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By Rose Hooper
The next regular meeting of the Village of Forest Hills council
will be held at the Recreation Center in Cullowhee at 7 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 10.
The change from the usual first Monday meeting date is due to
the Nov. 4 municipal elections.
The village has a new voice – a newsletter. A project of
the planning board, the first copy of the newsletter is expected
to be mailed to residents this week. Among those working on the
edition are Ruth Roman, Joe Roman, Ruth Shuler and Irene Hooper.
At its October meeting, the village joined Jackson County's other
municipalities –Webster, Sylva and Dillsboro – in opposing
the proposed Southern Loop. The resolution also asks that N.C.
Department of Transportation participate in a community-based
forum for redesigning N.C. 107 that will maximize traffic efficiency
and accommodate all of the communities' transportation needs.
The 520-foot connector between North and South Country Club Drives
now has a 16-foot wide roadway with smooth gravel and hydro-seeded
grass on the banks. A motion was passed commending Gene Tweedy
and Joe Rossano for their work on the project.
Elisabeth St. John, owner and developer of some 500 student rental
units on Little Savannah Road, asked the village to build sidewalks,
curb and gutter along the road near her apartments.
St. John suggested that Forest Hills apply to the DOT Small Towns
grant, which allows certain improvements within a 2-mile radius
of the village borders.
Council members discussed that either Forest Hills or Western
Carolina University would have to sign an agreement to construct
and maintain the sidewalk. Right of ways, if not currently available,
would have to be acquired. Council members requested St. John
seek support for this project from WCU.
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