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Calabash To Continue With Annexation Study BY DOUG RUTTER Calabash officials recently saw the limits of their town expanded to include another 87S acres. But they still plan to continue with an annexation study that could lead to further extension of the town limits. Meeting Tuesday night, council members urged a state official to continue working on the feasibility study. It focuscs on a residential area cast of town and valuable re sort property on the other end of town. Talk of annexation and the recent consolidation of Calabash and Carolina Shores dominated this week's hour-long town meeting. Landis High was the only board ? ? ? nkmnt IIIUUUVi uvoviii. Effective Aug. 31, the town lim its of Calabash were expanded to include all of Carolina Shores. That brought about 875 acres and 1,000 residents into the Town of Calabash. The current town board started work on an annexation study earlier this year. Members hope to com plete the project or at least have it at an advanced stage before the new board for the enlarged town takes office in December. "We started it," Councilman Keith Hardee said Tuesday. "We've got to finish it" \ Board members have narrowed down the areas proposed for annex ation to two sections. One is a resi dential section east of town between Thomasboro Road and N.C. 179. The OilKSF Is 8!! cmifhwpcf r?f town taking in Marsh Harbor Golf Links and Marsh Harbour Yacht Club. Tom Casseil of the state Division of Community Assistance has been working on the study. He said Tuesday he can have the final report completed for the town's November meeting. Another section of the study focusing on water line extensions is being developed by a private engi neering firm, Houston and As sociates of Shallotte. After receiving the feasibility study report, council must hold a public hearing before it can proceed with any annexation. Annexation Requested In a related matter Tuesday, rrMinril arrpn a npfitinn for ^IpI -r ? ? ? ? r - ? ? ? lite annexation from the Calabash ABC Board. ABC board member Suzy Moore presented the petition requesting annexation of two lots just west of the town limits on N.C. 179. The ABC board purchased the 10,000 square-foot lots in January at a cost of $118,000. Members plan to build a new ABC store there within the next few years. The ABC board currently leases a building at the east end of town, but members say a larger store is needed. After the petition is verified by the town clerk, the town council will have to hold a public hearing before it can annex the lots. Following acceptance of the peti tion this week, town council re nnnoinfpH q!1 ihrw* m?!T.h2ro. r.f th" ? f r - ?"V??UW4U ABC board for another three years. In addition to Ms. Moore, Cheryl Hardee and David Arthurs also serve on the board. Consolidation Woes Although there were no harsh words this week about the recent consolidation of Calabash and Carolina Shores, council members expressed concerns relating to the districts set up in the enlarged town. Following the municipal election in November, the town's new board of commissioners will consist of five Carolina Shores residents and two representatives from Calabash proper. Council members did not debate the fairness of that point this week. Rather they questioned what will if ?Ka tnum onnovoc onu "UKKV" ~ -%????? ? ? -v other areas, such as Calabash Acres. In the state legislation that pro vided for consolidation, there is no provision for how seats on the town board would be allocated if the town expands its limits. Mayor Doug Simmons said, "It's gonna be a problem, but maybe we can work it out." The General Assembly passed a law this summer setting up the Aug. 22 vote on consolidation and the two districts. Town Attorney Mike Ramos said the legislature would probably have to pass another bill for the districts to be realigned. "That's just something that's going to have to be addressed as it comes along," he said. "The bill was not as finely-tuned as it could hpvp " Leland, Belville Fight Appears Headed To Court BY RAHN ADAMS Residents of the Leland commu nity Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to incorporate and bccome Bruns wick County's 17th municipality, but their action came about 90 min utes too late to keep Lcland's shop ping district from becoming part of neighboring Belvillc. The fight over the annexation area apparently isn't over, though, as officials of the Leland Civic As sociation ? the group that spear headed the incorporation drive ? have said repeatedly that annexa tion by Bclville would be chal lenged in court due to procedural ir regularities. By about a 91 -percent voter mar gin, Leland residents voted 427 to 42 in favor of incorporation, ac cording to Brunswick County Elec tion Supervisor Lynda Brill. Approximately 640 individuals were registered to vote in Tuesday's referendum. Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. But while voters were still cast ing ballots in Leland, Bclville Town Council met at 6 p.m. and unani mously adopted an annexation ordi nance lo take in approximately 79 acres that include two shopping centers and several other Leland businesses, said Belville Mayor Ken Messer. The town meeting last ed five minutes. Under the stale legislation allow ing the Leland referendum, any area that was not annexed before the incorporation vote passed would become part of the new town. As a result, Belville's decision Tuesday to annex the Leland shopping dis trict pulled it out of the incorpora tion area. Before the referendum results were announced, Messer comment ed, "It (incorporation) doesn't mean anything really except that there will be another town over on the other side of Belvillc...It would be best for the community (Leland) if they do incorporate, but it doesn't make any difference to us." He added that Belville's annexa tion would be "beneficial" to the Leland businesses. They would be able to apply for ABC permits, he said. Also, the town is considering forming a police department within the next two months. "I think it will stimulate business over there," Messer said of the annexation, later adding about the Leland Civic Association's opposi tion to the Belville's move, "They better be concentrating on putting their house in order rather than giv ing us trouble." Contacted after the incorporation vote was passed, Leland Civic As sociation Secretary Lynette Carlisle said residents of Ihe annexation area have indicated they plan to contest Belville's action. Ms. Carlisle noted that annexa tion opponents contend that Belville violated annexation guidelines. Alleged violations included not fol lowing a state-mandated timetable for holding an involuntary incorpo ration hearing and not properly notifying property owners of the hearing, she said. "I'm sure it will end up in court," she said. "This case will go to court on the merits of the annexation." In a previous interview, Leland Civic Association President Russell Baldwin also told the Beacon that the association was prepared to take legal action if Belville annexes the Leland shopping district. On Sept 1, in Brunswick County Superior Court, Judge Dexter Brooks denied a motion for an injunction that would haved barred Belville from proceeding with the annexation. The motion was filed on behalf of Walter and Martha Futch. 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