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483 Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Chairman and members of the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County that: 1. The Board of Commissioners endorse and support the Emergency Medical Ser- vices Improvement program prepared by Centralina Council of Governments. The Board of Commissioners agree to make every effort to integrate those improvements which prove to be worthwhile and cost effective into the local EMS System once Federal funds are no longer available. o The Board of Commissioners agree to provide or cause to be provided the amount of $60,000 in-kind matching funds through the continued support of emergency medical services within Cabarrus County, The Board of Commissioners agree to provide or cause to be provided the amount of $28,960 in local cash to be used as matching funds for the procurement of Commun. & Ambulance equipment to improve the EMS System within Cabarrus County, provided that the EMS Improvement program is funded by DHHS. Ratified this the 2nd day of February, 1981. /s/ Frankie F. Small Clerk to'the Board /s/ Ralph C. Bonds Chairman, County Commissioners Chairman Bonds stated that this was the day and hour scheduled for a public hearing for road name changes and asked if anyone were present who wished to speak for or against these road name changes. A resident of Troxler Circle requested that only one section of that street be renamed Lucky Drive as Troxler Circle presently consists of two separate deadend sections which do not connect to form a continuous road. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board approved the naming of the following roads - Unnamed Road to Famous Drive and Unnamed Road to Mammoth Oaks Drive - and approved the renaming of the western portion of Troxler Circle to Lucky Drive with the eastern section of this road retaining the name of Troxler Circle. In the future when the entire length of the road is opened for traffic,~a public hearing is be held to change the name of the Troxler Circle section of this street to Lucky Drive. Mr. W. K. Cowan, Director of the County Parks and Recreation Department, was present to review the proposed time schedule for the development of the Stonewall Jackson Recreation Park. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board approved the acceptance of the Stonewall Jackson Park Grant award and authorized Chairman Bonds to sign the Agreement between the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development and the County for the development of the Stonewall Jackson Park. The Board deferred the appointment of the four members from Cabarrus County to the Cabarrus-Rowan Park Commission until the Board meeting on March 2, 1981, as requested by Mr. W. K. Cowan, Recreation Director. Warrant Officer Ted Miller addressed the Board regarding the construction of a new National Guard Armory building for Cabarrus County. Colonel Norman Alston appeared before the Board to recommend that the Board support the construction of a new armory facility for the County. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution. Recognizing the long standing and meritorious service the local units of the National Guard have provided to the nation, state, and county in times of both war and peace, and further recogniz- ing the serious need for facilities adequate to perform the present and future mission of the National Guard, and in keeping with the spirit of intergovernmental cooperation established by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Mr. Ralph Bonds, and the Mayor of the City of Concord, Mr. Harold McEachern, I do hereby propose a motion that the Board of Commissioners endorse a resolution supporting a new armory facility for Cabarrus County