HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0906IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF
BRIEFING MINUTES
OCTOBER 18, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at 5:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Sara Haire Tice, Chairman
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Marvin Norman
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Tax Administrator Bill
Doolittle, Parks & Recreation Director Robert Woody, Planning & Inspections Director
Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Planner Richard McHargue, and
Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR
APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH SITE SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH
IREDELL PARK DESIGN SERVICES: Parks & Recreation Director Robert Woody
recommended the selection of Site Solutions, a Charlotte, NC, architectural firm for the
North Iredell Park master plan. Woody said several proposals were reviewed, but Site
Solutions seemed to have a better understanding of the department's strategy or
approach for the recreational complex. He said 2006 would be focused on raising
money for the park, and the company was willing to create a master plan while the
department built a line -item budget. Woody said a capital project ordinance had already
been approved by the board, and $45,000 was included for the master plan.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING AND
DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
HELD IN THE COUNTY OF IREDELL ON OCTOBER 11, 2005 UPON THE
QUESTIONS OF APPROVING $44,630,000 IN SCHOOL BONDS AND
$6,000,000 IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE BONDS: Deputy County Manager
Blumenstein said the Iredell County Board of Elections had officially certified the bond
referendum results. Blumenstein said the bonds would be sold on January 24, 2006,
and a special revenue fund would be established for the proceeds that would be spent as
the school systems submitted invoices. Blumenstein said the bond payments would be
structured so nothing would be due until 2006.
Blumenstein said much of the material used in the Preliminary Official
Statement for the General Obligation Bonds would be used for the Certificates of
Participation (COPS). She said the COPS would be sold about six weeks after the GO
bonds.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
EVACUEES OF HURRICANE KATRINA: Planning and Code Enforcement
Director Lynn Niblock said the former Hill Haven nursing facility was scheduled to
house several Gulf Coast evacuees. Niblock said the facility was being brought up to
code (smoke detectors, doors into corridors, etc.); however, a congregate shelter did not
fit with the rural agricultural zoning in the area. He said Hill Haven previously operated
as a nursing/rest home establishment, and in 1990, when county -wide zoning was
adopted, the facility was zoning compliant due to being grandfathered. Niblock said the
facility was now vacant, and the grandfathering provision could no longer be used. He
requested approval of a resolution to enable the evacuees to stay at the facility while the