2016-04-28 Agenda Review
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 33
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, APRIL 28, 2016 PAGE 519
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at
4:02 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center
Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Beth Dawson; Vice-Chairman Jonathan Barfield, Jr.; Commissioner Skip
Watkins; Commissioner Woody White; and Commissioner Rob Zapple.
Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; Deputy County Attorney Sharon Huffman; and Deputy Clerk
to the Board Kymberleigh G. Crowell.
Chairman Dawson 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 May 2, 2016 Regular Meeting with discussions as noted:
Consent Item 2. Adoption of a Resolution to Declare Equipment Surplus and Approval of Disposal through
Donation by NCGS 160A-280.
Chief Information Technology Officer Leslie Chaney reported that the County
provided school nurses with IT setups. Due to a new school record system, the schools requested that the County
donate computer equipment for the use by the school nurses. The County no longer needs the equipment and will no
longer be responsible for equipment replacement for the school nurses.
Consent Item 3. Adoption of a Resolution to Dispose of Surplus Property According to Procedures Outlined in
North Carolina General Statutes - Chapter 160A Article 12.
Officer Chaney confirmed that none of the property
can be used as it is five or more years old and usable parts have been scavenged out of the property.
Regular Item 5. Consideration of National Preservation Month Proclamation.
Commissioner Zapple will read
the proclamation into the record.
Regular Item 6. Consideration of Elder Abuse Awareness Month Proclamation.
Vice-Chairman Barfield will
read the proclamation into the record.
Regular Item 7. Presentation of FY16-17 Recommended Budget and FY17-21 Capital Improvement Plan.
County Manager Coudriet stated the budget in brief document will be ready and delivered to the Board later in the
day.
In a brief review of the upcoming public hearing items, Planning and Inspections Director Chris O’Keefe
reported that not a lot of citizens spoke in favor or in opposition to any of the items. Regular Item 8 is a continuation
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from the Board’s April 4 meeting and Regular Items 9 – 15 were unanimously approved by the Planning Board
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during its April 14 meeting.
Regular Item 8. Public Hearing. Rezoning Request (Z-951, 3/16) – Request by Barry Amos of College Road
Development Partners LLC, Property Owner, to Rezone 8.05 Acres Located at the 2600 Block of N. College
Road from B-2, Highway Business District, and R-15, Residential District, to (CUD) R-10, Conditional Use
Residential District, and for a Special Use Permit in Order to Develop a High Density Development.
In response
to questions,Current Planner Brad Schuler reported that a ten foot multi-use path will be installed in front of the
property. The eventual plan is to connect it to a greenway which has not yet been built. NCDOT has approved and
funded a State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) project to build a multi-use path from Danny Pence Drive
to cross the street from NorthChase to Laney High School. The project will begin in 2024. Director O’Keefe confirmed
that a traffic engineer for the petitioner and NCDOT staff will be present at the meeting to address any questions.
Regular Item 9. Public Hearing. Special Use Permit Request (S-629, 4/16) – Request by Design Solutions,
Applicant, on Behalf of the Property Owners, FSS Properties, LLC, for a Special Use Permit for an Asphalt
Mixing Facility (Intensive Manufacturing) on a 10.01-Acre Parcel Located at 5600 Holly Shelter Road.
In
response to questions, Current Planning and Zoning Supervisor Ben Andrea reported that to staff’s knowledge an air
quality permit has not been filed or applied for by the petitioner with the NC Department of Air Quality (NCDAQ).
There will be a NCDAQ staffer present at the meeting to answer any questions. At the request of the Board, the
petitioner’s representative Cindee Wolf with Design Solutions, reported that the petitioner cannot apply for the air
quality permit until the special use permit is approved by the Board.
Regular Item 12. Public Hearing. Rezoning Request (Z-958, 4/16) – Request by Brock Ventures Inc., Applicant,
on Behalf of the Property Owner, Lawrence Lawson Heirs, to Rezone 6.9 Acres Located at the 4700 block of
Carolina Beach Road from (CUD) B-1, Conditional Business District, and R-15, Residential District, to (CUD)
R-10, Conditional Use Residential District, and for a Special Use Permit in Order to Develop a High Density
Development Consisting of 80 Apartment Units.
Director O’Keefe reported that there were concerns expressed by
Belle Meade residents about the ongoing struggle to reduce speed in the community. The community is connected by
the road where the proposed project will be located. Belle Meade installed speed bumps that emergency vehicles could
not safely drive over and as such the County requested that the speed bumps be removed. The County has worked
with the community in designing speed bumps acceptable to NCDOT. The road is built to NCDOT standards but other
roads at either end are not NCDOT roads. Hope is that those roads will be taken by NCDOT in the near future since
a portion of the proposed Belle Meade development has been annexed into the City of Wilmington.
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Chairman Dawson congratulated everyone who received awards during the April 27 Reach for the Stars
Stellar Awards and thanked all county employees for the hard work they do every day for the citizens.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman Dawson adjourned the meeting at 4:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kymberleigh G. Crowell
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting.