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January 20, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Ms. Morris responded in the negative. She of the Zoning Ordinance and the Land Use Pla understood that property in that area would be it does not have to be associated with a farm. are encouraged in those particular districts. Page 1149 explained that is the intent n. However, she said it is developed residentially, but Further, she said larger lots Chairman White asked Commissioner Privette if he had any other questions. Commissioner Privette responded in the negative. Commissioner Carruth announced he has one more question. He asked what happens if the Board of Commissioners do not approve the rezoning that supports the Land Use Plan. Ms. Morris asked the County Attorney for assistance with that question. Richard Koch, County Attorney, reported this Board entered into an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Concord to jointly develop the Central Area Land Use Plan. That agreement generally provides that both Concord and the County will adopt the Central Area Land Use Plan and then rezone accordingly, consistent with the plan. In the event that one of the two governing bodies does not follow through with what is in the Interlocal Agreement, it would constitute a breach of that agreement. He said the next question would be, "what is the remedy for that breach". In all likelihood, he said the remedy would be that the other party would not follow through with adopting the plan, do the rezonings and end up with no agreement. He said he does not think that because of the solvency of this body with reference to the legislative matters of which it has control, that Concord could make it do something that it has the power to do legislatively. By the same token, he said neither could the County impose the same thing on the City of Concord. He said the net result would likely be no plan and no agreement. Chairman White asked if there were any other questions. Seeing none, he opened the public hearing at 7:90 p.m. The Public Hearing notice was published in THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Cabarrus Neighbors) on December 28, 2008 and January 9, 2009. The Public Hearing notice was also posted on the Cabarrus County website on December 30, 2008. Proponents Chairman White asked the spokesperson(s) for the proponents to come forward and begin the 15 minute time limit. Bob Ritchie, a resident of Rocky River Road in Concord, stated he lives within the affected area of the plan and has the pleasure of serving as Vice Chairman of the Soil and Water Conservation District Board (SWCD). He said he comes before the Board tonight to reiterate that a lot of work has been done and taken place over the last year-and-a-half and to show the appreciation he feels for the Board in being proactive in a time where things are becoming more and more challengincf for the County. He said we, the SWCD Board, were involved as well as municipal boards and the Board of Commissioners as well. He said we really applaud what the consultants of the plan have put together; it is a solid plan that is well thought out that looked over a multifaceted region. He said challenges and opportunities help this Board, municipalities and the citizens of Cabarrus County move forward into this twenty-first century as far as handling growth pressures and development pressures that we all feel. He said basically what we would like to see is the adoption of the annexation plan to stay in compliance with the Land Use Plan. As Mr. Koch has pointed out, he said this Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the County, if he is not mistaken, is pretty well unprecedented across the state. Again, he said he applauds this commission and the city council for being proactive and having foresight to look ahead and be proactive in that area. He said as far as he understands, the zoning process and rezone process would still be in place even with the adoption of this annexation plan. In closing, he said he appreciates the Board's time and consideration. Chairman White thanked Mr. Ritchie for his comments and asked if there was anyone else who wanted to speak in favor of the rezoning. Jonathan Johnson, resident of George Liles Parkway in Concord, stated he was recently elected to the Soil and Water Conservation District Advisory Board and that he also thinks this is a well laid out plan. He said he would like to see the buffers around streams be a minimum of 150 feet with a maximum of 300 feet for protection of the animals and plant habitats and to minimize the clear cutting of new developments. He said living on George