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, O PoST OFFICE BOX 1595 ROWAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ~$o~$ ~o4.~o $eptembev 21, 198~ Mr. Thomas C. King, Jr. Vice President, Finance NC Department of Community Colleges 200 West Jones Street Caswell Building Raleigh, NC 27603-1337 Dear Tom: This letter is forwarded in accordance with your instructions. It is a request to the State Board of Community Colleges to authorize the Trustees of Rowan Technical College to transfer satellite campus property (see enclosed copy of general wa~ranty deed) te the Commissioners of Cabarrus County while concurrently signing a 49-year lease for the facility. Transfer of land will be contingent upon a successful bond referendum in December of 1987. Tom, I would like the State Board to know that our satellite campus operation in Cabarrus County is, in many ways, unique. Please bring the following infor- mation to their attention. If you prefer, I will come myself and make a presentation. As you know, Rowan Tech has served both Cabarrus and Rowan Counties for more than 25 years. The center of population surrounding the cities of Concord, Kannapolis, and Salisbury is of sufficient size to support the fairly large and comprehensive occupational college needed to meet educational needs and promote economic development in the two-county region. About a third of our enrollment and budget has long been generated by the Cabarrus portion of our service region even though enrollment potential has been restricted by inadequate facilities in Cabarrus. For many years, Rowan Tech programs operated in facilities donated by Cannon Hills. As Cannon control receded and Cabarrus began to assume responsi- bility for its own destiny, Rowan Tech strengthened relationships with community leaders. A broadly representative Cabarrus Advisory Council was formed to assist the Rowan Technical College Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities for offering adequate educational programs in Cabarrus County. Unlike many parts of North Carolina (where local vested interests have prevented regional cooperation and caused a proliferation of two-year colleges that are sometimes unnecessarily duplicative), the Rowan-Cabarrus region has worked together cooperatively. At a joint meeting of the Rowan ~echnical College Trustees and the Cabarrus Advisory Council in Cabarrus County on November 29, 1982, the following goals were adopted.