HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0575 (2)would be to continue with the present listing since it had always been best to adhere to
the projects until they were funded and finished. The following priority listing was
explained by Smith.
Priority I - U.S. Highway 2111.40 Interchange & Widening
Priority 11 - Brawley School Road ISR 11001 Interchange & Widening
Priority III - U.S. Highway 70 - Widening from Fanioy Road ISR 2318) to Salisbury
Priority IV-1.771New Interchange at Cornelius Road ISR 13021 and Connector Road to
Mazeppa Road ISR 23951
Priority V - U.S. Highway 21 INC 115 - widening from Troutman to Barium Springs
Feasibility Request - River Highway (Hwy. 150)
Commissioner Bowles asked about Priority IV, or the connector road to Mazeppa
Road. He mentioned there were houses situated on the site.
Smith said the Department of Transportation would have to purchase the
properties. He said this was usually done during the right-of-way phase.
Mr. Smith said his staff had been working towards a Rural Planning Organization
(RPO) program. He said that if the RPO plan succeeded, it would help in accomplishing
some of the improvement projects.
No alterations were made to the transportation improvement priority listing.
SATELLITE LIBRARY FOR THE TOWN OF HARMONY: Harmony
Town Mayor John Ray Campbell and Harmony Town Council Member Robert Moore
attended the meeting and requested assistance on a branch library to be located in the
northern part of the county.
Commissioner Williams said the board had discussed the possibility of satellite
libraries at the Winter Planning Session. He said the county, at the present, did not have
a policy to use in the development of branch libraries. Mr. Williams said he wanted to
propose that the county manager and the library director develop a funding and operating
plan for the libraries. He said the plan could later be presented to the board for review.
Commissioner Williams submitted the following motion to be approved during the 7:00
p.m. meeting.
Motion that the Iredell County Board of Commissioners adopt 111c goal 01
establishing branch libraries by working cooperatively with the municipalities to jointly
(und facilities and operations, and further, to direct that the county manager and the
library director develop a funding and operating model for presentation to the board not
to cognize the
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librariesfunding for
later tht in Statesville and Mooresville and should only address expansion of the hhral ry
system into other municipalities.
Commissioner Williams said the Harmony officials were proposing to build a
"modest library building on a slab" He said Steve Messick, the Library Director, had
determined that 8,537 library cards were issued to citizens in the Harmony area. Mr.
Williams said the Harmony community would supply volunteers to help staff the facility.
Commissioner Williams said the Harmony officials would supply the building and the
volunteers, and the county would be asked to supply one employee and the books. He
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added that a written policy would allow other municipalities to have a sura
arrangement.
County Manager Mashburn said additional state library funds might be available
if a branch library were established.
Commissioner Williams suggested that a future meeting of the board of
commissioners be held at the Harmony Town Meeting Room.
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