Special Meeting
April 28, 2006
The
Staff Members Present: Chuck Simmons, assistant town manager;
2a. Public Hearing:
Scattered Site Housing Program - Mr. Weeks explained that this is the second of two required public
hearings to receive input from the citizens to express their views concerning
scattered site housing rehabilitation needs and priorities in
With the $100,000 Community Development Block Grant that
is available, staff believes
With
that explanation completed, Mayor Sears opened the public hearing to accept
input. The following comments were
recorded: None.
There being no comments, the public hearing was closed.
Action: None.
2b. Public
Hearing: Financing for Avent Ferry Road Widening and Renovation of Avent Ferry Road Fire Station – Mr. Boykin explained that, in order to borrow funds for
construction of road widening improvements on Avent
Ferry Road and renovation of the Avent Ferry Road
fire station, the Town must first obtain approval from the Local Government
Commission.
He
said the first step in the application process is to hold a public hearing to
receive comments from citizens on the question of whether or not the town
should seek installment financing, as opposed to other financing.
Following the public hearing, Mr. Boykin said, the will
be asked Council is to consider adoption of Resolution 06-17.1, which states
that the Town Council has determined certain findings of fact, including that
installment financing is more desirable than other types of financing. He said the resolution also authorizes the
filing of the LGC application.
In addition, Mr. Boykin said, the Council be asked to adopt Resolution 06-24, a bank resolution approving
financing terms with
With that explanation completed, Mayor Sears opened the
public hearing to accept input. The
following comments were recorded: None.
There being no comments, the public hearing was closed.
Action: The
Motion By: DeBenedetto
Second By: Womble
Vote: Unanimous
Copies of Resolutions 06-17.1 and 06-24 are incorporated into these
minutes as addendum pages.
3.
Parks Master Plan Steering Committee -- Mr. Bradley addressed the council, reporting that the Town’s
consultant for a Parks Master Plan would like to kick off the project with a
meeting of a steering committee the week of May 1. So that members could be notified at least a
few days before the meeting, Mr. Bradley asked that the Council informally
appoint a steering committee, with ratification of those appointments to follow
during the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 2.
He
provided a list of names he feels are local citizens with good backgrounds for parks
The
consensus of the council members present was that there were no objections to
the list of citizens, which included as regular members of the committee Matt
Clifton, Dick Gallo, Kathy Hamilton-Brown, Art Shaffer and Joyce Shields, and
alternate members Mike Blohn and Ray Criber.
Mr. Bradley asked the Council to also
designate the following to serve on the committee: 1 Town Council member; 1 Planning Board
member; 2 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee members; and 1 Parks and
Recreation staff member other than Mr. Bradley.
In
discussion, Councilman DeBenedetto volunteered to
represent the Town Council on the steering committee, and he suggested that
there be two Council members on the Parks Master Plan committee instead of only
one.
Mayor
Sears suggested that if the structure of the steering committee was to be
changed from what was being presented to the Council, then that should be
discussed at the May 2 regular meeting with the full Council in
attendance. He said once that is decided,
then the Town Council representative(s) would be
named.
The
Council directed Mr. Bradley to touch bases before May 2 with members of the
Planning Board, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and Parks and
Recreation staff and provide suggested names for further appointments also at
the regular meeting on May 2.
The Town
Clerk let the Council know that the May 2 agenda would need to be adjusted
during agenda adjustment and approval (to remove the item from the Consent
Agenda for discussion.)
4. Adjournment: There
being no further business, the
Respectfully Submitted on
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