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October 3, 2005 - Recessed Meeting / Work Session Page 352 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to place the contract award for construction of the Solid Waste Department Maintenance Garage on the October 17th Agenda as a Consent Item. Request from Cabarrus County Schools Regarding the Advancement of Adequacy by Portrait Homes Jonathan Marshalll Director of Commerce, reported that Portrait Homes is developing property off pitts School Road and has offered to sell the County Schools an elementary school site on Clover Road/Pitts School Road at a reduced price, including site preparation and construction of required improvements. In return, the company is asking that the difference in value be credited towards school adequacy requirements. Portrait Homes has submitted a proposal for the sale of the land, including values for the property, development fees and off site road improvements. Mr. Marshall stated County staff, including staff from the Assessor's Office, will perform a comparison to verify if the company has fairly represented the value of the property and improvements. Additional information will be available at the regular meeting on October 17. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Juba and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to place the request from Cabarrus County Schools regarding the advancement of school adequacy by Portrait Homes on the October 17th Agenda as a New Business Item. Update - Moving the Cline and Propst Houses Chairman Carpenter stated the Board had voted on August 20 to give the Cline and Propst houses to Piedmont Preservation Foundation (PPF). Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, reported discussion with counsel representing Joseph Lockavitch, property condemned as a part of the new Jail site, regarding is waiting for a response from counsel at this time. there had been who owned the the houses. He John Faulkenbury stated he was not a member of PPF. He asked the Board to listen to the plan by piedmont Preservation Foundation (PPF) to preserve the Cline and Propst houses. Steve Morris, PPF Board Member, introduced Janet Magaldi and Rebecca Patten along with other individuals from various communities present for the meeting. He requested that the Board sell to PPF .663 acres of property adjacent to the Lutheran Cemetery on Corban Avenue at the current tax value of $34,887.00. He stated this was the only viable location to move the houses due to their height and the utility lines. Mr. Morris reported that protective covenants would be placed on the houses and Preservation North Carolina would assist in marketing the houses for sale throughout the state and region. Further, he said the sales proceeds, minus expenses (purchase of property, moving houses, footings/foundations, etc.), would be returned to the County and could be applied towards the cost of relocating Jail/LEC parking spaces. Ms. Patten estimated the cost to move the two houses to the County- owned property at $75,000.00 plus expenses for footings, driveway, removing trees, etc. There was lengthy discussion on the following issues: future use of the houses and required number of parking spaces; zoning requirements; marketing of the houses; required easement for access to the Lutheran Cemetery; efforts by PPF to solicit private donations; amount of return on the sale of the homes; and loss of secure parking spaces for the Jail/LEC. It was noted that Turner Construction has estimated the cost to replace the lost parking spaces at $498,543.00. George Liles, former Mayor of the City of Concord, spoke in support of the relocation of the Cline and Propst houses. He stated parking for the Jail/LEC would be available at the current location of the houses. Commissioner Juba stated for the record that she would like to see other entities "step up to the plate" in providing financial support for the project. She pointed out the two houses have a value of $152,260.00 and that is an investment the County is making on this project. Carlos Moore, Architect and PPF Board member, stated he had reviewed the site plan for the Jail project. He said there appears to be available