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100 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Department to submit grant applications for funding from the 1989-90 North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Fund for the following projects: $2,000.00 to assist salaries cost for the Youth Theatre Program, $800.00 to aid in instructor's expenses for Children's Arts Camps, and $1,000.00 to cover entertainment expenses in a Special Events Series at Frank Liske Park. Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, reviewed the correspondence dated November 11, 1988 from Mr. Leonard B. Sossamon, Concord City Manager, relative to the financial settlement of the Rocky River project. It was noted that Mr. Sossamon had indicated in his letter that the City had agreed to a settlement of $232,107.00 and was unwilling to compromise regarding the County's request for some distribution of interest earnings of the Rocky River Fund. The compromise settlement of $232,107.00 as specified in Mr. Sossamon's letter was as follows: Balance due City of Concord on Rocky River project Less: A portion of Disallowed costs Less: Bank note interest expense Less: Additional sales tax refunds Acceptable balance due City of Concord $413,098.00 $130,688.00 $ 6,177.00 $ 44,126.00 $232,107.00 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the payment of $232,107.00 to the City of Concord as final settlement for the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment project. The payment will be made upon the execution of a Release by the City of Concord. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Messrs. Dennis Abraham, Harold Holbrook, and Ralph Austin to the Cabarrus Utilities Board for a three-year term ending May 1, 1992. The reappointments of Messrs. Holbrook and Austin were subject to the approval of the governing boards of the City of Kannapolis and the Town of Mt. Pleasant, respectively. Mr. Alvin M. Stanford, Agriculture Extension Chairman, invited the Board members to the Agriculture Extension Center on May 8 to participate in the events commemorating the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the North Carolina Agriculture Extension Service. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Chairman to sign the following County Resolution. COUNTY RESOLUTION Whereas the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1913 has fostered the development of a system of State Agricultural Extension Services in partnership with our Nation's land-grant universities and the county governments for disseminating and encouraging the application of research-generated knowledge and leadership techniques to solve problems of individuals, families, and communities; Whereas the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, as part of the national extension system, has contributed greatly in assisting families and individuals with the efficient production of a reliable supply of food and fiber for consumers, with the improvement of the quality of life, with the development of leadership and community service, and with the achievement and accomplishments of young people through 4-H; Whereas the relationship existing between the Federal, State, and County Extension Services has provided for citizen input to research and educational programs of the land-grant universities of our state for three quarters of a century; and Whereas the citizens of Cabarrus County have benefitted and continued to benefit form North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service programs: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners that the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act and the North Carolina Extension Service of which this County is a part should be commemorated on May 8, 1989.