CARTHAGE – The Moore County Board of Education has set a date for a public hearing for a planned development conditional rezoning request for 395.67 acres of property located on Leach Road from RA to Planned Development Conditional Zoning (PD-CZ) for the construction of a luxury racetrack.
The board has been hearing opposition to the racetrack for months now from local citizens during the public comment period of their meetings as there are a lot of concerns surrounding noise, traffic and the overall impact on the local way of life and on the current rural/agricultural appeal of the area.
The board also set a hearing date for Oct. 15 for a quasi-judicial hearing for a potential amendment to a special use permit regarding the Gretchen Pines subdivision to construct an additional phase totaling 27 lots on 42.04 acres and a public hearing date for a conventional rezoning request for 2.59 acres of property located at 129 Doby Rd from Neighborhood Business (B-1) to Rural Agricultural (RA) in order to help allow for the sale of the property as currently under the B-1 zoning district, the banks will not loan money on the property.
All three hearings will be held on Oct. 15.
In addition, the board approved the implementation of a Capital Apparatus purchase plan for the Moore County fire departments.
“The Fire Commission has developed a plan to standardize the down payment percentage and the basic recommended terms for financing capital apparatus purchases,” said Public Safety Director Bryan Phillips.
The plan would allow for future purchases of capital apparatus to follow the standardized plan.
Board chair Nick Picerno did have one concern, although it did not keep him from voting to approve the plan.
“My fear is, if we don’t put a limit on the operational growth, it will continue to rise at a faster pace than inflation and the capital needs of the county will have to be, more so subsequently, transferred from the general fund to this Fire Commission,” Picerno said. “If we don’t put some kind of limit on the growth, that growth can eat up all the capital and then we would have to find another source of funds for capital needs. That’s the one thing I think needs to be relayed to the Fire Commission.”
The board also approved a change order with ELJ for the Vass Sewer Phase 2 Project to add additional sewer line extensions at a cost just under $160,000.
“We had some additional signups along Cameron Avenue and 690 so this change order will add extensions on those streets,” said Public Works Director Brian Patnode. “We had additional money in contingency and we’re using grant funding from the USDA for that contingency.”
The Moore County Board of Commissioners will next meet Oct. 15.
