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January 6, 2014 (Work Session) ATTEST: /s/ Barry C. Shepherd A discussion ensued. Chair, Board of Education Page 1870 Commissioner Oesterreich expressed opposition to a bond referendum citing ongoing debt. Commissioner Morris expressed support for going forward with a bond referendum and letting voters make the decision. Commissioner Measmer requested a breakdown of how the proposed bond funds would be appropriated including a list of capital improvement projects. Chairman Poole requested a copy of the previous study on Mt. Pleasant Middle School. Discussion continued. during discussion, the following issues were addressed: County bond council, Steve Cordell, confirmed a May bond referendum is not feasible; the deadline to bring all requests from Cabarrus County Schools, Kannapolis City Schools and Rowan - Cabarrus Community College to the Local Government Commission (LGC) is May 23' in order to have a November bond referendum; the schedule for conducting a November bond referendum was published in the 2013 Fall Retreat Agenda; KCS and RCCC have requested to be included in the process; etc. Chairman Poole expressed support for a bond referendum on the ballot to give the voters a voice. Discussion continued regarding whether or not to suspend the rules and take action on this item. No action was taken. Recess of Meeting r) . FI_l The Board took a short break at 6:15 p.m. The meeting resumed at 6:31 Active Living and Parks - Matching Incentive Grant Request Londa Strong, Active Living and Parks Director, presented the following information relating to a request for a matching incentive grant and responded to questions from the Board. One of the FY14 approved Matching Incentive Grant recipients did not follow purchasing guidelines, and therefore, forfeited $6,169.00 of their awarded funding. Their half of the funding has been returned to them leaving $6,169.00 in unassigned funds. The Northwest Cabarrus Middle and High School Community Track Renovation Project did not receive all of their requested funding during the regular funding cycle. The recommendation from the Active Living and Parks Commission was based on the amount of the request. The project manager and principal were contacted to verify they had $6,169.00 that could be used to match this funding, if approved. Northwest Cabarrus High School is the only project that did not received full requested funding ($20,000.00) during the regular funding cycle. Concord Rotary did not receive any requested funding ($15,000.00) for their project as they did not meet minimum application requirements. NWCHS requested $20,000.00 and received $12,866.00 leaving them $7132.00 less than their requested amount. The transfer of $6169.00 would only leave them $963.00 short of their original requested amount to renovate the track. No additional funds are being requested. An internal budget amendment would be needed for this request to be finalized. Active Living and Parks Transfer of Funds to Purchase Baseball Mounds for Tournament Play at County Parks