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259 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, March 21, 1983, at 7:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: J. Harold Nash Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle Milloway James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne The invocation was given by Reverend Weldon T. Madren of the New Gilead Reformed United Church of Christ. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Milloway and unanimously carried, the minutes of March 3 and March 7, 1983, were approved as written. Chairman Nash stated that the items of the agenda regarding Mr. J. Lewis Patterson, the late tax payment penalty release request from Piedmont Block Company, and Kannapolis Police Department working space needs were deferred until a later date. Mr. James Blair, President of the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce, presented a request for the Board of Commissioners to officially endorse a p~roposed bill that provides for the establishment of a Charter Commission to study the incorporation of Kannapolis and a referendum on the issue of incorporation. This bill also provides for the appropriation of funds from the counties of Rowan and Cabarrus to finance the work of the Charter Commission with the funds to be repaid if incorporation occurs. According to Mr. Blair, the maximum amount to be requested from Cabarrus County for the study would not exceed $20,100.00. UPON MOTION of Chairman Nash, seconded by Commissioner Milloway and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution. RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County does hereby endorse and support the bill to be introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of establishing a Charter Commission and leading to a vote of the people con- cerning the incorporation of the City of Kannapolis. The substitute motion by Commissioner Payne and seconded by Commissioner Lentz that funds provided by Cabarrus County for the Kannapolis Incor- poration Study come from the funds previously pledged by the Board for the Old Courthouse failed with Commissioners Payne and Lentz voting for and Commissioners Milloway and Barnhardt and Chairman Nash voting against. Mr. Estus White, Clerk of the Superior Court who stated he was speaking on behalf of the District Court Judges, the District Attorney, and the Resident Superior Court Judge, objected to the relocation of the Admini- strative Offices and Commissioners' Meeting Room to the third floor of the Courthouse as proposed in the Space Needs Study. He stated that the present plans for the third floor of the Courthouse would make it awkward for the location of a courtroom on that floor as there would be no area for a lobby. He presented information relating to the increase in the volume of work in the court system and asked that a study be made of all the needs of the Courthouse before the Board proceeds with any plans for remodeling work within the Courthouse. The Honorable Robert L. Warren, District Court Judge, stated that the third floor of the Courthouse was the only expansion area available for the courts while other offices' could be moved from the Courthouse. He advised the Board that an additional courtroom would be mandatory within the next two to five years and asked that the Board look at the needs of the court system before proceeding with any construction within the Courthouse. Board members recommended that Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, and Mr. Estus White meet with an architect to investigate the possibility of developing a multi-purpose room which could be used as a courtroom and Commissioners' Meeting Room. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Chairman Nash and unanimously carried, the Board deferred the matter of Courthouse construction until the next meeting for further studies to be made. Mr. Lipe Barrier, Sr., Chairman of the District Watershed Committee, requested that the County implement a Watershed tax of 2 cents per $100 valuation to develop a reserve for future watershed construction and to finance an ongoing stream improvement program. He also requested that the County appropriate an additional $5,000.00 from the 1982-83 budget to proceed with the stream improvement program began in the fall of 1982.