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Page 12-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEAC< Bridgeteni Contact V\ BY TERRY POPE Emergency traffic should flow more smoothly both on and off the South Brunswick inlands in the future. Two-way radios monitoring both fire ana rescue frequencies were installed on each of the three bridges Friday afternoon, said Brunswick County Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil Logan, "Now for any event, whether it be fire or rescue," I.ogan said, "we have to hold water traffic until the vehicles are off the Island." The N.C. Department of Traasporiaiiuti, working with Logan's office, installed the radios at no cost to the county, Ixtgan said. In all emergency situations, the bridgetenders at Ocean Isle, Holden and Sunset Beach bridges have been instructed to hold l~l A', E5SUi IU c BY TERRY POPE A policy recommending planned development ol large, presently undeveloped tracts of land on Molden Beach may be introduced into the town's updated land use plan. At a workshop last Wednesday afternoon, Holden Beach planning board members reached a consensus to add a section lo the final draft calling for "planned unit development" of large undeveloped areas of the island to create "more attractive projects." ' were to review ih? land use plan at a workshop tiiis mor- i ning (Thursday) at 9 a.m. Craig Hoot I of the Satilla Planning Corp. of Atlanta, (Ja? presented the first draft of i the revised lund use plun last ' Wednesday. i Town Administrator Bob Buck, ! who said he was speaking individual- ' lv as a resident rattier ftinn as 11 t,.vi-,1 , i i - it?i;? ~t t ::v?, ivVw,::;."'?*'?uini <1 (A/ut/ ui i promoting coordinated land develop- ! meat of presently large undcvelo|x-d ( areas to provide n more attractive BUI SOLAI I Hm mn o nnm DliUI | 754-6900 Suppl )N, Thursday, February 1985 ders Have fith Fire, Ri ail water traffic after being notified that an emergency vehicle must cross to the island. An effort to establish radio contact between the bridges and emergency veiiicies began in October when Suaset Beach resident I/>is Stein wrote letters to DOT officials and to Rep. E. David Rcdwine asking that some form of communication De installed. At that time, the town's only meaas of communication with the bridgctender was by telephone, Town Manager Wallace Martin said. Ms. Stein told members of the Suaset Beach town council how she had waited on ihp islsnd in fhp hark of a rescue squad vehicle with her husband, who was suffering a heart attack, while the bridge was open to allow a barge to pass. Her Husband later died at the Brunswick Hospital. ? I I > U i iviu'vvlU environment." "I'd hate to see that thing cut up when it lends itself to beautiful, quality and planned developments," Buck said of the available large, undeveloped tracts stiii on ihc island Under the policy, the planning board would recommend that developers County Repub The Brunswick County Republican Party precincts will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, to elect officers, delegates and alternates to the county convention March 8. The precincts and meeting sites are as follows: Hoods Creek, 1-oLs-ATots Nursery, Landvulc Itoad; 1 ^>llltwl I illnnd It'irii fhinnrf -?r.t . -v>n.?niu > \i tyvpni uiiviii, Wo<xlburn. North Brunswick High School; Bclvillc, Uclvillc Town Hull; I'own Creek, Winnabow Kire Departncnt; Bolivia. Bolivia Town Hall; iiT!i!hr>.".r1 * T no/inn Iliiilftinu> n?<| )uul|l|/ui v >, iiu; ?vv < >! iouthport 2, Brunswick Technical .lollcKe (Old Middle School buildinK). Also, Oak Island, l/>ng Beach ILD YC R BAT iSAVi In ?aii BE ? Wl Pre-Assemt Final Assemt Installatic Co Uffllll# DVIII y Campus, Hwy. 17 Am ? ua >red by: BRUNSWIO ALTERNATE AND ENER< Radio escue All three bridges will monitor the rescue squad frequency at all times, I/jgan said. Although th(; radios have a fire frequency also, it will only be used in the event of a fire. Calls can be relayed through the rescue channel if bridgetenders need to change frequencies, Logan added. "life has priority over property," i-ogan said, t hat's why they ii De monitoring the rescue frequency." Tuesday morning, Hoiuen Beach bridgetender Marvin Watts said he had not had an opportunity to use the new equipment. However, he added it will help bridgetenders keep in contact with emergency vehicles, to "maybe save some lives someday." "It'll also be good in the event of an evacuation," Ixigan added. "We'll be able to keep in contact with the bridgetender at all times." A r?/NA?r 'pcu r-\i cuo i work with town officials to plan larger developments for those areas, rather than building a string of single- or multi-family units on the subdivided lots. Buck said planned development has been given a bau name ifi the past, but has proved to be effective when used in other towns. Contrary I icons To Meet Recreation Department; Mosquito, /.ion Hill Community Building; Supply, Supply Volunteer Fire Department* Secession, Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire Department; Shallotte, Shallotte Fire Department: Frying Pan, National Guard Armory; Grissettown, AA Building; and Shingletree, Calabash Fire Department. Also, l,ongwood, Gwynn Building; Ash, Waecamaw Fire Department; Waccaniaw, Myrtle King Building; F.xum. Community Building; and Boiling Spring l-akes, rescue squad building. )UR 01 CH HO E Apprt r Wate >/y: February 21 )ly: February 21 >n: As Schedule< si: $300 for ma Come By * A# ?li I EU For Literatun ss Size is Lim C TECHNICAL COLLEGE VE ENERGY CORPORA jY DIVISION OF THE f .^4ESt WHB - v ?? HOLDEN BEACH bridgctender Marvli the new fire and rescue two-way radio Holden Beach bridge Friday afternoon, and Sunset Beach bridges received ider Key To Hold to popular belief, there is a large i area of undeveloped land on the | island that could be used for such j projects. Root said. Some areas 1 would require obtaining CAMA per- ; mits for providing accesses, he add- 1 CU. ( One-third more land has been developed on the island since the 1980 i land use report was adopted. Root | told the planning board. That i represents a 33 percent increase in ! single-family units and a six percent | increase in multi-family units, he ad- i ,(...! Although commercial property on i the island increased by 50 percent, "in percentage terms it's big, but in < acreage it's very small," Root said, i Only a little more than six acres on l the island is considered commercial. < consisting mostly of real estate of- I fices. t "Adding one commercial business t could have caused the 50 percent increase," Hoot said. 1 Totals comprised in Oct. 1984 show ; there are 1,004 single-family units, j 213 duplexes or multi-family units i and 177 mobile home or campground spaces on the island, Root said. In t VN 40TWAT 9xima1 r Heal >, 6-9 P.AA. I, 8 A.M. - 4:30 d reriais, $10 for n rv rw/ VI V.UII B B BkB 10* A rim IA e and Plans 457-632' ited, So Hurr ?# ri/Nk IK-HN, vlORTH CAROLINA DEI V jji 5 ~ jT -j? S 'I m '. i ~;33MgS3flHHH <W?fBi MM jajfjfiffB'JTlll | fl HI i Watts monitors will be used to mnni installed on the islands, said Hrun.v Both Ocean Isle men! Coordinator C< itical radios that en Land Us< mapping those areas for the revised plan, mobile homes and travel trailer spaces are now considered residential zones rather than recreational tones and will be included in the island's "peak day population UUIll." Taking the total 1,319 inhabited lots an the island and multiplying it by 6.5 persons per living space gives the island a "peak day population" of 1,060, Root said. For example, on a typical July 4th holiday weekend, one sf the busiest of the summer season, the population on the island cuuiti vary from 9,060 to 10,050. Several planning board members questioned the 6.5 persons per living init figure, saying it appeared to be too high. However, county planning li.-.T?k~ II ?IJ-J "I? WIWWI UUIUI ndi icj dliUCU lilt' I igurc may realistically be as high as i light per living unit during the vpical "peak day population." 1 "It's something we tried to get a s tandlc on," Harvey said. "The t iverage we got was around eight Dec- s lie per living unit. Ocean Isle's is iround 12 per unit." I Such figures are used to compare i he impact of sewer, other uses of i Sit JS S 1 UALU er L _ f__ eiy /a ing Bit P.M. E?gistration I LCUU I Southport Annex, 7( y! 3ARTMENT OF COMA ^iVT> "MBS m STAFF PHOTO BY TIHRt POPI tor emergency traffic uhijp nn the wick County Emergency Manageid\ Logan. 5 Plan utilities and potential evacuation routes for the island on certain peak lays. Other areas the planning board | asked Root to revise in the initial Iraft include the town's policy on r..* i_: _ ? il.n l?|nn^ A iUtUIC |/cil rviup, v/ii viiv ij1uim. It paragraph will be added recommending the area beneath the new highrise bridge be used for public parking, since "you're not going to build any houses under it," Root said. Root also suggested that other marsh areas may be potential areas 'or parking since the areas can not be ased for development. However, alanning board Chairman Alan lolden added "it would he safe to say lhat it is within our hopes and goals of auilding a lot underneath the jridge?everything else would be inrcalistic." The revised plan will also include a own policy of favoring a sewer iystem for the island, although the own's present policy "is that we're :fti 11 vprv hnrv?f?ll " I JnMor? eairl "The general public wants sewer," luck added, "but the town can't get nvolved with public funds. A public eferenduin is not going to pass." .1 ?.J? it'.',ivi? r\* liks rn IVTER % I I 1 .CUE i T1 Kl I Ql V > kWl V< s S i i I AERCE f II. !?
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