HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1152"Many will say this is too little too late, but Iredell County cannot afford to sit
back any longer and react to this increased demand on our infrastructure by uncontrolled
growth without responding. We must begin to look aggressively at solutions to some of
these problems before they become irreversible."
OTIO to ask Planning Supervisor Steve Warren to appear before the board
at the next meeting to discuss the information submitted on April 3, 2006.
Commissioner Robertson said he agreed something needed to be done about the
Brawley School Road problem, but he didn't feel he might be ready to implement a
moratorium. Robertson said he could sympathize with individuals who had just
purchased a lot hoping to build a new home, and who might be "stuck" for several years
before construction could occur. He said that whatever was drafted, it needed to be
written with "common sense." Mr. Robertson said he would like to get ahead of the
curve, due to so much criticism about the board waiting until it was in a crisis mode. He
said Brawley once had one school, then two schools, and now three schools with one way
off the peninsula. He said Perth Road now had two schools with traffic outlets on Hwy.
150 and another one into the Town of Troutman. Robertson said he would like to broaden
the commissioners' scope on Perth Road in an effort to prevent a similar problem from
occurring. He said the same criteria might not need to be applied towards the Perth Road
situation, but he would like for the area to be reviewed.
Chairman Tice said she wanted to address the remark "too little too late" which
was her answer to a reporter that called and told her a week before the election that board
members had decided it was time to do something about Brawley School Road, and they
were in favor of a moratorium. Tice acknowledged that she did reply, "too little too late"
and she felt most people would agree. Mrs. Tice continued by saying she was the
commissioner who had been working with the Brawley School Road for 15 years in an
effort to get it widened. She said, "This is the commissioner that serves on the Rural
Planning Organization Committee that has worked diligently to get Brawley School Road
widened, in fact, I was the first chairman of the committee and served for two years. I
worked with Frank Johnson. I worked with Crescent Resources for many, many years
trying to get some relief for the folks on Brawley School Road. So I take exception to the
fact that I'm the commissioner that's not in favor of helping the folks on Brawley School
Road, because the record will show that for the past 15 years I've been the commissioner
that was concerned. I've been the commissioner that met with Crescent Resources, with
the DOT, with Ann Hefner, with Frank Johnson. Just this past week I met with the DOT
and the folks at the Lake Norman Fire Department. So, I think it's a little unusual that no
one on the board told me they were thinking about a moratorium, and it was taken to the
press a week before the election."
Commissioner Johnson said he was surprised when he received a call from the
media. Johnson said he was asked, "If we had considered it?" He said that he answered
there had been some private discussion, but private discussion was a long way from
making a decision.
Chairman Tice said the discussion had never gotten to the chairman.
Commissioner Williams said he didn't know how this had gotten to the media
because he decided a long time ago to wait until after the election and not make this a
political issue. Williams said he was surprised when the reporter called him for a
response. He said the reporter was told that he had promised other members this wouldn't
he discussed until after the election. Williams said, "So basically, I made a `no
comment'."
Commissioner Johnson praised Chairman Tice for her efforts to widen the
Brawley School Road.
Chairman Tice said she and Mr. Johnson had been on the board for many
years, and a moratorium had never been placed on anything or anybody. She said it was
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