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Committee set to review the
utilities extension ordinance
: By BEN LEDBETTTER
: Staff Writer
FERN ESY FR REE YENI BY
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ties extension ordinance and
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developer rebates were the.two
dominant topics at the City of
Kings Mountain's Utilities
Committee meeting Monday at
City Hall.
The committee voted unani-
mously to recommend to City
Council at its June 26 meeting to
reimburse Newton developer
Wright & Associates at the cur-
rent rate of 50 percent for utili-
ties extension at its Crocker
Road subdivision for phase
three of the development.
While the committee will rec-
ommend funding for the
Crocker Ridge phase, it will
review it’s current utilities
extension ordinance at its next
meeting.
The third phase consists of 21
lots out of 106.
Robert Johnson, a representa-
tive of the Newton company,
said the development will target
entry level home buyers.
Part of the recommendation
includes a review of the ordi-
nance which is scheduled to
take approximately 90 days.
Also in the recommendation,
the city will not honor other
commitments during the review
phase.
The committee will discuss
the review at its July meeting.
Currently the city rebates the
developer 50 percent for side-
walks, curbs, gutters, water and
sewer. It also prorates that
amount according to the houses
built.
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Other rebates include half of
the total street costs.
Committee member Gene
White said the city needs to stop
issuing the rebates.
“It’s time to put a stop to it,”
White said.
City Manager Jimmy Maney
said the original thought behind
the rebates was to create more
activity but, the city could be
losing money if it continues to
fund them at the current rate.
“You can’t continue to do
these or you'll be broke,” Maney
said.
Maney said the city could
possibly be paying $1 to $2 mil-
lion a year if it continues to
reimburse at its present rate.
Other cities offer rebates for
some of the extension cost, but
not all.
A sheet from the City of
Kings Mountain's Planning
office said Shelby will reimburse
the developer half of the cost for
stone and asphalt for streets, but
for sidewalks, curbs and gutters
the rebate varies by geography
up to 100 percent.
Morganton reimburses 50 per-
cent for curbs and gutter costs.
In other business
¢ The committee heard a pre-
sentation from Global USA, the
new Kings Mountain internet
service provider.
Maney said he has talked
with Dr. Deepak Gerlot about
the city offering internet service
through Global USA.
The issue will be studied fur-
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These are some of the children waiting to be adopted in Cleveland County. To find out how you can
adopt, foster or be a friend, come to the Families for Kids rally on Saturday, June 23rd at 2:00 p.m.
at the Cleveland Mall.
Families for kids Rally brings
emphasis to the invisible” ones
Adoption is a strong wish
among the 12 children in
Cleveland County.
There is an urgent need in
Cleveland County for adoptive
families foster families who will
take teenagers and special
friends who can spend regular
time with a child in foster care.
Children awaiting adoption,
for the most part, have re-
mained invisible to the commu-
nity and that is changing.
Cleveland County Department
of Social Services is about to
launch its community aware-
ness campaign, which features
the faces and voices of the
“waiting” children as well as
foster and adoptive families
from Cleveland county.
“The children don’t want to
remain silent and nameless,”
Kathy Kaylor, Social Work
Supervisor for DSS. “More than
anything they want a family.
Their chances increase dramati-
cally when they have the op-
portunity to be seen and
heard.”
The campaign titled
“Anything is Possible With
Love” will kick off with a
Families for kids Rally,
Saturday, June 23 at 2 p.m. at
Cleveland Mall in Shelby. One
of the new programs to be in-
troduced is the Friend's pro-
gram. “We need supportive in-
dividuals and families to
become special friends to some
of our children in foster care,”
Kaylor said. “Some of these
children would benefit greatly,y
from a special friend to talk or
visit with on a regular basis.
“We are encouraging individ-
uals and couples to come to the
rally and learn about some of
the children waiting to be
adopted,” Cleveland County
DSS Director John Wasson said.
“We will introduce our new
video featuring some of our
children waiting to be adopted
and foster and adoptive fami-
lies who are making a differ-
ence in their lives. We celebrate
our foster and adoptive families
for the committed love they are
giving our children who have
been abused, neglected or aban-
doned and hope they will edu:
cate and inspire others from our
community to do the same.”
Rev. Charles Reed, Director of
Community Services, Kings
Mountain Baptist Association
will host the rally. The rally will
feature a local children’s choir,
Mark and Amy Dempsey, adop-
tive parents from the communi-
ty, a personal story about being
adopted by Angela Bell and he:
adoptive mother and the new
video release.
“There is something everyone
can do,” Kaylor said. “If you
can’t foster or adopt, you can
volunteer as a special friend to
a child who is waiting. It takes
all of us to raise our children.”
For more information, call
Cleveland County DSS during
business hours at 704-487-0661,
ext. 200, or during extended
hours at ext. 210.
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