PINS KI^^OLL SHORE LINE ISSUE 22 FEBRUARY 1975 BOMD OF COMMISSIONERS* MEETING, JANUARY 9, 1975 As a result of a tall: by Beacon House Di'ug Abuse Center representatives at the December meeting, the Board movad to send them a contribution. Water rate increase vas di£»CiSS3Q, and townspeople were encouraged to visit tl^ To".m Hall to read the proposal posted there and to Krite lettei:^, if they feel moved to do so, to the Attorney General®s Office in Raleigh, sending copies of their letters to the Mayor in order thot he can present a, cheaf of letters with ov^ ca.^e when it j.s hand3.ed for los by counsel February 27 in EaD.elgh, Cc-7imissioner JJray read the report of the Planning Board and its project list, an impressive one. It dncluaes; 1# A FIRE PRCT3CTICN STUI//* a study to find out ways of reducing fire risks in the Town^, their costs, and the effect on insurance rates, 2. STREET NUMB^iEING ?ROJ£:CT 3. LOOKrXG INTO A OCllPENSeVnON AND EXPENSE REIMBURSING FOR ELECTED OFFICIAIS OF TFa TOWN. COMM'DKGIAL .^IGN OHr’INANCE 5. STUDY OF TOWN WATuiP.WAX PROBLEMS 6. DPr.rr:LOPMEx*T of ST/d:DABl£ for COMMERCIAL BUIIJDING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN. 7. EXTHA-TEFiRITCRIA?./ :t;XPAXoION TO THE WEST AND EAST OF TOWN. 8. STUD): OF Tr.-N WATExt S>JTiiM AXD RELaTBD PROBLEMS (action will be delayed until pend;'.rig rate i-^curease application has been acted upon*) 9. REV’I5W 01’’ FIF.E AND TH/lFFIC ORDINANCES 10, dev£;lopm.b]::t of town Im'jitd uSx3 plan 11, SUBDIVISION REVIEW AND A1’PR0V.AL PROGRAM REMINDiiR — PKS city tags on front bumpers are mandatory -- NOWl Available at Town liall , one dollar. ROGER POWELL, Manager of the Whaler Inn in PKS, has announced that the Whaler Inn has turned into a coffee house Friday and Saturday evenings from 7*30 until midiixghx,, {^serving, in addition to its regular menu, sandwiches, cheeses, and Kines Dy the carafe, as well as its usual brown bagglngfacilities, and offering live folk and blues style entertainment, without cover charge, oOo —— — MIIIOSA P^K got a big face lift recently when a trusty group of hardy residents went at it with much vigor,* among them were Sy Eezuyen, Frank Johnson, V^aightsel Hicks5 Ken Kriight. Fred Mehlin, Paul Kincaid, Ed Sigall, Ed Warner and Ili.Lt Yaeok, all members of the Pine Knoll Association which is responsible for parks upkeep, oOo The fou:?th in a series of five Ccmmunity Fonjup.« was held at CTI Thursday, Jan. 23^, with Youth Opporb’onities as its theme, and DR. LEO JENKINS, Chancellor of ECU ai5 its principal f-;pea.i.:o‘Cj, who believes, he said, that educational OT>portuni~ tia'r: for ;;''outh should be a ri'lxt.ure of education for jobs and education for life- et/_o - ho"sr to iaako a living and how to live* Other speake'’'s were Ms, *^hirley ra'ocock of the Carteret County Schools, Guy G.'b'os, Direcio"; of Student Personnel So’^-vice?, at CTI, Dale Dye . -^yrmer Manager of the Na C» Ei»:ployment Security Co*.i- iriis£ion> and Wiley Wall, Position Classification Specialist at Cherry Point, DR, ED BAKER of PKS substituted for flu-stricken Mayor JIM REDFIELD as moderator, oOo - THE FRBiD MEHLINS on E.lm Court, slip away to Vermont everjr summer, and begin their nearcn about this time for renters to keep things in order during their absence, li' >^.ny of cur readers know people, without pets or children, who might like to spend froiii about June to October in a nice house on the canal, do give Fred and Eleanor a call at 726-2915 and talk about it. Public opinions were expressed at an open hearing held Thursday 3^th January at the Atlantis Lodge regarding a provision in the Town's charter limiting the Board*s ‘^-.pending, Tho part of the charter (Section 7*6) reads as follo’rs: "The Board of Comiiioftioners shall not expend tax 3r.:nies in eEoess of $10,000 for any single new facility or major improvement without first