HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1031 (2)County Manager Mashburn said the fire departments always lost points in the
"ratings" due to the number of dispatchers at the communications department.
LAND REGULATIONS/ENVIRONMENT UPDATE: Lynn Niblock, the
Director of Planning and Code Enforcement, along with Ron Smith, the Planning
Supervisor, joined the commissioners for this segment of the meeting.
Smith said many subdivisions were being developed, but they were smaller than
what was seen in the past. He said approximately four acres per day were being
developed, and this didn't include the municipal areas. Smith said the planning office
was seeing a decrease in rezoning cases; however, there were more conditional use
requests.
Pertaining to demographics, Smith said the county was growing at a faster rate
than the State as a whole. He said the fastest growing townships, by residents between
1990 and 2000, were Davidson and Coddle Creek.
Smith reviewed the balanced growth initiatives that were recently implemented
and the ones currently being studied. He said the Highway 70 Corridor Study was
scheduled for presentation to the planning board in March of this year, and after its
completion, the staff would work on the small area plan for south Iredell. Smith
mentioned the impact that the new Lowe's complex would have in the southern end.
He said there could be the potential for 3,000 new households, 6,750 new residents, and
a traffic increase of up to 30,000 average daily trips.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: Support Services Director Jim Vernon shared
information pertaining to the following eight projects.
1. New library: Cost estimate of $6.6 million with construction to begin in June of 2003 and
completion anticipated for September/October of 2004.
2. Usage of Existing libmrv: Renovation costs anticipated between $750,000 to $1,000,000 to
house the tax/GIS/mapping/revaluation offices and possibly the elections
offices.
3. Iredell County Government Center — South: Project is on schedule with anticipated
completion date in July of 2003. The North Carolina State Property Office is
reviewing plans to consolidate all of its area offices in the building.
4. New Social Services Building: Cost estimate of $5.5 million. The county already has the
land at Eastside Drive for the new structure.
5. Eacility Services The staff desires to rent 5,500 sq. ft. of space on Meeting Street to
replace storage spacelbuilding that will be demolished for the new
library. The county is also storing surplus items at: the bookmobile
building, Twin Oaks, Loray garage, and the animal shelter. In the
future, the staff would like to construct a 7,500 to 10,000 sq. ft. metal
building (shell) for facility services at the Eastside Drive property.
6. Iredell County Government Center/Annex: With the future placement of some of
government center occupants in the Water Street library building, when
vacant, the current plans are to enhance or provide more space for the
Human Resources department and the support services/switchboard
areas. To relieve crowded parking conditions, the Annex li building
(revaluation/fire marshal offices) and the recreation bldg. will be demolished.
7. Jail Exoansion: Lease documents are being reviewed by the Department of Corrections for
the usage of the former prison site on Hwy. 21 as a satellite jail.
8. EMS Base/South Iredell: A request has been made for an updated sub -station to replace the
former Lowrance Hospital station, along with an additional satellite station in
the Brawley/Williamson Road area. Cost estimate for the two EMS bases is
$900,000.