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July 16, 2012 (Regular Meeting) Page 1171 Ordinance No. 2012 -11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT2012 -00001 BE IT ORDAINED that the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: The following Chapters shall be DELETED entirely: Chapter 2- Definitions, Chapter 3- Establishment of Zoning Districts, Chapter 7- Performance Based Standards and Chapter 8- Conditional Uses. Deleted Chapters shall be REPLACED with revised Chapters: Chapter 2- Definitions, Chapter 3- Establishment of Zoning Districts, Chapter 7- Performance Based Standards and Chapter 8- Conditional Uses. Appendix C, Trail and Trail Head Design shall be ADDED to the Zoning Ordinance. REVISE the Table of Contents to correspond to text changes. Adopted this 16 day of July, 2012 by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. /s/ Elizabeth F. Poole Elizabeth F. Poole, Chairman Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: /s/ G. Kay Honeycutt G. Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board (G -2) Centralina COG - Presentation of "CONNECT Our Future Vibrant Communities in a Robust Region" Mt. Pleasant Commissioner Rick Burleyson addressed questions and concerns raised at the July 2, 2012 work session about Cabarrus County's participation in the "CONNECT Our Future Vibrant Communities in a Robust Region" initiative. He advised participation will require the Board to designate representatives, at the elected and staff level, to serve on the Council and to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cabarrus County and the Centralina Council of Governments. After a lengthy discussion and responses from County staff to questions raised by the Board, Commissioner Carruth MOVED to designate Chairman Poole as the delegate for the Centralina Council of Governments (CCOG) CONNECT Consortium and approve the MOU. Chairman Poole seconded the motion. The alternate position was left open for a volunteer. Discussion continued. Vice Chairman Burrage expressed opposition to participating in the initiative. Commissioner White was asked to serve as the elected representative, in light of his prior experience with the COG. He agreed to serve. Commissioner Carruth amended his MOTION to designate Commissioner White as the elected delegate with Chairman Poole as the alternate and to designate Susie Morris as the staff delegate with Kelly Sifford as staff alternate and to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between Cabarrus County and the Centralina Council of Governments as it relates to the "CONNECT Our Future Vibrant Communities in a Robust Region" initiative. Chairman Poole seconded the amended motion. The MOTION carried with Chairman Poole and Commissioners Carruth, Measmer and White voting for and Vice Chairman Burrage voting against. (G -3) Solid Waste - Ordinance Acknowledging New Conditions of Existing Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Franchise Agreement with Republic Services, Inc. and Renewing the Franchise Agreement Through December 31, 2017 - First Reading Kevin Grant, Sustainability Manager, presented the following information related to a request to renew the Franchise Agreement with Republic Services, Inc.: the current Agreement expires on December 31, 2012 and provides Republic Services, Inc. exclusive rights and franchise to collect and dispose of all the solid waste from all residential units in the unincorporated sections of Cabarrus County and for the disposal of all solid waste generated from the City of Kannapolis and towns of Mt. Pleasant and Harrisburg; the Agreement may be renewed for one successive period of five