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512 INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS Chairman Carpenter opened the meeting for informal public comments at 8:10 P.M. Mr. Tony Bonds, farmer and gravel truck operator, spoke against a proposed Ordinance Requiring Covering of Loads on Vehicles. He called the Board's attention to North Carolina General Statutes 20-116(g) regarding the hauling of loads on State roads and questioned the enforcement of the proposed County ordinance. Chairman Carpenter stated that the Board would take the comments by Mr. Bonds into consideration in reviewing the proposed ordinance. There was no one else present who wished to address the Board, and Chairman Carpenter closed the public comments portion of the meeting at 8:15 P.M. OTHER BUSINESS Commissioner Payne challenged all Board members to sponsor Mr. Witherspoon and other walkers in the upcoming March of Dimes WalkAmerica on April 25. Chairman Carpenter also encouraged every one to participate in WalkAmerica. The Board agreed to meet at 5:30 P.M. on Monday, April 13, to continue review of the proposed Five-Year Strategic Plan for the County. Chairman Carpenter thanked Commissioners Barnhart and Simmons for their work in preparing the proposed Plan. There was no objection to Mr. Hartsell's request to add items to the agenda regarding a contract for the relocation of telephone lines in the Coddle Creek Reservoir area and the finalization of two property acquisitions in the Reservoir project area. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart with Commissioners Payne, Barnhart and Hamby and Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board authorized the Chairman to execute the Agreement between the Concord Telephone Company and Cabarrus County for the relocation of telephone lines in Coddle Creek Reservoir area with the stipulation that any work over the estimated cost of $182,932.69 be brought back to the Board for approval. The agreement as approved was as follows: NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS COUNTY THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 6th day of April, 1992, by and between CABARRUS COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "CABARRUS"; and THE CONCORD TELEPHONE COMPANY, a North Carolina Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "CONCORD"; RECITALS Cabarrus is in the process of constructing a reservoir known as "CODDLE CREEK RESERVOIR" and the water in said reservoir will cover a part of Highway 73, North, presently existing, said Highway to be relocated, and it is necessary that the telephone utility lines located along said portion of Highway 73, North, be relocated and Cabarrus has requested that Concord relocate said lines and Concord has agreed to do so upon the payment by Cabarrus of the cost of relocation; In consideration of the recitals and the agreements herein made, Cabarrus and Concord do agree as follows: 1. That Concord will relocate the telephone lines along Highway 73, North, which will be covered by the water in the Coddle Creek reservoir by installing new telephone lines along the new portion of Highway 73, North, for a distance of approximately 4,475 feet, said relocation to extend from Project Station 14 to Project Station 58 as shown on the map attached hereto and marked "Exhibit A". The work will be done in accordance with the plans attached hereto marked "Concord Telephone Company, Job No. OD92-1002, dated 3-2-92" consisting of 9 sheets, numbered 1 through 9. No new rights-of-way will be required, but an Encroachment Permit from the Department of Transportation will be required.