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94 Mr. John R. Boger, Jr., County Attorney, reported that Mr. Charlie Irvin, Building Inspector, had now completed the research regarding the dilapidated homes in the Silverhill Community and that letters should be sent to the property owners within the next week to begin the procedure for removing the homes. Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, reported that the County was presently awaiting word from the State regarding the submission of a grant application which would include a request for funding to provide water and sewer in the Silverhill Community. The Board of Commissioners responded to the questions received from the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce on April 5, 1982, as follows. (1) Since the water and sewer master plan involves a cooperative effort between or among the county and one or more other entities, ~why has a governing authority not been proposed or established? If one is contemplated, what would be its authority, responsibility, and composition? A governing authority has been proposed by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners and recommended to the City of Concord. The City of Concord and Mayor Harold McEachern appointed a study committee to study the feasibility of setting up a water and sewer authority which would include the organization and administration of a county wide authority. The committee is composed of Mr. Asbury Hudson, Mr. John L. Brown, Jr., Mr. Don Howell, Mr. John Hugh Williams, Mr. Troy Cook, and Mr. John Boger. This committee is charged with the responsibility of making a recommendation to the Rocky River Regional Wastewater Steering Committee, who in turn will make a recommendation to the governing bodies as to the composition of the authority and the organizational method for creating the authority. (2) Under the water plan the county will purchase water for distribution from the Concord Board of Light & Water Commission. What, if any, contractual agrement has been entered into relative to present and future water rates to be charged to the county? A contractual agreement has been entered into between the Cabarrus County Board. of Commissioners and the Concord Board of Light and Water Commissioners regarding the supply of water to be purchased by the county upon successful passage of the bond issue. Future water rates that the county would pay for supply of water would be dependent upon water rates as would be charged by the Board of Light and Water. The rates to be charged to the users of the water furnished by the county would be in excess of twice the rate charged to users within the corporate limits of Concord. (3) Under the sewage plan, the county will utilize portions of the sewage system of the Concord Board of Light and Water Commission. What, if any, contractual agreement has been entered into relative to present and future usage rates to be charged to the county? The construction and operation of the wastewater treatment facilities and system as contained in the requirements of Federal grant monies dictate that a uniform user rate charge be set. This rate charge is subject to the Board of Light and Water determination; however, this rate charge would be applied uniformly througout the entire system of users. (4) What areas of Kannapolis will be served by the proposed county water sewer system ? The Master Plan contains the plans for the water and sewer system for the entire county. Mr. Charles Baker of Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., presented information pertaining to the implementation of a cost recovery system to provide water and sewer collection and distribution in Cabarrus County once the bond issue is passed.