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5O5 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina, on Tuesday, August 15, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Arne L. Fennel Vice Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter Commissioners: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Coy C. Privette Absent Commissioner: Sue B. Casper Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Approval or Correction of the Agenda UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda as submitted. Authorization to Issue Notice of Action to Institute Condemnation Proceedings to Acquire Property for the Rocky River Middle School Site Mr. Clifton reported that condemnation was no longer needed to acquire the property for the Rocky River Middle School site. He said Mr. John Day, Deputy County Manager for Operations, and Mr. Jonathan Marshall, Planning Services Director, had been successful in negotiating a suitable solution with the developer. Mr. Day reported the City of Concord voluntarily annexed the Robert Pittenger property in 1997 and conditionally rezoned the property to allow the construction of 1,200 residential units. As a condition of the rezoning, Mr. Pittenger agreed to donate 50 acres for a park or school site. In designing a new middle school for the site, architects found that the 50-acre parcel as donated was not conducive to the footprint of the school, ballfield and parking lot. To resolve this issue, Mr. Pittenger agreed to sell the County an additional three +/- acres on the northern part of the school site at $20,000.00 per acre. Also, Mr. Pittenger will pay for 600 +/- extra feet of a two-lane road for access on the eastern border of the school, subject to the Department of Transportation and Cabarrus County amending the entrance to the property to be 100 feet further north on Rocky River Road. There was lengthy discussion regarding the Pittenger property, including the following: (1) tax value of the three acres; (2) the planned access road; (3) the need for turn lanes to the school site; (4) the cooperative efforts by the City of Concord in acquiring the donated property; and (5) the critical time issue for the construction of the new school. Mr. Hartsell pointed out the 1997 donation of land by Robert Pittenger was the first donation of land in Cabarrus County for a public school site. He stated there was some question at that time as to whether the Schools wanted the land for a school site. Ms. Cindy Fertenbaugh, Cabarrus County School Board member, advised that the site work package for the new middle school included an extra $300,000.00 to clear the additional rock found on the site. Mr. Marshall reported the site plan for the school had been adjusted to avoid the harder rock that would be more expensive to remove. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to purchase the three +/- acres on the northern part of the Rocky River Middle School site from Rocky River Church Road, LLC (Robert Pittenger) at a cost of $20,000.00 an acre and authorized the appropriate budget amendment. This property will be in addition to the 50 acres donated by Mr. Pittenger for the school site. Presentation of Request by the Cannon Memorial YMCA for the County to Participate Financially in the Construction of an Indoor Aquatic Facility at the New Concord Branch YMCA Mr. Roland Davey, President/CEO of the Cannon Memorial YMCA, reviewed plans by the YMCA to build a new YMCA complex at Afton Village near 1-85 and Crisco Road in Concord. He outlined the plans for the new facility that will