Estirrlate for Full-Service Family Assessmen vCo~ol dine Monthly . Dally Y Administrative Filing, completing routine paperwork, 1 5 20.75 forms. Phone Calls includes follow-up on clients with special 2 10 41.50 needs Birthplace Visits Distribute, collect surveys, enter data., 3 15 62,25 provide information OB Clinics Pick-up and process surveys every 2 43.33 weeks (2 hrs X ]0 clinics X approx. 2.I6 times/month) Includes: Backup data, Systematically 16.00 Database. resource information, entering Management updating new information, u ales Research Includes: Grant applications, reviewing 24.00 and analyzing family-related data Meetangs Includes: Child Health, Health Dept., 8.56 Navigator, MCC, and quarterly Triage meetin Copying Based on estimated 2 hours twice 4.31 ittesource monthly. Information Includes: Printing monthly totals, 6.50 Reports re rts, mailing labels, and Quarterly Po .newsletter , Enter MCC data Monthly activity 6.00 16.00 Misc. Time allotted for unplanned activities. T®tal• 6®.®~ 249.31 Need.: 20.07 83.31 Fi ores are teased nn an m~eraRe ~~ ~ -+'arkdm:v per K'eek, a. ! ~ Weeks Per month. and 166 hours per IVnle X month. 2 $ 5 Septemher. 2001 North Carolina Grant Application Nt~~ h~ano~tr County Health Department Family .4ssessmtnt Cixxdination Page bo( 1 hole: Figures are haled nn an at~eraRc t~l ~ x•ork no~.n per x~eek, -!. I ~ x'eeks per mnnrh. and 166 hours per r ministrative su rt position for ?0 hours per week can \ * Based on this table, apart-ttme ad PPo be justified. S c responsibilities are delegated by the nurse supervisor. In addition P~ the supervisor acts as an experienced to supervision of daily activities, resource when obstacles arise. Problem solving assistanes for pfamilies v+n®th logistical issues, as well as locating appropriate resourc Clerical su rt is rovided to assist with multiple or special needs. pp° P orderinglcopy~g resource information, processing completed surveys, and printing monthly totals, reports and mailing labels. The role of the Family Assessment Coordinator includes the following: ~ Develop and maintain a database of cus•rent family support services available within the community ~ Facilitate consumes' access to a comprehensive neri a and pub ~y funded treatment, and support services (includes bo p services) ® Klatch the intensity and type of services to the client's unique self- tified needs ~ `~-~ idea of services are needed ~ ~~~ statistical information on what types within the community ~ Document unmet needs when programs are full or have a proku~bitive waiting list . In collaboration with the New Hanover County Partn ~~~ be ~rtlinated. (Sisiar•tStart), vital support services to Latino famtU The collaborative goal to be achieved will be to increas~atalccare and uninsured or underinsured Hispanic women to early P family support services. One means will Ue t® assist clien~eg initiatives g for health coverage such as Nie:dicaid or Health Choice. O will be to provide families with information on transportation options, .English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, and Spanish-speaking parenting classes or support groups. 286 Srptembtr. 2O(11 North Carolina Grant Application • {This page intentionally left blank} • • • NE1N HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF C®MMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date:- 09/17/01 Consent Item #: 5 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Health Presenter: Betty Jo McCorkle, Director Women's Health ` Contact: Betty Jo McCorkle, 343.6660 SUBJECT: State Farm "Good Neighbor" Grant Application for SAFE KIDS Coalition for $500 BRIEF SUMMARY: The New Hanover County Board of Health approved this grant application on September 5, 2001. The New Hanover County Health Department Women's Health Division is requesting approval to submit a State Farm Good Neighbor grant application for $500 to support the New Hanover SAFE KIDS Coalition,.as well as, other injury prevention initiatives. David Howard, Health Educator, handles all leadership, budgetary, and administrative responsibilities associated with the New Hanover County SAFE KIDS Coalition, a member of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign network of coalitions.. No county funds required. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Approve submission of State Farm "Good Neighbor" grant application $500 (and budget amendment when awarded) FUNDING SOURCE:. State Farm "Good Neighbor" Program ATTACHMENTS: Yes, 4 pages{2 of grant information and 1 application page) REVIE1lVED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A COUNTY MANAGER'S COIV~MBiVTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend app co~n,~Y eoMMlS~ION~Rs APP„- _D REJ` ~ C qtr, J j3 i ~a ~~ E~ ®. HEF„~,iJ ~~ DATE ... d . ,. 289: N NOVER COUNTY ~~~.~~. ~E~AxTME~vT 2029 SOUTH 1Tr` STREET WILMINGTON, NC 28401-4946 TELEPHONE (9l0) 343-6500, FAX (910) 341-414b DAVID E. RICE, M.P.H., M.A. Health Director August 16, 2001 Good Neighbor Grant Program State Farm Companies Foundation One State Farm Plaza, B-4 Bloomington, IL 61710-0001 LYNDA E. SMITH, M.P.A. Assistant Health Director In reference to the enclosed application for a Good Neighbor Grant from Ms. Courtney Lowe, the New Hanover County Public Health Department, a department of our county for the New Hanover County SAFE KIDS Coalition (recipient of government, is the lead agency to ee of our county health grant), and the coalition coordinator (David Howard)i~s a full- coalition., Mr. Howard handles department on the health promotion staff. As lead ag cy all leadership responsibilities, budgets and cash flow, and all other admmtstrati~~ ion is a associated with the New Hanover Co C ~~ ~ hCs a memb o of the Nattonal S~ ~S chapter of the N.C. State. SAFE KID ed b the N.C. Campaign's network of coalitions. Our county health department is recogrtiz of our county as the lead agency SAFE KIDS office and the National SAFE KIDS Campaign ove of all funds SAFE KIDS coalition. Therefore, the state and national ted with the aunty health department's benefiting the county SAFE KIDS coalition being depo crate entity with any health promotion budget due to our coun~alih l~on not existing as a sep bank accounts in the name of the county ent is a Department of the County The New Hanover County Public He othmDepartrn Board of Health and the County Government and operates under the cusp Board of Commnissioners. Thank you very much for this grant opportunity and your ,Good Neighbor Grant Program! To Whom It May Concern: Sincerely, ('..~f aqr-, ~ v. ~.~ ~, ~Q ~G. '~< ~ 9 J`~ _~~ t gettg,~uJo McCorkle, RN, BSN -~" ~ Director, Women's Health and Health Promotion ~ ~ ~~~~~ New-Hanover County Public Health Department ~~ +~: .~ ~' : . ~4~ti••.:r».ei~*Y'I~-r4!4-.tiCY_,,'(Wt-i3r :i ~N lii ~:,_)~_ 2 9+0 • • • ~~i ~im~ tv~i. ..~; .;. G00~ lrel C~~ F, R O G R A M At ~ta~e Farms, e® we are .~ .~ ~® ~ Zt ZU ®~cr business a ®G~ lze nee era • • Through the Good Neighbor Grant Program> the State Farm Companies Foundation awards a $500 get on behalf of each S~ of Farm associate who volunteers a muum 40 hours a year to an eligible nonprofit orga- nization. Program Guidelines. Eligible Participants State Farm. employees, agents and retirees in the"United States are eligible to participate. Spouses, family members and staff employ- ees of agents are not eligible. Participants are limited to one Good Neighbor Grant each year. I 1 Eligible Hours and'1'ypes of Service - • Eligible participants must volunteer a min- imum of 40 hours for the same organiza- tion during the program year. !, • Volunteer service may include board ser- vice, committee work and fund raising. participation in a one-time event, such as a walk-a-thon, is not eligible. ® Employees may not include educational '~ support time or time for which they are ': paid. Personal time and Paid vacation may be used. Eligible Organizations • All public and private schools. •Tax-supported organizations that are part of local government. • Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. • Tax-exempt foundations of the above institutions, except for those that are pri- vate foundations under Section 549. (a) Organizations Not Eligible • Houses of worship and organizations established for religious or political purposes. s Veterans, fraternal or soaal organization: ~! (like college alumni assoaations or recreational clubs) . • Professional associations (like chamber` ~':, of commerce, American Society of Training and Dev~.opment, Society of j' Actuaries) . 291 - How the Program Works 181-545 a.l is 292 State Farm Companies Foundation One State Farm Plaza, B-4 Bloomington, Illinois 61710-0001 statefarrn.com'T' Printed in USA on recycled Paper Send completed grant applications with required documentation to: Good Neighbor Grant Program State Farm Companies Foundation One State Farm Plaza, B-4 Bloomington, IL 61710-0001 (309) 766-2161 State Farm Companies Foundation must receive completed applications with required documentation by Nov 30. Applications received after this date will NOT be accepted. The Foundation will notify participants of application status within 8 to10 weeks. Grants will be mailed directly to organiza- tions in June and December. NOTE: State Farm associates are respon- siblefor submitting applications. 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BRIEF SUMMARY: The Library. has received a grant award from the Partnership for Children for 7-1-O1 through 9.30-01 in the amount of $30,450. It is anticipated that additional funds will be awarded as the State finalizes their budget. Funds will be used to fund staff and materials in order to provide Library services to area child care centers. No County funds are required. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Recommend acceptance of the grant; request authorization for David Paynter, Library Director to sign the grant; request approval of associated budget amendment #02-0044. FUNDING SOURCE: State $30,450 ATTACHMENTS: o ba02-0044 REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: FINANCE: Approve .BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend approval. j ~ COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: ~Lli~ ~'~ APPROVES ~~ ;~F r~eTEO~ ; . ~, ~, PpSTR,O!l9EL~, ~~ `__~L.,~.~t .~ _:;. . • ` t:~1. i~ ',Cfl~ ~ . f NEYV HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OI• COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 ' Budget Amendment DEPARTMENT: Library-Partnership for Children BUDGET AMENDMENT #: 02-0044 ADJUSTMENT Partnership for Children Grant Temporary Salaries FICA Supplies Auto Allowance Books Telephone Printing Repair &Maintenance-Equip. DEBIT CREDIT $10,450 $7,165 $682 $975 $828 $100 $100 $250 $350 EXPLANATION: To increase budget for amount of grant awarded by the Partnership for Children. The grant is awarded only for the period 7-1-01 through 9-30-01 at this time. Award is $30,450; already budgeted $20,000. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: APPROVAL STATUS: To be approved by Board Of Commissioners -----~ r ~~ ,~''~iil d ~';~, , ApPR~l 6tEJ EC~1~1S~?~ ~> ~' REMOVE~9'` ~,~f 2 9 6 POSTP9RIE~ ~~ ''~ ~; ;~~EARt~ ~~ I ~ ~~I ~~., ~~/JJ ~'~~ rvsc v,C '~+.ydv~ NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSI®NERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 • Consent Item #: 7 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Sheriff Presenter: Contact: Amy Akin SUBJECT: Award of Bid # 02-0090 and Approval of Contract # 02-0090 for Five (5) Vans to Vic Bailey Ford. BRIEF SUMMARY: In the adopted budget for the current year.funds were budgeted to purchase 5 vans for transporting prisoners. The formal bid process was followed and three bids were received. Vic Bailey Ford was the lowest responsible bidder. Cape Fear Ford No Bid Fairway Ford $119,300.00 Quality Motor Co. $118,175.00 Vic Bailey Ford $117,985.00 • • Attached is a resolution recommending award of bid and approval of contract to Vic Bailey Ford. RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Recommend adoption of the attached resolution awarding bid # 02-0090 and approving contract # 02-0090 to Vic Bailey Ford, the lowest responsible bidder in the amount of $117,985.00. FUNDING SOURCE: 110.431-4316.6450 and 110-431-4320-6450 ATTACHMENTS: Attached is the resolution for award. The contract draft is being submitted under separate cover. ',y 02-0090 resolution for five v REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: Approve COUNTY MANAGER' Recommend approv< FINANCE,; Approve BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A APPR°t/E~ ~}~ REJECTE® [~ REM°vE®~ 297 ~'OSTPOb~l~ ~iEARC~ ~ RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY WHEREAS, after due advertisement, bids were received and publicly opened by the Finance Department at 3:00 p.m., on the 28th day of August, 2001; at the County Administration Building; 320 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, and the following bids were received for five (5) vans for the Sheriff's Department, Bid # 02-0090: Cape Fear Ford No Bid Fairway Ford $119,300.00 Quality Motor Co. $118,175.00 Vic Bailey Ford $117,985.00 AND WHEREAS, the Sheriff, the Finance Director and the County Manager recommend that the contract be awarded to Vic Bailey Ford, the lowest responsible bidder; in the amount of one hundred seventeen thousand nine hundred eighty-five dollars ($117,985.00); AND WHEREAS, fiends have been previously appropriated and are now in Account No. 110-431-4316-6450 and 110-431-4320-6450 to cover this contract; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County that the contract for five (~) vans for the Sheriffs Department, Bid# 02-0090 be awarded to Vic Bailey Ford in the amount of one hundred seventeen thousand nine hundred eighty-five dollars ($117,985.00); and that the County is hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract, contract form to be approved by the County Attorney. This 17th day of September, 2001. (SEAL) Chairman, Board of County Commissioners ATTEST: Clerk to the Board ~ C~Z~ ~; 2 9 8 ~ c~:aV ~~~ i _, 1 i NEW HANOVER COUNTY HOAR® OF COMMISSIONERS . REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 ~~ Consent Item #: 8 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: Engineering Presenter: Greg Thompson Contact: Greg Thompson SUBJECT: Award of Confiract #02-0069 Water Tower -New Jail Facility BRIEF SUMMARY: On Wednesday, August 29, 2001, New Hanover County accepted bids to construct a 500,000 gallon water tower on the site of the County's New Jail Facility. The successful low bidder was Caldwell Tanks, Inc., with a bid of $679,000. On August 20, 2001, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners approved the project budget, as a result, no budget amendment is required at this time. This amount is in line with the Jail budget RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Staff recommends award of Contract No. #02-0069 to Caldwell Tanks, Inc., in the amount of $679,000. FUNDING SOURCE: 366.431-3660.7300.6000 ATTACHMENTS: Bid Tabulation REVIEWED BY: LEGAL: Approve FINANCE: Approve BUDGET: Approve HUMAN RESOURCES: N/A COUNTY MANAGER'S Recommend approval: AP~'ROVED~.' REJECTED REMOVED ~osrPON~®® ~ 99 kEAR(3 ~ ~ 1 s~ 0 0 cv 0 N :sr .~ ~_ Cll .p._s '~ 4ti ~3 W f$8 O ~. O W O O i.C3 rn O L nYd .~ ,~ rn ~ ~ a~3 ~- aCf ~~ C7 >n t9 N to O V' N 'S,Itil N 3111//e/ 4e ®q~eaes.~ee~i ~,9y~'' r~' ~e wea~a~e °C ~~.~yy ~ a V B n w ~~ '• ~•' °a Q/ a w s~,~'' ^ ry ~'4r\,~ye ~//BLDI111It1 ,.1 "~ U ~ ~ (6 ~ W ~ O O ~ • s. U ca ~ ~ ~ ~W ,~ C17 '~ v _ T ~ `~~_`_1 ~ to ~ ~[ Z3 v Ct] 4- x- ~ -a N cod} *- L1 o:~,a ~ x ~ a _ w- ~ Y ~ ~ ~ N^ ~ .t~> ®. ~ ~ CO C N V . m ~ Y M ~]~o~~o` o'V ~ °o 3~0 ~~'~ o ~ 4 ~ L' -_ (D ~ ~ (~~ ~~ X U_ 7 Z r M TJ '' ~ ~~ N i`J p N O~ N ~ Ca IC.) ¢ St .~ ~ ¢ ~ ¢ ~ c~ U N L L U ~ C ~ ~ ~ ~ tD w ~`. N ~ O d O ,,,_ N ~ 's O ~ .~ W .. .S] ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ o U ~ a~ w ~., o ~ ~„~ ~ t0 v- t" ~ ~ U ~ ~ C~ z NEW HAN01lER COUNTY BOAR® OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTfON Meeting Date: 09/17/01 • • Consent Item #: 9 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: TAX Presenter: None Required Contact: Patricia Raynor SUBJECT: - New Hanover County and New Hanover County Fire District Collection Reports BRIEF SUMMARY: Collection reports as of August 31, 2001 RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Request approval of reports. FUNDING SOURCE: ATTACHMENTS: '~,' f-t, ~'*.,.. U Aug31FDCol.rpt.wpd NHCColrpt.doc !< APPROVED ~ REJECTE® i REMOVED ~1 POSTPORI~~ HEARn ~: ~~ ., GI (o ~~: ~~01 ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE REVIEW CONSENT AGENDA DATE: ITEM NO. NEW HANOVER COUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS THRU 8/31/01 CURRENT TAX YEAR - 2001 AD VALOREM MOTOR VEHICLE ORIGINAL TAX LEVY PER SCROLL $ 102,139,092.11 $ 2,008,295.64 DISCOVERIES ADDED 202,787.16 4,836.90 LESS ABATEMENTS - 15,034.15 - 17,365.87 TOTAL TAXES CHARGED $ 102,326,845.12 $ 1,995,766.67 ADVERTISING FEES CHARGED .00 .00 LISTING PENALTIES CHARGED 33,327.79 .00 CLEANING LIENS CHARGED 6,076.00 .00 TOTAL LEVY $ 102,366,248.91 $ 1,995,766.67 COLLECTIONS TO DATE - 633.158.49 - 1,109.801.98 OUTSTANDING BALANCE $ 101,733,909.42 $ 885,964.69 PERCENTAGE COLLECTED .62% 55.61%* r~n~u ~rn~r~e REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY $ 3,698,729.73 CHARGES ADDED 52;643.65 LESS ABATEMENTS - 25,369.11 TOTAL TAXES DUE $ x,726,004.27 COLLECTIONS TO DATE - 610.607.84 OUTSTANDING BALANCE $ 3,115,396.43 PERCENTAGE COLLECTED 16.39% AUG 2001 FISCAL YTD RENTAL VEHICLE TAX COLLECTIONS $ 26;999.32 $ 53,023.12 ROOM OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS 505,011.17 897,274.05 PRIVILEGE LICENSE COLLECTIONS 3,397.63 8,953.88 TOTAL MONEY PROCESSED THRU COLLECTION OFFICE FOR NEW HANOVER COUNTY, CITY OF WILMINGTON, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, CAROLINA BEACH AND KURE BEACH TO DATE - $4,501,763.58. THIS REPORT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING 1, 2001. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, PATRICIA J. RAYNOR - ~ ~~°~~- ~~``~ ~~~ `," , COLLECTOR OF REVENUE ~ '' ~-"?' ;,;~ ~~'. * COMBINED COLLECTION PERCENT"AGE:-,1.67% 302 ~~ _ .~:~r: ~~ • CONSENT AGENDA OATE:_______-- ITEM N0.______ NEW HANOVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT TAX COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS THRU O8/3i/Oi J CURRENT TAX YEAR - 2001 ' rrrrr rrrr.,r/wrrwrrrrrrr ORIGINAL TAX LEVY PER SCROLL DISCDVERSES ADDED LESS ABATEMENTS TOTAL TAXES CHARGED LISTING PENALTIES CHARGED TOTAL LEVY COLLECTIONS TO DATE OUTSTANDING BALANCE PERCENTAGE COLLECTED BACK FAXES am.mmrr srr REAL ESTATE ANO PERSONAL PROPERTY CHARGES ADDED LESS ABATEMENTS TOTAL TAXES OUE COILECTI0N5 TO DATE OUTSTANDING BALANCE PERCENTAGE COLLECTED AD VALOREM rswwrrrrrsrrrrp $ 2~S7bfiD5.53 6y040.62 5D9.59r rrrasarrrrrrrra $ 29581~68b.56 847.40 a.wm-rr rr-r--m- $ 2~582'S33.96 17~994.33r rrrr.r.r..r.rrr S 2~5b4y539.b3 .7 D9~* $ 8,5y819.45 1~b51.8Z 837.27r srarrrrrrrrrrro $ 8b'634.DD 1b~855.85r --~r.rrrr.r~rrr ~ 69'778.15 19.46X MOTOR r VEHICLE rr rrr $ rr ra'rrrrr 57777.25 282.33 512.2br ~ vararr $ rrrra r rr 57547.32 .DD rrrrrr $ rrrwrrrrr 57547.32 rr.rrr 33y069.47r ..rrrrrrv 3 Z4'47T.85 57.4b~* THIS REPORT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR. BEGINNT G JULY ly 2001. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED' ''~ ~ ~ rr Ay r1~/ PATR~C'TA ~,~. R OR~,,1 COLLECTOR OF R VENUE ~ COMBINED COLLECTION PERCENTAGE r 1.93 ~ 303 {This page intentionally left blank} 304 NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 Consent Item #: 10 Estimated Time: Page Number: Department: TAX Presenter: None Required Contact: Bob Glasgow SUBJECT: Release of Value BRIEF SUMMARY: Request the following taxpayers be granted the Senior Citizen/Disability Exclusion: (applications and letters explaining late filing available upon request) Serfass, Margarette H. Waddell, Carrie Mae. $20,000 20,000 Request the following late list penalties be released as this was the taxpayers' first offense: Carolina Restoration $ 10.04 Crutchfield, Michael H. Sr. 43.61 Deco Business Strategies, LLC .2.00 Channel 26 Associates 753.99 Janix Homes, Inc. 2.14 Landfall Associates 114.17 Speciality Service,' Inc. ~ 4.15 Union Concrete Inc. 1,061.16 Request approval of the following delinquent applications for exemption from property tax for the following organizations: (applications and letters explaining late filing available upon request) Apostolic Tabernacle R06018.004.004-001 NC Coastal Land Trust R03200-002-001-000; R3200.002.018-b00 RECOMMENDED MOTION AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Recommend approval of releases. FUNDING SOURCE: V~1L.ii.` ,I A#PPROVE~ ~~ ATTACHMENTS: ~'~2EJCC?'Ed ~ "' REI~~~,',,"ED ~:: ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE REVIEW PL'Sc'~ORE®~ x *~, . COUNTY MANAGfR'S_COM~'NTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: f~s ~~~I<,~.:1~,(~.~ Recommend approval. __; COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS%COMMENTS: 305 {This page intentionally left blank} > .~. tr+>. r o '' ` ; "~~ - ~ ~ .. ~ ,r 306 ADJUSTMENT DEBIT CREDIT NC Center for Public Health Preparedness $20,000 Departmental Supplies $800 .Training & Travel $4,700 Computer Expenses $14 500 EXPLANATION: To budget $20,000 grant received from the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness as an .incentive for participating in a project to ~~ elop a surveillance study of an emerging health problem. No additional County fundin is equired. r ~~ 9 ""~3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: q~ .APPROVAL STATUS: To be approved by Soard Of Commissioners I '`'' COMMISSIONERS° ACTIONS/COMMENTS: • ~...~- ~U~ ~iS~l ~ ~ '~ .~4~ °,PPROVE~ REJECTE® ~ .. ~ . . y} POSTPONES p `.'' ~-icARt? ~ • 307 LTNC-CH to launch CDC-funded Center for Public Health Preparedness ~~~ .. f 6 ' Page 1 of 2 NEWS SERVICES 210 Pittsboro Street, Campus Box 6210 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-6210 (919) 962-2091 FAx: (919) 962-2279 www. unc. eduMews/newsserv 1~~~~ For immediate use Dec. 20.2000 -- No. 651 ~TNC-CH to launch CDC-funded Center for Public Health Preparedness CHAPEL HILL -- The School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $400,000 from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Schools of Public Health to train public health workers to respond to public health emergencies and chronic health conditions. The UNC-CH-based North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, to be launched in early 2001 under the direction of Drs. Robert W. Ryder and Rachel H. Stevens, is one of five centers in the country training frontline public health workers to combat such current and emerging health threats as infectious diseases and potential bioterrorist events. "We are delighted to have this opportunity to serve the southeast's and the nation's public health interests and to help prepare our frontline public health professionals to deal quickly and effectively with any public health emergency," said Dr. Bill Roper, dean of the UNC-CH School of Public Health. "This kind of program is central to the school's mission." The new center will collaborate with the UNC-CH Center for Infectious Diseases and other partners. A pilot training and research program at the new center will involve four North Carolina counties: Cumberland, Edgecombe, New Hanover and Wake. Ultimately, the center will serve five southeastern states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The center also will be part of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, established in the UNC- CH School of Public Health in 1999 to provide consulting, applied research, and educational programs to North Carolina governmental agencies, public health departments, health care providers, insurers and managed care organizations, community groups and students involved in health and public policy disciplines. ~; The national Centers for-'Public Health Preparedness system includes academic, specialty and local exemplar centers. Other~academic centers, which serve as cornerstones of the system, will be located at the University of Illinois at'Chicago School of Public Health, the University of Washington School of Public Health and Co"mmunity Medicine and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. ~; Specialty centers, which focus on a single topic, professional discipline or other area, will be located at the Dartmouth Medical School, Saint Louis University School of Public Health and the Center for Law and the Public's Health located at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (established by the Jo~~kins School of Public Health and Georgetown University Law Center). Local exemplar ce advanced practice sites, are located in DeKalb County, Ga.; Monroe County, N.Y.; and Denver, Colo. http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/prepare 122000.htin 9/7/2001 LTNC-CH to launch CDC-funded Center for Public Health Preparedness Page 2 of 2 The CDC's long-term goal is to use this national system of academic, specialty and local centers to facilitate translating public health science into practice at the frontline. For more information on the Centers for Public ~-Iealth Preparedness, contact Dr. Maureen Y. Lichtveld, associate director for workforce development in the CDC Public Health Practice Program Office, at {770) 488-2480. -30- School of Public Health contact: Lasa Katz, (919) 966-7467; Lisa katz(a~,unc.edu North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness contact: Penny Whiteside, (919) 966- 1069; penny whitesidenunc.edu News Services contact: I)eb Saine, (919) 962-841j • ~ 309 http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/prepare 122000.htm 9/7/2001 AGREEMENT BETWEEN New Hanover County Health Department And The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at The North Carolina Institute for Public Health This agreement is made and entered on September 5,2001 by and between the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP) at the North Carolina Institute for Public Health /University of North Carolina and the New Hanover County Health Department (NHCFID). The funding for this project comes from a grant titled the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (Agency # 51539-20/20, UNC # 5-47731) as part of the Association of Schools of Public Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Cooperative Agreement. The NCCPHP and the NHCHD agree to the following: 1. The NCCPHP will provide the health department with $20,000 and an IBM ThinkPad laptop computer as incentives for participating in this project. This money and computer will be given to the NHCHD to use at its discretion. These funds will be transferred upon receipt of a written request from the NHCHD to the NCCPHP and should be expended by June 30, 2002. 2. The NCCPHP will assist NHCHD to identify the public health training needs of its staff. 3. The NHCHD agrees to collaborate with the NCCPHP by providing the following services throughout the project period ending September 30; 2003: a) Develop a surveillance study of an emerging health problem(s) that is mutually agreed upon by the NCCPHP and the NHCHD b) Identify and assign a NHCI~ liaison to work with NCCPHP staff c) With advance notice, make a workspace, computer with Internet connection, and telephone available for NCCPHP personnel when they visit the health department to conduct work related to the surveillance project The parties have hereunto signed this agreement in their official capacities on the day and year listed below. FOR AND BE OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT -~~~ New Hanover County Health Director Date FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NC INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH-UNC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 3 ty Director NCCPHP Date New Hanover County Health Department Budget for 520,000 Grant From The North .Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness At The North Carolina Institute for Public Health University of North Carolina School for Public Health The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP) is providing New' Hanover County Health Department (NHCHD) $20,000 and. an IBM ThinkPad laptop computer as incentives for participating in the project as described on the previous page. Below is the itemized budget for $20,000: EXPENDITURES: Epidemiology 110-510-5151. Amount 4210 LCD .Projector Bulb 500 Audio Visual Cart 300 5200 Training on Geographic 4,700 Information Systems Software 6399 Personal Computer (super model) 2,500 Faster processor/larger memory Personal Computer 2,000 Laptop 3,000 Laser Printer 500 Geographic Information Systems 1,500 (GIS) Software LCD Projector ----- 5,000 ------------ Total Expenditures 20,000 REVENUE: Epidemiology 110-510-5151 Source 3528 North Carolina Center for 20,000 Public Health Preparedness Grant Total Revenue Lfs 8/28/01 ------------------ 20,000 311 • {This page intentionally left blank} 312 iVE1N HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09J17/Ol ~, Budget Amendment Consent Item #: 11.2 Estimated Time: Page Number: DEPARTMENT.: Emergency Management BUDGET AMENDMENT #: 02-0047 ADJUSTMENT DEBIT CREDIT Emergency Management Grant ~ $420 Contract Services $420 EXPLANATION: To rollover unexpended grant funds from FY 1~to FY 01-02. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: APPROVAL STATUS.: To be approved by Board Of Commission rs COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMENTS: • --.., ~~ ~,~~~~~r~u APPROVi ~~ ,. REJEC7'E® R,EMOVEt~ ~' POSTPONit? ~IARCJ ,- °~. rr1I11~0(~ • 313 {This page intentionally left blank} t ~~~r, tr~~~ ~'~ ~°~JVt~~,~~ 314 ~ NiEW HA(V®VER COUNTY ~®AR® ®F COM~VIiSS10NERS `~ ~ REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION Meeting Date: 09/17/01 Budget Amendment ~, ,.?~ DEPARTMENT:~Courts/District Attorney Domestic Violence Unit BUDGET AMENDMENT #: 02-0048 ADJUSTMENT Domestic Violence Unit Grant Training & Travel Computer Expenses DEBIT CREDIT $11,198 $7,200 $3,998 EXPLANATION: To budget a $11,198 grant awarded to the Domestic Violence Unit from. the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. The applicatian to apply for the grant was approved by the Commissioners at the 7-9-01 meeting. Funds will be used for domestic violence training and to purchase two laptop computers. No County match is required. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: APPROVAL STATUS: To be approved. by Board Of Commissioners '~~ lVi1ViY~(~ 7: APPR® ~/ REJfCI°ED REMOVED ~"~ ~~, POSTPO~! . 315 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMMISSION 1201 Front Street, Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27609 Telephone: (919) 733-4564 Fax: (919) 733-4625 http:l(www.gcc.state, nc.us ~~ ~~'.~® Grantee: County of New Hanover Authorizing Official: Michael Allen O'Neal County Manager F,ddress; 320 Chestnut St. Rm. 502 Wilmington, NC 28401 Project Name: New Hanover County Domestic Violence Unit Application ID: 11299 Grant Number: 065-1-99-2VA-W-936 Account Manager: Battle, Frances Vendor Number: 566000324 I ~i,ag~es ?eriod Personnel- Contractual Travel Operating Equipment Total Year 1 3,733A0 0.00 0.00 7,200.00 3,998.00 14,931.00 Oi-ants Source Award Date % Funding Grant Amount 1999 VAWA 08!27/2001 75.000% 11,198.25 Grant Period: 08/01/2001 - 01/31/2002 0.75 11,198.25 In accordance witht he provisions of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and on the basis of the grantee's application, the Department of Crime Control and Fublic Safety hereby wards to the foregoing grantee an award in the amount above. This grant is subject to the conditions listed In the grant application as well as all applicable rules, regulations and conditicns, as my be reasonably prescribed by the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety consistent with the purpose and authorization of P.L. 98-473. If special conditions have been applied ±o this grant, they are attached to this award and indicated below. This grant shall become effective, as of the date of award, upon return to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety of three duplicate copies of this award, properly executed on behalf of the grantee. Grantee Signature ofduly-authorized official Date .....~ . _ ~ ~~r ;h; F,~± Typed name and title of official "-"- - ' ?j~rs~0 (~.''. I~ This award is subject to the attachedfconditions. €f, 316 Gov~-`nbr's C,r~e ~-~ri~~ssion Signature of Director ~~~~~°~ Date Typed name and title of official Printed 08/28/2001 11:00:1 11299 ~~~, IVEVY SAN®VEF~ C®~JNTY ~~A~D OF C~1V11~I~SS1®tVE~S REQUEST Ft3~ BOARD ACl'1C~P~ Meeting Date: 07/09/01 ~. °~ 1 Consent Item #: 2 Estimated Time: Page Number: ~D / ~ ~~~~~J Department; Sheriff Presenter: / Contact: Andy Atkinson SUBJECT: Governor's Crime Commission Grant Application BR1EF SUMMARY: The:New Hanover Domestic Violence Unit has the opportunity to receive a grant in the amount of $7,634 from the Governor's Crime Commission, These funds would be used for training in domestic violence issues and to purchase two laptop computers, There are no county funds required. , A copy of the application is available in the County Manager's Office. RECOMMENDED MOT}ON AND REQUESTED ACTIONS: Authorize the filing of the graht'.application and.when grant is awarded accept the grant. Bu„d~et am~en~dment will be submitted-when the grant is awarded, FUNDING SOURCE: Governor's Crime Commission ATTACHMENTS: REVIE~/ED BY: LEGAL; FINANCE: BUDGET: HUMAN RESOURCES: NIA COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Request permission to file the grant application with the Governor's Crum mmission. When the grant is awarded authorize the County to accept the grant award. COMMISSIONERS' ACTIONS/COMMEi~TS: A' >/ ~~~:.U ,L~; 7 CGS; r~N~~``b' `~ NEARD ~ DATE ~ ! 0 ® ~->