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look at the ownership of roads in nary plat for a Mountain Housing of eventually joining Weaverville’s
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8FBWFSWJMMF ed near Reems Creek Golf Club, T_he program is called the Self- In other news, the town ac-
has four roads through 59 land Help Home Ownership Program. cepted a resubmitted flood dam-
sites across 162 acres. T_he roads An existing example is in the Leic- age prevention ordinance with
are private but there remains some ester area, where Mountain Hous- updates from the North Carolina
confusion as to who is the rightful ing Opportunity assisted with five Emergency Management. Coun-
deed owner. houses in an existing subdivision, cil also passed an ordinance en-
Councilman Walt Currie said, according to program manager couraging rail travel, a measure
“We need to do a lot more home- Joe Quinlan. Dearth called “gratuitous” in his
work before we sort this out if we T_his would be the county’s first vote against the ordinance.
are going to sort this out at all.” example of an entire subdivision Council approved inclusion of
T_he town has not inspected the based on this program. the employees at the ABC store
roads. In addition to an inspec- Knoefel said the affordable on the town’s health insurance
tion, council members were also housing market did not fit in the plan with assurances the ABC
interested in receiving an extend- existing area that features Reems Board would pay for any increase
ed warranty on the roads should Creek Village’s high-end lots and associated with its employees.
they be accepted by the town. homes. Hillcrest Drive resident Doug T_horeau was named to the
Councilman Gene Knoefel also Chris Eck spoke to similar con- Weaverville Planning and Zoning
issued concern over bringing roads cerns during the meeting’s public Board, Dearth named to the Met-
into the system before heavy con- comment section. ropolitan Planning Organization
struction trucks take their toll. “If I lived out there, then I TAC, Councilman Doug Jackson
Weaverville Town Manager would feel like I’ve been duped,” is the new Land-Of-Sky alternate
Mike Morgan said he believed the Knoefel said, who voted against and Mayor Al Root is the town’s
developers, Rabbit Ridge LLC, the measure. Metropolitan Sewer District rep-
were in the process of repairing Councilman Doug Dearth, who resentative.
some storm drainage problems. ultimately sided with Knoefel, T_he council moved its next
Weaverville Public Works Direc- contended that council could only meeting back one week to Jan. 25
look at whether the development because of Martin Luther King,
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until Jan. 14. T_he drive is in honor
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