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mHA representative advised him that the town should apply for the financing package “posthaste.”
Mr. Wickens noted that the cost of the project,, figured per capita, added up to $4,455 for each of the town’s residents.
Mrs. Willis told the council that she has looked into the cost of replacing the town's present overhead streetlights with freestanding, cast iron lights more like the town’s original lights.
She said each unit would cost about $2,000, and suggested that the town purchase six or eight each year until all the pole lights were replaced. Fewer than 50 would be needed for the entire town, she said.
Fran Eldred told the council that one of the town’s original Deitz lanterns is still left, outside Clarence Dearing’s house on Piedmont Ave.
The council reached consensus that it did not wish “cutesy” lanterns, or gaslights in a town which was never illuminated by gas. No action was taken on the lights.
In other business, the council:
• Requested that the Virginia Department of Transportation be contacted about its offer to pay some percentage of the cost of sidewalk installation or repair on any property which abuts a state right-of-way. Mr. Fisher suggested that VDOT be given some estimates so that the money could be included in next year’s budget.
• Referred to the planning commission an amendment to the Historic District Ordinance which would incorporate the definitions in the town’s zoning ordinance into the Historic District Ordinance.
Mrs. Willis also suggested that the council make repainting a house in certain pre-approved color combinations possible by administrative approval, rather than requiring the approval of the Architectural Review Board. That proposal was also recommended to the Planning Commission for its consideration.
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