Clayton Town Council voted to set the town impact fee for the construction of Providence Creek Academy’s new school buildings at $113,000 at the August 11 council meeting.
PCA is in the process of building a new campus on West Duck Creek Road in Clayton. This new campus will contain three school buildings – an elementary school building, middle school building and core building.
The charter school, which currently leases its space from St. Joseph’s at Providence Creek, plans to move into these new buildings during the fall of 2009.
After Monday’s council meeting, town officials said they removed the portion of the impact fee for streets and gave the school a deduction on the number of dwelling units.
These changes dropped the impact fee that the school owes the town from $168,000 to $113,000, they said.
Mayor Wayne Stover said the town wanted to work together with PCA on this fee since the school has a positive effect on the town.
“It’s good for our children,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing – giving them a good education.”
Stover said the impact fee addressed at Monday’s meeting was only for the Town of Clayton.
The school has already paid its impact fees for the county, ambulance and fire, he said.
During the portion of the meeting for public comments, PCA Managing Director Chuck Taylor thanked the Town of Clayton for its cooperation with the school.
Electric cost holds steady this month
During the meeting, Councilman Bob Berghorn announced that the town wouldn’t have to increase the Purchase Power Adjustment Cost (PPAC) on town electric bills again this month.
“Right now we’re still in good shape,” he said.
But Berghorn added that council will have to look at the electricity situation on a month-by-month basis.
If the cost of electricity doesn’t increase again, the town should be able to keep its electric bills where they’re at, he said.
“We can hold on right now, but if it goes up any more, we’ll have to do something,” Berghorn said.
Last month, council voted to increase the PPAC by one cent per kilowatt hour to recoup some of the town’s losses as the cost of electricity spiked.
Subdivision of lot approved
Council also voted unanimously to approve the subdivision of a lot at the corner of Dickerson Street and Smyrna Avenue into two separate lots.
The owner of the property plans to build a house on each lot.
“If we have vacant lots in town, we might as well fill them in,” said Mayor Stover after the meeting.
Resident concerned about tall grass at Providence Crossing
Alex Dias, a resident of the Providence Crossing development, expressed concerns about the height of grass in a number of empty lots in his neighborhood.
He said the grass has grown very high in some places.
“If it’s a lot, it should be kept mowed,” said Town Foreman Jeff Hurlock. “I’ll have code enforcement address it.”
