Town of
Joint Special Meeting
of
The Town Board of
Commissioners and The Planning Board
MINUTES
The Holly
Springs Town Board of Commissioners met in a duly-called special meeting on Wednesday,
June 23, 2004, in the Holleman Meeting Room of Holly Springs Town Hall, 128 S.
Main Street. Mayor
Board Members Present:
Commissioners
Board Members Absent: Commissioners Parrish Womble and
Staff Members Present:
Others Present: Ed Powell of Davis, Martin, Powell & Associates, Inc.
The purpose of the meeting was to hold a joint meeting of
the Planning Board and Town Board to review the expectations of the Planning
Board’s role and to give an update on the town’s wastewater options.
Planning Board Discussion
Ms. Bobber said the Town’s Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO) explains the role of the Planning Board in Section 9.02, establishment of
the Planning Board; Board membership criteria; duties and powers of the
Ms. Bobber explained that if any changes are made in the
Planning Board roles and duties, Section 9.02 of the UDO would need to be
amended.
After much discussion, it was
determined that the major concern of the Planning Board is increased communication
between the Planning Board and town staff by meetings held before or after the
regular Planning Board meetings. The
Planning Board also requested that staff increase information provided to the
Planning Board on the Town’s long-range
The Planning Board also asked that
the Planning Board and department heads be included in the Town Board’s fall
mini-retreat where suggested amendments to Section 9.02 of the UDO could be
discussed further.
At this time, the Town Board and
Planning Board took a 10-minute break.
When the meeting reconvened, a quorum of the Town Board was
present, and Mayor Sears explained that some members of the Board had requested
to be updated on the Town’s wastewater options.
Mr. Simmons updated the Town Board with the current work
regarding identifying and implementing options for the future treatment of
wastewater. Mr. Simmons explained to the Board that staff has been working
with Ed Powell of Davis, Martin, Powell & Associates, Inc. and Mr. Green of
Green Engineering, the consulting engineers.
Mr. Simmons said the following are six wastewater discharge options that
were being researched for the Board’s consideration:
1) expansion of the current
facility at Utley Creek with discharge into Utley Creek;
2) expansion of the current
facility at Utley Creek with discharge into a shared interceptor with Western
Wake;
3) expansion of the current
facility at Utley Creek with discharge into an independent interceptor;
4) transfer of raw sewage to
5) transfer of raw sewage to
6) full participation in the
Western Wake consortium.
Mr. Simmons explained to the Board that full participation
in the Western Wake consortium would likely be cost-prohibitive for the town;
however, true cost data currently is in flux and unreliable. He said that
town staff is working toward acquiring more accurate cost information to share
with the Board at a later time.
Mr. Ed Powell of Davis, Martin,
Powell & Associates, Inc. addressed the
He
further updated the Board regarding the future need of wastewater capacity for
the Town. He said that for
Adjournment: There being no further business for the evening, the
Respectfully Submitted on
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