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414 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in special session with the Water and Sewer Study Commission at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 13, 1983, at 7:00 P.M. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the goals and objectives of the Water and Sewer Study Commission. Present - Chairman: J. Harold Nash Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle Milloway James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne Members of the Water and Sewer Study Commmission present for the meeting were as follows. J. Archie Smith James A. Blair Lena Bowen Bill Bonny J. Thompson Brown D. Manuel Kiser L. W. Whitley Melvin Rape R. M. Faggart Brady Black Chairman Nash also recognized Mr. Philip H. Smith, Sr., who was present on behalf of Mr. Harold McEachern, the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce appointee to the Water and Sewer Study Commission. The appointment by the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce to the Study Commission will be made at a later date. Commissioner Lentz introduced discussion of the reported agreement between Mecklenburg County and the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the develop- ment of a 150-acre site at the Speedway as a landfill for Mecklenburg County. Members of the Board stated the need for additional property to be used as a landfill by Cabarrus County and expressed concern that Charlotte Motor Speedway officials did not contact Cabarrus County first regarding additional landfilling at the Speedway. Commissioner Payne reported that residents of Cessna Road (SR 1443) were having difficulty in getting the middle section of that road (approximately 800 feet) paved. He stated that residents had been advised that the road could be paved as soon as a right of way was obtained. Commissioner Payne indicated that the right-of-way had been granted, but the Department of Transportation officials had now advised the residents that the road could not be paved. Also, during this discussion regarding problems with roads ....... in the County, Chairman Nash expressed concern regarding a dangerous situation at the intersection of Universal Street and Ridge Avenue in Kannapolis. He reported that there had been a number of accidents at the intersection and that persons in that area had requested a study by Department of Transportation officials for possible signalization of the intersection. UPON MOTION Of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Nash and unanimously carried, the Board authorized Chairman Nash to write a letter to Mr. David Roberts, Division Engineer with the Department of Transportation, regarding the paving of approximately 800 feet of Cessna Road (SR 1443) and requesting a study for possible signalization of the intersection at Universal Street and Ridge Avenue. Mr. Frank McCray, member of the Board of Transportation, is also to be notified regarding these problems. Commissioner Payne presented the proposal of services to be provided to the Water and Sewer Study Commission by the Urban Institute of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Urban Institute proposed to charge $20.00 per hour for consulting work by Institute personnel with a maximum of 100 hours of consulting time. Also included in the proposal was an estimated $250.00 charge for computer time and a $250.00 charge for typing and duplication work. The persons assigned by the Urban Institute will include Mr. Alan Black who will provide research assistance to the Study Commission and Dr. William J. McCoy who will assist Mr. Black as well as provide more general assistance to the operation of the Study Commission. UPON MOTION by Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board approved the proposal for services to i Cabarrus County as submitted by the Urban Institute of the University of ..... North Carolina at Charlotte at a maximum cost of $2,500.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board appropriated $2,500.00 from Board- Directed Expenses to provide funding for the consulting work by the Urban Institute for the Water and Sewer Study Commission.