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Holden Beach Moves Ahead With Sewage Management, Sidewalks BY l)()l <; RliriER Holden Beach officials moved forward this week on two long standing proposals to establish a wastewater management program and buiid sidewalks along Ocean Boulevard. On a unanimous vote, commis sioners have asked the new town manager. Gary Parker, to develop a lob description and work out other details for a sewage management entity. Town officials haven't decided how the program wdl work or how it will be funded. But the idea of the entity is to monitor and ensure that septic Links and other wastewater systems on the island are being maintained. Parker, former town manager of Erwin, received his instructions dur ing his first day on the job. He was given 6() days to work out the details and recommend a specific program. "Thai's a significant vote right there," Mayor John Tandy said. "I would just pal these guys on the back for thai one." Commissioners first endorsed the management entity last spring while working on the 1990 kind use plan update. Since then, the town's planning and zoning board has recommended that a wastewater management divi sion be set up to document the loca tion and capacity of existing septic tanks and recommend and imple ment a maintenance program. The division would inspect and test for pollution, determine the fea sibility of alternative systems and work to educate homeowners, under the planning board proposal. Sul Swans, a former planning board member who is coordinating the management entity for the town, said there arc no other programs in the country to serve as a model. "Whatever we set up is going to be best for Holden Beach." he said. At a workshop last month. N.C. Stale University soil science profes sor I>r. Michael Hoover said septic tanks can be a long-term solution to wastewater management if they are properly maintained. He said a management program could help ensure maintenance and also open the door to alternative systems, which require more moni toring than septic tanks but could allow for the development of land unsuitable for septic tanks. In a related matter Monday, com missioners gave the building in spector the authority to "close down" houses with malfunctioning septic tanks. Inspector Dwight Carroll said one system on the island had been operating for two weeks while it was uncovered and open on top. He said the opening was large enough for a child to fall in and drown. At another location, Carroll said sewage had been running out of a septic tank lor a month, preventing a neighbor from using his house. The building inspector said the Brunswick County Health Depart ment usually gives owners 30 days to repair the systems, even if they create an immediate health hazard. Commissioner Kenner Amos said he recently saw a septic tank near jrf VI VHHHB StAFF PMOTOe* DOUG RUT TEH GARY PARKER (right) takes an oath of office Monday as new manager of II oUlen It each. Administering the oath is Mayor John Tandy. his house being pumped out. "They're failing left and right on us righi now," he said. Sidewalks Coming After several years of talking aboul sidewalks, town commission ers voted Monday to seek bids lor a concrete walkway and start con struction. Based on their discussion, com missioners plan to build a sidewalk on the north side of Ocean Boule vard, somewhere between Jordan Boulevard and Sand Dollar Drive. Town officials are worried about the safety of people who walk, jog and ride bicycles on the side of Ocean Boulevard, where traffic is usually heavy during the summer. "We have more potential of someone being killed by cars than somebody drowning," Commission er Gay Atkins said Monday. She has been a major proponent of side walks lor years. The town has had S40,(XX) in the budget lor sidewalks since the 1989-90 fiscal year. (Jus Ulrich, the outgoing interim town manager, es timated that would pay lor 5,6(K) feet of fivc-fool-wide sidewalk. I'lan Adopted Commissioners adopted the town's third land use plan update Monday, ending a process that start ed about two years ago. Town officials say in the plan Unit they want to maintain a "quiet, lam ily-oricntcd beach community ol primarily single-family residences with limited commercial develop ment.** Hie land use plan includes devel opment policies and provides "a blueprint for future growth so that growth will occur on the communi ty's own terms rather than in a hap hazard fashion." ITie Holden Beach Planning and Zoning Hoard did most of the work on the land use plan, working with consultants from Henry Von Oesen and Associates of Wilmington. Changes and additions that were requested by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management delayed adop tion of the plan by several months. "It's born a long time," W.ivor Tandy said Monday. " I"hc wheels ol government turned slow on that one." Ihc N.C. Coastal Resources Commission should give final ap proval of the plan when it meets in September. Other Business In other business Monday, com missioners: ?Delayed adoption of an ordinance requiring bulkheads on all canal lots before construction. Commissioners sent the rule back to the planning board. The proposed rule dt>es not address whether landowners would tv required to niaiiilain bulkheads 01 what would liapivu it there is an existing bulkhead ?Adopted ail ordinance setting the year round speed limit along all ol Occan Boulevard at 35 mph. I he limit used i?> be 45 mph west ol the fishing pier duting the oil season. The speed limit on all othei streets is 25 mph. ?Agreed there is no need loi .1 iet eiendum on a pn?|H)sed change m the ^5-fix)t building height limn. Karlier this year, town off icials dis cussed raising the height limn to offset changes in federal Hood ele vations. Some builders sa> the changes could keep people from building two story homes and pre vent homeowners fiotn rebuilding storm damaged homes. ?Adopted a preliminary assessment resolution and set a public hearing for Sept. 9 on the paving ol Burl ington Street. The board also atilho rized the town manager to accept bids tin the paving ol Salisbury and Shrimp streets. Woik should Ivgin after I.aboi Day. ?Voted to dispose of a l''84 samta lion department pickup truck. ? Made no decision on whether to continue membership in the C'a|v Fear Council of Governments The group's new director, Jerrv Walters, attended the meeting Monday and urged the town to continue us mem bcrship. Town Plans Removal Of Underground Gas Tank Holdcn Beach will remove ils un derground gasoline storage tank be fore new federal rules take effect that require monitoring and special insurance. Commissioners voted Monday to hire the Wilmington engineering finn Henry Von Oesen and Associ ates to supervise the removal, which w ill be done by town employees. Chris Militscher, environmental resources manager w ith Von Oesen, recommended the 1 ,0(X)-gallon tank be removed as soon as possible. The lank stores gas which is used in town policc cars and other vehicles. Militschcr said options include replacing it with an above-ground lank, a state-of-the-art underground tank or getting gas from a local gas station. Holden Beach will pay Von Oescn SI, 16(1 lor the engineering, construction, inspection and moni toring services. The engineering firm will ensure the tank is removed according to stale guidelines. Militscher, who worked 10 years for the Environmental Protection Agency, said undergrounJ storage tanks have become "a national plague on our environment." He said 40 percent of the under ground storage tanks in North Carolina are leaking, and even a small amount of gasoline can con taminate a water source for 20 years. Owners of leaking tanks face lines for pollution and high costs to remove contaminated soil, he said. Carolina Beach has paid more than S150.IKK) lor the removal anil cleanup of an underground tank that was leaking. New regulations that will take ef fect in September will require more monitoring of underground tanks, Militschcr said. Owners of under ground tanks also will he required to purchase insurance starting in October. Can you believe we have landed in Frankfurt, Germany and it was only $298 round trip? You can too! From Wilmington or Myrtle Beach --- fly round trip to Frankfurt, Germany Only $298*. Travel is valid Nov. 1-Dec. 15. Minimum stay 5 days, maximum stay 30 days. ?baseo on mid week travel plus $30 tax. Weekends slightly higher d BRUNSWICK TRAVEL INC. 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