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Cabarrus County Parks Commission Minutes – August 19, 2010 The Cabarrus County Parks Commission met on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center, 65 Church Street, Multipurpose Room. Roll Call The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jim Guess and silent roll call was taken. Approval of Minutes Chairman Jim Guess entertained a motion to accept the minutes from the June 17, 2010 meeting (July 15, 2010 meeting was cancelled). A motion was made by Andrea Palo to accept the minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Margaret Houston and the motion carried unanimously. Old Business The first agenda item under Old Business was the Park Commission Goals 2011 Goals that was presented to the Commission by Director Londa Strong. This agenda item was discussed in previous meetings for the future goals for 2011. A motion was made by Andrea Palo to accept the 2011 Goals for the Cabarrus County Park Commission. The motion was seconded by Shannon Glenn and the motion carried unanimously. A request was made by Chairman to place the Cabarrus County Park Commission 2011 Goals on the County website. New Business 1. Local Foods Initiative The first agenda item under new business was the Local Foods Initiative presented by Aaron Newton, Local Food Systems Program Coordinator. During the next 12 months Cabarrus County will undergo a Food Assessment conducted by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEPS) and the newly created Food Policy Council and Aaron during the course of the nd assessment. Monthly meetings are scheduled for the 2 Thursday of each month. The Food Policy Council is made up of 21 private citizens: 5 farmers, 1 dairy farmer, 2 meat producers, 3 vegetable farmers, 1 nutritionist for Cabarrus County Schools, 2 physicians and other private citizens. Specific Objectives: 1. Production and Supply 2. Distribution and Processing 3. Market Demand 4. Waste Recovery Aaron and the Council are working with a contracted group out of Raleigh to help understand base line data for our community food assessment: what we eat, where it comes from, what we produce and where it is eaten, farm size, trends in farming, etc. was reported on in the first meeting of the Food Council. Next step is processing this data.