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CABARRUS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Resolution No. 2007-. <br />WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners desires to encourage <br />the expansion of quality industry and the creation of new jobs in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, Baucom's Nursery, a North Carolina corporation with its principal <br />place of business in Mecklenburg County, is considering expanding its operations by <br />building a new location in Cabarrus County and investing some $14.3 million in the <br />project and creating 20 new jobs; and <br />WHEREAS, the expansion requires that a turn lane is added to Highway 601, at <br />the intersection of Flowes Store Road, near the location of the Baucom's Nursery <br />project, and that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is requesting that Baucom's <br />Nursery pay for this turn lane at a cost of approximately $250,000.00; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners deem this project by Baucom's Nursery <br />to be very important to the economic development of Cabarrus County and supports <br />asking the North Carolina Senate to work with the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation to approve funds to pay the cost of the turn lane on Highway 601 at the <br />intersection of Flowes Store Road. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Cabarrus County Board of <br />Commissioners by this resolution, hereby asks the North Carolina Senate to work with <br />the North Carolina Department of Transportation to approve funds to pay the cost for <br />the addition of the turn lane on Highway 601 and Flowes Store Road. <br />Adopted this the 21St day of May, 2007. <br />Robert W. Carruth, Chairman <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Attest: <br />Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board <br />F= l~ <br />