Next dinner with the mayor. The next
dinner with the mayor will be on a Saturday
night in February, somewhere in the greater
Raleigh area. This will allow our second-home
owners to meet with the mayor in mid-winter,
close to home, and receive an update on our
early February 2020 annual planning meeting.
If you know of a location that has a private area
that can seat 35-40 people, please email me at
manager@townofpks.com. We will distribute
the details via email, so if you are not signed up for the town’s email alerts, please go
to townofpks.com and click on “Sign up for Constant Contact Here.”
Hurricane Dorian cleanup and pine beetle tree cleanup. Fire Chief Jason
Baker and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) did a great job
putting together the required monitoring efforts, and we completed cleanup from
Hurricane Dorian on October 4. The work by CERT was worth it: FEMA approved
our debris cleanup costs for federal reimbursement, so the FEMA-compliance
monitoring work paid off. By the time you are reading this, we will be picking up
the last of the trees from the summer’s pine beetle outbreak. The deadline to have
the trees on the right of way from the pine beetle issue is Eriday, November 8.
New roof at town hall. The town is going to replace the roof at town hall
this winter. The storms of the past two years have damaged enough shingles to
necessitate this step. There should be no interruption to town hall services. The
project will include the removal of the shingles and subsurface, but no framing or
plywood will be removed.
Public safety building work pending. As you have seen by now, the trailer
has been removed from the lot next to the public safety building. As of this
writing, we are two weeks away from opening bids to have the drywall replaced,
the floor installed, and the windows replaced for the entire building. At present
the department is working out of their normal spaces, albeit without flooring or
drywall. We hope to have things back to normal by the end of this year.
Street drainage work. The town is going to do some street drainage work in
three specific areas where we have seen flooding and drainage issues in the past.
We have selected these three spots based on areas of frequent ponding or poor
drainage. They are:
• the north end of Loblolly near street address 168
• the Walnut-Acorn intersection, along with Acorn Court proper
• the intersection of Yaupon and Oakleaf
We will meet with neighbors in these areas ahead of time to let you know what
we are going to do. Ail work will be in the town right of way area.
Phase II Stormwater Project. There is good news to pass along on this project.
Thanks to Town Clerk Sarah Williams’ diligent work with the North Carolina
Coastal Federation and Public Services Director Sonny Cunningham’s work to
demonstrate that the best way to mitigate the impacts of stormwater in the east end
of town is to manage the water table. Pine Knoll Shores has been awarded a grant
by the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund to design and construct the Pine
Knoll Shores East End Phase II Stormwater Project. We will soon be contacting
many of you to initiate discussions on easements for the underground line that will
run from Willow to Myrtle Court. The town is in the process of meeting with those
citizens whose property is near the location of the line. We are also talking to the
Crystal Coast Country Club about the project.
Setbacks. The Board of Commissioners has directed the Planning Board to
examine our setback ordinance. Specifically, the commissioners want the Planning
Board to examine allowances for HVAC and generators inside setbacks. This was
precipitated by five recent cases of this issue coming up. Pine Knoll Shores is the
only town in the area that has this restriction, and the board will take a look to see if
it makes sense still today.
Post-Florence beach project. In early October, the town signed a contract
with Great Lakes Dredge 8c Dock for the renourishment project we announced on
September 20. Carteret County Shore Protection Officer Greg “Rudi” Rudolph has
put together an informative project web page at carteretcountync.gov/797/Post-
Florence-Renourishment-Project. The project plans are on display in town hall, and
all are welcome to stop by to see the design.
A reminder is extended to oceanfront homeowners to hold off on any stairs/
fences/vegetation until after the sand has been delivered and the vegetation installed.
The project will start in February 2020.
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