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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Kay Honeycutt <br />From: John Day <br />Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:41 AM <br />To: Kay Honeycutt <br />Subject: FW: Resolutions of Support <br />Attachments: image001.jpg <br />From: Jerry Myers []Myers@co.stanly.nc.us] <br />Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:01 PM <br />To: AlGreene@co.union.nc.us; ARSharp@centralina.org; Andy Lucas; beth.dirks@co.davie.nc.us; <br />ewilliams@yadkincountync.gov; Fred McClure; Gary.Page@rowancountync.gov; greeneg@co.rowan.nc.us; John Day; <br />Lance Metzler; robert.hyatt@davidsoncountync.gov; vgulledge@co.anson.nc.us <br />Subject: [text][heur] Resolutions of Support <br />Can you advise if or when your Board will consider a resolution of support for Senate Bill 967, Creation of Yadkin River <br />Trust? Thank you for your cooperation and support on this very critical matter. <br />If you have any questions or need any additional information please do not hesitate to let me know. <br />Attached is a column from this weekend's Charlotte Observer. Mr. Betts sums it up just <br />right when he says that Alcoa "lost its best argument for renewal about 1,000 jobs ago." <br />Alcoa appears to have prepared its press releases and other statements without even <br />reading this bi-partisan bill. The Yadkin River Trust would actually encourage companies <br />to locate in North Carolina by allowing the use of this natural resource to attract <br />companies that create jobs -something Alcoa certainly has not done by shutting down its <br />operation and laying off 1,000 workers. <br />Yadkin's waters brew a fight <br />By Jack Betts <br />Posted: Sunday, Mar. 29, 2009 <br />RALEIGH The Battle of the Yadkin River is generating almost as much controversy as its waters have generated electrical <br />power. Before it's settled, this scrap may involve Gov. Bev Perdue in a process that could lead to a new owner of four <br />hydroelectric facilities that once helped produce a steady supply of aluminum. <br />For much of the 20th century, Alcoa's aluminum smelter at Badin in Stanly County was a major regional employer, a <br />mainstay of the economy in the central Yadkin River basin with its 1,000 or so employees producing aluminum and the <br />hydropower that fueled its operation. So when Alcoa Power Generating Inc.'s 50-year license to operate came up for <br />renewal, the company had every expectation of local and state support for a renewal for another half-century. <br />Rethinking state water use <br />But that was before a crippling drought in 2008 turned policymakers' thoughts toward the use of a river that slices through <br />the state's Piedmont area. It provides recreation and habitat at a series of lakes running south from I-85 to the state <br />border and could be a key resource if the state rethinks how to make sure the central region of the state has enough <br />water. <br />Attachment number 1 <br />' Page 45 of 320 <br />F-2 <br />