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October 5, 2009 (Work Session) Page 1639 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Poole and unanimously carried, the Board indefinitely tabled the following item: TEXT2009-00008 - Proposed Text Amendment to Amend Chapter 5 and Appendix B of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance. Additional Agenda Items UPON MOTION o£ Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Poole and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following list of additional items for the October 19, 2009 Agenda: Recognitions and Presentations: • BOC - Recognition of Fire Chief Edwin C. Phillips on His Retirement from the A11en Volunteer Fire Department • Human Resources - Recognition of Deputy David Blackwelder on His Retirement from Cabarrus County Consent Agenda: • Sheriff's Department - Award Service Weapon to Officer David Blackwelder upon His Retirement on September 30, 2009 from the Sherif £'s Of £ice Pursuant to N.C. General Statute 20-187.2 • Tax Administration - Refund and Release Report - September 2009 Appointments to Board and Committees: • Appointments - Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee Reports: • Commerce - Harrisburg Area Land Use Plan Update - Progress Summary Reports • Request for Applications to County Boards/Committees Finance - Property Easements for the A. T. Allen Replacement Elementarv School - $68,624.00 Len Witke, Director of Construction for Cabarrus County Schools (CCS), reported CCS is working with 17 individual landowners to develop the easement agreements, seven (7) of which are presented to the Board for approval. He also informed the Board CCS has an agreement on six (6) additional easements, but are waiting for W-9 forms to be completed. The last four (4) easements have been negotiated but CCS is waiting for either changes in the agreement language or surveys to support the documents. He also noted 33 percent of the funds allocated for the agreements have been spent down. Lastly, he stated CCS anticipates approximately $75,000.00 to $100,000.00 will be returned to the County when all 17 agreements are finalized. In response to questions from the Board whether the 70 to 75 percent of funding will be spent on all 17 easements and the remaining portion (25 to 30 percent) is anticipated to be returned to the County, Mr. Witke responded in the affirmative. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Poole and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place Property Easements for the A. T. Allen Replacement Elementary School on the October 19, 2009 Agenda as a Consent item. Commerce - Transfer o£ Conservation Easement - Concord Airport Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, presented the Transfer of Conservation Easement - Concord Airport and discussed issues relating to Concord Mills' mitigation project noting engineers had approved the project for land owned by the City of Concord, but did not want Concord to hold an easement on their own property. As such, the Board of Commissioners agreed to hold the easement. He further noted the County's Soil and Water District has been designated as the agency in this county to hold conservation easements so he proposed the transference o£ the conservation easement to the Cabarrus County Soil and Water Conservation District. Mr. Marshall stated he and Dennis Testerman surveyed the property located behind Roush Racing and attested to its high quality condition and acknowledged the property would be an asset to the conservation easements being held. He noted the County Attorney approved the transference of the easement. In response to the Board's questioning on the functionality o£ the land, Mr. Marshall elaborated on the difficulty of adding a greenway in that