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Rotary Square Historic Downtown Concord Project Summary Rotary Square is a proposed public space that incorporates a permanent farmers' market shelter and an open square designed to provide a casual outdoor green space for focal residents, Historic Downtown Concord employees, and visitors to Historic Downtown Concord. The project will be a collaborative venture between four parties: the Concord Rotary Club, Cabarrus County, the City of Concord, and The Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County. Ownership/Long-Term Management The property is presently owned by Cabarrus County. Once developed, the Rotary Square would remain a property of Cabarrus County and be maintained and managed by the Cabarrus County Parks Department. The property is presently insured by Cabarrus County and will continue to be insured by Cabarrus County once the project is completed. The Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County (WSACC) will monitor, maintain, and repair as needed the fountain that is proposed for the center of the square. The WSACC commitment includes the backflow preventer and equipment maintenance/replacement as they pertain to the fountain. Trash pick -up for normal use will be managed in a similar fashion to its management throughout the Cabarrus County park system. Additional trash pick -ups that are required during events will be coordinated by the event organizer at their expense. Attached Documentation: Letter from Londa Strong, Director, Cabarrus County Parks Department, Letter from Coleman Keeter, Executive Director, WSACC Use of Property The site will not be available to be reserved for private use. Activities would be those that do not require large stages, sound systems, and professional lighting equipment. Limited electrical service will be designed into the site to support small public gatherings (ie story telling, art shows, acoustical concerts). Any activity that involves a microphone and/or speakers will require an approved noise permit that is obtained from the City of Concord Police Department. Open -air shelters built into the site will be used for farmers' market operations, and other uses as deemed appropriate by the Cabarrus County Parks Department_ The site will include a dancing fountain water feature. The fountain will operate on a timer that is scheduled by the Cabarrus County Parks Department. Design The farmers' market consists of three open -air pavilions constructed in an L- shaped configuration along the south and east sides of the site. The pavilions would have brick piers supporting a steel structure with arched openings and a standing -seam metal roof system with a clerestory along the ridge and a raised tower at the southeast corner. The surface underneath the pavilions will be crushed stone. The remaining site will be a combination of grass and stamped concrete. Incorporated into the paving of the square would be a dancing water fountain with jets. It is the goal of the Concord Rotary Club to bring this amenity to Historic Downtown Concord as an additional passive recreational activity for residents, Attachment number 1 G -5 Page 259