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4 - The Morrisville and Preston Progress, Wednesday, November 29,1995 Town Crier Town fines Hampton Inn for setback error PCP cleanup in Shiloh to start soon A Christmas parade through the streets of Morrisville? Not this year, but maybe next year if Commissioner Phyllis Newnam has her way. The idea of a parade came dur ing the Board of Commissioners’ first meeting in November when the board discussed the stringing up of holiday lights. "Why don’t we have a Christ mas parade?" Mrs. Newnam in- teqected. "All of the other towns have one. Why can’t we?" "Where would we get the floats?" she was asked. "That’s no problem," said Mrs. Newnam. "We can get them." It was suggested that the Cary Jaycees might be willing to cooperate with local sponsors in organizing the first parade. "Well, anyway, it’s too late this year," Mrs. Newnam said with a smile. The parade may be a year or more away, but Morrisville’s an nual tree lighting ceremony is on tap for Sunday, Dec. 3. The tree will be aglow at 5:30 p.m. in a cerranony at Ruritan Park, located behind Fire Station No. I. After Santa Claus makes a spe cial appearance, an open house will be held at Tovm Hall featur ing refreshments and entertain ment by the Homeland Quartet. The holiday calendar also in cludes the annual Christmas din ner for town employees. That will take place Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in the Imperial Center. Late January is the target date for finishing ttie surface watCT phase of a hazardous waste cleanup in the Shiloh conununity. Two ponds are being drained and filled at a 52-acre site off N.C. 54 where Koppers Chemical Co. once treated wood with a pentachlorophenol,or PCP. The chemical, which is a possible cause of cancer, was used from 1968-75. Beazer East, Inc., a Pittsburgh- based company that bought Kop pers in a hostile takeover in 1988, is responsible for the three-phase cleanup, which is one of 1,400 or dered nationwide by the Environ mental Protection Agency. Although EPA’s plan calls for the groundwater phase of the pro ject to take up to 30 years, Beazer’s project manager, James A. Cook, believes the work can be completed much faster. In the groundwater phase. which will start in mid- December, 20 gallons of water a minute will be pumped from un derground bedi^k from a well on the site. Cook hopes that pro cess will bring in contaminated water from other private weUs within 1.5 miles of the site. Beazer is negotiating with com panies in Kentucky and Kansas to handle the cleanup's third phase: shipping out 500 cubic yards of contaminated soil for incinCTa- tion. That process would take up to a year. The EPA and Shiloh residents originally had hoped to avoid shipping out waste by using a process which would strip the soil of harmful chemicals. However, that plan was shelved after doubt arose as to the effectiveness of the new technology. North Carolina has ai^oxi- mately 3,000 inspectors charged with enforcement of the State Building Code, but only 49 of them have earned the highest cer tificates available in each of the five inspection fields. And one of those 49 is Wallace R. Baker HI, building inspector and codes enforcement officer for the Town of Morrisville. The N.C. Code Officials Qualification Board, authorized by the General Assembly in 1977 to establish an education and licensing |KX)gram, presented the certificates at a meeting in Raleigh. Certificates are offered at three levels in the fields of building in spection, plumbing inspection, electrical inspection, mechanical inspection (beat and air con ditioning) and fire prevention in spection. Julie Andrews is a hit on Broadway, but parents and friends were just as impressed with kinderg^ers at Morrisville Year-Round Elementary School. The kindergartners’ November production of "Do Like the Animals Do" included a well- choreographed blend of singing, band movements and sound ef fects. The production was directed by Jane Hoch, an in structor in music, dance and drama. Ms. Hoch said the production’s title was appropri^e since kinder- gartners "learning musical pro grams have a lot in common with kangaroos." One of the most well-received segments was entitled "Snakes Can Slither." Chamber membership continues to inch toward 300 mark Seventy-four members of the chamber participated in the fall golf outing at the Governors Club near Ch^l Hill. The event, headed up by chamber board member Roy Mashbum, took place on a clear and sunny Nov. 14 that was sandwiched between heavy rain the weekend before and for several days thereafter. It was a "no frills" event that promised "no dinner, no lunch and no prizes." The frills are expected at the chamber’s spring golf outing. Six committee heads have been named by the chamber. Hearon Dicksbh, chairtnan 6f the chamber board; repdfted that posts have been accqited by Jim Huggins Triangle area named ‘hot spot’ The Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area ranked fourth in the country in the latest list of "En trepreneurial Hot Spots" compiled by a research firm in Cambridge, Mass. The Triangle area was fifth a year ago and for the first time has moved ahead of Charlotte, which dropped from second to fifth in rantings announced by Cognetics, Inc. Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah, fin ished first in the rankings, which are based on the number of busi ness startups as well as the growth rate of companies within the area. Chamber Briefs and Paul Nicholas, ambassadors; Cleve Folger, meetings and semi nars; Ann Morgan, long-range planning and Raleigh Icecaps Night; Mark Bolebruch, govern ment relations; and Bill Kirkland, membership. Other committee posts due to be filled are in the areas of beautifica tion, education, publications, ac creditation, the Postal Customers Council, and a night with the Dur ham Bulls. Karen Puckett, president of Cel lular One’s Southeast region, will Morrisville & Preston I he rroqress Offices located at The Apex Herald 616 W. Chatham St. P.O. Box 1539 Apex, N.C. 27502 Phone (919) 362-8356 Fax (919) 362-1369 William A. Kirkland, Jr. President James S. Small Publisher Suzette Rcxfnguez Editor Kirk Kirkland Advertising Manager Published monthly by Kirkland Newspapers, Inc., 1533 Hermitage Court, Durham, NC 27707 Phone (919)489-1527 Fax (919)489-7801 Third-class postage paid at Morrisville, NC 27560 Come to the Farm! Choose & Cut Virginia. Pine Fraser Fir From Mt. Mitcheii, N.C. Tree Stands, Wreaths, Roping, Bows, Etc. Reguiar hours beginning Sat. 10-8 • Sun. 1-5 • M-F 3-8 Wagon Ridi^ before S:00 Sat'.'Noy., 25 and Sat./Sun. Dec. 2-3 & 9-10 ************ 118^4 Hwy. 64 Eight miles westuf Apex Call For. OTrectibns i^cT information. be the featured speaker at the chamber’s Issues and Eggs break fast on Dec. 15. There is a $7 charge for the 8 a.m. event, which will take place at Sorrento’s in the Triangle Factory Shops. Members are asked to make reservations through the chamber office (380-9026) no later than Dec. 11. The November Issues and Eggs breakfast was canceled after Con gressman Fred Heineman was forced to stay in Washington in the battle over the budget. Heineman has been rescheduled for Jan. 12. Chamber membership con tinues to grow and officials are op timistic that a goal of 300 will be met before the chamber year ends next SepL 30. 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Make your ovhi fashion statement, /AVrvuatirvirt uhth a floor that offers so much more. ^ THE HOME CENTER, INC. 5900 Fayetteville Rd., Raleigh Located 2 1/2 Miles South of Wal-Mart on US 401 779-2405 Mon.-Tues.-Wed.-Fri. 8 am - 5 pm; Thurs. 8 am - 7:30 pm A survey error in site planning has cost developers of the new Hampton Inn now under construc tion on Airport Boulevard a $15,900 fine levied by the Town of Morrisville. Daly Seven, a firm based in Lyn chburg, Va., received approval from the Morrisville Board of Commissioners in January to con struct the hotel. Construction began in February and has progressed to a point where the hotel is expected to open just after the first of the year. The original site plan required that the hotel would sit 72 feet from the edge of the right of way for Air port Boulevard. Recently, however, upon consid eration by authorities of a site plan for the Waffle House on an ad jacent property, it was discovCTed that the right of way for Airport Boulevard extends about 14 feet further into the Hampton Inn prop erty than was shown on the ap proved site plan. What further complicated the situation was that the develops bad located the hotel 17 feet closer to the right of way than was shown on the original site plan. Considering the two situations, the hotel now under construction is located only 41 feel from the actual right of way. The Special Highway Overlay District requires that the minimum front setback for build ings be 55 feet. Hotel representative Bob Daly appeared before the commissioners to request a site plan amendment and a variance to allow relocation of some parking spaces which were in front of the building and to allow the relocation of the building to 41 feet from the right of way. He told ccxnmissioners that a tot^ of three surveys had been made and each of them was incorrea. The town has been accruing penalties of $60 a day against him for variations from the approved site plan since Oct. 10,1995. Commissioners pointed out they were concerned over such errors, suggesting they could request that the infringing portion of the build ing be chopped off or that the building even be tom dovm. Tfrey ^phasized that such mistakes will not be tolerated in the future, but then proved the requests, with a revision recommended by the Plan ning Board. The developer must increase the fire lane in front of the building (parallel to the street) to 40 feet in length. This fire lane must be marked "No Parking" and informa tion denoting the area as a fire lane must be painted on the pavement The developer had paid a civil penalty of $13,860 and agreed to pay an additional $2,040 to bring the total to $15,900. sociates, Microtel, 1920 Deli Restaurant Wynne Residential Suites, First Union National Bank, China Gate Restaurant LEP Profit International and Kuehne & Nagle. Christinas will be in the air at the next Business After Hours, which will take place at the Treybrooke Apartments, 201 Nar- rowleaf Court. The holiday social is set for Dec. 6 and will run from 5:30 to 7 pm. Businesses interested in sponsor ing a Business After Hours in 1996 are asked to contact President Ray Lech at the chamber office. The chamber calendar also in cludes a highway cleanup on Dec. 16 and attendance at a Raleigh Icec£q)s game on Feb. 4. 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