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Organizational Meeting - December 6, 2004 Page 10 6) City and County hereby direct their managers, attorneys, planners and other professional staff members to prepare such studies and documents as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Memorandum and for presentation to their respective boards as soon as possible for consideration and adoption. 7) The adoption of this Memorandum by the County Board is expressly conditioned upon the adoption by the City Council, and the adoption of this Memorandum by the City Council is expressly conditioned upon the adoption hereof by the County Board. In addition, the Adoption of this Memorandum by the County and the City is expressly conditioned upon the adoption of similar Memorandums by and between the County and the City of Concord and the County and the Town of Harrisburg respectively, and the fulfillment of the terms and conditions of all three memorandums. All covenants and agreements set forth herein are and shall be mutually dependent and a condition to each agreement and covenant herein shall be the complete fulfillment of all other agreements and covenants herein by the other party. No provision is severable. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have adopted this MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING this the 6th day of December 2004. THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS BY: /s/ Carolyn Carpenter Carolyn Carpenter, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F. Bonds Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board Of Commissioners THE CITY OF KANNAPOLIS BY: /s/ O. Ray Moss O. Ray Moss, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Bridgette Bell, City Clerk Bridgette Bell, City Clerk STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CABARRUS MORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THIS MEMORANDUM of Understanding is entered into on this, the date shown at the conclusion of this document by and between Cabarrus County, a body politic and corporate of the State of North Carolina ("County") and the Town of Harrisburg, a North Carolina municipal corporation (" Town "). WHEREAS, the growth; and County and the Town are experiencing explosive residential WHEREAS, it is in the long-term interests of all the citizens of the County and the Town to have a synchronized, progressive, cooperative and comprehensive approach to land use and growth management. THEREFORE, both the Town Council and the County Board of Commissioners agree to the following: 1) The Town Council and County Board shall embark on an update of the Harrisburg Area Plan, which includes both land use and growth management components. The planning will begin immediately and is to be completed and implemented, including adoption of any necessary ordinances, within six months. 2) The County Commissioners will immediately institute the process required to impose a moratorium on the consideration of residential subdivision applications in the unincorporated areas of the County. The moratorium shall be for a period of 6 months following the required notice, public hearing and adoption. During the moratorium period the County shall prepare new development and zoning ordinances substantially similar to those in use in Mt. Pleasant, Harrisburg, Concord and Kannapolis. These new ordinances shall be adopted at or before the end of the moratorium. 3) All developments submitting preliminary applications to the Town or preliminary subdivision plats to the County prior to the enactment of the moratorium shall be permitted to proceed through the development review process under the ordinances and regulations in effect at the date of execution of this Memorandum. The Preserve at Grayson Ridge shall also be permitted to proceed through the development review process due to the significant monetary investment already made. 4) The Town shall endorse the County's effort to revise its development ordinances and will take all steps necessary for the implementation thereof and agrees that with regard to any annexation ordinances that the