Page 10-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEACO
No Decisior
Parking Pre
BY BILL McGOWAN
The beaches draw tourists. The
tourists bring cars. And the cars
cause problems.
The inevitability of such a scenario
is painfully evident to Sunset Beach
Town Council members. What may
hurt even worse is the fact the problems
continue in the face of possible
solutions.
Two such solutions were discussed
Monday night, but no decisions have
yet been made.
Gore Offers I -and Again
One proposal, rejected by a special
parking coirunittce last year, was offered
once again Monday night.
Mayor Pro Tern Kd Gore said his offer
still stands to lease or deed to the
town property for parking on an
undeveloped section of west end
beach strand.
Council took no action on the pro- :
posal. i
In his original offer, Gore proposed
to build an access to the uune mc-a I
southwest of 40th Street, which would |
lie used for an estimated 200 parking <
spaces.
The parking committee, appointed
by former Mayor Francis Kanoy,
turned down the proposul last June 1
because it "would not be cost effective
per parking space and at best |
would only be a temporary solution."
In the interim, however, at least
one funding opportunity for a public
beach acccssway and parking spaces
on the island has been lost because of
council's inability to reach a decision
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According to Town Manager i
Wallace Martin, the town was award- j
ed a $17,000 grant through the Bench i
Access Program of the state Department
of Natural Resources. The i
money was never utilized. i
"We never used It because we
couldn't decide what to do," Martin i
explained, lie added that the $17,000 i
"was not enough to do the things we |
wanted to do."
Immediately preceding Gore's of- |
fer, Martin requested that council go j
on record to reinforce a 1972 ordinance
prohibiting parking on Main i
Street. ,
"I realize we have parking pro- i
blems," he said, "but we huvc safety
problems lliat need to la; addressed."
Msrtln said Uw \V11 ordlmmcQ
covers Main Street down through
12th Street. It does not cover tire extension
of Main Street, which could
bring up a icgni question if tin: ordinance
were enforcer! on the extension
as well. The town manager suggested
that the ordinance be amended
to include the extension.
The request did not receive action
Counctlwontnn llill said she "could
flitt ill Piuul fulfil nrwlnrttii" Miirlin'i!
request until further parking arrangements
on Die Island are made.
Martin aske<l If u special parking
area for Sunset Bench residents
could he deslttnoted, (lore responded
tluit "something could be worked
out."
The acting mayor then nude his offer
lie said a parking lot on the west
end could lie controlled by the town
and that users would be charged as
they are for any oilier service. He
spoke about getting non-resident
benchgoers "awav from the property
owners and nestle them down In the
dunes." Ttie area would Include
lurking pads, us well us boardwalks
over the dunes, lie said.
(lore also addressed Ids concern
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that when he first made the proposal
he, "for whatever reason, had come
under the attack of the Sunset Beach
Property Owners Association." He
said the group has a "misconception
of the reality of the facts as they were
and are. Instead of getting their facts
straight," he said of the group, "it
seems ine expedient thing to do was
stop (the proposal)."
wnen asseu aooui ine possiuuny 01
receiving further state grant money
for a project, Gore said a number of
Sunset property owners object to accepting
state money "because they
view it as opening the community up
Lu the public, if we do accept state
grant money, it will open it up," he
?iid.
Is there a need to do that when
there is paid parking available?"
Gore questioned back. "I would think
the property owners would object to
public parking." He explained that
beachgoers have been seen walking
up from the strand and using the
showers of occupied cottages as both
showers and bathrooms.
"Realistically, the alternative Is to
foot the bill ourselves and control it
solely for the property owners in
town," Gore said. "That's one
possibility. You can't live in a country
club atmosphere when taxpayers'
money is being spent and keep it exclusive
to members. That's the syndrome
we're in."
"I still don't know why council lias
no discussion on (the proposal),"
Gore said. "What's wrong with that
proposal?"
"I think we should explore every
possibility," Hill said. "This is a first
dep."
In ending the discussion, Gore
loted the seriousness of the town's
illcmmn. "It's a problem that will
not go away. It will only get worse." ,
Parking Spaces Possible?
While Martin received no action on
hln request to entorec the 1072 ordinance
prohibing parking on Main
Street, he was Instructed to Investigate
a way curs could be parked
else ? i r, >,.
Council directetl him to investigate
the possibility of parking cars on the
unused portion of Sunset Boulevard,
which serves as a causeway for the
island.
According to Martin, the boulevard
luis a rigtit of way of 100 feet. Of that,
40 feet is taken up by the road. Some
60 feet on the left luuul side of the
road upon entrance to the Island is
unused
Council asked Martin to contact the
state for assistance in determining if
the excess right of way can tie used
(or parking
Access Coordinator 1'resent
While much of Monday night's
meeting was spent talking about
public parking and access, council
members did not have many comments
or questions for Julia Shambough.
shorefront access coordinator
for the Department of Natural
Resources.
Sluunbough presented a slide show
which illuslriiliHl many ways o{ dealIR
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ing with public access to the beaches.
She also lianded out handbooks from
a state workshop on how to go about
providing for beach access.
Those involved in the state
workshop "overwhelmingly felt
(beach access) is something good
towns and good county s do. It is
almost a civic resnonsihilitv. she
said.
Several of the slides showed public
accessways at Ocean Isle Beach.
Each accessway had signs, clearly
marking it as public.
On an ironic note, Shambough said
the most important component in
constructing public accesswavs to
the beach is to provide parking.
She said the cost of an accessway
complex complete with parking, septic
tank and water would run between
$80,000 and $100,000, assuming the
purchase of land is necessary.
While her office has committed all
funds from $1 million appropriated
by the state legislature in 1981 for the
accessway program, Shambough
said refunding of the program could
come at any time.
"We would certainly look
favorably on an application from
Sunset Beach. You have a beautiful
shoreline and a beautitui estuarine
system, and it's hard to get to."
She added that grants are
available on a 25 percent local match
basis, but that the 25 percent requirement
is not set in stone.
In thanking Shambough for appearing
before council, Gore said
Sunset Beach will continue to work
towards a beach access program.
While admitting that all parties involved
liave not been able to agree on
a course of action, the acting mayor
said council "will reexamine" the
issue, "and determine a way to aeconunodate
our citizens here."
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