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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1561 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, September 21, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: H. Jay White, Sr. Vice Chairman: Grace M. Mynatt Commissioners: Robert W. Carruth Elizabeth F. Poole Coy C. Privette Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board; and Cynthia Young, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman White called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. Prior to the presentation of colors, Cadets Miah Jones and Ronald Teeter of the Jay M. Robinson High School Air Force JROTC sang the National Anthem. The Jay M. Robinson High School Air Force JROTC conducted the Flag Ceremony. The student participants were: Cadet 2"a Lieutenant Chris Ramsay, Cadet Master Sergeant Ronald Teeter, Cadet Staff Sergeant Miah Jones, Cadet Staff Sergeant William Witt, Cadet Staff Sergeant Kristin Randle and Cadet Staff Sergeant Billy Randle. Commissioner Carruth delivered the invocation. (A) APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES (A-1) Approval of Technical Correction to Page 906 of July 21, 2008 Meeting Minutes (A-2) Approval or Correction of Meeting Minutes UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Poole and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Clerk to amend page 906 of the July 21, 2008 meeting minutes and to make technical corrections to the meeting minutes as needed in the future. By the same vote, the Board approved the minutes of August 3, 2009 (Agenda Work Session), August 11, 2009 (Special Meeting), August 17, 2009 (Regular Meeting), August 19, 2009 (Recessed Meeting) and August 27-29, 2009 (NCACC Conference) as written. (B) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Chairman White reviewed the following changes to the agenda: Additions: New Business Item G-4 (Library - One Book One Community - Resolution); New Business Item G-5 (Discussion of MPO Priority Project List); and Closed Session Item L-1 (Closed Session to Discuss Threatened or Pending Litigation - (SMZ]). UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board approved the agenda as amended. (C) RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (C-1) Arena - Cabarrus Arena and Events Center Earns 3sfl Prime Site Award Frank Lapsley, Arena General Manager, presented a video created by Pam Sossamon, Sales and Marketing Manager, highlighting the various events held this year at the Arena which included 211 event days with attendance of over 257,000 people. He also announced the Food and Beverage Department won three second-place categories out of five entered at the Fair. In response to comments by Vice Chairman Mynatt, Mr. Lapsley advised the best place to get information on events held at the Arena is to sign up for the Insider Club newsletter on the Arena's website at www.cabarrusarena.com. In response to Chairman White's inquiries regarding the $106,000 that the Arena gave back to non-profit organizations, Mr. Lapsley stated the Arena employed various non-profit organizations that provided services to the Arena, and in turn, the Arena was able to give back to the community. (D) INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS