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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE REGIONAL LAND USE VISION CENTERS AND CORRIDORS PATTERN WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners believes that all local governments within the Metropolitan Area must work together in order to provide an economically competitive region, livable communities with their identities preserved, and the best in accessibility throughout the area; and WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners recognizes there is a need to endorse a common land use policy and strategy and complimentary transportation investment that will increase growth potential while holding down long-term capital and maintenance costs; and WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners recognizes the preeminence and importance of local initiative and intergovernmental cooperation in planning for regional mobility that includes roads, transit and aviation systems that are interconnected; and WHEREAS, a Regional Committee of 100 was commissioned to develop and recommend a Transit and Transportation Policy and Strategy for the Region, and it has endorsed a Centers and Corridors Land Use Vision; and WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners has been presented the Regional Land Use Vision that calls for major growth to focused within, or along the Region's major urban centers and corridors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners that the Regional Land Use Vision developed by the Committee of 100, be adopted as a policy to help guide and direct our capital investment decisions and local land use planning initiatives, and therefore directs the manager and staff to work towards the implementation of this policy through careful study and coordination with our regional partners. Adopted this the ~ day of June, 1994. ATrEST: Jeffrey L. Barnhart, Chairman Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board