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564 Mr. T. L. Patterson presented the second preliminary secondary road program proposal for Cabarrus County for fiscal year 1981-82. The final presentation of this secondary road program will be presented at a public hearing during the next regular Board meeting on August 3, 1981. The Board discussed various roads in the County which need to be resurfaced and upgraded. These roads included the Moose Lodge Road, Irish Potato Road, Pitts School Road, and the road on which Mr. Lipe Barrier lives. Commissioner Nash questioned the status of the study pertaining to the upgrading of east-west arteries in the Kannapolis area. Dr. William M. Irvin, Superintendent of the Concord City Schools, presented information pertaining to the Vocational Rehabilitation School Program in Cabarrus County. He reported that during the past year the program had received 102 referrals, closed out 39 cases, and served a total of 195 students. Mr. James Radcliffe, Director of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services was also present to answer questions from the Board regarding the program. Commissioner Lentz requested a monthly report on the services rendered by the Vocational Rehabilitation School Program for members of the Board. Mrs. Frances B. Long, Social Services Director, was present on behalf of Mr. Frank Liske, Chairman of a committee investigating the possibility of creating a Senior Citizens Center in Cabarrus County, to request the Board's approval for the submission of a grant application to the Centralina Council of Governments for funding to develop a coordination of services for the senior citizens of Cabarrus County. She stated the program would be administered through the Department of Social Services at this time and the County's ten percent (10%) matching share of the grant would total $1,800.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board endorsed the submission of a grant application to the Centralina Council of Governments for funding to develop a Senior Citizens Cordinated Services for Cabarrus County and appropriated $1,800.00 from the Commissioners' Contingency Fund as the County's share to fund this program. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following additions to the state secondary road system - Applegate Drive and Leafmore Street. Mr. B. S. Brown, Jr., representing the Kannapolis Sanitary District, presented the following resolution which was read: RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY TO KANNAPOLIS SANITARY DISTRICT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS: Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus has determined and does hereby find and declare: (a) That on July 20, 1981 a resolution was received from the Sanitary District Board of the Kannapolis Sanitary District relating to the annexation of territory to the Kannapolis Sanitary District. (b) That the territory described in the petition consists of the property of Henry A. Fisher and wife and James W. Russell and wife. (c) That the petition was signed by all property owners within the area requested to be annexed. (d) That said petition requests that all necessary action required by Article 12 of Chapter 130 of the General Statutes of North Carolina for the extension of the boundaries of the Kannapolis Sanitary District be taken so as to annex the territory described in the petition unto the Kannapolis Sanitary District. (e) That it is for the best interest of the Kannapolis Sanitary District and the territory requested to be annexed unto the Kannapolis Sanitary District that said territory be included within the boundaries of the Kannapolis Sanitary District and receive the services of the Sanitary District. Section 2. That the Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus does hereby approve the annexation of the territory described in the petition unto the Kannapolis Sanitary District and does hereby recommend to the North Carolina Commission for Health Services that it approve the annexation of the territory unto the Kannapc. lis Sanitary District.