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October 4, 2004 Page 641 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, October 4, 2004, at 6:00 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert M. Freeman Vice Chairman: Richard D. Suggs Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert W. Carruth Coy C. Privette Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Marilyn D. Porter; County Attorney; Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board; and Kay Honeycutt, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman Freeman called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Chairman Suggs was not present for the beginning of the meeting. Vice Commissioner Carruth gave the invocation. Approval of the Agenda UPON MOTION of. Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Carruth with Chairman Freeman and Commissioners Carruth, Carpenter and Privette voting for, the Board approved the Agenda with the following additions: Consent Agreement for GLK Group, LLC - Jonathan Marshall; Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Resolution Commissioner Carruth; Update on the Search for a Private Management Firm for the Arena Operations - John Day. Consent Agreement for GLK Group LLC Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, reported GLK Group, LLC, has received a conditional use approval by the City of Kannapolis for a mixed-use development off Boy ScoUt 'Camp Road in Kannapolis. This development, he said, was approved prior to the extension of the adequate public facilities policy to Kannapolis, but owners of GLK have voluntarily agreed to enter into a consent agreement to contribute $1,008.00 per unit towards school adequacy. Vice Chairman Suggs arrived at 6:10 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Consent Agreement between Cabarrus County and GLK Group, LLC, including the payment of $1,008.00 per unit to advance school adequacy with payment to be made at the issuance of building permitting. Further, the Board authorized the County Manager to execute the Consent Agreement on behalf of Cabarrus County. Resolution in Support of $98 Million Bond Referendum Commissioner Carruth read the following statement: Fellow Commissioners, it has been more than a year since the two Boards of Education came to Us with an updated fifteen year facility plan, which included the most immediate needs, that had to be met in order to avoid an extreme overcrowding situation in our county. In addition to this, we have listened to the request for the past three years, since the approval by the voters of the NC Higher Education Improvement Bonds, that we would get 1:1 matching funds to construct a third facility at RCCC. This process has stopped and started, as the local economy has ebbed and flowed. The total amount of these needs totaled approximately $98 million, but would provide for the immediate needs of our school systems, while we planned for future growth in the outlying years. The need for these facilities was evident; however, this body felt it necessary to appoint a committee, which when finished, would give to us a recommendation on what path we should take in regards to these needs. If you will recall, the same night we appointed this committee, we also took the step to place a bond referendum before the voters in the November 2004 General Election, with the total cost of the bond referendum to be determined.