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4 - Morrisville and Preston Progress, Thursday, Nov. 27,1997 Apartments Continued from page 1 Parkway and the future James Jackson Avenue. The project is being developed at a density of 5.73 dwelling units per acre. The approvals did not come with out lengthy discussions. Town Engineer Jay Gibson and Fire Chief Tony Chiotakis ex pressed concerns about the impact of traffic from the Legends devel opment on Morrisville Parkway. At Gibson’s request, the developers have asked the North Carolina De partment of Transportation to make a cut in the median at the com plex’s entrance. Gibson asked that the board wait until the median cut was approved before approving the project. Chiotakis also cautioned the board that the median cut is needed. He said when Preston originally brought the plan to the town, the land was to be used for a refresh ment center for the golf course. He said the original plan would have had negligible traffic impact. Karl Blackley of Preston Devel opment cited a traffic report con ducted by Kimlcy-Home Associ ates, traffic engineers, stating that even without the median cut, traffic from the project will remain within reasonable limits. “Morrisville Parkway is not even close to capacity,” he said. “We will do everything we can with DOT, but we still think we have a viable project, even without the curb cut,” he said. Sauls made the motion to approve the project, seconded by Commis sioner Leavy Barbee. “We’re gonna have traffic prob lems from now on,” Barbee said, before making his second. “I don't see the idea of waiting for DOT. DOT will in time correct the traffic problems.” Commissioner Mark Silver-Smith voted against the project. The road through Cameron Chase Apartments would connect Morris ville Parkway to the future Cary Parkway, and Gibson asked that the road be straightened and widened to be used as a traffic connector, but developers said it would take up about 15 percent of the site, and make it economically unfeasible. Commissioners Phyllis Newnam and Mark Silver-Smith also dis agreed with Gibson. “You wouldn’t want heavy traffic going through a residential area,” Mrs. Newnam said. “You’d have a mess.” Silver-Smith said, “We wouldn't want to destroy something that’s viable.” The complex also featured gated entrances on both sides, and devel opers said they were willing to re move the gates. The extension of Cary Parkway, which would tie into the develop ment, is not slated to be completed until early 2000. The project was approved unani mously with the removal of the gated entrances. In other planning matters, the board approved a plan that will define the utility service and an nexation boundary between Dur ham and Morrisville at the border of the two towns. The boundary line substantially follows the Wake—Durham county line with slight deviation. Also at the request of the town planner and engineer, the board considered a right-of-way dedica tion ordinance that would require developers to set aside property for later road-widening projects. This recommendation was forwarded to the planning board for its input and will return to the town board in December. The board also approved a 20,860 square foot flex building in Cedar Fork Industrial Park. Newcomers surprised at being eiected to board By Mary Beth Phillips Gordon Cromwell, who will be sworn in as mayor on Dec. 8, was surprised to be elected, so much so that he hadn't cancelled his usual Tuesday night Bible Study. “I hadn't planned to win, so why change it?” he asked, adding that there was a celebratory mood at the meeting. Bill Case was not expecting to win either. He and the other newly elected board member Jan Faulkner were together at the Morrisville Community Center polling place with their friend, incumbent mayor Margaret Broadwell. When they heard the results, “at first I was in shock,” Case said. Ms. Faulkner was excited about being elected, but “very disap pointed that Margaret didn’t get elected. I think some of the bad publicity, bad letters, negative type stuff was a factor,” she said. But both she and Case say they want to pul all that behind them and do what is best for the town. The three incumbents, Broadwell, Billy Sauls and Phyllis Newnam were all seeking re-election and were defeated. Case said he has consulted with all three of them. “Those folks are a vital part of our town, and have been a vital part for two to eight years and more. There are a lot of ideas, a lot of resources from those folks that can be used.” Ms. Faulkner said she likes being involved with the town, and “I want to involve the people, the residents, the citizens of Morris ville. They kind of think they have been cut out of the loop. I want to speak for the people.” Cromwell, Case and Faulkner will join C.T. Moore, Mark Silver- Smith and Leavy Barbee on the board when they are sworn in in December. Cromwell spent Nov. 18-20 at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill with about 100 other newly elected officials, taking classes on everything from funding to land use to dealing with the media. Faulkner and Case plan to take a similar set of classes at a later time. Cromwell said the other newcom ers, “both have a desire to do the business of the town. They act like a professional group.... “I think the new board will work together well,” he added. All three agree that water and sewer capacity is the major issue confronting the town as they take School children donate coins, cans to help sick, needy The students at Morrisville Ele mentary School brought in canned goods to help those less fortunate, and also put coins in a large can for the Pennies From Heaven program which benefits the Make A Wish Foundation. As of Friday, the students had dropped in $170 worth of coins, but there were still coins that had not been counted. Kristi Lee Smith, guidance coun selor, hoped about $200 would be raised in the Pennies from Heaven drive. The Make A Wish Founda tion is a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to terminally ill chil dren. About 70 large boxes of canned goods will be donated to the Town of Morrisville for distribution to needy families. Morrisville police officers will pick up the canned goods and oversee their distribu tion. PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Robert A. Moran, Jr., D.D.S., M.S. Proudly announces the opening of his pediatric dental office in Cary. Dr. Moran specializes In dentistry for infants^ children^ adolescents and patients with special needs. Preston Corners 150 Preston Executive Dr., Suite 102 Cary, NC 27513 919-468-9775 The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a child's first visit six months after the first tooth erupts or by one year. their seats. Extending water and sewer to the parts of town that are not already served is a big priority with all three. “Ultimately we have to try to de cide what the town should look like five years down the road, because we are land bound and we can't go out and start annexing a lot of property,” Cromwell said. Ms. Faulkner, who must give up her seal on the planning board when she takes her seat on the board of commissioners also feels that an updated land use plan with designations for multi-family resi dential zoning is a priority. “Roads are another thing that we need to consider,” Ms. Faulkner said. “The density we have up and down Morrisville Parkway, along the 54 Morrisville Parkway area, I think there will be some major traf fic problems if we don't consider doing something with the roads, or limiting the density that can go in that area. If we go any further, we're going to have a problem.” Case said, “We need to sit down, and probably with work sessions and stuff, we need to set some goals, and get some future plans set up. It’s going to take some time, but I’m gearing up to dive right in and solve some of the issues of the town.” Cromwell said, “I think it’s going to be interesting. I think if we per form well, we can do a lot for the town.” Tree lighting set Dec. 7 The Town of Morrisville's Sev enth Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Open House will be held at Town Hall, 100 Town Hall Dr. on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. The Carolina Hurricane's Mascot, the Homeland Singers and the arri val of Santa will be part of the event. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation and Cultural Resources Department at 469-9760. The P rooress Offices located at 616 West Chatham Street P.O. Box 1539 Apex, NC 27502 Phone: (919) 362-6356 • Fax; (919) 362-1369 Ann Kirkland Publisher Suzette Rodriguez Executive Editor Publisried monthly by the KNI Newspaper Network. Bulk permit postage paid at Morrisville, NC 27560. POSTMASTER; Send address changes to The Morrisville & Preston Progress, P.O. Box 1539, Apex, NC 27502. Reach ALL the homes in Morrisville and Preston. Call 362-8356 to advertise! ONGOING CONSTRUCTION—Work on the town’s police station is several weeks behind schedule. The board is considering whether to charge the contractor a penalty for the delay. Town hopeful station ready by mid-December Work is still ongoing on the Mor risville Police Station building, but town officials are reserving judg ment whether to penalize the con tractor. The deadline had been extended from Sept. 23 to Oct. 22 earlier in the year. Interior work was still not complete Nov. 24. The contract allows the town to charge $500 per day for liquidated damages if the company fails to meet the deadline without good reason. Officials in the construction com pany, Webster Environmental, Inc. of Ruffin, say some of the prob lems were caused by delays in re ceiving architectural drawings, and mistakes in some of the drawing.s that later had to be corrected. They also had to wait for soil testing in the early part of the project. “We’d like to be in there by now,” acknowledged Town Man ager David Hodgkins, but he ex pects it to be at least mid-December before police are moving in to the new building. “Our main thrust right now is getting the project finished and having a quality project,” Hodgkins said. “The workmanship and eve rything seems to be fine.” The police department is currently located in about a 1,000 square foot building on Page Street in the resi dential section of old Morrisville. The new building, next to the town hall on Town Hall Drive will have 4,100 square feet. The contractor had to redo some of the cement work in July because it did not satisfy the architect over seeing the project, Smith-Sinnett Associates of Raleigh. At that time, the construction schedule was re vised and the deadline moved to Oct. 22. The construction contract was awarded last fall, and work began early this year. 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