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July 6, 20115 (Work Session) Page 2482 requesting the Board consider reassuming ownership of the property. She also advised the availability of Dave Zablotny, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Cabarrus County, to answer any questions. In response to a question from the Board, Jonathan Marshall, Deputy County Manager, advised interested persons may submit a bid, after which the Board could then start the upset bid process for the sale of the property. Planning and Develop ent - Soil and Water Conservation District - Request for Approval to Pursue Green Tool Box Grant and Resolution Dennis Testerman, Senior Conservation Specialist, presented a request for approval to pursue the Green Tool Box Grant along with the related resolution. He advised this grant can provide up to $10,000.00 in funding to update county and municipal land use plans and planning ordinances to incorporate green growth tools. He stated municipalities in Cabarrus County are being invited to participate in the initiative. He further stated projects must provide in -kind, non --- federal match and those that can provide 25 to 50 percent in -kind match from non - federal sources are preferred. He also responded to questions from the Board. Planning and Development - Soil and Water Conservation District - Resolution for the Protection of Clarke Creek Dennis Testerman, Senior Conservation Specialist, presented the following information relating to a request for adoption of a resolution for the protection of Clarke Creek. Recent development activity in the vicinity of Clarke Creek has renewed the concern of the Soil and Water Conservation District Board. Cabarrus County and the State of North Carolina have invested a great deal of money and time into the restoration of wetlands behind Cox Mill Elementary School. Clarke Creek is a Significant Natural Heritage Area and is of particular value for the regionally important wetland located there. The Natural Heritage Inventory was a study funded by the Board of Commissioners in 2002. New development threatens the health of this significant heritage area. Additional development adds more runoff that contains contaminants that threaten the health of this fragile environment. The Soil and Water Conservation District Board is requesting that the Board of Commissioners join them in adopting the attached resolution to further the protection of this highly valued area. BOC - Designation of Voting Delegate for NCACC 108th Annual Conference Mike Downs, County Manager, advised a voting delegate is needed for the NCACC (North Carolina Association of County Commissioners) 108th Annual Conference. Commissioner Honeycutt left the room briefly at 7:09 p.m. She returned to the meeting at 7:11 p.m. Following a brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Board to designate Steve Morris as voting delegate for the NCACC 108th Annual Conference. County Manager - Appropriation for FY 2016 Special Olympics Pam Dubois, Senior Deputy County Manager, presented the following information relating to an appropriation request for FY 2016 for Special Olympics. She also responded to questions from the Board. The County has a contract (attached) with Cabarrus County Schools to pay for the annual compensation of the salary and benefits of one staff member for Special Olympics services to the community. The contract also has a not -to- exceed clause of $55,000.00 unless the compensation is not sufficient to cover the cost and the schools request the increase. Since this agreement has been entered into, the County has provided increases per the state in each year the state has provided raises. This position has been provided those increases but the annual budget contribution was not increased except one time to $55,930.00. The current compensation amount is $57,687.00. The county is requesting to adjust this year's contribution in the amount of $1,757.00 to make this position whole. In the future, the Schools will