Sunset Beach To Consider
Ciore's Parking Otter Again
niE BRUNSWirK BEA(!ON. Thursday. January* 8. 1987 Page 3-A
HY TEIIKY POPE
With both developer Ed (Jorc and
fellow council nicinbcrs expressing u
willingness to coinpromiM\ Sunset
Beach Town Council Monday moved
one step closer to accepting an offer
th.'jt would give the town 35 acres for
parking on the Island's west end.
The board also reviewed a plan
thill would provide up to 89 parking
spaces at tliree locations on the
island. Kights*of'Way owned by the
town would be converted into parking
spaces while elevated crosswalks
wouki be built to tlie beach, said
council member Minnie Hunt.
Julia Sliambough. coordinator of
the N.C. l>cpartinent of Natural
Kcsoiirces and Coimnunity Develop
ment public acce.ss program, told the
board lluit each of the proposals
would be considered for state funding
session, but did agree to have
Isenbcrg reword the deed to
eliminate a clause tlial would allow
tile land to revert back to the Gore
family under certain conditions.
Ms. Hunt -laid it was the "feeling of
the council that they wanted a fee
simple deed" with no reversion
clause. "When tlie parking lot is
there, it is Uierc," she added. "Once
there is a parking lot there, I want to
make sure the town has it forever."
Isenbcrg was instructed by the
board to reword Uic deed to state that
if the town begias construction on the
parking lot within a certain number
of years, then its ownership would go
to the town. If the town fails to begin
construction during that time, then
the land would revert back to tile
Gore family.
Gore said he is willing to give the
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town IT'.uZ
town. However, she warned that
funds would be limited since only
5&00.000 is expected tliis year from
the N.C. General Assembly for the
beach access program, which In
cludes 20 counties.
Councilman and developer Ed
Gore asked the board Monday to
reconsider his offer to donate j5
acres to the town for parking. Gore
offered to donate the land last year
provided the area be used for parking
by the town, but board members
could not agree on the wording of the
deed. The matter was tabled again at
the November meeting.
Gore asked the board Monday to go
into executive session, if necessary,
to fliscuss the deed with Town At
torney Mike Iscnberg.
The board did not go Into executive
coastructing the parking iot since it
may tak** y*»«n }>»*fore funds are
available.
Members had been hesitant to ac
cept Gore’s initial condition that the
properly revert back to his family at
any time it was no longer t;eing used
for parking.
llic board is expected to vote on
the revised deed at its February
meeting.
Ms. Shambough advised the town
to "get some experience with smaller
projects before working on this
larger project." She said the plan to
construct 89 parking spaces and
crosswalks to the beach at various
locations may have to come In phases
since the entire package might cost
$500,000, the agency’s entire budget.
Providing parking on the 35 acres
First Highway Fatality
Of Year Is Motorcyclist
Bninswick County's first highway
fatality of 1987 was a motorcyclist
from Wilmington, who died when
thrown from his 1985 Honda cycl** at
5:50 p.m. Saturday, nine miles west
of Bciviiic.
Curwood Haynes Inman, 56, was
traveling cast on U.S. 74, at a speed
estimated by 'frooper T.W. Caulder
as 90 miles per hour.
Failing to make a curve, Iiui'ian
ran off the road and onto the median,
where he overturned several times.
He was then thrown from the vehi
cle and came to rest in a ditch on the
median.
The cycle sustained about $3,000 in
damages.
New Year’s Day saw two highway
accidents in the county, both
resulting in Class A or incapacitating
injuries.
William Glenn Harrison Jr., 61, of
Burlington, N.C., was traveling east
on N.C. 211 at 2:40 p.m., 13 miles west
of Shallotte, driving a 1986 Chevrolet
van.
According to Trooper B.D. Ear
nhardt, he was driving too fast to
negotiate the curve (about 75 mph)
and ran off the roadway, out of con
trol. Careening back across the road,
Harrison struck a pine tree on the
MUf^l 08\lC«
He was charged with driving too
fast for conditions, and was taken to
Brun.swi'*^ Hospital for treatment.
He was not wearing a seat belt, said
Earnhardt.
The vehicle sustained $10,000 in
damages.
About 5 a.m. that day, Martha Bab-
son Fowler, 30, of Ash, was driving a
1976 Chevrolet on rural paved road
1330, about ten miles west of
Shallotte.
Trooper B.C. Jones said she ran off
the right side of the road and struck a
driveway culvert, suffering Class A
injuries. She was taken to Columbus
County Hospital in WhiteviUe.
Fowler, who was wearing a seat
belt, was charged with exceeding
safe speed.
Damages to her car amounted to
about $2,000.
County Waters Still Closed
All shellfishing waters in
Bninswick County were closed Fri
day by the Division of Marine
Fisheries, N.C. Department of
Natural Resources and Community
Development.
Rich Carpenter, southern regional
manager for Marine Fisheries, said
the action was taken following tlic
turbulent weather of Jan. 1 and 2.
"The rain and overwasli made it
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across from Twilight Motel, Shallotte
may be us far as five years away,
Ms. Hunt said. The town would have
to purchase an oceanfremt lot to pro
vide access to tlie area.
‘‘That’s three years at the
minimum of having any parking
along the Main Street right-of-way,"
Ms. Hunt said, "and I don’t think we
can wait that long."
The plan compiled by the town’s
parking committee, which met in
early December, shows available
land at the end of 12th Street, at the
cast end of Main Street and on a se
cond row lot which the town owns,
Ms. Hunt said.
A workshop will be conducted in
February, Ms. Shambough said, fnr
towns interested in filing grant ap
plications to receive funds for public
beach access. The grants are award
ed in late June or early July.
l/iucF uiisiiiicai
In other business Monday:
oTcwn Adminstrator Linda Pluegel
repvried the Sunset Beach bridge
was out-of-order on ten occasions in
December. "From school children
not arriving at school, I believe it,”
said CGuncil member Kathy Hill, a
Shallotte Middle School teacher.
•Voted to delete the old house mov
ing ordinance from the zoning codes.
The board adopted a new ordinance
last month, but failed to delete the old
one from the records, Ms. Fluegel
said.
•Voted to eliminate the need for
building permits for home repairs
Uial do not exceed $500. In the past, a
permit was needed for all repairs.
•Reported one larceny, one break
ing and entering, two disturbances of
the peace, five uses of fireworks,
three messages delivered and eight
assists made to the county on the
December police report.
•Reported purchase of a motor
grader from the N.C. Department of
Transportation in Durham for $7,500.
Costs include $621 for delivering the
grader to Sunset Beach and $129 for
oil and filters, Ms. Fluegel said.
•Reported issuance of two home
building permits In E>ecember for
construction valued at $130,000 and
five pefmits for repairs. One CAMA
permit wa.s also filed, Ms. Fluegel
said.
ilAFF PHOlO lUKV POFC
Monday to apply for grants to help the town con-
Resources and Community Develonnient street public parking areas ou the island. LooWue over
public access program, advised the Sunset Beach town her suggestions is Mayor Jim Gordon.
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I Another Briiiiant Deduction From UCB;
necessary to close all waters for tak
ing of oysters or clams," he said.
Some area waters are re-opening,
following last week’s high tides and
storms. Notably, from Carolina
Beach to Surf City, waters open Jan.
7.
Carpenter said he had no idea how
long the closing will be in Brunswick
County.
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