Page 2 The Shoreline February 2005
Life at Town Hall - Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
By Joan Lamson, Mayor
Sometimes it seems like life at Town Hall
is just one meeting after another. A typical
day might be an early meeting in Morehead
City followed by a scheduled meeting at
Town Hall, followed by a much-needed meet
ing with Town Administrator, Betty Carr, to
go over what happened at the end of the day
yesterday and what else is on the schedule for
today, plus what needs to be done on the next
project, then on to a lunch meeting (Rotary, if
it’s Tuesday), maybe a phone meeting with a
commissioner, and then another commis
sioner dropping in, and a citizen who has
something to discuss, and a few phone calls to
set up meetings for next week and
I think you can see where this is going,
right? Let me speak in support of meetings
lest you think I am complaining. I believe
meetings are the best way to get things done.
Meetings are powerful things. The anatomy
of a meeting - an agenda, recognition of who
is present and who is absent, a brief statement
reconfirming the purpose of the meeting,
some dialogue about what we have already
done (perhaps the minutes of the last meet
ing) or want to do, the statement of the issue,
discussion, consensus or agreement to con
tinue, identification of the next steps and
setting the date for the next meeting all work
together to move a project along.
Fire & EMS Report
By Bruce Flynt, acting Emergency Services Director
Pine Knoll Shores Fire and EMS responded to eight fire calls and 16 EMS calls
for the month of December. Three fire calls were mutual aid to Atlantic Beach,
one mutual aid to Salter Path, one illegal burning without a permit, one illegal
burning on private property.
We had a response on December 29,2004 to Pelican Point to a fully involved
fire of a residence which was under construction. At this time the cause of fire is
under investigation.
Pine Knoll Shore Fire and EMS responded to 16 calls. Eleven calls were
Advanced Life Support calls, five were Basic Life Support, 11 transports and 5
refusals. December was a busy month for Fire and EMS personnel.
2004 Annual Statistics
Total Numtaer of Calls
Fire
EfV/IS
Total Training Hours
Fire & EMS
T raining
Miscellaneous
Rire Pront/lnspections
Total Dollar Loss
Total Property Value
233
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T9-4
3860
603
3066
191
48
S270.000.00
S2.s00.000.00
F^ira Calls
11
19 18
22
16
Informal meetings work toward a purpose
as well. Brief messages passed along, obser
vations of situations, opinions, ideas, com
ments, and even jokes add to the mix of
information, lend insight or just lighten the
day which is sometimes much needed. These
meetings “on the fly” can be more valuable
than one might imagine if encouraged and
considered seriously (even the jokes.)
So, if you are told the Mayor is “in a
meeting” just please know that the Mayor
looks forward to a meeting with you, too. And
if the Mayor is not in? Well, perhaps the
Mayor is escaping meetings.. .for just a little
while.
Dick Wiker
Mrs. Mary Wiker wishes to thank
the community of Pine Knoll Shores for
“your love and prayers that have given me so
much support after the death of my beloved
husband Dick.”
The Wikers, married for 62 years,
moved to Pine Knoll Shores 21 years ago
after Dick’s retirement from Coming Glass,
where he worked for 41 years. They had
made their home before that in Painted Post
in upstate New York.
Dick, like his wife, was active in
many phases of community life. His friends
in such groups as Bogue Banks Country Club
and the Ancient Mariners Bowling League
will miss his companionship, his subtle wit
and his quiet good humor. Dick was 84.
The,
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So, Just What is the Right-of-Way?
By Joe Culpepper, Chris Jones and Joan Lamson
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You might have thought that there is a 10
foot right-of-way on each side of every street.
Wrong!
The rights-of-way of town streets vary in
width depending on the location. Major streets
and highways, residential and subdivision
streets differ considerably in footage.
Subdivision street layouts, except private
subdivisions, must follow the width indicated
by location on any official plans or maps for
the town. The rights-of-way are also on a map
recorded at the courthouse in Beaufort. Here
are some of the guidelines.
For Highway 58 (AKA Salter Path Rd.) the
right-of-way is 100 feet including the street
itself - even where town streets meet the
highway. Also, contrary to popular belief, the
street is NOT always in the center of the right-
of-way, confusing the issue even further.
Some of the town streets are 60 feet wide
and some are not. All of Mimosa Blvd. is 80
feet wide and the entrance to Oakleaf Dr.
from Salter Path Rd. is 80 feet wide to Fair
way Villas. Pine Knoll Blvd. is 100 feet wide
and Roosevelt Blvd. is 100 feet wide. You
can use the location of water meters as a “rule
of thumb” marker, but a more certain way is
to locate the iron pipe that marks the comer of
each property and is shared by the neighbor
ing property.
The important thing to remember is that the
Rights-of-way can be used for parking except
for the hours from midnight to 6:00 a.m. and
NO PART of the vehicle can extend onto the
paved portion of the public street.
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