HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0235IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 190 2n
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
September 19,2000,5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference
Rooth), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, EMS Director Tracy Jackson, Zoning
Coordinator William Allison, Inspections/Planning Director Lynn Niblock, County Assessor Brent
Weisner, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, DSS Director Don Wall, Support Services Director Jim
Vernon, Recreation Director Robert Woody, Chief Deputy Rodney Proctor, Lt. Mike Hager, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FOR A DECISION REGARDING SECTION 17.2 OF THE ZONING
ORDINANCE (SEVEN-DAY RULE) PERTAINING TO NON -OWNER REZONING
PETITIONS: Zoning Coordinator Allison said clarification on the seven-day ruling for non -owner
petitions had been requested. He said the planning board members wanted confirmation that the
way they were approaching the seven-day rule was in accordance with the directions of the board
of commissioners. (The rule states: "Adjustments to the petition or arty houndary lines occurring
within seven (7) days of either the Planning Board or Board of Commissioner's meeting will not he
considered in either Board's determinations.') Mr. Allison said he recalled the commissioners
adopted the ruling in 1998 in an effort to evaluate requests according to the documentation in agenda
packages -- not what had been readjusted at the "last minute" or at the commissioners' meetings.
Commissioner Johnson asked if the ruling was complicating matters for the planning staff
or board.
Allison said he was comfortable with the ruling and the way it was being followed.
When asked about the legality of non -owner petitions, Allison said the North Carolina
General Statutes allowed them. He said the board of commissioners could eliminate the non -owner
section/procedures out of the zoning ordinance completely. Allison said, however, that citizens
would then start making their requests directly to the commissioners. As far as the legality of the
seven-day ruling, Allison said the county had used the wording from another government entity.
The commissioners advised Allison that it appeared the planning staff/board were correct in
their interpretation of the ruling.
REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REGARDING WATER ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE WOODBRIDGE
ROAD COMMUNITY: Inspections/Planning Director Niblock said two county planners (Rebecca
'.Moose and Marcie Campbell) had been working to obtain funds from the Rural Center to assist the
Woodbridge Road area. (In April of this year, Mrs. JoAnn James appeared before the board and
advised of the poor water quality in her neighborhood.) Mr. Niblock said applicants completing
grant applications had the possibility of accruing 380 points, and the application done for the
Woodbridge community accumulated only 90 points. Niblock said he had learned the community
was ineligible for Rural Center funds because there was not a critical economic development need,
an cnvironmenta) need, or a public health problem. Mr. Niblock said his office had received a fax
indicating the ineligibility. He requested for the item to be deleted from the agenda. Niblock said
the community had 39 wells and a random testing of25%of them revealed that only one tested with