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K AN O L I S <br />�r <br />�rr <br />1�Q;! -i <br />July 2, 2014 <br />Elizabeth "Liz" Poole, Chair <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />65 Church Street, SE <br />Concord NC 28025 <br />Dear Liz, <br />On behalf of the Kannapolis City Council please consider several concerns we have <br />about the possibility of renaming the North Cabarrus Park. <br />It is our understanding that at your July 7, 2014 work session you will consider an agenda <br />item to rename North Cabarrus Park. Unfortunately, the City of Kannapolis was not <br />consulted on this issue prior to it coming to the Board of Commissioners. The agreement <br />with Cabarrus County related to North Cabarrus Park dated October 19, 1998 provides <br />that the City of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County will cooperatively make decisions <br />regarding this park. It is our opinion that something as significant as the renaming of the <br />park itself should include the City's inclusion in any discussions and decision making <br />processes. <br />As a reminder, the City of Kannapolis contributed a significant part of the land and has <br />provided more than $500,000 towards the construction of the park. These investments <br />give the City a significant vested interest in this facility. There have also been recent <br />conversations regarding the possibility of the City assuming operating control of this <br />facility — again proving that we have a deep interest in anything that impacts this park <br />now and in the future. <br />The agenda item proposes to rename the park T Vietnam Veterans Park. As you know <br />last year the City of Kannapolis rededicated Veterans Park in our downtown. Our City <br />invested $3 million to renovate and expand this Park to encompass all branches of the <br />military service and to honor and remember the veterans who have served in any and all <br />military conflicts over the history of our great Nation. <br />The Ring of Honor in Veterans Park includes more than 1,700 names of those from all of <br />Cabarrus and Rowan counties (not just Kannapolis) who died while serving our country. <br />There are names in the Ring from the Revolutionary Way to recent conflicts in the <br />Middle East. The names of a number of Vietnam War veterans are included. <br />C I T Y O F K A N N A P 0 L I 5 <br />P.O. Box 1199 Kannapolis, NC 28082 -1199 T 704.920.4340 F 744.938.5919 <br />246 Oak Avenue Kannapolis, NC 28481 www.cityofkannapolis.com <br />G -3 Page 225 <br />