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Calabash Awarded Grant For Waterfront Plan |i> IKH'C; Rl I IKK Cul.'kish has been awarikd a Vjwim giant to develop a plan lor ; 'Mill .mil ri- ik > elopinent along tin- L'alaivish River 11k- l ? * w ii will provide Sl.(HK) cash ami Sl.tXHi o! stall time and v?i vices i< '' the waterway access plan aiul the NX" Division ot Cr.M.tl Management will prov ide S4.MW i ? \Vc want i<> have the biggest ami host plan possible lor Calabash,"* Haskell Rhett. a planner with the Coastal Management office in Wilmington. told town commission els .it a mooting last week. Klictt said die plan will include information on existing land uses along the tiver. laml available lor development and environmental i oiisuainLs. With the help ol a consulting planner, town officials also will de velop policv statements concerning grow th and development along ilie waterfront. I here are a world ol things that we can do. arid we're looking at the long-term future." Rhett said. He encoui aged town olficials i< cot comments from the public ami waterfront landowners hi develop ing the plan. "You get the best plan when you get every Inxly involved. " There are a world of things that we can do, and we're looking at the long-term future ? Haskell Khctt. planner Pivision of Coastal Management In.* said. I ho I ir si slop lt>i the town is ti? select a planner with cx(Vii'iice in llie coastal aioa. I Ik* town's I'oastal Initiative Committee pl.mr I it> Meet lrida\ .11 5 |> in 10 iliv i>ss I111 nig .1 planner. Khett saul the Calabash's designation as a Civisial Imitative community earlier litis year was l',in ri iho teason 11 ii'u'K.' i ilie mam He said the grain is wily patt ol wliai iinikl Ivcomv a\ailal'lc i* ' lite lorn; llltmigli Coastal Initiative, a pityi.iin designed to piomeio the coa-i.tl cutnoim while piotccting ilio on* iiennicitt. Kw Discussed A proposed road impael ice thai iouii cotiiniiNsuineis debated Nh 10 lA'ied last yeai 1 ante up IVi itisciis s:t<n again at last week's inccim.;. Officials noted several areas v.lu'ie laige consmtclMii 11 neks have damaged town streets. Contractors would pa\ the pro|H>sod loo to covor iho cost ol that damage. Commissioner Ra> Caul said one aioa hi Carolina Shotcs "looks like a war /ouo." Ho said the town would have to got s|vcial stato legislation Ivloio it could chaige tlto loo. Commissioner Koith llatdoo. who ow ns a concroto company, saul ho docsii*t like the idea ol an impact I ee . lie said the cost ol doing busi ness is alioady too high. "We've got enough taxes and money to take care ol our streets," Hardee said. However. Commissioner Phyllis Manning said the residents might have to pay more taxes if there is a lot of damage to the streets. She said contractors might Ik mote caiclul il tlioy know they will Iv hold responsible lor damage. "Right now they're not concerned at all." she said. low ii Attorney Mike Ramos said theic would have to lv a "rational relationship" between the lee and the actual ciki ol icpairiug siieets that aie damaged by trucks. Building Inspector Hd Schaack Siiitl the town could not charge the lee in the extraterritorial area he cause the town doesn't maintain those streets. Other Hiisiliess In other business last week, coni missioneis: ?Received a |?etilion seeking the ic Ainiug ol a section ol Calabash Acres. More than 50 residents and property owners signed the petition asking that the area between Meares Sneet and Thouiasboro Road be re /oned so they can have mobile homes. ? Agreed to send an application to the Army Corps ol Engineers seek ing a study ol diedgmg the Calabash River. II the Corps ap proves it. the initial study would not cost the town any money. ?Approved a policy lor street paving and sidewalk construction. Ilie town will assess |K*oplc who own property beside an improved street or sidewalk lor hall the cost only it a majority ol the landowncis sign a petition hi advance asking lor the work. Town's Land Use Plan Has Leland Projected To Grow HY ii Kin roi*K As Brunswick County's beach towns giow. so do the northern communities. Lcland's population is expected tit gtow In X-14 permanent residents by the year 2(*(X>. according the l*wi I uml I'se Plan the town re cently adopted. Ihat would Nxist the town's pop ulation liom I. SOI persons 10 over 2.NX). "I he forecast is lor the popula tion ol I eland to grow w ith the the county population." said Ken Weeden, ol Weeden and Assiviates. who compiled the report. Because it is adjacent to the city ol Wilmington. Lcland has been classified ;ls an urban transition community, or a town aimed toward intensive urban development in the coming years, said Weeden. 1 and use plans are required by the Coastal Area Management Act tCAMA) lor towns that lie in coastal counties. Lcland is bordered by the Brunswick River on the noith and Sturgeon Creek on the south, but does not abut the coast line. Monitoring growth along the Brunswick River and its nursery ar eas aie key elements in the town's plan, although "the environmental concerns arc not quite as extensive as in other towns," said Weeden. Hie town's first land use plan ad diesses the monitoring of coastal marsh, riverfront development, cs taurine waters, shorelines anil areas in high hazard IIixkI zones. Lcland's planning committee vot ed to classify the town as an area in urban transition, indicating that its Inline giowth and development will need a sewer system to support higher density, said Weeden. " I Ins i\ important," said Weeden. "because it the town applies lor a grant, those people will look at the land use plan. They will use the plan as a cioss reference." Lcland's growing population is Call Is On The Carpet! VvV S n I' \IT.K1 < k aiiihii ' J < Ami 1^800-64^-3013 Delighted? Don '/ /'r/v.' t-u1m.nreeBHBBa K\N i l L ? ifciil I 1UMM; \ ;Ai I jij S'wii' . uj,, Hev! Brunswick Business Service Does Resumes i & Business Cards Too! 0.' ' y.i't . '0 5 : - : ' A ',h y:urp L'?< >s j a ? ' neecs n srr,a - c a'je ;-a""*s| Brunswick Business Service Main St. ? Shallotte ? 704 8300 H.v/ 21 1. Southport across from McDonald's. 457-4065 .liso .1 younger popillUfKMl. Piesenlly. 24 pet cent ot residents aic undo 1 ". wliiv.li is an unusually high peicentagc ol school a?:c pop illation, said Wcvtlen. Seventy percent ot residents arc under the age ot 4 1. Racially, S4) percent ol 1 1 .v* townspeople aie hue and 1!' u pciceiil are Ma A. I. eland iikotponilcJ m July l"S9. I lie plan noted a need lor a town zoning ordinance. which the .ouncil says n will develop. I lie low ii needs to restrict development hi tlie IIihhI plain aieas. the building ol nuii i nas ami Knit basins on the Brunswick Uiver, storm water runoll into die piitnary nursery ar eas and pt ovule public :k cess in the e iceks. it notes. I lOntMiiically. die study contin ues. the town should woik to attract jobs. new industry, public housing: to discouragc snip zoning: and to encourage publu pariicip.ni?n in In cal government (lie I. eland ludusUial Park lies outside the town limits, leaving t lie town iiseli with no industry. A survey on tlie land use plan was mailed to ^2N homes, Inn only 40 replied, or 12.4 pciccm, said Mayor Russell Baldwin. "It s a new town," said Weedcn, "and lolks haven't gotten use to the idea ot getting involved in town af fairs." Yolunteeis on the town planning committee were Baldwin. I ynelte Carlisle, Lucille Make, David Bull. ml. Jimmy Roberts and Ivcy Duncan. Calabash Bulletin Needs Name, Logo A name and logo are needed lor a new newsletter to be published by tlie town ol Calabash. News items and complimentary "lor sale" advertisements aie being accepted lor publication, said plan ning board member Anthony Clem tuons, who is coordinating the newsletter. For more infoiiualion, v all Clcuimotis at 570 (Wf>S King Will Remain Board Forresi King, ono of seven Calabash Planning Board meinbcrs who resigned in laic August, lias decided to remain on the hoard. King and die planning hoard's vice chairman. Pan Lcwellyn, agreed to stay on the board last week alter town commissioners asked the seven membcts to reconsider mass resignation. I lie seven members resigned Aug. 27 due to a lack o! sup|Hirt and guidance from (lie town coimiiissioncis aiui |hh)i communication be tween the twogiotips. Chairman loin Brcndgord and another member, I rank Chancier, have said tlicy will not return to the board. Mayor I'io Tem George Anderson said he hasn't heard form the three oilier members Bruce Bunt, Warren Picnack or Jack Hannaway. Commissioners agreed last week dial Anderson should temporarily serve as a liaison between the two hoards, taking the place ol Commissioner Stu 'lliorn. 'Growl' Test Slated Residents in Brunswick and New I lanover counties may hear sirens in the 10- in ile area aiouiul Carolina Power & Light's Iitunswick nuclear plain ( )ct. S-IO. The utility will be testing the siiens iiuliviiln.illy at low volume, to make sure each woiks. These "giowl" tests are part of a year round testing loutine followed for the sirens. 'Hie sounding doesn't mean the public should evacuate. II there were an emergency at the plant, the sirens would sound to alert the pub lie to listen to radio and television loi iiifonnation and instructions lioin the Kmeigency Bioadcast Sys tem. SPECIAL HEARING CLINIC Don't miss this opportunity! Monday 2-5 PM / Dr. Chris Moshoures' oliice Pine Street ? 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