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Connie, the town staff member who presented the budget, said the total proposed budget is $53,000,000, composed of approximately $48,000,000 in general fund dollars, about $2,000,000 in Powell Bill funds and $3,000,000 for building-inspection-related funds (as described in the presentation). The presenter said the proposed general fund revenue begins with property tax (with the tax rate remaining the same at $0.27 per $100 of assessed value), followed by sales and use tax, fire district fees (paid by the full fire district, not only town residents), loan proceeds for two new fire apparatus, franchise tax, interest income and smaller revenue categories.

On the expense side, staff said the largest shares of the general fund go to public-safety departments (police and fire). The presentation listed several highlights: replacement of some police vehicles and one new police vehicle for a position; continuation of a traffic-light generator program; replacement of two approximately 20-year-old fire apparatus funded with loan proceeds; $2,950,000 proposed for street resurfacing (funded by municipal vehicle/powell bill/other transportation dollars) and continuation of the town’s program to resurface about 5% of roads annually; $250,000 for parks, recreation and cultural-facility renovations; and 11 proposed new positions including two for police, one for economic/business development, a custodian, an IT service-desk coordinator, three fire captains and three fire apparatus engineers. The presentation also noted a plan to retire debt on the Leland Cultural Arts Center building.

The public hearing was closed after the presentation and the presenter reminded the public that council would vote to adopt the budget on April 17 at 6:00 p.m. No public commenters signed up during the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Council Regular Meeting - 20 Mar 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Town staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget totaling about $53 million — including a $48 million general fund — and highlighted public-safety spending, street resurfacing and 11 proposed new positions. Council closed the hearing and scheduled adoption for April 17.","taxTitle","Leland, Brunswick County, North Carolina","taxId",54118,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6627998,"Leland resident urges town action over round‑the‑clock paving operations, citing sleep loss and pollution",165,458000,623000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590&start=458&end=623","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590/thumbnail_458000.jpg","/articles/6627998/Leland/Brunswick-County/North-Carolina/Leland-resident-urges-town-action-over-roundtheclock-paving-operations-citing-sleep-loss-and-pollution","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6627998-2f285a284f8237622ec59904cf678f8e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165995&Signature=W9qyvYgIVmOmtD~Wk6JX9r9ehTXQNnwl88YTCzIKumWgV-4VT~G6bfT9Kju5GqjWNCN9ExExrLk8aO~GhWpnP6KOnQK16x3ybd4lLrpfUaEOZAqHzN~MfmH9~TY-BVRN5vS6jiPo4o9xF4gP0e5Zcgk0oxAoX-xdBrsO1OEe6h6jymXlUF0-5np7N~KUZmL8okEE~MSJyKjVyCPdkxioSn-WrgSIXDLbUE8DzGH7JwMbJeNozJFWPFKFlxPhE7CH80--EvA5dJHXgxTbSboxEbbtzj4HTMExlSZHVpzVyMBEeVDW~mR5EteLmLyvgc6k51neW8nRKE2zQFZdwEp1bg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Town of Leland public-comment period, resident Jabat Murrell told council that operations at a nearby Highland Paving asphalt facility have run continuously for the past three weeks and have disrupted sleep, produced strong odors and coated nearby homes and cars with dust and debris.

Murrell said neighbors had filed a police report with Officer Casanova and that he had contacted the paving inspector, Scott Sanders, who he said had not resolved the matter. \"For the past 3 weeks, they've been operating 24 hours, and I know that there's a noise ordinance. All my neighbors and myself alone cannot sleep,\" Murrell said, adding that his family and neighbors have been changing air filters more frequently and that the odor is \"unbearable.\"

Murrell described a nearby intersection (across from the Kicking Mule and the Mayway gas station) as hazardous because debris and spun tires have caused near-misses for his wife and a neighbor, and he said he has video evidence he can provide to staff showing smoke and noise at various overnight hours.

Council confirmed Murrell's address and he said the property is in Fletcher Estates (1778 Liz Lane NE). The transcript shows no immediate formal action recorded by council during the meeting; Murrell said police had been contacted and an inspector had been notified. No town response or next steps were announced on the record at the meeting.","At the council meeting a resident said Highland Paving has operated 24 hours over three weeks, creating noise, odors and dust that have disrupted sleep and covered cars and homes; he said police and code staff had been contacted and asked the council for guidance.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6628001,"Council rezones Brunswick County parcel ID 029GA006 from C-1 to R-15",972,2862000,3834000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590&start=2862&end=3834","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590/thumbnail_2862000.jpg","/articles/6628001/Leland/Brunswick-County/North-Carolina/Council-rezones-Brunswick-County-parcel-ID-029GA006-from-C-1-to-R-15","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6628001-83c5b0d6a217d75461d790b4b397abe0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165995&Signature=kEw4WcterD27Z~W7ZALHMSFHZMQU55cub-9~lbz7nUzwOynPdbY1CW1okgK9BmoB5r1i8E1pOAo0zfKlroSLiNK0r5LEvz28gZy2gYQ50YfwrvlKi4BWtuVtID3FCywSNU~ZME8aaNZCtFOR68IyTEKlDdj~NzQ8cf7DOUBJ3gFIrPLp8rsduj8ub2qTDisoNkkBi5M7fJTuKqfDGhJ9i7zipaqjcRR12v5nZjmJ5EVB6r9BHF2Mx3GhcFSNAzs2oVQbP9DSlYcdOTPu4VvhubqSXFi0J3ybGNufMLr6iDn~7TdsmUZpdfiJDH1~AlJhKh3ZS0kiyzhKl4u2iLxtOw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Leland Council approved Ordinance ORD-25-003 to amend the official zoning map and rezone Brunswick County parcel ID 029GA006 from C-1 (general commercial) to R-15 (medium-density residential).

Planner Javier Barrera presented the zoning map amendment request and told council staff had reviewed consistency with the town’s adopted plan Leland 2045 and statutory rezoning criteria. Barrera said the parcel is approximately 33.33 acres, currently contains a manufactured home that received a certificate of occupancy in 2024 and has only one constrained access point affected by a nearby CSX railroad crossing. He said a 2024 text amendment removed residential uses from commercial districts, rendering some properties legal nonconformities; the applicant requested R-15 to regularize the property and allow residential improvements.

Applicant Rebecca Islas spoke in support and said she and her husband moved to the property from Wilmington and want to continue improving their home. \"We just wanna improve our property and make it nice and beautiful just like everyone else would wanna do with their own piece of property,\" Islas said.

Barrera told council that Planning Board reviewed the application and recommended approval by a 6–1 vote, finding the rezoning consistent with the Leland 2045 future land-use designation of \"high development potential\" and with policies supporting a diversity of housing types. Staff noted dimensional differences between C-1 and R-15, including a minimum lot size increase from 6,000 to 15,000 square feet under R-15, and said the R-15 district would reduce potential traffic volumes compared with continued commercial zoning given the site’s constrained access.

No members of the public signed up to speak in support or opposition. After discussion, council passed the ordinance by voice vote. One council member noted discomfort over a perceived precedent because the council previously denied a separate commercial rezoning, but other members said the action honored prior guidance to allow nonconforming residential properties to seek conformity via rezoning.

Ordinance ORD-25-003 carries forward the Planning Board’s consistency finding and changes the zoning designation of parcel 029GA006 to R-15.","The Town Council approved Ordinance ORD-25-003 to rezone a roughly 33.33-acre parcel (029GA006) from C-1 (general commercial) to R-15 (medium-density residential). Planning staff said the change resolves a legal nonconformity created when a 2024 text amendment removed residential uses from C-1 zones.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6628006,"Leland council adopts Safe Streets and Roads for All safety action plan",1737,1116000,2853000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590&start=1116&end=2853","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2723042-2a3c4949db44af5edf435d684b668590/thumbnail_1116000.jpg","/articles/6628006/Leland/Brunswick-County/North-Carolina/Leland-council-adopts-Safe-Streets-and-Roads-for-All-safety-action-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6628006-a37954e3e1ec4b07abfca9f217e91345/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165995&Signature=crRCEg1Os8xQTeXqkXxAnxEv8PWydrm9ia4N3S5mJdXWuO987QEzUHhzRHSrw2ZGwr0cMADj18QmMKzZ53Qm2Xff6OkUYik1feMkJwluGDpwSGlm7l8WA1ytS1Yz~FieADHIEV8F5ZbY1oqp35GJ7YVhfQcZfvTAafHVnYf4hNEi4M1ifH1tzLPi7EJY2s39qsd47u0SPsyPCWH2W2rW0jut5SN77~wY70OS0omS5UHcLMKTI2MxGgUm0Xy9zx0d4NdFb530YJpVGGHHCw1WQBM8YBmhFTwT81uDKaO~0HEhbd-C5l3RZl43B6Mo2~43Q0-38csbOZ5VErA~bX4SVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Leland Council voted to adopt Resolution R-25-016, approving the Leland Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan, after a presentation by town planning staff and the plan’s consultant team.

The plan, funded through the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant, sets a three-year implementation orientation and lists prioritized, near-term projects intended to reduce roadway fatalities and severe injuries. Council adopted the resolution by voice vote; the motion carried unanimously.

Planning staff said the SS4A planning grant supported the creation of the Safety Action Plan and that adoption positions the town to apply for later implementation grants. Consultant Andrew Ooms of Kittelson and Associates described the plan’s emphasis on a Safe Systems approach that focuses limited resources on crashes that cause death and serious, life-changing injury. Ooms said the plan’s data window used official crash data through 2023 and noted that 2024 saw three fatal crashes inside the town boundary (one crash with two fatalities) and three severe injuries. He also summarized a broader tally discussed during the project of seven fatal or severe-injury crashes inside the town boundary and three additional crashes “very nearby” the boundary; the plan prioritizes locations with concentrated severe crashes.

Ooms said the plan identifies a high-injury network and prioritizes projects into tiers. Tier 1 recommendations are “maintenance-level” and quick-build projects intended to be low-cost and fast to deploy; Tier 2 projects are larger capital investments that will require more funding and longer timelines. Examples highlighted in the presentation included speed management strategies, increased enforcement and programmatic changes, pedestrian crossings and corridor-specific countermeasures on high-speed arterials.

Staff and consultant presentations said the plan’s high-injury network includes segments of U.S. 17, Mill Ridge Road and Fayetteville Road and noted that many of the town’s most severe crashes occur on commercial corridors and higher-speed roadways. The plan recommends near-term actions such as no-right-turn-on-red signs on US 17 and other quick-build countermeasures, plus targeted maintenance, project prioritization and edits to the town’s development code to support safer streets.

Councilmembers and focus-group participants discussed the town’s limited jurisdiction over some corridors (notably parts of U.S. 17 under NCDOT) and the need to coordinate with the Wilmington metropolitan planning organization (WMPO) and NCDOT. Staff said NCDOT and the WMPO participated on the project focus group, that the WMPO has initiated its own SS4A work, and that the town will share the adopted plan with partner agencies.

The plan was presented to the Planning Board in February, which voted unanimously to recommend approval; staff likewise recommended adoption to council.

The resolution formally adopted the plan and affirmed the Planning Board’s statement that the plan is consistent with the town’s adopted plans and is in the public interest. The town will use the adopted plan to pursue implementation funding and to guide near-term safety work and interagency coordination.","The Town of Leland adopted Resolution R-25-016 approving a three-year Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan after staff and consultants outlined near-term “quick build” projects, a high-injury network and programmatic strategies to reduce fatalities and severe injuries on town roads.","actionData","errors"]

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