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PINE KNOLL SHOSE LINS
Issue 38 June 19?6
Editors: Mary Doll
Betty Hammon
LAND USE PLAN meeting at the Marine Resources Center, May 19
In 1974 the N.C. Legislature passed the Coastal Area Management Act, providin
assistance for developing plans and systems for better management of our fra
gile coastal areas. At the PKS meeting, Larry Jerome presented the revised
1970 Land Use plan for the town, A large number of interested citizens were
there to discuss the plan, Kr, Paul Foster, consultant and advisor, also
caue for this important meetinr^. The plan, copies of v/hich are available at
the Toi^ Hall if you have not yet read it, reflects the desires of the voters
as indicated in replies from questionnaires sent out previously. Pine lOioll
Shores recognizes that much of our town lies within fragile areas of environ
mental concern and will take necessary .neasures to protect ocean and sound
shorelines, dunes, salt marshes, maritiiiie forests, and the quality of all •
waters. The plan incorporates the PKS zoning ordinances, the restrictive
covenants of the Roosevelt interests governing land use, and the recommenda
tions of the Coastal Resources Management Commission. Questions were raised
about the adequacy of the water supply for the Outer Banks, and Chairman
Jerome told the meeting that the Coastal Resources Commission has recoiiimended
further study of this problem.
Following adjournment of the meeting, the PKS Board of Commissioners met to
take action on the Land Use Plan, They approved unanimously the revised 1976
Land Use Plan for Pine ICnoll Shores.
C0]yiiiISSI0N3PvS M;r;!;TIHG: The Board announced that the street leading from
Bridges Street to the Ilarine Resources Center has been named Roosevelt Drive,
The Roosevelt family, donors of the property, have written a letter of appre
ciation and acceptance of the action of the Board, Chief Overman reported
on the condition of the police cars and asked permission to enter negotiations
for purchase of the next patrol car, PerxUission v/as granted. Possibility
of lowering the speed limit on Salter Path Road v/as discussed. Such a
change would have to come from the N,C, State Department of Transportation
and is not likely to be made in the near future, according to Commissioner
Browne,
Mayor Haller reminded citizens present that trucks and heavily loaded equip
ment may not use tiie Oalcleaf Drive Bridge and asked that violations be re
ported, Repair or replacerjent of this bridge would be a major expense for
the town.
The budget meeting has been cancelled until discussions with the Atlantic
Beach Fire Department are completed. Date for the budget meeting will be
announced later.
Two requests for funds v/ere received a:id taken under advise..lent, First was
an appeal for funds to carry on the v/ork of the Carteret Council of Aging,
region P of the Neuse River Council of Governments, in their program which
sefeves 5I000 aging members of whom S2% are in the low income group. Money
would be used for bus transportation to and from doctors, etc., and could be
handled through ’’Community Action,” The second appeal was a one-ti-Vie request
for financial aid for the Morehead Little League.
AH
JO JOHNSON ( wife of REX, son of PKS's MARJ and FRAUK), Beaufort, is the
iievr director of the county’s Voluntary Action Center, operating out of Beacon
House on Evans St, The program is possible through a Manpower Grant adminis
tered by the county and serves as a clearinghouse for volunteers in nonprofit
organizations. Through this newsletter Pine Knoll Shores residents are urged
\o ’’put themselves on file”, as it were, v/ith Jo, and they will eventually be
placed in work that v/ill suit them best. Voluntary Action Centers are being
created in many communitijs and are proving most successful in guiding the
right volunteers to their kind of volunteer activity, ,,,Like Beacon House,
VAC needs funds to keep going; many PKS'ers have left behind favorite charitif
and may discover taat one of these two organizations may be a terrific spot
to center their donations on - drop in at Beacon House some day soon and see.