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April 5, 2010 (Work Session) Page 1869 • Sheriff's Department - Lt. Wade Gray's Retirement and Award of Service Weapon • Sheriff's Office - Award Service Weapon to Retiring Deputy Bobby R. Bonds • Tax Administration - Refund and Release Report - March 2010 Appointments to Boards and Committees • Appointment - Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee • Appointment - Criminal Justice Partnership Program • Removal - Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee Reports • Commerce - HALUP Progress Summary Report for February 2010 • Request for Applications to County Boards/Committees County Manager - Approval of Food Policy Council John Day, County Manager, presented the following information related a to the creation of a Food Policy Council (FPC): one element of the sustainable community initiative approved previously by the Board, is the creation of a FPC; the FPC is one of the items included in the successful grant application the county made to the North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farming Initiative Trust Fund; there are approximately 50 FPCs in the country; the General Assembly established one for the State at its last session and he is a member of that committee; it is envisioned that each county will have such a policy council; these groups identify and strengthen connections between food, health, natural resource protection economic development in the agricultural community; this Council will be charged with performing research, educating community, developing strategies and making policy recommendations that will encourage the development of a robust sustainable local food economy and healthier population; the Council will also oversee the community food assessment that was included in the grant award and the assessment will be performed by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS); the assessment will identify: what the supply and demand is for food, where there are deficits in nutrition, public health problems caused and how they can be mitigated locally; etc. He concluded by stating this is an emerging trend across the country and his hope is for the county to be on the front end of that trend. In response to a question, Mr. Day advised the Communications and Outreach Department will be charged with the task of publicizing the need for applications for the FPC widely and by many different medias. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place Approval of Food Policy Council on the April 19, 2010 Agenda as a New Business item. EDC - Economic Development Grant Request - Celgard, LLC, A Polypore Company and Public Hearing - 6:30 P.M. John Cox, of the Cabarrus Economic Development Corporat-ion (EDC), presented the following information related to a request for an Economic Development Grant for Celgard, LLC: Celgard, LLC proposes to purchase land in the International Business Park located in Concord and construct a 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility; the company plans to create approximately 209 full-time jobs; the company is an innovative energy sustainable industry; and the grant package includes industrial grants from the City of Concord and Cabarrus County which are vertically the same except for the difference in the tax rate. Mr. Cox and Richard Koch, County Attorney, responded to questions from the Board. The following issues were addressed: the inclusion of clawback provisions to address the company closing (going out of business) or failing to meet certain stipulated projections; the current draft agreement does not specify the number of jobs to be created by the company as previously requested by the Board; the County Attorney was asked and plans to include employment provision(s) similar to those found in State and Federal grants as recommended by the EDC (Economic Development Corporation); the omission of employment requirements in Concord's agreement; a news article in the Winston-Salem newspaper reported only 70 percent of the jobs promised came to fruition in the Winston-Salem/Greensboro area. Mr. Cox stated the EDC's suggestion was that if the company defaulted on any inducements or incentives offered by the State it would also default on any incentives offered by the County. With regard to job target language