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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for. the County of Cabarrus met in recessed
<br />session in the Council Chambers at the Concord MUnicipal Building, 26 Union
<br />Street, South, Concord, on Thursday, November 9, 2000, at 6=30 p.m.
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<br />Present - Chairman= ;trne h. Fennel
<br /> Vice Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter
<br /> Commissioner= Coy C. Privette
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<br />Absent - Commissioners= Jeffrey L. Barnhart
<br /> Sue B. Casper
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<br /> Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr.
<br />Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk
<br />to the Board.
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<br /> Concord Mayor ~eorge Liles and members of the Concord City Council met
<br />in Joint session with the Board. Mr. Brian Hiatt, Concord City Manager, and
<br />other mer~oers of the Concord City staff were also present.
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<br /> The Cabarrus County Tourism Authority met in Joint session with the
<br />Concord City Council and the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Mark Shore,
<br />Executive Director cf the Convention and Visitors Bureau, was also present.
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<br /> Mayor ~iles stated the purpose of the Joint meeting was'for the city,
<br />County and Tourism Authority to approve a Memorandum of Understanding w/th
<br />John Q..Han~ons' for the. construction of a hotel/conference center at
<br />Grant. He gave a brief overview of past efforts to locate a civic c6nter in
<br />the City of Concord. Also, he recognized Mr. Phil Smith of the Civic Center
<br />Commission that was established in 1984.
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<br /> Mr, Sm/th briefly reviewed the past work cf the Com~ssion and the
<br />selection of the King's Grant area as the site for s civic center,
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<br /> Chairman Fennel arrived at 6:40 p.m. and called the meeting of the
<br />Board of Commissioners to order.
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<br /> WON MOTION of Chairman Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Privette and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into closed session with the
<br />Concord City Council and the Cabarrus County Tourism Authority to discuss
<br />real property acquisition as authorized by North Carolina General Statute
<br />143-318.11(a) (5) .
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<br /> WON MOTION of Comm/ssioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner
<br />Privette and u~animously carried, the Board moved to end the closed session.
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<br /> WON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner
<br />Carpenter and unani~usly carried, the Board approved the following
<br />Memorandum of Ur~erstandtng among the City of Concord, Cabarrus County,
<br />Cabarrus County Tourism Authority and Jokn Q. Hammons Revocable Trust.
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<br />~MOP.~/~DUM OF UNDERSTANDING
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<br />Among the City.of Concord, Cabarrus County, Cabarrus County Tourism Authority
<br /> and John Q. ~mmons Revocable Trust
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<br /> The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is to
<br />memorialize certain understandings by and among the city of Concord, North
<br />Carolina (the "City"), the County of Ca, afros, North Carolina (the "county"),
<br />the Cabarrus County Tourism Authority (the "Tourism Authority") and the John
<br />Q. Ha~aons Revocable TrUst dated December 28, 1989 as amended (the
<br />· Developer") regarding the proposed development (the "Project") of a
<br />commercial hotel (the "Hotel"} and conference center (the "Conference
<br />Center") upon the real property described in Exhibit A and incorporated
<br />herein by reference (the "Project site"). The initial phase of the Project
<br />shall consist, among other things, of: (i} a minimum of 300 ~uest rooms in
<br />the Hotel; (ii) approximately 80,000 square feet in the Conference Center,
<br />including approxi~tely 40,000 square feet of dedicated meeting space with a
<br />main ballroom of approximately 29,000 square feet of column free space, and~
<br />(iii) aDproximatsly 740 surface parking spaces and approximately 310 garage
<br />parking spaces, com~lying with local zoning regulations as to number, size
<br />and designated handicap accessibility.
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<br /> This MOU sets forth a sun~ary of the basic terms of the mutual
<br />understandings of City, County, Tourism Authority and Developer regarding the
<br />contents of a business agreement (the "BA") to be entered into hy the parties
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