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555 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Thursday, April 2, 1998, at 6:00 P.M. Present - Vice-Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter commissioners: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Kenneth Mills Dr. Franklin C. Niblock, Jr. Absent - Chairman: Sue B. Casper Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Ms. Cathie Keller-Straub, Budget Officer; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Members of the Cabarrus County Board of Education and Kannapolis City Board of Education were present for the meeting. Representing the Cabarrus County Board of Education were Board Members Don Hoyle, Christine Lee and Wayne Williams. Representing the Kannapolis Board of Education were Chairman Lee Efird and Board members Danita Rickard and Millie Hall. Dr. Harold Winkler, County Schools Superintendent, and Dr. Ed Tyson, Kannapolis Schools Superintendent were also present along with staff members from each of the school systems. Vice-Chairman Carpenter presided in the absence of Chairman Casper and called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M. Approval of the Aqenda Vice-Chairman Carpenter presented the following items for addition to the agenda: (1) Approval of the Corning/BOC Community Development Block Grant- Economic Development (CDBG-ED) Grant Agreement and related documents; (2) Budget presentations by the two school boards; and (3) Consideration of a lease for the new LIFE Center to be constructed adjacent to the Senior Center. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Niblock with Commissioners Barnhart, Niblock and Mills and Vice-Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board approved the additions to the agenda as presented. Approval of the Corninq/BOC CDBG-ED Grant Aqreement and Related Documents Mr. Clifton reported the North Carolina Department of Commerce had awarded a Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development (CDBG-ED) program grant in the amount of $1 million to assist in financing a second water line for the Corning and BOC Group project in the Midland area. This funding will be used in conjunction with County funding and the anticipated funding of $1 million by the City of Concord to complete the total project estimated at a cost of $3 million. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Mills with Commissioners Barnhart, Mills and Niblock and Vice-Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board approved the Corning/BOC Community Development Block Grant -- Economic Development Grant Agreement and related documents and authorized the Chairman to sign the appropriate documents on behalf of Cabarrus County. These documents included the following: Grant Agreement (Grant No. 98-E-0483); Funding Approval; Procurement Policy for the CDBG Grant Project; Community Development Code of Conduct; Section 3 Plan for Employment Opportunities for Business and Low Income Persons; Grant Project Budget Ordinance/Budget Amendment; Fair Housing Resolution; Plan to Purther Fair Housing; Citizen Participation Plan and Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan. Ordinance No. 1998-08 GRANT PROJECT BUDGET ORDINANCE CORNING/BOC CDBG ED BE IT ORDAINED by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, that pursuant to Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project ordinance is hereby adopted: Section 1. The project authorized is the Community Development project described in the work statement contained in the grant agreement 98-E-0483, between this unit and the North Carolina Department of Commerce - Commerce Finance Center. This project is more familiarly known as Corning/BOC CDBG ED Project.