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<br /> UPON MOTIO~ of Chairman Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Privette and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the following Memorandum of
<br />Understanding, approved the following budget amendment appropriating the
<br />funding contributions from other local governments and approved the proposed
<br />contract with LS3P Associates for the development of the Livable Community
<br />Blueprint at a cost of $76,500.00.
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<br /> MEMOPJ~NDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
<br /> Between
<br /> THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS, THE CITY OF CONCORD, THE CITY OF
<br />KANNAPOLIS, THE TOWN OF HARRISBURG, THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, THE CAB;LRRUS
<br />HEALTH ALLIA/qCE AND THE CABARRUS-SOUTH ROWAN METROPOLITAN PLANNING
<br />ORGANIZATION
<br /> FOR
<br /> PREPARATION OF A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
<br /> LIVABLE COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT
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<br />WITNESSETH
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<br /> THAT WHEREAS, Cabarrus County has, in recent years, experienced greater
<br />levels of residential, commercial and industrial development than at any time
<br />in its history; and
<br /> WHEREAS, in the wake of this development, the City of Concord, the City
<br />of Kannapolis, the Town of Harrisburg, the Town of Mount Pleasant and the
<br />County of Cabarrus have identified the need for preserving open space,
<br />providing adequate recreational and park facilities and identifying bicycle
<br />and pedestrian routes; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the City of Concord, the City of Kannapolis and the County of
<br />Cabarrus included in their FY 2000 budgets funding for parks and recreation
<br />master plans; and
<br /> WHEREAS, staff members from the City of Concord, the City of
<br />Kannapolis, the Town of Harrisburg, the Town of Mount Pleasant, the Cabarrus
<br />Health Alliance, the Cabarrus-South Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization
<br />and the County of Cabarrus have agreed to participate in the selection of the
<br />consultant and in the preparation of a parks and recreation master plan and a
<br />bicycle and pedestrian transportation plan, known as a "Livable Community
<br />Blueprint (LCB)"; and
<br /> WHEREAS, after interviews and deliberations, the staff members of the
<br />jurisdictions have selected LS3P Associates Ltd. of Charlotte and Charleston
<br />to prepare the LCB; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the City of Concord and the City of Kannapolis, the Town of
<br />Harrisburg, the Town of Mount Pleasant, the Cabarrus Health Alliance, the
<br />Cabarrus-South Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization and County of
<br />Cabarrus have agreed to contribute funding for compensation of LS3P; and
<br /> WHEREAS, drafting and adoption of the LCB will forward the
<br />transportation planning goals and the mission of the Cabarrus-South Rowan
<br />Metropolitan Planning Organization, and
<br /> WHEREAS, the MPO has in its Planning Work Program available funding for
<br />a bicycle and pedestrian transportation plan, which will be part of the LCB;
<br /> WHEREAS, drafting and adoption of the LCB will forward community health
<br />goals and the mission of the Cabarrus Health Alliance, and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Cabarrus Health Alliance has in its Cardiovascular Health
<br />Program funding that may be used for conducting public meetings and for a
<br />bicycle and pedestrian transportation plan, which will be part of the LCB;
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto do mutually agree as follows:
<br /> SECTION 1: It is hereby agreed that the County of Cabarrus will act as
<br />lead agency in the development of the LCB, and shall be responsible for the
<br />compensation of the consultant, as specified in the Agreement for
<br />Professional Services between the County of Cabarrus and LS3P, hereinafter
<br />the Consultant Contract, which is incorporated herein by reference as a part
<br />of this agreement.
<br /> SECTION 2: It is hereby agreed that the project shall be performed in
<br />accordance with the Consultant Contract and shall begin immediately, and will
<br />be generally completed within nine months.
<br /> SECTION 3: It is hereby agreed that each of the jurisdictions will
<br />advance the following sums to the County of Cabarrus for preparation of the
<br />LCB; the City of Concord and the City of Kannapolis: $15,500 ; the Town of
<br />Harrisburg : $2,000 and the Town of Mount Pleasant : $1,000; the Cabarrus
<br />Health Alliance: $10,000; the Cabarrus~South Rowan Metropolitan Planning
<br />Organization: $17,000. This total of $61,000 shall be added to the $15,500
<br />budgeted by the lead agency.
<br /> SECTION 4: It is hereby agreed that, if during the progress of the
<br />project additional tasks are necessary, or desired by individual
<br />jurisdictions, the actual amount of such future contributions shall be
<br />determined and budgeted at that time.
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