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401 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in special session at 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 21, 1983 with the Town Council of Mt. Pleasant at the Mt. Pleasant branch of Piedmont Bank. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss water and sewer. Present - Chairman: J. Harold Nash Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle Milloway James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne Also present from Cabarrus County were Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager; Mr. Thomas B. Robinson, Planning Director; Mr. James F. Owens, Assistant Planning Director; and Mrs. Frankie F. Small, Clerk to the Board. Members of the Town Council of Mt. Pleasant present for the meeting were as follows. Ralph Austin, Mayor A. L. Kluttz W. Whitaker Moose L. Scott Barringer Gilbert Brigman M. L. Polk The meeting was called to order in the Board Room of Piedmont Bank for a report by Mayor Ralph Austin of the water problems that the Town of Mt. Pleasant was currently experiencing and a brief description of the Town's water facilities. The group then left the bank for a bus tour of the proposed water impoundment site at Black Run Creek, the Town's holding basin, and the Town's water processing plant. The meeting reconvened at Piedmont Bank at 8:35 P.M.~ Mr. Bill Bonny, resident of the Mt. Pleasant area, was present for the remainder of the meeting and participated in the discussion regarding a county-wide water system. Mayor Ralph Austin briefly outlined past plans of the Soil Conservation Service to construct a 125 acre lake costing $1.9 million as a part of an eastern Cabarrus County watershed program. He explained that the Soil Conservation Service had terminated planning assistance on the watershed project because of a determination that flood prevention as a project purpose was not economically feasible. Mayor Austin stated that the preliminary engineering plans by the Soil Conservation Services had been turned over to the Town of Mt. Pleasant for possible development of the watershed as a municipal water supply facility. According to Mayor Austin, the revised plans of the Town of Mt. Pleasant now call for an 80 acre lake costing approximately $1 million. Mr. Thomas B. Robinson reviewed the seven (7) areas of the County which have been designated to receive water lines as a part of an $11,060,000.00 water distribution system planned for the county. During discussion of this proposed system, members of the Board expressed the need for a water source to serve the Midland area other than the proposed purchase of water from the City of Albemarle and Stanly County or the use of a well field in Midland. The water impoundment project planned by the Town of Mt. Pleasant was recognized at that time as a possible source of water for the southeastern portion of the county. Town Council members indicated their willingness to share the Town's water supply with the rest of Cabarrus County if the County helped in the construction of the watershed project. It was the consensus of the Board of Commissioners and the Town Council that the proposed water impoundment in Mt. Pleasant was an important raw water source in the county and that there should be a coordinated effort between the County and the Town in developing this project. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Nash and unanimously carried, the Board instructed Mr. Thomas B. Robinson, Planning Director, to contact the County's engineering firm to obtain information regarding the cost and the feasibility of using the proposed water impound- ment in Mt. Pleasant as a water supply source for the Midland area as compared to the present plan for supplying water to that area. Mayor Austin and members of the Town Council agreed to obtain updated information regarding the cost of building the 125 acre lake as originally proposed by the Soil Conservation Service.