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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular
<br />session in the Superior Courtroom at the County Courthouse in Concord, North
<br />Carolina, on Monday, November 6, 1989, at 7:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: R. Giles Moss
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> Billy J. Simmons, Jr.
<br /> The invocation was given by Dr. Charles Howell of Pitts Baptist Church.
<br /> At 7:00 P.M., Chairman Lentz called to order the Public Information Meeting
<br />concerning the potential development of a Cabarrus County Airport.
<br /> Mr. Glenn A. Kay, Director of Aviation Planning with Talbert, Cox and
<br />Associates, Inc., presented information relative to the proposed Cabarrus County
<br />Airport and update of the environmental assessment study.
<br /> The following persons spoke in opposition to the development of the
<br />proposed airport.
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<br />Mr. William Fitzhugh - Chairman of the Concerned Citizens of Cabarrus
<br /> County - 8531 High Ridge Lane, Concord
<br />Ms. Carol Carpenter - 2526 Weldon Circle, Concord
<br />Mr. Tom Dwiggins 1007 Mistywood Lane, Concord
<br />Mr. Richard C. Kluttz - 7330 Sisk Carter Road, Concord
<br />Ms. Andrea Palo 1621 Bennington Drive, Concord
<br />Mr. Roger Liptac - 1100 Sundance Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Mr. Daniel Hendrickson - 1112 Sundance Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Mr. Larry Cole 131 Scaleybark Trail, Concord
<br />Mr. William Morgan - 1147 Sundance Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Ms. Anna Marie Gula - 1549 Wheaton Way - Concord
<br />Ms. Jennie Bridges - 1124 Sundance Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Ms. Donna Rogers - 1554 Hansom Lane, Concord
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<br />Nathaniel Grissom - 1031 Grissom Village Road, Concord
<br />Lydia Baluch - 5500 Bedfordshire Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Kenneth F. Payne 8690 Cottonwood Trail, Concord
<br />Mike Marzean - 8081 Altacrest Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Norris Dearmon - 304 St. Joseph Street, Kannapolis
<br />Paul Brown - 590 Bent Oak Trail, Concord
<br />D. G. Abraham - 5795 Gettysburg Drive, Concord
<br />Franklin D. Connell - 1721 Ivey Cline Road, Concord
<br />Ned Weavil - 1146 Sundance Drive, Harrisburg
<br />Gene Green - Harrisburg Road, Harrisburg
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<br /> Arguments expressed against the proposed airport included the County's
<br />handling of the environmental assessment study, purchase of the land prior to
<br />approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, alleged failure to follow the
<br />guidelines of the Federal Aviation Administration Handbook, the cost of
<br />developing an airport, the proximity to the Charlotte Douglas International
<br />Airport and the Rowan County Airport, devaluation of adjacent residential
<br />property, lack of economic justification, the development of a private airport
<br />in the Midland area, the need to establish education and water/sewer services
<br />as priorities for the county, and the desire for the airport issue to be put to
<br />a vote by the people.
<br /> The following persons spoke in support of the proposed airport.
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<br /> Mr. Mike Coltrane - 1009 Burra§e Road, Concord
<br />'Mr. Timothy Grist - 662 Knollcrest Drive, Concord
<br /> Mr. Irvin Newberry - President of Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of
<br /> Commerce
<br /> Mr. Bill Taylor - 683 Chadbourne Avenue, Concord
<br /> Ms. Betty Thomas - D1 Candlewood Square, Lake Concord Road, Concord
<br /> Mr. A1 Thigpen - 5395 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis
<br /> Mr. Tom Grady - Miramar Street, Concord
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<br /> Arguments in support of the proposed airport included economic development
<br />and balanced growth, creation of more job opportunities, alleviation of highway
<br />congestion, generation of new taxes, the loss of County tax funds for those
<br />aircraft currently based in another county, and the attraction of new industry
<br />to Cabarrus County.
<br /> There being no one else present who had signed up to speak, Chairman Lentz
<br />closed the Public Information Meeting concerning the proposed airport at 8:50
<br />P.M. He recessed the meeting until 9:00 P.M.
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