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November 24, 2003 Page 298 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the dining hall at Camp Spencer, 3155 Foxford Road, Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, November 24, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert M. Freeman Vice Chairman: Richard D. Suggs Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert W. Carruth Coy C. Privette Also present were Mr. John Do Day, County Manager; Mr. Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager for Operations; Mr. Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director; Mr. Don Cummings,' Human Resources Director; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Freeman called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. Commissioner Carruth gave the invocation. Approval of the A~enda Mr. Downs asked that the Board add to the Agenda proposed amendments to the transportation service contract with Mid-State Transport, Inc. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda with the addition of amendments to the Mid-State Transport, Inc., contract. Economic Development Efforts in Cabarrus County - Joint Discussion with Cabarrus Economic Development, Inc., Board of Directors Members of the Board of Directors for Cabarrus Economic Development (CED), Inc., present for the meeting included Mike Nash, Keith Wayne, A1 Thigpen, Ron Wilson, Larry Hinsdale and Cyndie Mynatt. Also present were Maurice Ewing, CED President, and Staff Members Eileen Lussier and Ryan McDaniel. vice Chairman Suggs and Commissioner Carruth also serve as members of the CED Board of Directors. Mr. Day reported on the discussion of economic development during a recent Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce retreat in Asheville. He reviewed the Chamber's prop6sal to convene a group of stakeholders to discuss the development of an effective economic development program for Cabarrus County. He stressed the need for community dialogue and participation by the municipalities to create an effective countywide economic development program. There was discussion by the two Boards on the history of CED as well as the current purpose and direction of CED. The discussion centered on such issues as the raising of private funds by CED, the development of a business plan, the type of businesses that should be targeted for Cabarrus County and the need for a more coordinated and organized economic development program. The two boards also discussed the agreement proposed by CED for the County to commit funding to CED for a period of three years. Members of the CED Board stressed the importance of the funding commitment, stating the County's failure to guarantee funding over a period of years hurts CED's efforts in seeking private funding. The agreement as proposed by CED was as follows: NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS COUNTY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into to be effective the 1st day of July, 2004, by and between Cabarrus County, a body politic and political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as the "County", and Cabarrus Economic Development, Inc., a non-profit corporation of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "Economic Development, Inc."; WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, County is authorized and empowered by the provisions of Section 158-7.1 (a) and Article 2 of Chapter 158 of the North Carolina General Statutes to make appropriations for the purpose of aiding and encouraging the location of commercial and manufacturing enterprises, making industrial surveys and locating industrial and commercial facilities in the County and otherwise to carry out a program of economic development; and