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November 7, 2007 Mr. Mike Downs Cabarrus County Governmerital Center 65 Church Street, SE 104 Washington Lane, SE Concord, NC 28026 Concord, NC 28025 Dear Mr. Downs: It is my understanding there have been some questions arise recently regarding the brick work on the housing building at the new Cabarrus County Jail facility. 1 would like to offer you some information that I think may be pertinent to this subject. I was a member of an Appearance Committee back in the spring and summer of 2005. I served on this committee with Heath Ritchie, Todd Burg and several others. It was our charge to discuss and make recommendations regarding the appearance of the buildings, in particular the Annex along Corban Avenue and the housing building along Union Street. As I live on Washington Lane and walk by the housing building several times each week I was most interested in what the exterior of this building would look like. I recall our committee discussing the use of precast cells at those meeting and no one from the City objected. There were no objections to using precast cells as it was discussed that the architects had intentions of either dyeing the cells a brick color to match the rest of the building, stamping them to look like brick, or covering them in adhered thin brick. Everyone was in agreement that any of those options were acceptable. 1 know there was absolutely never a proposal by the architecture firm's representatives at those meetings to leave the cells exposed and unfinished in any way. They were always represented in the renderings with some kind of nice finish on them. I am hopeful this information will prove beneficial to you and end some of the confusion that may be surrounding this issue. If you have any questions, please call me any time at 704-305-2087. Fondly, Lori Clay Maguire .~'.