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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-16-88February 16 , 1988 8 3 2 9 Mi.ritit.es of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council held February at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building. There were present: .Mayor .Gary C. .Hancock, presiding Councilmembers: John A. Johnston, Robert N. Glenn, Andrew L. Graham, .James M. Neblett, James R. Neighbors, W. H. Schrader, .Ira S. Crawford, .Mary Lou Copenhaver Also present: Frank Terwilliger, Town .Attorney .Daniel E. McKeever, Town .Manager Anne Burgess, Assistant Town .Manager Ruth A. .Harrell, Clerk Visitors: Dee Lindsey, Tracy Wimmer and Betsey Thomas of the news media .Martha Kelly 0. P. .Maxwell H. W. Huff, Jr. Hugh Huff, III .Mark Bower J. R. Schrader Polly Mitchell Mrs. Duncan .Jake Blevins Andy McCready Jim .Ramsdell Doug Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Alley .Ralph Grubb Five area citizens The invocation .was given by Councilman Neblett. Councilman Neighbors .made a motion that the minutes of the regular meeting of February'2., 1988, ,be approved as submitted, seconded by Councilman Glenn and .carried. .Martha Kelly, representing the Clean Community Council, addressed Council requesting a reduction in .rates for residential customers from the Town to dump at the Town landfill. They felt .rates were encouraging people to put trash over the side of the road .rather than .take to the .landfill. The PSA rate averages $3.00 per pick-up load. PSA has set Spring L Clean Up Time for April 18 to .May 13th and they are requesting we .have some free landfill A hours during this time. This year, Spring Clean Up does not include brush pick-up, and N fee is set at $25.00 per truck load. D F This request referred to the Utilities Committee with recommendation to be brought I .back to Council. Ms. Kelly is to be advised when committee meets. L L The next topic considered .was the adoption of the zoning .map for the annexed area. Mrs. Copenhaver advised that the Planning Commission recommended to Council that the .map Z of the recently annexed area be adopted with zoning unchanged except for the Route Il 0 (Huff farm property), with frontage of 900 feet depth between Morehead .Lane and the N I Retirement Center, southeast. The Planning Commission recommended this property be zoned N Residential-Office (R-0) for 900 feetifrom int. 11, then R-1 for the remainder of the G property. MAP Mr. McKeever stated that for Council to zone this property anything other than what was advertised on the zoning;;map, another public hearing would be required. On the advertised map as prepared by John Cofer, the only change would be the Route 11 property. Property is usually zoned on how it is developed today and not what is hoped will be develop~~l in the future. IfjCouncil were to adopt the zoning .map as advertised showing all the designations that wee advertised, including the R-1 on the Rt. 11 property, there would be no further'; action required by the Council. , Mrl. Terwilliger stated there .was a requirement in the State Code that if the land use which is advertised for public hearing, if we propose to adopt a use which is more intensive then we .have to readvertise prior to adopting the final zoning .map. If we went to a less intensive use, we would not .have to readvertise. 8330 February 16, 1988 ZONING Mr. H. W. Huff, Jr., and Mr. Hugh Huff addressed Council as .owners of the property MAP in question, with the request to rezone this property commercial. They felt if the CONT. property .was not zoned commercial at present time, it would never be commercial. Mr. H. W. Huff advised they .had entered into an option with Horne Properties. They had~~re.qu!ea.ted not a single line of trees, but a double line of trees and a fence across the whole western .part of the .land. Mr. Hugh Huff stated he owned a home on this property. A shopping center would require approximately 70 acres,... leaving appro- ximately 100 acres and they would not .want to destroy the .value of the 100 acres. Councilman Johnston stated that one of the off-shoots of the Memorial Drive Shop Center discussions .was conditional zoning which let the Town .have some control over w kind of commercial venture went into a certain area. Mr. Huff stated that if this area was zoned commercial, then the Town would not .have any control over the groperty. Councilman Johnston .stated if the .land is not zoned R-0 or R-1, then .the Town .can rezone it to business use and .can .maintain a conditional situation on the property. If it is zoned now cbmmercialr.or_industral, then the Town could impose any sort of conditions on it. He felt the Town Planning Commission and Council could oversee the good .taste planning of any shopping center and the property owner could still get the .value of the shopping center. Mrs. Polly Mitchell questioned if this .land .was zoned commercial, could .factories be brought in. She .was informed it would .have to be zoned industrial for this type of business to come in. She felt we .had annexed to bring industries in. She also questioned the purchase of Eskridge property and .was informed this .was a parking lot on First Street, behind the .Dalton building. ZONING Mr. Andy McCready, addressing Council as a citizen and not a member of any RT.99 commission, and property owner in the newly annexed area, requested that Council consider changing zoning of .land on Rt. 99 from the .railroad tracks to new corporate limits. This .land is zoned .manufacturing 2 and he requested it be rezoned B-2 business. The cost of filling this .land and .making it level and useable would be costly.Mr. McCready further stated that most of this land on .Land Use Plan shows up as .Parks and Recreation, or open space. Councilmen Neblett, Crawford and Graham expressed the desire to see this land zoned commercial as they felt commercial .land .was needed in order to grow.Councilman Schrader: mad.e~.a~motion that we readvertise the zoning .map bowing the Huff .Farm, 900' west of Rt. 11, to be commercial and a public hearing be held, seconded by Councilman Crawford.: ~ ~ ~. ~ i. ~. l~. ~ i Mr. .Ralph Grubb was concerned over the number of public hearings being held on this topic.. He also stated he felt Mr. Huff .was correct in seek commercial zoning as we did not .want to go thorugh another Memorial Drive situation. Motion carried on the following recorded vote: John A. Johnston - Aye .James R. Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford - Aye James M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver - Aye .Mayor .Hancock advised the. public hearing would be scheduled for .March 15 at 7:00. MAIN STREET Mr. Doug Phelps, Director of .Main Street Program, .was introduced. Mr. Phelps stated he appreciated the support of Council and Staff. He will keep Council advised of the progress .made. Mr. .Jake Blevins asked for an update of the Peak Creek Cleaning. He .was informed this project had gone out to bid and it hoped this work .can be completed this spring. Funds were .made available in the. bond issue for this project. Mr. FEbruary 16, 1988 8331 Mr; Blevins was also concerned about the trash along Dora Highway. Mr. ..Maxwell stated th~re!.g~as dumping on Dora Highway and also complained of trash at house across from C & P Building on Rt. 99. Public Works Department will check into this and also Public Operations Committee. Mrs. Blevins also inquired as to when Dora Highway would be asphalted. Town .Manager to check into this and let Mr. Blevins know the schedule. As there were no further comments from the public, .Mayor .Hancock .called for Council Committee Reports. UTILITIES COMMITTEE Chairman Johnston advised it .had been one year since Peppers Ferry opened. In this time, they .have treated 1.45 billion .gallons, or approximately 4 million .gallons per .day. and this is the basis they will try to plan their budget. for next year. The .water quality has improved. Also, there is a demand for the sludge. Chairman Johnston advised that no additional work .had been done on the problem at 4A with the vibration problem. Councilman Graham .made a motion that the Town Attorney, Town .Manager and Utilities Committee review. this .matter and bring a recommendation to Council. Motion did not receiv a second. It is hoped an answer will be received to this problem by the end of the week. Councilman Johnston .has been .named as Secretary for Peppers Ferry .Wastewater Treatment Authority.Mr. McKeever distributed correspondence from .Eastern Utilities regarding our I&I problems. They .have been delayed in their analysis as we .have not experienced the .same .rainfall this year as we .had .last year. They .have identified our problems going into the system. Our repair schedule is now being drawn up. The .manhole repairs will be contracted out primarily because of recent .state and federal legislation .called confined space entry regulations that requires sophisticated equipment when going into .manholes. The infiltration study is still being conducted. PUBLIC & PERSONNEL RELATIONS, NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chairman Neblett advised that we had run a notice in newspaper regarding our committees.~.and~.bdmmissions asking people to notify the Clerk if they were available to serve. PUBLIC OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Chairman Neighbors .had no report. Mayor .Hancock asked that this committee review the stone .walls in town, in .particular at .Maple Shade Inn area, and also the stone steps at Calfee Park. FINANCE COMMITTEE MAIN STREET Chairman Crawford advised the Finance Committee .had met. One item reviewed .was the budget for the .Main Street Program for February through June, .1988. Utilities and secretarial support will be donated by a local business. Chairman Crawford so moved that $21,576.77 be appropriated to department 1208 for the .Main Street Program funding from the General Fund unappropriated surplus and approve for expenditure. Motion at Pulaski Middle School.. Total cost. of project is $19,587.50 with Pulaski County Schgal Board .paying one-half the cost, or $9,793.75. Chairman Crawford moved that the seconded by Councilman Glenn and .carried on the following reco John A. Johnston - Aye .James R. Neighbors Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader I Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford ~.Jlames M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver S"~EWALK IClzairman Crawford advised that a request .had been received Schoal Board be advised of the Town's policy of property owner .p aying one-half the cost and proceeding with project, seconded by Councilman Neblett and .carried. Chairman Crawford advised billing .had been received from Washburn Financial for rded vote: - Aye - Aye - Aye - Aye to install a sidewalk printing the official bond statement for the bond issue and so moved that $2,725.15 8332. February 16, 1988 BOND be 'appropriated. to account ~~108.-1224-50-3002.for..Washburn Financial billing .from bond ISSUE fund unappropriated. surplus and approve for expenditure, second ed by Councilman Glenn and .carried on the followin g recorded vote: John. A. Johnston - Aye James R. Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford - Aye .James M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver -Aye ~c_r. ANNEX. SIDEWALK DENIED Chairman Crawford advised that billing .had been received from .Mays &_Valentine throw December 31, 1987, which includes work furnished for the Voting Rights Act and pending election. Chairman Crawford so moved that $5,567.14 be appropriated to a nt 101-1224-3002 for .Mays & Valentine billing from General Fund unappropriated surpl and approve for expenditure, seconded by Councilman Neblett and carried on the following recorded vote: John A. Johnston. - Aye .James R. Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford - Aye .James M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver -Aye Chairman Crawford advised that request .had been received for sidewalk at 800 block Newbern Road. As there is not enough right of .way to install this sidewalk and Town would have to buy new right of .way, the committee .was in agreement to reject this request. Chairman Crawford stated that the building inspection fees .had been reviewed. One concern of the committee .was that a charge .was being .made to inspect a replaced .water BUILDING heater. The Finance committee felt there should be no inspection fee for this type INSPECTION FEES of i~na.tallati~on. Inspection is to be .made and a fee charged if going from one type of energy to another. Chairman Crawford .made a motion that ordinance setting the bu' 'ng inspection fees be adopted, seconded by Councilman Glenn. The Town Attorney is t prepare an ordinance to increase thse fees. Motion then .carried on the following recorded vote: John A. Johnston - Aye. James R. Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford - Aye .James M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver -Aye Chairman Crawford advised the committee .had been reviewing a computer by use by the Town.At present, we are .paying the County $675.00/month for this service. For a COMPUTER f ive year project, a lease purchase for computer is $.714.00 per month with total .paid out $42,743. Chairman Crawford moved that the Town .Manager be authorized to enter into a lease purchase with IBM for five years at a cost of $42,743, seconded by Councilman Neighbors and .carried on the following recorded vote: John A. Johnston - Aye .James R. Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Aye Ira S. Crawford - Aye James M. Neblett - Aye Mary Lou Copenhaver -Aye Chairman Crawford stated the committee had reviewed that Crizer Pump Station h is owned by Pulaski County. They .have a line that runs down from the old. Mod-U K into our line at Long Airdox. The County .has requested that we .take over both the line and the pump station. The advantage is that it would give us control over our system and the problem is we suspect that the line leaks. The Finance Committee would suggest that the cost of repairing line be determined and then a decision be .made. ORDINANCE COMMITTEE Chairperson Copenhaver advised that committee had met February 9th and reviewed th~~.draft of.~.~the water and sewer extension policy. A copy of this policy .was distributed to~Council for /their review and comments. The Utilities Committee will ~~~t.i;ew this policy and possibly a workshop held with the entire Council. February 16, 1988 8333 MAYOR'S REPORT (LANDFILL Mayor Hancock advised he .had received communication from Magnox again requesting the Town to .take action on permitting them to use the Town's landfill for depositing their dried inorganic .wastewater solids. This request referred to the Utilities Committee for their review. TRAFFIC TOWN ATTORNEY'S. REPORT Mr. Terwilliger .had no report. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. McKeever advised that increased traffic on Rt. 11 over Draper Mountain .had caused citizen concern and correspondence .has been received that Alliance Tractor Trailer Center in answer to our request, would not travel this Route. Mr, McKeever stated we .had received a conditional use application from F & R .Market at Rt. 11 and Alum Spring Road to install .gas pumps at their store. This CONDITION request would change the definition of the property's current use and a conditional USE use permit and a public hearing is required. The Planning Commission has reviewed the technical .data supplied by the Town's Engineering Department and found it acceptable. A joint public hearing is recommended. A joint public hearing .was scheduled for March 15, 1988, at 7:00 p.m. Mr, McKeever advised the Planning Commission and the Ordinance Committee .have reviewed the Subdivision Ordinance. A joint public hearing with the Planning Commission was set for April 5, 1988,. at 5:00 p.m. ',RECREATION Mr. McKeever stated a request .had been received from Rev. D. .Randolph to honor 1 Gary Clark. It .was .Mayor Hancock's understanding that this same proposal .had been sent to the Town of Dublin Council. Mr. McKeever thanks the Town's crews for their enormous contribution in the renovation of the Council Chambers. At 8:40 p.m. Councilman Neblett made a motion that Council adjourn, seconded by Councilman Graham and .carried. APP VED: .Mayor ATTEST: Cl rk of Council