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MINUIES CABARRUS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Supervisors Meeting Y=ING NO: 309 DATE: August 11, 1987 Agriculture Center 8 :00 P.M. - 10:40 P.M. SUPERVISORS: Frank Herrin, Claude Kuykendall, Lipe Barrier, Sr., Jimmy Little, Whitaker Moose GUESTS: Mitch Black, Mrs. Black, Thomas Wetmore, Jr.,AC, Dr. Don Philen, NRCD OFFICE: Hugh Price, E. E. Bishop, Eyvonne McDaniel 1. Chairman Herrin called the meeting to order asking Hugh Price to give the Invocation. 2. Minutes of the JULY meeting were unanimously approved as mailed out. 3. Mitch Black, the District's representative to the Conservation Resource Workshop was present to give the supervisors a report on his week and activities at the workshop on the N. C. State University campus. 4. Tom Wetmore, Area Conservationist, met with the District supervisors to offer the District an opportunity to enter into a contract with SCS for supplemental funds under the Food Security Act. Mr. Wetmore informed the District supervisors that supplemental funds from Congress have been appropriated for some Districts to use to accelerate the highly erodible determinations and development of conservation plans. He explained the procedures stating that an X number of dollars could be used by the District to hire a person for a period of 12 months (ending October 1, 1988) to increase production in the field office. Mr. Wetmore offered two systems in which the funds could be utilized if the Cabarrus Soil and Water District considers the contract. A motion was made by supervisor, Jimmy Little, seconded by Claude Kuykendall and unanimously passed that the District consider the proposed contract. Mr. Wetmore requested that the Soil and Water supervisors arrange and have an agreement made by the September 8th meeting as to the action the supervisors wish to take. Frank Herrin agreed to contact the Cabarrus County Administrative officers to seek their approval and cooperation of the program and discuss the procedures the funds would be disbursed for the 12 month period. 5. Dr. Don Philen met with the supervisors to provide the latest information on the proposed Cabarrus County Airport site. After discussion of the airport site, a motion was made by Whitaker Moose, seconded by Claude Kuykendall and unanimously passed that the Cabarrus Soil and Water District reaffirm the supervisors position previously taken on the airport issue. A memorandum to the Chairman of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners will be sent to reaffirm the Soil and Water District's position. 6. All five supervisors signed some of the 11 conservation plans prepared for Rolling Acres Farm.