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Midland picks top two architect firm finalists

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Town of Midland council approved a motion for the architecture firm, ADW Architects, for the new town hall project after staff interviewed more than nine firms and presented the council with the top four choices. PHOTO BY MICHELLE WATERS

Town of Midland council approved a motion for the architecture firm, ADW Architects, for the new town hall project after staff interviewed more than
nine firms and presented the council with the top four choices. PHOTO BY MICHELLE WATERS

After numerous interviews with prospective architectural firms, the Town of Midland staff narrowed the choices down to four for the council to interview and choose at the March council meeting last Tuesday, March 12.

After a special meeting where the council heard presentations from each of the firms, the council unanimously voted for ADW Architects as the first choice during the regular meeting. Mayor Kathy Kitts decided during a tiebreaker on Creech and Associates over LS3P Associates for the town’s second choice.

Staff assessed each firm based on a system of points for high standards for staffing, a demonstrated knowledge of the Town of Midland’s future plans, as well as experience with the USDA and more. Creech and Associates scored the highest-91 out of 105 points-with ADW scoring 90 out of 105 points.

“We feel strongly about the top two we scored,” said Midland Planning, Zoning, and Subdivision Administrator Richard Flowe. “You could trade off the top two with strengths and weaknesses, and both would do a great job.” Continue reading →

Midland to acquire 3.45 acres off Hwy. 24-27

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At last Tuesdays Midland Town Council meeting, council members approved and directed the town attorney to prepare documents for the closing on a property located off Hwy. 24-27 and Hwy. 601. The property acquirement is referred to as the Main Street Project in surveys completed at the site.

Richard Flowe, the Planning, Zoning, and Subdivision Administrator, along with Brian Wilson, the Public Works Engineer, presented three different studies on the optioned property site to the town: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Topographic Survey, and Geotechnical Investigation. The findings according to Wilson came back clear on the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment.

“There is nothing wrong with the property,” said Wilson.

After Wilson and Flowe presented the findings for the environmental assessment, council member Don McSheehan made a motion to direct the town attorney, Anthony Fox, to prepare documents to close on the property.

The town has not yet said what the property will be used for but according to town administrator, David Pugh, the property is identified according to the Land Use Plan 2030 as the future Main Street coming off of Hwy. 601.

“That specific area is also identified as being zoned ‘civic’ in the future. This type of zoning does allow government buildings,” said Pugh. Continue reading →

New chance for Old Bethel School

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The ongoing debate concerning the Old Bethel School building turned a new corner last Thursday at the Cabarrus County Budget work session when the commissioners voted to begin accepting bids on the property located in Midland.
Commissioner H. Jay White Sr. made a motion to accept new bids on the Old Bethel School with  bids beginning at $10,000 with no restrictions.
Last year the county began the process of selling the property to Woodson University for $10,000 with certain restrictions on the sale preventing the university from reselling the property and making a profit on it. The sale did not go through, and Woodson eventually withdrew its offer. Continue reading →

Bethel students in the fast lane

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Mayor Kathy Kitts and LugNut, Charlotte Motor Speedway mascot, posed with a Bethel School student at the zMAX Race for Education event last Wednesday.

Bethel students got a taste of the fast life of NASCAR last Wednesday, May 23 at the zMAX Race for Education event at Bethel Elementary School.
Students looked in the windows of the Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) Show Car, played with gadgets on the CMS Fan Van, and took their pictures with LugNut, Mayor Kathy Kitts, council member Rich Wise, and town administrator David Pugh.
“We had a great turnout for something that was put together so short of notice,” said Wise.
The May Race for Education Program matches up NASCAR Drivers in the Sprint All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600 with a participating North Carolina City. The driver who wins the races will each win a $20,000 zMAX Race to Education award for educational programs in the community with which he is paired.   Continue reading →

Midland sewer updates coming soon

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Cabarrus Acres subdivision will soon benefit from sewer service from McGill Associates, an engineering firm contracted by the Town of Midland. The project will be funded through a low (0%) interest rate State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan amounting to $1,200,000 if the town completes the first steps of processing by July 2.
In order for the town to benefit from this fund, the council and staff must submit an Engineering Report to Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) by July 2. The fund is offered from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. If the report is not submitted before that date, the funding will not be available.  Once the report is approved the town can proceed with construction plans and specifications.
Richard Flowe, the Midland Planning, Zoning, and Subdivision Administrator, described this as an “exciting opportunity for the town and we want to maintain the pace.”
The low interest loan would be combined with a $1,200,000 grant from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund giving the town $2.4 million in total.
The project will affect approximately 50 residents within the Cabarrus Acres Subdivision located off of Midland Road. The preliminary engineering fee for McGill Associates will be $23,000, which does not include design, permitting, surveying, geotechnical, bidding and award, construction observation, or construction administration services.
The town hopes to have construction begin between March and August of 2013.
“This is a monumental time and place in Midland’s brief history as an incorporated town,” said Flowe.

Read more about Mildand’s meeting in this weeks The Weekly Post!

Nature photographer enthusiast, Jan C. Braumann, captured a photo of a beautiful Bald Eagle resting on a fence during a rain shower last Wednesday afternoon. “This was a rare opportunity to see a Bald Eagle in Midland for me and was such a treat.” Braumann’s friends, Jane and Ralp Soots from Midland, called him up to see the eagle, which had been sitting on the fence since early that morning.

Midland approves land annexation

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At the April Town of Midland meeting, the council approved the voluntary annexation of two properties into the town limits. The first property, G and G Albemarle Road Business Park, consists of nearly six acres, and the second property, bordering Rocky River by the Catawba Lands Conservancy consists of 66 acres.
Land zoning will be the next step in the process for annexing the properties. The business park will be used for industrial use, and the Catawba Lands Conservancy will be zoned for agricultural use.

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