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76 requesting the use of the courthouse property for the second annual festival on May 16, 1987. Their plans are to have the children's activities in the parking lot behind the old courthouse, information booth on the corner lawn of Union and Means, and food vendors on Means between the courthouse and First Union National Bank. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Moss and unanimously carried, the Board granted permission to the Concord-Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, Inc., to use the courthouse property for the second annual Share Cabarrus Festival on May 16, 1987, from 6:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. subject to the submission of a copy of the food vendors' insurance and the Chamber's insurance holding the County harmless in the event of accidents. Mr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, reviewed the bid of $21,000.00 received on March 23, 1987, from Suther Grading and Hauling, Inc., to clean out the sedimentation basin at the Sanitary Landfill. He stated the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development has notified the County that the work must be done immediately or a fine of $100.00 per day will be instigated. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the bid to clean out the sedimentation basin at the Sanitary Landfill to Suther Grading and Hauling, Inc., in the amount of $21,000.00 with the work to be commenced by April 14, 1987, and completed by May 2, 1987. Mr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, reviewed the grant application to the Centralina Council of Governments/Area Agency on Aging for $12,138.00 in Title III Older American Act funds to expand the Department's present services to the elderly through the Adult Health Screening Program. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unani- mously carried, the Board authorized the application by the Health Department to the Centralina Council of Governments/Area Agency on Aging for Title III Older American Act funds as presented by Mr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, for the expansion of the Adult Health Screening Program services by the Health Department. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unani- mously carried, the Board granted permission to the Charlotte Motor Speedway for a fireworks display on April 10, 1987, at approximately 9:15 P.M. subject to the submission of a Certificate of Insurance showing insurance coverage of $1 million for the event. The fireworks display is in conjunction with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and is being supervised by Mr. Gary Partlow of Southern International Fireworks. The Board reviewed the letter from J. Dennis Hoban, Ed.D., Director of the Office of Educational Research and Services of The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University and member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, requesting that each county in the State consider the donation of $500.00 to be used for the purchase and placement of 100 trees to line the interior of the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway project. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Moss and unani- mously carried, the Board approved the County's participation in the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway Project and allocated $500.00 from Board Directed Expenses to the Project for the purchase and placement of a tree for Cabarrus County at the memorial. The Board received the certified copies of the Resolution Requesting an Election on the Merger of the Kannapolis Sanitary District and the City of Kannapolis as adopted by the Sanitary District Board of the Kannapolis Sanitary District and the City Council and Mayor of the City of Kannapolis. The Board also received the certified copies of the Resolution Requesting an Election on the Merger of the Royal Oaks Sanitary District and the City of Kannapolis as adopted by the Sanitary District Board of the Royal Oaks Sanitary District and the City Council and Mayor of the City of Kannapolis. Commissioner Hamby introduced the following resolution which was read: RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL MERGER REFERENDUM BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus: Section 1. A special merger referendum is hereby called to be held between 6:30 A.M. and 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, June 9, 1987, in the Kannapolis