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The Board of Com~issioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina, on Thursday, September ?, 2000, at ?:00 p.m. Present - chairman~ ' Arn~ L. Fennel Vice Chairman= Carolyn B. CaIl~enter Commissioners: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Sue B. Casper Absent - Com,dssioner: Coy C. Privette Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr. 0 County Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney (portion of the meeting); Mr. Michael BUrgher, Attorney with Hartsell, Nar~se11 & White; Mr. John Day, Deputy County Manager for O~erations; and Nra. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Fennel was absent for the beginning of the meeting. Vice Chairman Carpenter presided in his absence and called the meeting to order at ?=09 p.m. Con~niseioner Barnhart asked that the Board consider the appointment of Ms. Gayle Deal to the Rowan-Cabarrus Co,unity College Board of Trustees to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Ben Mynat=. ~IPON MOTION of Commissioner Casper, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart with Com~issioners Casper and Barnhart and Vice Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board appointed Ms. Gayle Deal to the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board of Trustees to complete an unexpired term ending July 1, 2001. Joint Msetin~ with the Cabarrus Count}, Plannin~ and Zonin~ C~v..-H~sion Mr. Ed Hill, Chairman of the Cabarrus County P]~n~ng and Zoning Commission, called ~o order the special meeting of th~ Planning and Zoning B. Hobhs, Dewey H. Moose° Jr., Carl Hill and Clyde M. Drys, Jr. Staff me~bers present ~ncluded Mr. Jonathan Marshall, Planning Services Director; Mr. Mike Do,ns, Development Services Director; and Mr. Rodger Lentz, Senior Planner. At the rsquest of Mr. Marshall, the Planning and Zoning Commission considered and approved a prsliminary subdivision as presented. Schedulin~ of Presentation - Count~ Ex~osi~on Center Pro~ert~ Master P~an ~. Marshall advised that Leisure and Recreation Concepts (LARC} has completed the proposed Master Plan for the County Ex~oeition Center property. Company officials will be in Concord on September 29 to present the proposed Master Plan to the Board of Commissioners and other interested parties. vice Chairman Carpenter and Ccmm/seioners Barnhart and Casper indicated they would bs available during the morning of September 29 to meet with LARC representatives. Mr. Marshall will discuss this presentation with Chairman Fennel and schedule a time for the meeting. Un~fis~ Development Ordinance Mr. Marshall advised that the Unified Development ordinance (UDO] Steering Committee had voted September 6 tc recommend the adoption of the proposed UDO. He explained that the local jurisdictions must approve a Memorandum of Understandin~ prior to adopting the UDO and that there would be a continuing review of the ordinance. Mr. Lentz reviewed the timeline for the development of the UDO. The joint process by the County and the local municipalities began in late 1997 and included the following activities: 1998 - appointm~nt of a Steering Committee and initial community input; 1999 - review of first draft; and January-August 20~0 - review and editing of the final draft. The 15-member Steering Committee ~uided the UDO review process and consisted of elected and appointed government officials, citize~s, developers and business owners from all five local governments. Mr. Marshall presented an overview of the proposed UDO and outlined a uumber of the major differences between the proposed ordinance and existing