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be applied county-wide; an important element of the 'unified zoning ordinance' that is currently being studied is an "adequate public facilities' provision that will set guidelines and establish measurement standards for identifying public facility capacities and priorities; if the County Commission has a change of stance on the issue of 'adequate public facilities' as a growth management policy, that factor needs to be addressed in an appropriate and timely manner. County Financial Policy Review - (established intent under existing policies needs to be reviewed in a comprehensive and inclusive manner by the Board): Issues due analysis include the impact on personal property tax revenues resulting from reappraisal of real property via the 1999 REVAL; fund balance accumulation policies, impact of changes on investment interest income, bond ratings, budget flexibility, capital outlay planning and debt service management need to be tied together comprehensively; additional funding for school construction planned for expanding :school enrollment needs to be prioritized. County Projects (1999 and beyond): Efforts have been pursued to establish obtainable' priorities for County projects (capital outlay excluding schools), a listing is an attachment to the FY 1999 Budget; it is important to list the status of the larger more extensive projects: I. County vehicle maintenance relocation - project was bid and found to be more economical to construct a new building than relocate the existing facility. However, further studies were deemed practical to consider collocation with a new planned school system vehicle maintenance project. A site for both projects has yet to be identified. A site is available ifa decision to move forward with a county facility only be made. 2. 800mz emergency radio system - project continues and should be completed in 1999. 3. Sale of county owned properties - included are properties at Lake Concord (sale closing pending developer's site analysis), existing county vehicle maintenance property (interest has been identified but consideration will have to occur after a decision on relocating the existing facility, the existing extension service location (old health dept.) will have to wait until a decision is made on a future 'permanent' location for extension services. Also, the county obtained total ownership of the Economic Development Corporation's offices on Concord Lake Road during 1998. It is probably appropriate to consider selling the building (for commercial purposes) and leasing office space for the EDC somewhere else within the county. Half of the current building's office space is rented to third parties. 4. Park projects - creation of a soccer complex at Frank Liske Park is pending action by the State and local budget considerations; WW Flow Park continues on incremental basis pending continuance of state grant funding and local budget allocations; and, the new park proposed as an effort between the County and Kannapolis along Orphanage Road is beginning the planning stages (currently, $ 390,000 in Karmapolis funding is committed, later expenditures will be made as part of the County's budget process.