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June 6, 2005 (Work Session) Page 211 Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager, reported the Schools Maintenance and Repairs Agreement with the County Schools and Kannapolis City Schools ends on June 30. He recommended extension of the maintenance program for which the County provides funding based on the per pupil Average Daily Membership (ADM) numbers allocated to each school system. Further, Mr. Downs explained there was some question regarding maintenance and repairs for school/park sites. He recommended an Amendment to the Agreement to outline maintenance and repair responsibilities for the school/park facilities at the public school sites utilized by volunteer youth athletic organizations. He said funding in the amount of $50 1000.00 was included in the proposed FY 2006 Parks and Recreation budget to reimburse the Schools for these expenses. By consensus, and the Amendment meeting. the Board agreed for the Maintenance and Repair Agreement to be placed on the Consent Agenda for the June 20th Recess of Meeting Chairman Carpenter recessed the meeting at 5: 55 p. m. the meeting at 6:15 p.m. She reconvened Designing Cabarrus Update and Discussion Rodger Lentz, Planning and Zoning Manager I presented an update on the Designing Cabarrus proj ect. He reviewed changes that have been made to the draft ordinances as a result of the recent steering committee meetings and public input sessions. He highlighted the following items: (1) Creation of an office-institutional district future employment based on the Leak-Goforth study. to reserve areas for Economic Development (2) Amendment to the River/Stream Overlay zone to add intermittent streams (buffers to be a minimum of 35 feet with a maximum of 75 feet based on the slope next to a creek) . (3) Addition of a Manufactured Housing Overlay District that will give more flexibility in determining where mobile homes can be located but will not change the standards. (4) Rewrite of Chapter 5, District Development Standards . Rural and suburban planning tiers; . Subdivision types: (1) Conventional Subdivision dictates a minimum lot size; (2) Open Space Subdivision - allows a smaller lot size in exchange for additional common open space; and (3) Amenity Subdivision that allows an even smaller lot size in exchange for more common open space; . Conventional subdivision standards, including dimensional standards in the Agricultural/Open Space (AO) , Countryside Residential (CR) and Low Density Residential (LDR) districts, exception for minor subdivisions and required tree planting; . Open Space Subdivision standards, including dimensional standards for the AO, CR, LDR, Medium Density Residential (MDR) and High Density Residential (HDR) districts; . Amenity subdivision standards, including dimensional standards in the LOR, MDR and HDR districts, subdivision design, exterior building materials and front yard trees; . Street tree requirements; . Open space requirements and the nature of that open space (i.e., playgrounds, gardens, etc.); . Calculation of the number of lots permitted in a subdivision; and . Architectural standards. During his presentation, Mr. Lentz responded to a number of questions regarding development options, lot sizes, the location of mobile homes and manufactured homes, method of calculating the number of units per acre, the availability of utility service, open space requirements and the configuration of that open space. He reported the cities have concerns about requiring one-acre lots in areas where utilities are available based on the economics of installing utilities in those areas. Also, he advised the