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DRAFT 227 Authorization to Submit the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grant Application for W. W. Flowe Park UPON MOTION of Chair Casper, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board approved the formal North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Funds Grant Application for reimbursable State matchin~ funds of $250,000.00 to provide for a $500,000.00 project at W. W. Flowe Athletic Park. Further, the Board authorized the Chair to sign all necessary grant forms on behalf of Cabarrus County. NEW BUSINESS Recognition of Notable Employee Performance Through the Employee Award Program - Department of Social Services Public Assistance Single Application Development Team Mr. James F. Cook, Jr., Social Services Director, introduced Social Services staff members who had been selected to receive a combined County Manager's Award and Department Informal Award for the development of the Public Assistance Single Application. The single application process combined five separate State public assistance applications or 52 pages of data gathering materials into a single application or 14 pages. The Public Assistance Single Application produced a documented $154,054.00 in savings during its first year of use in 1994-95. ~urther, Mr. Cook advised that all counties in the state are now using the form developed by the Cabarrus County staff. Chair Casper expressed appreciation to the Public Assistance Single Application Development Team and presented a check in the amount of $225.00 to each of the following members: Regina Crowder, Judy Fisher, Jane Hartsell, Kay Robinette, Cathy Rucker, Kathy Dobbins and Shirley Cook. Ms. Mickie Hasty also served as a member of the team but could not be present for the meeting. Request by the Kannapolis City Board of Education for the County to Transfer Title of the Proposed School Site at Lake Concord to the Board of Education Mr. Lee Efird, Chairman of the Kannapolis City Board of Education, presented a Resolution officially requesting the County to transfer approximately 25 acres of County-owned property located west of Little Texas Road in Kannapolis to the Kannapolis City Schools. The Board of Education wishes to use funds from 1996 school bond referendum to construct a 600-800 core capacity elementary school at a cost of $7 million on the property. UPON MOTION of ~ommissioner Mills, seconded by Commissioner Niblock and unanimously carried, the Board moved to defer the request by the Kannapolis Board of Education until the February meeting to have time to consider what is going to be done concerning the future development of the Lake Concord property. Road Name Chan~e - Settin~ a Public Hearin~ UPON MOTION of Commissioner Niblock, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board set a public hearing for 7:00 P.M. on Monday, February 17, 1997, to consider the following road name changes (Petition 97-01): Unnamed Road to Deer Haven Drive and Unnamed Road to Adames Way. Appointments - Public Health Authority Board UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Chair Casper and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Carolyn R. Thompson, Ph.D., to the Public Health Authority as recommended by the Authority Board. Dr. Thompson will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Naara Sanchez and complete the unexpired term ending in October, 1997. Appointments - Parks and Recreation Commission (4) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Chair Casper and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Ms. LaRhonda Watkins (Township 11), reappointed Ms. Margaret Hagerty (Township 12) and appointed Ms. Andrea Pale (Townships 1 and 2) to the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Board dedicated the at-large position to be filled by a school board representative with the Chair to write the two school boards requesting that they cooperatively recommend