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588 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Mr. Joe Mingo, CETA Youthwork Director, as Signatory Official for the CETA contract on behalf of the County. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board designated Mr. O'Niel Turner, Veterans Service Officer, as the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer for the Cabarrus County CETA employees provided that this appointment is acceptable under the Federal guidelines for the CETA program. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Mr. John Cline to the Cabarrus County Planning Board for a three-year term ending August 31, 1984. Chairman Bonds announced the appointment of Mr. J. W. McGee of the City of Concord, Mr. Glenn Hawfield of Cannon Mills Company, Commissioner Harold Nash, and himself to serve on the "Blue Ribbon Committee" to study the Cabarrus County Landfill. He stated he would appoint an additional member to represent industry within several days. Two members..of the Board of Health are to be appointed by that Board at a meeting on. August 27, 1981. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution. TO DESIGNATE THE CONCORD-KANNAPOLIS-LANDIS-CHINA GROVE URBAN AREA AS THE CABARRUS-ROWAN REGIONAL GROWTH CENTER IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S BALANCED GROWTH POLICY. WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly has recognized the importance of reaching a higher standard of living throughout the state by maintaining a balance of people, jobs, public services, and the environment--supported by our growing network of small and large cities; and WHEREAS~ the Governor has appointed an Interim Balanced Growth Board, composed of the State Goals and Policy Board and the Local Government Advocacy Council, to recommend ways to carry out the balanced growth policy; and WHEREAS, the Interim Balanced Growth Board's formulated Balanced Growth Policy does encourage economic progress and job opportunities throughout the state--while at the same time maintaining our dispersed population; and WHEREAS, the Balanced Growth Policy has established criteria to be used in designating communities as growth centers, which have been defined as those areas which have the willingness to pursue orderly development, the potential to grow, and the capacity to accommodate additional growth; and WHEREAS, the growth center boundary is based upon the definition of an urban cluster, which has been defined as a core incorporated place, or places, that is an active municipality or an unincorporated area of at least 1,000 persons, and all adjacent census enumeration districts with a density of 200 or more persons per square mile; and WHEREAS, the growth center classification system identifies the extent to which an urban cluster provides jobs, goods and services to its economic area, or multi-county planning region; and WHEREAS, the Concord-Kannapolis-Landis-China Grove urban area has previously demonstrated, is presently demonstrating and in the future will continue to demonstrate a willingness to pursue orderly development, to show the potential for growth, and to have the capacity to accommodate additional growth; and WHEREAS, the Concord-Kannapolis-Landis-China Grove urban area qualifies for designation as a "regional" growth center, which is one of the six classes of growth centers and, according to the criteria used in making designations, described as the dominant urban cluster within a multi-county planning region and defined as the dominant urban cluster or clusters in population size and retail sales generated--relative to its multi-county planning region; and