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May 21, 2007 (Regular Meeting) Page 369 WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners desires to encourage the expansion of quality industry and the creation of new jobs in the County; and WHEREAS, Baucom's Nursery, a North Carolina corporation with its principal place of business in Mecklenburg County, is considering expanding its operations by building a new location in Cabarrus County and investing some $14.3 million in the project and creating 20 new jobs; and WHEREAS, the expansion requires that a turn lane is added to Highway 601, at the intersection of Flowes Store Road, near the location of the Baucom's Nursery project, and that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is requesting that Baucbm's Nursery pay for this turn lane at a cost of approximately $250,000.00; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners deem this project by Baucom's Nursery to be very important to the economic development of Cabarrus County and supports asking the North Carolina Senate to work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to approve funds to pay the cost of the turn lane on Highway 601 at the intersection of Flowes Store Road. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners by this resolution, hereby asks the North Carolina Senate to work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to approve funds to pay the cost for the addition of the turn lane on Highway 601 and Flowes Store Road. Adopted this the 21s` day of May, 2007. /s/ Robert W. Carruth Robert W. Carruth, Chairman Board of Commissioners Attest: /s/ Kay Honeycutt Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE.. CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION (F-2) 287 (g) Illegal Immigration Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Commissioner Privette commended Sheriff Riley for initiating the 287 (g) program in Cabarrus County and commented on the success Sheriff Pendergrass has had with this program in Mecklenburg County. He also said he is very proud of Sheriff Riley and his foresight to use this tool to control illegal immigration in Cabarrus County. UPON MOTION by Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner White and unanimously carried, the Board approved the 287 (g) Memorandum of Agreement between Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security. _(G) NEW HUSINES3 Steve Langer, ..Assistant Fire Marshal, reported the County Fire Marshal's office has worked for the past year-and-a-half to redraw the fire insurance districts so the County fire departments would be in compliance with North Carolina Department of Insurance requirements. He said the maps and proposed changes have been reviewed and approved by the State. He asked that a public hearing be held on the proposed changes to the fire districts and that the new districts be approved as shown on the maps that were included in the Board's agenda packets. Mr. Langer responded to questions from the Board. At 8:29 p.m., Chairman Carruth opened the public hearing on the proposed changes to the fire district boundaries. The Public Hearing Notice was published on April 25, 2007, in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE and on May 3, 2007, in THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Cabarrus Neighbors). There was no one present to address the Board; therefore, Chairman Carruth closed the public hearing.