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519 <br /> <br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular <br />session at the Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, May 4, 1981, <br />at 9:30 A.M. <br /> Present - Chairman: Ralph C. Bonds <br /> Commissioners: J. Harold Nash <br /> Troy R. Cook <br /> James W. Lentz <br /> Kenneth F. Payne <br /> The invocation was given by Reverend William Davidson of the Concord <br />Wesleyan Church. <br />UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Payne and <br />unanimously carried, the minutes of April 21, 1981 were approved as written. <br /> Chairman Bonds reported the Southern Piedmont Health Systems Agency had <br />postponed appointments until next fall for the Board of Electors and consumer <br />and provider positions with the Agency. The Agency had previously requested <br />that the Board submit nominations for these positions by May 1, 1981. <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and <br />unanimously carried, the Board appointed Mr. George Griffin as architect <br />for the Kannapolis Health Center to be located in the Carver School Annex <br />Building leased by the County. <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and <br />unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following proclamation. <br /> <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />Neighborhoods throughout our nation contribute significantly <br />to local vitality through housing, recreational areas, <br />cultural resources and commercial services and represent an <br />important renewable resource; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br /> A major public investment is represented in streets, sidewalks, <br /> parks, schools, libraries, and historic public buildings in <br />'our neighborhoods; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />Neighborhood conservation requires the goodwill, cooperation <br />and active support of residents, neighborhood merchants, <br />businessmen, city officials, lenders, and preservationists; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />Neighborhood conservation is designed to help revitalize <br />neighborhoods and increase community pride among residents; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />Preservation builds awareness among urban dwellers with the <br />concerns of neighborhood history, the city's heritage, and <br />'the economic benefits realized by initiating improvements <br />and restoring a community to a thriving condition; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />An alliance between neighborhood conservation and historic <br />preservation will help improve the quality of life in <br />America's neighborhoods and historic districts; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: <br /> <br />"Conservation: Keeping America's Neighborhoods Together" <br />is the theme for Preservation Week 1981, cosponsored by <br />the National Trust for Historic Preservation and local <br />preservation and neighborhoods organizations in this county. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ralph C. Bonds, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners <br />of Cabarrus County, do hereby proclaim May 10-16, 1981 as Preservation Week <br />and call upon the people of Cabarrus County to recognize and participate in <br />this special observance. <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and <br />unanimously carried, the Board denied the request by Ms. Nancy Ballard for <br />a noise permit to allow the Homemade Jam Band to practice on her property <br />on Bonanza Drive. <br /> Mr. Curtis Raye, Chairperson of the Cabarrus County Juvenile Justice <br />Task Force, and Mrs. Carolyn Eury, Project Director of the Cabarrus County <br />Temporary Shelter Care Project, were present to request permission to submit <br />a grant application for continued funding of the Temporary Shelter Care Project <br />in Cabarrus County. <br /> <br /> <br />