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Mount Holly manager outlines downtown parking, property sale, park ribbon-cutting and infrastructure milestones
Summary
City Manager Bill Blanton reported several upcoming local items: opening of the Trousse parking lot, a draft development agreement and public hearing schedule for 131 South Main, an August ribbon cutting for Ransom Hunter Park, a regional wastewater decommissioning ceremony Sept. 16, and a pending DEQ grant for lead-and-copper pipe replacements.
City Manager Bill Blanton used his July 14 report to update the council on several projects and upcoming events in Mount Holly.
Blanton said the Trousse parking lot will open soon after recent construction and thanked Truist, Hunter Stowe Insurance and Trous for support. He said staff will bring a draft development agreement and contract for the sale of 131 South Main to council on Aug. 11 and will ask council to call a public hearing for Aug. 25 on the terms of sale.
Blanton said a ribbon cutting for Ransom Hunter Park is expected in early to mid-August after final shelter and play-equipment installation. He also reported that a trial run is underway to route up to 50 percent of Mount Holly’s wastewater to the City of Charlotte for treatment and that a joint decommissioning ceremony is planned for Sept. 16. Blanton said the North Carolina General Assembly has provided more than $15 million in a direct allocation to support wastewater-plant decommissioning.
On drinking-water infrastructure, Blanton said the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will consider a $9 million allocation to Mount Holly for lead- and copper-service-line replacements later in the week; Blanton described the potential allocation as among the largest DEQ awards for such projects.
Blanton also updated council on a wetland/stormwater project on Central Avenue (phase two nearing completion) and said the police department will run a kids camp next week as part of community policing efforts. He noted a sidewalk-variance application for the Hahn Hunter building will come before the planning commission on Aug. 4.
