Board
kills
overlay
Residents object
to regulations
By Ron Pago
The people spdce and Morrisville
town officials listened. A move to
make Airpcnt Boulevard a "show-
place entrance" is dead.
In a special mid-week meeting,
the Morrisville Board of Com
missioners voted unanimously to
abandtm its {aoposed zoning over
lay that carried stringent regula
tions for new construction along a
major portion of the busy roadway.
The latest action followed a meet
ing earlier this month in which
several resid^ts of the area ap
peared to again voice strong cq)po-
sition to the fwoposed zoning over
lay just as they had at previous
town board and planning and
zoning board meetings.
Town Planner Leisa Powell
rqmrted at the earlier meeting that
the planning board reccanmended
against the amendment to the
zoning ordinance.
But aftex bearing the qiposition
and the planning board’s feeling,
cmnmissioners tabled the subject
for fiirtb^ study, despite a plea by
one of its memlters to recognize the
public’s opposition and kill the
proposal.
"The planning board understands
this is not something dial has to be
done," said Commissioner Mark
Silver-Smith, who voted against ta
bling the issue. "I don’t feel tabling
this will do any good."
In a final d^ision last week, the
board voted unanimtmsly to drop
the plan. The proposed overlay
would have covered a portion of
Airpcnt Boulevard fix«n its inter
section with 1-40 to its intersection
with the Cedar Fork Outlaw sewer
line. It would have included all
land within 1,000 feet on both sides
of the road.
Town Manager David Hodgkins
explained at an earlier meeting that
the proposed overlay was a guide to
protect the character of one of the
town’s ntajor thoroughfares.
"Airport Boulevard has always
been considered the main entrance
to Morrisville," Hodgkins said.
But Charles Conklin of 514 Air
port Boulevard said he’s never con
sidered the roadway a major entry
to the town and that he’s lived here
for 25 years.
"If there’s a major road, it’s N.C.
54," be said. "And besides, the new
district only goes to a cotain point
and stops. Eighty-five to 90 percent
of that is already developed."
Conklin said the move would put
an undue hardship on the people
who live diere. "I think it’s a bad
practice for commissioners to pick
out spots for special designations,
and I urge you to turn down the
plan."
AnothCT resident along the road
way, Randy Watkins, said the plan
ning board "turned (the idea) down
totally. We are against this. Why it
stops at Cedar Forks, well, I won’t
ev^ go into that, but please turn it
down. The people of Airport Bou
levard need not be subjected to this.
We don’t need it"
Waddns had appeared at the ini
tial bearing on the sbowplace
zoning, as did resident Bill
Buchanan of 109 Marcom Drive.
Buchanan was also back, this time
to emphasize he felt the new over
lay would devalue property. "This
will h^pen because of restric
tions," he said.
The overlay plan would not have
changed the existing mix of un
derlying districts such as industrial,
commercial, business and agricul
ture, except for certain prohibited
uses under the showcase designa
tions.
Manufacturing, for example,
would have been prohibited, as
would construction of businesses
and storage of construction
materials and heavy equipment.
Warehouses and activities related
to agriculture, such as sterage of
grain and other agriculturally
grown products, leasing of farm
equiixnent, and selling feed and
grain products would not be
permitt^.
Landsctqjing comes under more
scrutiny and no land-disturbing or
site-improvement activities, grad
ing or timbering would have been
allowed within the proposed over
lay prior to the approval of either a
site plan or subdivision plan by the
town board.
Th« Morrisville and Preston Progress, Thursday, August 29,1996 - 7
Scott says Shiloh’s sewer setup stinks
Continued from page 1
hours and many days mapping out
the projects. He said the funds will
come from $100,000 in a federal
Community Development Block
Grant and $225,000 from Water
and Sewer Capital Reserve, or
Water and Sewer Fund Balance at
the town manager’s discretion.
"There should be enough already
set asi^ to design and permit this
- $22,000 already tq)proved by the
town bo^d," Sauls added. But
CommissicHier Silver-Smith wasn’t
satisfied, saying be hadn’t received
information about the proposals un
til a day before the meeting.
He stressed that he has long been
in favor of getting sewer services to
Shildi, adding l^r that he felt the
financing plan had been put togeth
er by the town manager and consul
ting engineer only four days earlier.
Turning to Town Manager David
Hodgkins, Silver-Smith asked:
"Where are we getting this money
from? As Hodgkins started to reply,
Silver-Smith cut him off, with the
question "Any reports from Julia
(referring to Julia Powell, the town
finance officer) on where we get
the money from?"
Hodgkins started again, only to
hear Silver-Smith ask: "Any
reports? I’ve got to be covered by
where the money ccanes from. 1
want to see the figures.” He also
said be was against it because ap
proval was sought before getting a
design and befme bidding could
determine the actiial cost
Hie meeting ended after the 4-1
vote of qiproval. Silver-Smith got
up, and ghmcing at the audience as
he walked out of chambers, said, "I
know it’s political, guys."
Sauls bad earlier told a handful of
residents at the meeting, most of
whom had shown up at the special
session to hear the board’s decision
on a zoning overlay plan fix Air-
p(Xt Boulevard which was earlier
defeated, that he and Newnam had
run into a ItM of dead ends and had
to go back to the drawing board
during the sewer studies. "From
Commissioner Newnam and 1, this
is the most important project we
have bad die pleasure of bringing to
this board. Somehow, with the help
of God, we did get this project to-
getbCT," be said.
Commissioner C.T Moore called
it the biggest project the town will
ever see. "It’s been wanted as long
as I can remmnber. It was a major
tc^c four years or five years ago at
election time. These two com
missioners went out of their way
and worked mcmtbs on this and
found a way to put in a whole lot of
sewer that can be affixded and
won’t hurt anyone money wise."
Commissioner Leavy Barbee,
whose district includes Shiloh, said
he echoed Mocxe’s feelings. "I
think this shows the town is on the
right road," be said, expressing his
thanks for the efforts of both New
man and Sauls. "There is a lot of
potential growth in that area. I
don’t think the money can be spent
much better than this project It’s
wonderful."
Contract awarded for sewer line connection
By Ron Page
The long-awaited Cary-to-
Morrisville waste water treatment
connection is a step closer to
reality.
A $1,174,605 million contract for
ccxistruction of the connecting sys
tem has been awarded to the low
bidder, J.F. Wilk^son Construction
Conqjany of Morrisville. Five bids
were received for the project
which will allow the town to buy
services from Cary and close the
two waste water treatment plants it
now uses.
"We’ve been waiting for this mo
ment for months and years," Town
Manager David Hodgkins told
Morrisville town commissioners.
He said the bid fell within an
original estimate.
Mayor Pro Tern Billy Sauls said
the connection was something near
and dear to his heart.
"This is another step toward get
ting this completed. I’m just so
proud we’re this close," be said.
A public hearing held to gather
oxnment on the project produced
no otjections. Immediately foUow-
ing, commissiCHiers voted to send
their financing plan, which calk for
borrowing money from BB&T
Leasing Co., to die Local Govon-
ment Commission for ^proval.
The commissicm, a state agency
that oversees the accounting prac
tices of municipalities, is expected
to make a decision on the proposal
by SepL 3.
Three lending institutions sub
mitted {voposals for financing the
project, and BB&T offered the
most attractive with a maximum in
terest rate of 5.12 percent annually
on a maximum loan of $1.3 mil
lion.
Bass, Nixon & Kennedy Inc. of
Raleigh, the town’s consulting
engineering company, recom
mended accqiting die lowest con
struction bid, Hodgkins explained.
The firm designed the connection
and estimated that overall costs
would run between $1 million and
$1.25 million at current market
conditions.
A shortage of sewer capacity has
been a critical {xoblem that has
balled development in some parts
of town. The connection, construc
tion for which will start within a
month, is expected to be completed
next year, but the final part of the
construction must await Cary’s
completion of an expansion cur
rently under way at its plant on the
north side of town.
The contract calls for a tie-in be
tween Morrisville and Cary so that
the largo’ town can accept the flow,
Hodgkins noted, adding that the
pact calls for Cary to eventually al
locate 2 million gallons of sewage
capacity daily to Morrisville and 3
million gallons of water daily from
the Jordan Lake plant, which the
larger town owns with Apex. That
20-year contract was signed last
September.
Morrisville’s two waste water
treatment plants will no longer treat
waste after the connection system
is in operation. Located at Aviation
Parkway and Perimeter Park, they
will be converted to help send
sewage to Cary.
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Soil contamination a concern
at site for new fire station
By Ron Page
Morrisville’s town com
missioners have agreed to look a
little more deeply into the proposed
site for a new fire station they want
to build at the intersection of N.C.
54 and McCrunmon Parkway.
They want to double-check the
possibility of underground fuel
tanks that could create an environ
mental problem.
Commission's had unanimously
^jproved $230,000 to buy a 4.1-
acre site owned by Charles and
Nancy Zimmerli. During the initial
phases of the purchase process,
studies indicated the existence of
one underground fuel oil tank as
well as the possibility of additional
fuel tanks and/or contaminated soil
on site.
Town Manger David Hodgkins
told commissioners that the
owner’s environmental engineer
caifirmed environmental problems
and recommended additional work
bed(«e.
Hodgkins said he and Fire Chief
Tony Chiotakis and Town Attorney
Frank Gray agreed that closing on
the matter could not take place with
so many question still unanswered.
He emphasized the Zimm^lis have
been coop^ative and have agreed
to take care of all problems un
covered to date.
Hodgkins said additional condi
tions have been recommended to
the original contract which should
be met before closing, and that the
owners are willing to meet them so
long as they know tire town is
moving toward closing on the prop
erty.
Gray noted that environmental
engineers have determined that
petroleum contamination is present
in the ground water in concentra
tions exceeding standards set by the
state.
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