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<br /> <br />Cabarrus County Parks Commission <br /> <br />Minutes – October 21, 2010 <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Parks Commission met on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cabarrus <br />County Governmental Center, 65 Church Street, Multipurpose Room. <br /> <br />Roll Call <br />st <br />In the absence of Chairman Jim Guess the meeting was called to order by 1 Chair Steve Sciascia and <br />silent roll call was taken. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes <br />st <br />1 Chair Steve Sciascia entertained a motion to accept the minutes from the August 19, 2010 meeting <br />(September 16, 2010 meeting was cancelled). Margaret Houston made the motion to accept the <br />minutes as presented and John Parker seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Old Business <br />The <br />Director Londa Strong updated the Parks Commission on the adoption of the Local Food Policy. <br /> <br />Board of Commissioners approved the Cabarrus County Local Food Purchasing Policy at its <br />regular meeting October 18. This policy calls for county departments to use at least 10% locally <br />produced food for any external or internal events paid by the County. The footprint will be <br />products grown or raised in North Carolina. Aaron Newton, Cabarrus County Local Food System <br />Program Coordinator, is available to help departments find local food sources and he will <br />provide more information on how to achieve this goal in the weeks to come. Director Londa <br />Strong serves on this committee and will keep the Park Commission updated of developing <br />details. <br /> <br />Director Londa Strong suggested to the Commission to check out the website and join the <br />campaign at http://www.nc10percent.com. County Manager John Day is very involved in this <br />campaign. <br /> <br />The next agenda item under Old Business was the BOC Items this agenda item was presented <br />by Director Londa Strong. These two agenda items were passed by the Cabarrus County Board <br />of Commissioners during the September 20, 2010 meeting were the following: <br /> 1. Approval of the Matching Incentive Grants for 2010-2011 with adopted related <br /> budget amendment. <br /> 2. Approval of Acquisition of Real Property at No Cost – Shandon Property <br /> <br />The next agenda item was the Park Commission Members (Terms Expiring – January 31, 2011) <br /> <br />This includes: Jim Guess – Concord Planning Area – not eligible for reappointment <br /> Clara Swallows – At Large - Eligible for reappointment <br /> Howard Hurlocker – Eastern Planning Area – Resigned <br /> <br /> <br />