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THIS UNDEVELOPED BOAT RAMP off Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Beach^wilTbe losT with* . 1. 111 ... .1 .i - .mi ? ???? ?hhii in ? I m ? t a.* ,,,1111 , construction of a new high-rise bridge; however, Brunswick County plans to seek a state shoreline access grant to build a new boat ramp on the mainland within the right-of-way of the new bridge. Brunswick To Apply For Access Grant To Construct Sunset Beach Boat Ramp BY RAHN ADAMS Boaters at Sunset Beach won't be able to use an undeveloped boat ramp beside Sunset Boulevard after the island's new high-rise bridge is built, but they may be launching their crafts from a new mainland boating access under the bridge if Brunswick County receives a state grant for the proposed facility. Brunswick County Commission ers voted Friday to file a prc-appli caiion with the N.C. Division of Coastal Management for a 545,937 shoreline access grant to develop a new boat ramp facility at Sunset Doo/^K Xktt ? 1 Svwvm. a iiv uvtuu ui.ny uwtuvxi against seeking state funds to build a scenic access on the Brunswick River off N.C. 133 at Belville. The action was taken Friday af ternoon during a three-hour work session attended by Commissioners Gene Pinkcrton, Grace Beasley, Kelly Holden and Benny Ludlum. Commissioner Frankie Rabon left the meeting before the grant appli cation was discussed. County Plan ning Director John Harvey present ed the grant proposals. Commissioners briefly discussed the grant program at their regular March 5 meeting when Harvey, on behalf of the county planning board, suggested that the commissioners pick at least one of 14 proposed ac cess sites for grant applications. The sites arc recommended in the coun ty's recendy-complcted shoreline n/?/?Ann rtlnn r-nt\ t uwwj p iui a , miivn " uo ptvj/tu vx *?' J Wilmington landscape architect Howard Capps. However, at the March 5 meet ing, the commission instructed Har vey to prepare additional informa tion on tlie acccss sites and return to the uoard with definite recommen dations of specific areas for the county to pursue. Pre-applicalions must be filed at April 2. Coastal Management will pick proposed sites for full-fledged applications. Harvey said Friday he chose two sites that "might possibly look fa vorable, as far as the state grant people are concerned": the Sunset Beach site, because the state might favor a joint access project involv ing Brunswick County and the Town of Sunset Beach; and the Bel ville site, because Coastal Manage ment requires scenic ? or visual ? scccss in local pl^ns Hac not v^t funded a visual access project In keeping with public input on the county shoreline access plan, commissioners nixed the grant pro posal for the Belville site, maintain ing that public boat ramp facilities and not scenic paries arc needed in Brunswick County. Ludlum com mented. "I feel like if we're going to be getting some grant money, we need to spend it on boat ramps first" Estimated cost of the Belville vi sual access would be S90,000 to clear undergrowth and landscape the proposed nine-tenths of a mile long park. Ludlum contended that the cost of keeping undergrowth cleared from year to year would be loo high to justify developing the facility. Commissioners had nothing neg gtivp to cay about the Sunset Beach site. Estimated cost of the suggested boat ramp facility ? with paved parking, picnic tables, trash recepta cles and landscaping ? would be 561,250. If slate funding were ap proved, the county and town would split the estimated SI 5,3 12.50 in lo cal matching funds needed for the grant. When the Sunset Beach location initially was mentioned during re cent work on the shoreline access plan, officials indicated that the boat ramp could be constructed in the right-of-way of the present bridge after it is replaced. The grant pro posal, however, identifies an area "by and under the new bridge southerly from N.C. 179 to Canal Avenue, then on the south side of Canal Avenue to the Intracoastal Waterway." In his memo to commissioners, Harvey noted that since the access project would have to be timed with construction of the new bridge, the ramp might not be built until after the 1990-91 fiscal year. The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to award bids for bridge construc tion in July. The planning director also re minded commissioners that Coastal Management officials have said occanfront access areas will be giv en highest priority in the grant pro gram this year. None of the 14 rec ommended sites in the county's ac cess plan is an occanfront area. Other favored sites involving boat ramps in the local plan are the present N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission boat ramps on the Waccamaw River, Lockwood Folly River, Carolina Power & Light Company canai ana Ricc's Creek., as well as proposed accesses at Bonaparte Landing near Sunset Beach and Summer Place Drive near Holden Beach. BCC Auditorium Talks Continue Negotiations arc continuing be tween Brunswick Community Col lege and an architectural firm of fered the job of redesigning a com munity auditorium for the campus. Ben DcBlois, vice president ftx nHm iimtratSvc SCr.'iCw, SZid ',hc,t Boney & Assnriatcs of Wilmington has advised BCC that it can build an auditorium tor the budgeted figure of $3.2 million, but without a "fly loft." The architectural firm was ap proached by college officials last month and offered the contract, pro vided several conditions could be met. These included design of an auditorium "similar" to Kenan Au ditorium at UNC-Wilmington, with 1 ,500 seating capacity, a single bal cony instead of two, along with in clusion of key design elements in cluded in the original plan such as a fly loft. Kenan Auditorium also has a fly loft. A fly loft or gallery allows sccn cry panels to be raised and lowered from above rather than moved to and from the wings. The building design was arrived at by an advisory committee and in cluded Ouiiiciuus iicius mui.1i as liic n.. inr? M .l.? ? i J lUU, a UlUtVdUd |ill Uldl could ramp modeling or beauty pageants, and backstage hook-ups that would allow rock groups to use their own sound equipment BCC officials plan to ask Boncy & Associates for a precise list of what the S3.2 million price would include. That information may be shared with the advisory committee that contributed to the original de sign. They are also asking for a cost estimate for including a fly loft. "We have to decide how impor tant the fly loft is in relation to other items included," said DeBlois. Only if something specified in the con tract offer were to be left out, like the fly loft, would the item have to go back to trustees for a second vote. Otherwise, if the architectural firm can work out a plan that in cludes all the essential elements, the project will proceed toward bid-let ting. Trustees, specifically the building and grounds committee, hope to have the requested information in hand when the board meets Wednesday. March 21 . "We are under no real presurc to make a decision then, but we do want to proceed as soon as possi ble," said DeBlois. RCC sent the auditorium project back to the drawing board after learning the original $2.8 million cost estimates by the previous archi tect, now deceased, were based on incorrect square footage figures. Head Start Taking Applications Now Head Start ccntcrs at Longwood and Cedar Grove arc accepting ap plications from parents of three- and four-year-old children eligible to participate in Head Start next school year. Applications are being accepted from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day at iitc centers, located on Mount Zion Road in Longwood and Cedar Grove Road in Cedar Grove. Par ents arc urged to apply before the end of March, a news release indi cated. Head Start is a federally-funded program designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing pre school children of low-income fam ilies with a comprehensive program to meet the child's emotional, so cial, health, nutritional and psycho logical needs. For more information, call the Head Start Center in Longwood at 287-3637 or the Cedar Grove Cen ter at 842-6363. The most sought after Resort Publication in Brunswick County Don't miss our first '90 issue, April 1 2, for Easter! Advertising deadline March 22. Call or see your advertising representative for more information and rates THE BRUNSWICK BEACON 754-6890 There are lots of ways to spend your advertising dollars... here is the most effective one! * 'i k f ?/ * .'.fcira I , K ' '.V . V , - s s vi r ?i V T-: V A VT * Award winner 5 years in a row! 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