Here are a few things happening at town
hall.
Public Services Department (PSD)
winter work plan. PSD Director Sonny
Cunningham will have a busy winter over
the next four months. There are a number
of projects I would like to make the public
aware of heading into the cool weather.
This list is not the entirety of his workload,
but will have the most impact within our
neighborhoods.
• Hydrant and valve replacement. Throughout the town, but particularly on
the east end. Sonny is going to replace a number of old fire hydrants which
have no valves from the mains to which they are connected. This will
cause some water service interruption as we move through town, and we
will do our best to keep everyone apprised.
• Road repaving. We will do some road repaving at several cul-de-sacs that
are in particularly bad shape as a continuation of work started last year.
• New steps at town hall. We are going to replace all of the steps and ramps
at the front and back entrance of town hall. These are quite weathered and
likely out of code.
• Public beach access upgrades. The beach accesses at the Hampton Inn on
the far eastern end of town and the Ocean Glen condominiums on the
far western end of the town will be replaced. These are two of the original
accesses that were installed nearly 20 years ago, and they are in poor
shape.
East End Phase II stormwater project. We expect this to be under
construction by the time you are reading this. Our easements have been
acquired, and we hope to have this work done prior to Christmas. In January we
will start work on the golf course grounds once we work out our final agreement
with the country club. We have been sending out messages to impacted
homeowners on the east end. Please let us know if you want to be added to this
list.
Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (CCEC) tree trimming. As of
this writing this trimming has been delayed by CCEC to December. In early
November, we began marking trees that are problematic for powerlines
and will be heavily disfigured by the line clearing. Our plan is to coordinate
with homeowners and replace trees where possible. We want to balance the
protection of our trees with the public safety issue of maintaining reliable power
supply.
Water leaks on our system. PSD Director Sonny Cunningham has completed
a leak detection effort along all 29 miles of our water mains in town. He found
three significant leaks with an acoustic device and has addressed all of these.
Cyber security analysis. In early December a contractor endorsed by the
North Carolina League of Municipalities will conduct a cyber security analysis
at town hall. Some communities in North Carolina have been impacted by
ransomware attacks, and we are trying to avoid this.
For oceanfront homeowners: static line exception update. Ten years ago
Pine Knoll Shores, along with Indian Beach and Emerald Isle, applied for a
static line exception to the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management.
Tills exception allows property owners to use the existing vegetdition line as
their setback anchor (that is, the landward setback distance at which a structure
must be built), rather than a line drawn on a map nearly 20 years ago. Generally
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speaking, the exception was granted in 2010, and we must submit a renewal
report that needs to be approved every five years. We completed one in 2015,
and last month had this extended again. Greg “Rudi” Rudolph in the county
Shore Protection Office did the heavy lifting for us. If you are an oceanfront
owner and this is all Greek to you, contact Town Planner Kevin Reed at kreed@
townofpks.com.
Issues with garbage and recycling services. Next year is our five-year
renewal with our garbage and recycling hauler, GEL. This past summer we
received a larger than normal number of complaints concerning poor service
and rough handling of garbage cans. We are considering hiring an outside
consultant for next years request for proposals and bidding. Our intent is to try
to create some competition and get the best service possible.
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