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188 OPEN - Not Suitable for Cultivation - LEVEL ROLLING ROUGH Good $700 $650 $600 Fair 650 600 550 Poor 600 550 500 WASTELAND - Good 200 150 100 Poor 150 125 100 WOODLAND - Good 450 400 300 Fair 400 325 250 Poor 300 250 200 Mr. Alvin Stanford, Agricultural Extension Chairman, spoke against any increase in the taxable farmland in Cabarrus County, stating the farmers in the County were having a difficult time due to the increase in the cost of crop production and the decrease in the prices received by the farmers for their crops. Mr. Bill Babb, County Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), compared the crop yields in Cabarrus County to other counties. He urged the Board to keep the agricultural tax rates as low as possible due to the depressed economy and the problems the farmers are experiencing at this time. Farmers speaking against the proposed farm use schedule included Mr. Mike Harkey, President of the Cabarrus County Farm Bureau, and Messrs. Lipe Barrier, George F. Hahn, and Howard Boger. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Chairman Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board referred the proposed farm use schedule to Mr. Terry Rowland, Mr. W. P. Ferriss, Mr. Bill Babb, and Mr. Alvin Stanford for further study with a recommendation to be presented to the Board at the meeting on November 15, 1982. Mr. Sam Davis, representative of Historic Cabarrus, Inc., reported that pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board in 1981 the architect working on the renovation of the Old Courthouse had investigated the coordination of landscaping for the Old Courthouse and the present Courthouse facility. He stated the architect had recaumendedthe construction of a circular sidewalk in front of the Old Courthouse connecting to the north front steps of the new Courthouse and the placement of a sidewalk from the rear door of the Old Courthouse to the parking lot. Mr. Davis stated the architect had also recommended that a catch basin be installed at the rear of the Old Courthouse to correct drainage problems created by the water run-off from the parking lot. According to Mr. Davis, the estimated cost for the sidewalks and the catch basin would total $4,500.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook with Commissioners Lentz, Nash, and Cook voting for and Commissioner Payne and Chairman Bonds voting against, the Board appropriated $4,500.00 from the Commissioners' Contingency Fund to provide funds for installing the sidewalks and catch basin on the Old Courthouse property leased to Historic Cabarrus, Inc. Mr. Grady Simpson of Flowes Store Road stated the area in which he lived was infested with dogs and cats and stated that he had been unable to obtain any assistance from the County Dog Warden in finding any relief from this problem. Chairman Bonds assured Mr. Simpson that the Board would consider this matter and instructed the County Manager to contact Mr. Leon Overcash, Chief Dog Warden, regarding this problem. Mr. Jim Herman, Chairman of the Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, presented a request for the appropriation of an additional $20,000.00 to the Parks and Recreation Department to fund the Recreation Department's Matching Grants Program. This would bring the total budget for the Grants Program for this fiscal year to $30,000 of eligible funds to be granted to the grantees and would permit the increase of the limit from $7,500.00 to $15,000.000 per Grant Application per funding cycle. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board appropriated $20,000.00 from the Commissioners' Contingency Fund to the Parks and Recreation Matching Grant Funding Program. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board deferred the appointment of an extraterritorial jurisdictional member to the Mt. Pleasant Planning and Zoning Board with Commissioner Lentz to present recommendations for this appointment at the next Board meeting.