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0202870210211987 1 Alert Cable TV request for franchise REF/C 2 Proclamation Vocational -Technical Education Week 2/8-14 Appr 3 Proclamation Hospice Week 2/15-2 1 Appr 4 Reappoint Grady King to Nursing Home Committee Appr 5 Reappoint Margaret Womick Asheboro Planning Board Appr 6 School Merger Task Force representatives announced Appr 7 Water Task Force appointments Appr 8 Resolution in support of Governor Martins prop. state bond Appr 9 Citizen participation paving program SRI 549 Table 10 Citizens speak on mobile home park zoning _moratorium Planning & Zoning NO/AC 11 Trollinger Real Estate, Grant Township, 64 ac, NC 159 & 5R2937 Planning & Zoning Appr RANDOLPH COUNTY BOARD OF OOMMISSIONERS MINUTES February 2, 1987 The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on February 2, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom B, Courthouse, Asheboro, NC. Commissioners Frye, Langley, Davidson, Petty and Cotner were present. Invocation was given by Rev. Ron Hamilton, Rushwood Park Wesleyan Church. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the minutes of the January 5 regular session, January 5 work session and January 19 work session were approved. Cable TV Franchising Frank Kivett of Alert Cable TV of North Carolina, Inc. asked the Board to grant a franchise to Alert Cable TV to serve areas immediately adjacent to the Guilford County line. Alert, who already serves Guilford County, has been petitioned by residents in mobile home parks and subdivisions in Randolph to serve their areas. The Board took no action on this request, but instructed the manager and attorney to work on updating the County's ordinance regulating cable TV franchises and bring proposed changes to their March meeting. At that time they will consider Mr. Kivett's request. Proclamation - Vocational -Technical Education Week Mike Spann, chairman of the Vocational Education Advisory Committee, spoke about vocational -technical activities in the county. Darrell Hill, Randolph County Board of Education, told commissioners he appreciated their support for vocational education programs. On motion of Petty, seconded by Comer, the Board approved a proclamation declaring February 8-14 as Vocational -Technical Education Week in Randolph County. Copy included by reference. Proclamation - Hospice Week Chairman Frye spoke in support of the service that Hospice of Randolph provides. On motion of Petty, seconded by Langley, the Board approved a proclamation declaring February 15-21 as Hospice Week in Randolph County. Copy included by reference. Appointment - Nursing and Rest Home Advisory Board On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board reappointed Grady King to a 3 -year term to the Nursing and Rest Home Advisory Board. Appointment - Outside Member, Asheboro Planning Board On motion of Davidson, seconded by Langley, the Board reappointed Margaret Womick to a 5 -year term as outside member of the Asheboro Planning Board. Appointments - School Merger Task Force Chairman Frye announced the Board of Commissioners' representatives to the School Merger Task Force. They are Roland Albertson for Trinity area, Jerry Reynolds for the Eastern Randolph area, Jack Sugg for the Southwestern Randolph area, Sonny Davis for the Randleman area, and Reitzel Smith for the Asheboro area. Chairman Frye announced that he, Commissioner Comer, and representatives from the two school boards would meet on February 5 to determine proposed agenda items for the full committee to consider. Commissioners Minutes February 2, 1987 Page 2 Appointemnts - Water Task Force Chairman Frye announced the Board's appointments to the reactivated Water Task Force. They are Jack Lail, Bob Crumley, Robert Davis, Carl Howie, Tom McIntosh, Phil Pendry, Darrell McBane, Bob Wright, Glenn Thomas, Joe Hardee, Elmore Greene, Tal Harrison and Bob McDuffie. Budget Amendments On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board approved budget amendments, copies of which are included by reference. Resolution - Governor Martin's Proposed State Bond Referendum for Schools' Capital Improvements Programs Chairman Frye spoke in support of the Governor's proposed state bond program, saying that counties could save money in financing school construction by using the state's credit rating. He said that at the recent NCACC Legislative Goals Confernce, commissioners from across the state unanimously voted in support of this program. On motion of Langley, seconded by Petty, the Board adopted a resolution in support of Governor Martin's proposed state bond program. Copy included by reference. Roads - Petition to Pave SR 1549 Glenn Connor -(Route 1, Trinity), spokesman for property owners on SR 1549, petitioned the Board to help them in getting SR 1549 paved. Mr. Connor said that each time he calls the local D.O.T. office, he is given a different priority number for SR 1549. He also said that he had been led to believe that at one point SR 1549 was #3. He indicated that he and the other property owners are willing to participate in the citizen participation paving program if state funds are available for that. Chairman Frye told Mr. Connor that he would discuss the situation with Lex Kelly, District Engineer for D.O.T. Mobile Home Park Permits - Request to Establish Moratorium Bill Dorsett (Rocket Road) told the Board that impending zoning of his neighborhood and the fact that this area will be declared within the watershed for the upcoming Randleman Lake have caused a rush of special land use permit requests by persons proposing to establish mobile home parks on the watershed. Parks established now would be under regulations far more lenient than they will be after the watershed is officially established. Mr. Dorsett said his area is already glutted with mobile home parks with trailers on very small lots. This influx of people into the Randleman School area is taxing the present educational facilities. Yet this type development brings in only minimal tax revenues. Mr. Dorsett alluded to Section 1.3 of the Randolph County Mobile Home Park Ordinance, which states that permits should be denied to avoid overcrowding of land with extreme concentration of the population or to protect the public welfare and/or safety. Mr. Dorsett said he attended the last three Planning Board meetings to present population density and traffic volume for his area as well as to show how poorly septic tanks function in the area. The Planning Board chairman told him they have no authority to deny permits as long as minimum requirements are met. Mr. Dorsett asked the Board of Commissioners to re -define the Planning Board's duties, obligations and authority to them relative to protecting the public. Otherwise, he said, there will be no area left to zone and no watershed left to protect. He requested that the Commissioners invoke a moratorium on all mobile home parks in the watershed area until a formal watershed is established. Commissioners Minutes February 2, 1987 Page 3 Hal Johnson, Planning Director, told the Board that the Planning Board is delaying making a decision on two of the mobile home park permits until they receive more information from the state on the watershed area. Chairman Frye told Mr. Dorsett that the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board would work out an interpretation and policy relative to Mr. Dorsett's concerns. He asked that this item be placed on the Commissioners' March agenda for discussion of options the Board has for dealing with the accelerated development taking place. Mobile Home Park Permit - Request to Deny (Coleridge Area) Lyndon Craven of Coleridge told Commissioners that his neighborhood shares the same concerns as the Level Cross residents and that his group met with the Planning Board last week to oppose a request for placing a 58 -unit mobile home park in his area. He said he feared this park would mushroom into 200-300 units, all very close to his backyard. He said it would be in the watershed and would pollute their clean water. Edward Cagle (Route 1, Ramseur) said that drainage from this mobile home park would run down into his pasture. He said he has lived there 36 years and wants to keep it a decent neighborhood. Ted Gierisch (Route 1, Ramseur) opposed the park because of the watershed and because of the airport nearby. He asked that a moratorium be placed on mobile home permits until the whole issue can be studied more. Ted Fries (Route 1, Ramseur) said Commissioners should look at the bigger picture and realize that the problems in the northern townships will move on down to the Coleridge area and others. He asked the Board to develop a master plan for land development throughout the county before placing any more mobile home parks. He said area residents will meet at the Coleridge Fire Department on Friday night, February 6, at 7:00 p.m. and invited the Board to attend. Jerry Craven, who has a 107 -acre farm across from the proposed site, asked for stronger restrictions at least if the park will be allowed in. Kathleen Allen, resident near the proposed site, spoke of her concerns for the elderly in her neighborhood should the park be allowed. Chairman Frye directed the manager to contact PTCOG and ask them to come to the March meeting with a proposal for a land use plan for the Coleridge Township and, perhaps, other townships. Doris Dorsett (Rocket Road) asked about the appropriateness of a Planning Board member voting on a permit when he has an interest in the property. Chairman Frye stated that it would be considered a conflict of interest. Mrs. Dorsett replied that a Planning Board member has been doing this. Margie Grubb of Coleridge spoke of her concern of the loss of a scenic route to the NC Zoo for travelers coming from outside our county if mobile home parks go up in the area. Beeson Craven spoke in opposition of a mobile home park in what he called one of the best neighborhoods in the county. Public Hearing - Re -zoning Request On motion of Comer, seconded by Davidson, the Board adjourned at 4:00 p.m. to an advertised public hearing to consider a re -zoning request. Hal Johnson reported that Trollinger Real Estate of Asheboro is requesting that approximately 64 acres located on NC 159 and SR 2937, 6/10 mile south of the Zoo entrance on NC 159, Zoning Districts E-1 and E-2, Grant Township, be rezoned to Conditional Use Commercial. The applicant desires to operate a hauling and landscaping business, nursery and garden center, with a possible grocery store. The Planning Board has recommended unanimously that the request be approved, and that the stated use of the property not change beyond that being requested. They also recommended that Section 607 of the Zoning Ordinance be strictly adhered to. Commissioners Minutes February 2, 1987 Page 4 Tom Johnson spoke on behalf of his father, Luke Johnson, who plans to buy the property through Trollinger if the re -zoning request is approved. He asked if a building could be erected to house heavy equipment without having to go before the Planning Board again. He also wanted to know if the three proposed houses (for the father and two sons) could have separate deeds with one acre of land included in each deed. Hal Johnson told Mr. Johnson that construction for the equipment would be a permissible change in this .re -zoning request. However, he said the deeds could not be separate because that would constitute a subdivision and that the zoning regulations prohibit such a change. Pam McKinnon of Trollinger asked if the orchard and propagation areas could be reversed. Hal Johnson told her that areas must remain as they were drawn and indicated on the application. The public hearing was closed. Action on Re -zoning Request On motion of Davidson, seconded by Petty, the Board approved the re -zoning request, allowing the addition of the building for heavy equipment, which was requested. Adjournment On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board adjourned.