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June 4, 2007 (Work Session) Page 387 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met for an Agenda Work Session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, June 9, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba Commissioners: Grace M. Mynatt Coy C. Privette H. Jay White, Sr. ' Also present were John Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; and Lori Hinson, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 3:59 p.m. Fishertown Sanitary Sewer Improvements Kelly Sifford, Community Development Manager, reviewed the Fishertown Community Report as follows: Fishertown Community Report Summary: This summary is in response to concerns expressed by residents of the Fishertown .Community. Residents of this community have over the years approached Cabarrus County and the City of Kannapolis in an effort to have public sewer installed. This memo attempts to provide the history of the project and a summaryof options for this community. Background Information: Cabarrus County has administered three grant projects in the Fishertown community. There were three Concentrated Needs grants through the NC Division of Community Assistance that installed approximately 8200 feet of gravity sewer line and rehabilitated 91 ' homes. The grants totaled $1.2 million and Cabarrus County provided a $500,000 match. Cabarrus County installed water lines in the community when we still provided water services. There was a $75,000 grant and a $500,000 match provided by Cabarrus County. The combined projects account for a total expenditure of $ 2.275 million in this community. Cost Estimates on the project: Cabarrus County cooperated with the City of Kannapolis in 2000 and 2001 to perform a preliminary sewer assessment report on the Fishertown area. A copy of that report is attached. To summarize the 2001 report, it will cost $1.85 million to serve the entire Fishertown area with sewer. The most recent estimates are in Kannapolis' CIP are for $2.9 million, however, I do not have detailed information to verify that this projection is for the entire project area as shown in the preliminary engineering report I have provided for you. I have attached a copy of the CIP for your review. The 2001 estimate was made without the benefit of borings to determine the presence of rock and it is assumed that these still have not been done. The average cost per household of $12,958 (193 structures to be served) in the 2001 estimate. Grant Opportunities: 1. Small Cities Community Development Block Grant- (CDBG) Infrastructure grant. The maximum grant is $750,000. This is federal CDBG money that is filtered through the state to non- entitlement jurisdictions. The grant applications are evaluated on several factors including; cost per unit served, 70~ of the area to be serviced must be low to mod income, and the county's tier rating. Cabarrus County is a Tier 9 county. This rating indicates the level of economic distress, poverty, per capita income, population growth and unemployment rates in the county and the county's ability to pay for services. The Tier 9 rating determines Cabarrus County poverty rates to be low and the county's ability to pay to be high. These are competitive grants which require a minimum of 25~ match. The Tier 4 rating will be factored into the scoring of any grant application we submit and will likely adversely affect the application. It is also unclear as to whether DCA would fund another project in the area due to the fact that there have been three Concentrated Needs grants funded in the area. DCA staff has