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299 Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, again recommended that a Regional Sewer Authority be established to be responsible for the overall direction and management of the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Board deferred discussion of Regional Wastewater Pretreatment item on the agenda. Mr. Benton Payne, Assistant Division Engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, reviewed the priority rating procedures of secondary roads in Cabarrus County. Mr. Larry Gordon, District Engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, presented the preliminary 1988-89 Cabarrus County Secondary Roads Program which included the paving of Highland and Yale Avenue, Mills Circle, Vinewood Road, Anne Street, Merle Road, and a portion of Cruse Road. The replacement of a bridge on Cruse Road, the widening of a portion of Poplar Tent Road, and the realignment of a curve on Pitts School Road were also included in the program. The final presentation and the public hearing for the 1988-89 Cabarrus County Secondary Roads Program will be held at 8:00 P.M. on March 21, 1988. Mr. A. Frank Herrin, Jr., Chairman of the Cabarrus Soil and Water District, and Mr. Hugh Price, District Conservationist, requested the County's participation in the North Carolina Agriculture Cost-Share Program to help landowners and farmers do water quality work. Mr. Herrin explained that staff positions are available at this time on a cost-share basis between the County and the State and asked for a commitment that the Board will participate in the funding of such a position in Cabarrus County. He further explained that the County's share of the funding for the position could be provided either in cash or in-kind services and estimated that the maximum amount of the County's participation for the remainder of this fiscal year would be $3,000.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unani- mously carried, the Board approved the Cost-Share Program position for the Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District Office as long as it is funded from Raleigh. Mr. Mike Byrd, member of the Cabarrus County Planning staff, reviewed duplicate road name problems which occur with the Quay/Old Holland Road on the Cabarrus/Mecklenburg County line and the Quay Road located off Robinson Church Road. He asked that the Board schedule a public hearing to handle this problem. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unani- mously carried, the Board changed the regular meeting of the Board scheduled for 3:00 P.M. on April 4, 1988, to 3:00 P.M. on April 5, 1988, because of the Easter holiday and set a public hearing for 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 5, 1988, for the following road name changes. Quay/Old Holland Road to Quay Road Quay Road to Quay Dairy Road UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unani- mously carried, the Board authorized the Cabarrus County Zoning Office to destroy all of the case files from the 1982 Cabarrus County Board of Adjust- ment cases and to destroy the hard copies of the land use permits from February 1982 through December 1986 in accordance with the Records Retention and Disposition Schedule issued by the Division of Archives and History of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Chairman Lentz presented a letter from the Midland Community Association requesting a letter of support to the North Carolina Utilities Commission in favor of the Association's efforts to obtain Extended Area Service to Concord from the Locust (888) exchange. The Board by consensus agreed to this request. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board ratified the execution of the following Agree- ment of Purchase and Sale between the Seller, P. M. Morris Limited Partnership and E. A. Morris, Trustee, and the Purchaser, Cabarrus County, and adopted the following budget amendment. AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE SELLER: P.M. MORRIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND E. A. MORRIS, TRUSTEE PURCHASER: CABARRUS COUNTY PROPERTY: TRACTS A THROUGH F (see attached)