02202002HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Minutes of Special Meeting
(Proposed Passenger Rail Service)
February 20, 2002
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Wednesday, •
February 20, 2002, in the Commissioners Meeting Room, County Administration
Building, 102 East Front Street, Lillington, North Carolina.
Members present: Teddy J. Byrd, Chairman
Beatrice Bailey Hill, Vice Chairman
Dan B. Andrews
Tim McNeill
Commissioner Walt Titchener was absent.
Staff present: Neil Emory, County Manager
Wm. A. (Tony) Wilder, Assistant County Manager
Kay S. Blanchard, Clerk to the Board
George Jackson, Planning Director
Also attending were representatives from the municipalities in the County.
Chairman Byrd called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and stated that the purpose of
this special meeting is to discuss proposed passenger rail service between Raleigh and
Wilmington. Neil Emory, County Manager, provided background information
regarding the County's involvement in the process. Chairman Andrews noted that at a
meeting he attended, he discovered a former proposed route through Lillington had •
been deleted from the plans.
Jim Caldwell, Director, Mid -Carolina Council of Governments, stated that the
municipalities need to elect someone to represent them on the Transportation Advisory
Committee. The group elected Wanda Gregory, Angier Mayor, to serve in that
capacity. Commissioner Dan Andrews had been elected to represent the County on
the Committee.
A presentation on Amtrak's National Passenger System and current proposal for
expansion of the system between Raleigh and Wilmington was presented by Richard
D. Heicksen, Secretary of the Transportation Advisory Committee and Transportation
Coordinating Committee of the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization,
and Don Stewart, Member of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail
Advisory Committee.
After the presentation, Chairman Byrd opened the meeting for general discussion by
all attendees.
There being no further business, Commissioner McNeill moved for adjournment.
Commissioner Hill seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The Harnett
County Board of Commissioners special meeting, February 20, 2002, adjourned at
8:20 p.m.
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Kay W. Blanchard, Clerk to the Board
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