2014-11-13 Agenda ReviewNEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 33
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 PAGE 170
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review Meeting on Thursday,
November 13, 2014, 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 Manager Chris Coudriet; County Attorney Wanda M. Copley; and Interim Clerk to
the Board Teresa P. Elmore.
Commissioners-elect Skip Watkins and Rob Zapple were in attendance.
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 agenda items for the November 17, 2014 Regular Meeting with
discussion as noted:
Consent Item 3Approval of Unincorporated District Second 3% Room Occupancy Tax (ROT)
:
Guidelines
. Vice-Chair Dawson asked whether the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) was in agreement with
the proposed guidelines. Commissioner Barfield, the Board’s representative on the TDA, responded that with
guidance from Finance Director Lisa Wurtzbacher, details were worked out that everyone could agree upon and the
TDA unanimously approved the guidelines. District U funds from the unincorporated area are designated for inlet
maintenance. In particular, the funds can now be used for dredging of the Carolina Beach Inlet as several hundred
thousand dollars have been allocated from ROT funds in the last four years. At the present time, the District U
account has $1 million.
Consent Item 4: Approval of Purchase Price for Property for the Northeast Elementary School Site
.
Commissioner Wolfe requested removal of the item from the Consent Agenda for further discussion and
consideration as part of the Regular Agenda items.
Consensus
: The Commissioners agreed to move the item from the Consent Agenda and place it on the Regular
Agenda for further discussion and consideration.
Regular Item 15: Consideration of Carolina Beach Inlet Maintenance Dredging, 4th Quarter 2015.
In response to questions, County Manager Coudriet responded that District U funds are needed to dredge the inlet to
the authorized depth of eight feet and the work is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2015. Any dredged sand would
be carried to a near shore berm site to protect the long-shore drift.
Staff Updates:
County Manager Coudriet reported that the Joint Meeting with Wilmington City Council on Monday,
November 17, 2014, would be a follow-up discussion of the priorities determined at the joint meeting on
August 27, 2014 regarding the Gardner Report. Professor Thom Porter and Jim Roberts from UNCW will
facilitate the discussion as before. No action is required but discussion needs to occur on funding options.
The Boards should receive scenarios on funding sources for incentives policy and expanding water and
sewer service to the U.S. Highway 421 corridor. The Commissioners-elect have been asked to join the two
Boards in the discussion, as they will be included in future decision-making addressing the priorities.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa P. Elmore
Interim Clerk to the Board