2013-10-03 Agenda Review NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 32
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING,OCTOBER 3,2013 PAGE 714
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review Meeting on Thursday,
October 3,2013,at 4:00 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center,230
Government Center Drive,Wilmington North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Woody White; Vice-Chair Beth Dawson; Commissioner Jonathan Barfield,
Jr.;and Commissioner Thomas Wolfe. Commissioner Brian Berger was absent.
Staff present: County Attorney Wanda Copley; County Manager Chris Coudriet; and Clerk to the Board
Sheila L. Schuh.
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS
Chairman White called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the
meeting is to review and discuss the Board's October 7, 2013, Regular Session meeting agenda. The Board
reviewed the following items with discussion as noted:
Consent Agenda Item 1—Approval of Minutes.
Consent Agenda Item 2—Adoption of Disability Awareness and Employment Month in New Hanover
County Proclamation.
Consent Agenda Item 3—Adoption of Resolution Supporting Smart Start of New Hanover County to
Receive Community Services Block Grant Act Funding.
Consent Agenda Item 4—Approval of SafeLight Program Contract Amendment.
Consent Agenda Item 5—Adoption of Fire Prevention Week in New Hanover County Proclamation.
Consent Agenda Item 6 —Approval of Waiver Park Fees for the 2013 Crop Hunger Walk. County
Manager Chris Coudriet presented an overview of the request for the Board to waive the park fees for 2013 Crop
Hunger Walk. Discussion concerning adopting a policy on this issue will be done during the budget process; until
then,cases will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
Consent Agenda Item 7—Adoption of Resolution Supporting Implementation Delays to the Biggert-
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.
Consent Agenda Item 8—Adoption of Clinical Research Week in New Hanover County Proclamation.
Consent Agenda Item 9—Acceptance of Tax Collection Reports.
Consent Agenda Item 10 — Approval of Board of Education Capital Outlay Fund Budget
Amendment#1 and General Fund Amendment#2.
Consent Agenda Item 10—Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendments.
Regular Agenda Item 12 — Adoption of Proclamation Declaring the Month of October 2013 as
Domestic Holence Awareness Month in New Hanover County. Commissioner Barfield offered to read the
proclamation.
Regular Agenda Item 13 — Adoption of Proclamation Recognizing October 25-27, 2013 as Cares
Enough to Wear Pink Days in New Hanover County. Vice-Chair Dawson offered to read the proclamation.
Regular Agenda Item 14 —Presentation of Cost Estimate for Deconstruction of the Wastec Facility
and Direction for Proceeding with Phase II of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan.
Regular Agenda Item 15 — Public Hearing and Consideration of Zoning Text Amendment Request
by Staff to Amend Article IL• Definitions,Article V,Section 50.2,Article VII,Section 72-20,and Article VIII
Section 81-1 of the Zoning Ordinance Regarding Child Day Care Centers (A-413,09/13).
Regular Agenda Item 16—Public Hearing and Consideration of Request by Staff to Amend Section
62.1-10 of the Zoning Ordinance Concerning Street Yard Landscaping Regulations to Accommodate
Sidewalks and Multi-Use Paths(A-414,9/13).
Regular Agenda Item 17—Overview of WAVE Route Costs and Consideration of Loan Payback.
STAFF UPDATES:
• Economic Development— Staff provided an overview noting that the steering committee, which was
appointed by City of Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and Chairman White, has appointed six focus
groups. The output received from the focus groups will be used to develop the county-wide survey
with an anticipated date of a report due to the respective Boards in February 2014.
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• 320 Chestnut Street Fence — County Manager Chris Coudriet reported that the construction barricade
fence located in the parking lot on the corner of Third and Chestnut Streets will be removed until
construction can begin in early 2014 to allow for parking access in the interim.
• Federal Government Shutdown — County Manager Chris Coudriet reported that due to the Federal
Government shutdown, the County anticipates the loss of revenues of approximately $300,000 per
week in the form of direct benefit reductions isolated to the Department of Social Services. Staff will
be sending additional information on this subject by tomorrow which will include a reduction plan.
• Biggert-Waters Act — Wrightsville Beach Mayor Pro-Tem Bill Sisson provided an overview of the
Biggert-Waters Act noting that implementation of this Bill will result in a huge impact to
homeowners in our area with some property owners realizing as much as a 20-25% increase in their
homeowners insurance premiums. No second homes or commercial properties will be eligible for
insurance. County Manager Chris Coudriet added that the proposed resolution that is available for the
Board's consideration will address these concerns.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila L. Schult
Clerk to the Board