TAX NOTICES COMING
Varnamtown Petitioners Support
New Boot Romp
HY DOUG RIITTKR
Most Vamamiown residents ap
parently support a plan for the town
to fund a new boat ramp on
Lock wood Folly River, hut town of
ficials say they haven't decided
whether they'll do it or not.
Mayor Judy Galloway said at
Monday's town meeting that she has
received a petition with 87 signa
tures supporting improvements to
the crumbling ramp at Vamamtown
Landing.
Last month, however, several res
idents who live near the landing told
the town board that a new !aunch
would draw more boaters to the wa
terfront and add to existing parking
problems.
Residents said trucks and boat
trailers parked beside the road block
driveways and prevent mail carriers
from delivering mail. Town officials
reported Monday night they think
they have a solution to the parking
woes.
Alderman Ada McDonald said
landowner Nicky Vamam has
agreed to iea.se tu uic town some cf
his property beside Vamamtown
Road to provide a parking area for
boat ramp users.
McDonald said the property is
192 feet long and 50 feet wide and
would accommodate 19 vehicles
with boat trailers and another three
or four cars. The land is on the east
side of the street near Vamam's fish
house.
"The idea of the public parking is
so people will park in the spaces in
stead of the side of the road,"
McDonald explained.
Town officials arc considering re
placing the existing ramp because it
is in poor condition and people dam
age their boats when they use it.
Proposed in its place is a stccl-rcin
forccd concrete ramp costing an es
timated S21,780.
The ramp is located on property
owned by Nicky Vamam, Junior
Thompson and Blondcll Robinson.
They have agreed to lease the land
to the town at little cost Two of die
owners won't lease the area for
more than 15 years.
A design acccptcd last month
from the Vamamiown Planning
Board proposes a ramp 77 feet long
and 41 feet wide, stretching from a
bulkhead at Vamam's business to a
walkway on the other side.
Mayor Galloway told the 20 resi
dents at Monday night's meeting
that the planning board is still work
ing out details on the proposal.
"It's still in the works and we're
still thinking about it," she said. "As
far as the parking, I think that's
squared away."
Mayor Pro Tern Ennis Swain and
former mayor Trade Vamum both
commended Nicky Varnam for of
fering the land for parking. "I think
it's most gracious and more than ex
pected," Swain said. "If there's
parking provided I think that's one
of the key issues."
Asked if the new ramp built could
be built for less than $21,780,
Mayor Galloway said the dollar-fig
ure is only a rough estimate.
"We really don't know what it's
going to cost," she said. "They want
something that's going to be sturdy
and last There's no use building it
and in five years it be gone."
if town officials decide to build
the ramp, they will need a Coastal
Area Management Act permit first.
Aldermen plan to check with state
officials and find out which type of
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long it would take to get it.
In any event. Mayor Galloway
said the town couldn't start building
a new ramp until next fiscal year,
which begins July 1. The town
doesn't have money in this year's
budget for a boat ramp.
"It's still in the works and we' re
still thinking about it. . . As far
as the parking, I think that's
squared away."
?Judy Galloway, Mayor of Varnamtown
Tax Notices Coming
Townspeople who still haven't
paid their town taxes from 1989,
1990 or 1991 will soon be receiving
a not-so-friendly reminder in the
mail.
Aldermen voted Monday to send
second notices to the 15 property
owners who owe town taxes for one
or more of the three previous years.
"I know some that I don't believe
have ever paid any taxes," Swain
said. "We'll try this and hope it
brings results."
Tax bills and two newspaper ad
vertisements have brought in most
of the taxes, Out the town is siiii
short S191.74 for the years 1989-91.
The unpaid amount doesn't in
clude the 1992 town taxes that were
due in January. The town received
nearly S2.500 in taxes in November
and December.
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Other Business
In other business Monday, alder
men:
?Voted to pay MAC Construction
for the paving of the town hall park
ing lot as soon as the work is ap
proved by the building and grounds
committee. The paving will cost
about $7,650.
?Tentatively approved the permit
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? Appointed board member Will
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Correction
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Beacon incorrectly stated the date of
the Sunset Beach Town Council's
public hearing on the town's land
use plan update.
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