Council to eye demolitions
By Ethan Smith
Published in News on November 15, 2014 10:38 PM
If an item on the Goldsboro City Council's consent agenda for Monday night is voted through with the rest of the agenda, the Inspections Department will begin the informal bid process for the demolition of 22 properties in the city.
The properties were inspected at various times throughout the last decade and have all been condemned, and are now set to enter the demolition process, as legal notices have been served to all property owners.
Owners of the properties will be billed by the city for the removal of the structures.
Properties entering the demolition process include:
* 1415 E. Ash St.
* 3918 E. Ash St.
* 1805 Ball St.
* 110 Carriage Road
* 607 W. Chestnut St.
* 703 Corney St.
* 703 E. Elm St.
* 314 Fedelon Trail
* 404 Gulley St.
* 409 N. James St.
* 912 N. John St.
* 506 Leslie St.
* 410 Lime St.
* 305 W. Mulberry St.
* 604 W. Mulberry St.
* 403 W. Oak St.
* 700 Rudolph St.
* 702 Simmons St.
* 309 N. Slocumb St.
* 415 S. Slocumb St.
* 417 S. Slocumb St.
* 302 S. John St.
Also on the consent agenda is a contiguous annexation request from Worrell Contracting Co. for property located on the north side of Industry Court.
If approved, the Stoney Creek Stream Enhancement project would enter its second phase and Goldsboro will enter a services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates for $82,000, allowing for the design and construction of the stream enhancement project's second phase.
The project area is made up of 1,870 linear feet from U.S. 13/U.S. 70 to Royall Avenue.
Goldsboro has been awarded a total of $375,000 from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and $82,000 will be used for design, permitting and construction.
Stoney Creek is classified as nutrient sensitive, discharges into the Neuse River and has been relocated, straightened and channelized in the past.
While Stoney Creek flows into a flood plain in Stoney Creek Park that floods during storms, the stream itself is incised and has a high level of bank erosion.
Kimley-Horn and Associates wrote in a memo to council members that "the largest, apparent contributing factor to the degradation of the Stoney Creek and its corridor appears to be urbanization and uncontrolled urban runoff which has resulted in erosion and degraded water quality."
During the council's work session prior to its meeting, a member of the Goldsboro Police Department will discuss a potential evidence room addition for the department. Additional street resurfacing in the city will be discussed by City Manager Scott Stevens and dates for future meetings will be discussed.