Holden Beach
Awards Contract
BY DOUC, RUTTER
With a new dune extending about
one third of the way down the is
land, Holdcn Beach Commissioners
this week chose a contractor to erect
sand fencing and to plant beach
grass to protect the town's invest
ment
The board amended the budget
and awarded the $41,000 contract
during a 15-minutc special meeting
Monday morning.
The contract went to low bidder
Jason Simmons of Shallottc. His
bids were S21.42 for each 50- foot
roll of sand fence and $37.14 to
plant a bundle of 1,000 beach grass
sprigs.
Town Manager Gus Ulrich op
ened bids on the project last Friday
morning following another special
meeting of the board. The town re
ceived four bids for erecting the
sand fence and three bids for plant
ing the beach grass. Simmons of
fered the lowest bid for both pro
jects.
Work should begin after
Thanksgiving at the cast end of the
beach and move west following the
contractor building the new dune.
Town officials initiated the project
following Hurricane Hugo, which
wiped out most of the dunes on the
? island.
Based on estimates of 35,000 feet
of sand fence and 700 bundles of
beach grass, the town will pay the
contractor about 541,000 for the
work. Holdcn Beach will also spend
another estimated SI 4, 000 to buy
the sand fence and $28,000 for the
vegetation, bringing the total cost of
the project to. approximately
$83,000.
Monday, commissioners revised
the fiscal year 1989-90 budget for
the second time since Hugo, taking
$41,000 from the fund balance and
earmarking it for the dune rcnour
ishment project The total amount
budgeted for the project is now at
$286,000.
The sand fence will be installed
in a straight line near the crest of
the dune along the front slope, and
the bcach grass will be planted on
top of the dune. Once it is planted,
the town will have to fertilize the
grass.
The contractor has until Jan. 31,
1990, to erect the sand fence. The
bcach grass must be planted by
March 1, 1990.
Commissioners will meet Mon
day, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. in town hall
to decide if beachfront property
owners will be assessed for the
dune project. The town board has
proposed assessing occanfront lot
owners S3 per linear foot or SI 50
for a 50-foot-wide lot.
Executive Session
At last Friday's special meeting,
the board met in executive session
for about 20 minutes to discuss real
estate acquisition. No action was
taken on the matter.
In addition to the current board of
commissioners, commissioners
elect Gloria Barrett, Judy Bryan and
Kcnncr Amos were present for the
closed session. Outgoing Com
missioner Georgia Langlcy was ab
sent from both meetings.
Town To Recognize
Hurricane Helpers
Holdcn Bcach Commissioners
will recognize town employees,
volunteers and others who assist
ed the community in the after
math of Hurricane Hugo with a
special luncheon next Tuesday at
noon.
After considering menu items
ranging from hot dogs and hors
d'ocuvrcs 'o goulash and Bruns
wick Stew, commissioners decid
ed last week to serve barbecue
and slaw. Town officials expect
about 200 people to attend the af
fair at town hall.
Holdcn Bcach will also be giv
ing certificates of appreciation to
those who helped out following
the Sept. 21 hurricane. The lun
cheon should cost the town sever
al hundred dollars.
Extension Offers
Christmas Trees
Thanksgiving is just upon us but
it's never loo early to start thinking
about the Christmas holiday just
around the comer.
The Brunswick County Agricult
ural Extension Service will be sell
ing live Christmas trees Tuesday,
Dcc. 5, at the county government
center grounds in Bolivia.
County Extension Director Mil
ton Coleman will start cutting trees
about 3 p.m. A $25 donation for
each tree will go to the county's 4-H
fund.
A limited number of trees arc
available; orders arc being taken
now by the extension office.
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BULLDOZERS AND SCRAPERS are parked atop the new frontal dune at Holden Beach Sunday afternoon as workers wait for the next low
tide in order to resume construction. Through last week, workers had completed the dune from the east end to the 300 block of Ocean
Boulevard West. After the Thanksgiving holidays, a second contract crew is expected to begin erecting sand fence and planting beach grass.
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