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395 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session at the Winecoff Elementary School Media Center on Monday, December 9, 1991, at 6:30 P.M. Present - Chair: Carolyn B. Carpenter Commissioners: William G. Hamby, Jr. Jeffrey L. Barnhart Kenneth F. Payne Billy J. Simmons, Jr. Ms. Kaye Amos, Chair of the Cabarrus County Board of Education, opened the meetin§ and introduced the followin§ members of the Board of Education: Ms. Betty Alston, Mr. Lewis Williams, Mr. Harold Hartsell, Ms. Dorothy Simmons, and Mr. Don Hoyle. Mr. Sam Davis was absent due to illness. Dr. Edward Tyson, Interim Superintendent, recognized staff members Gene Jordan, Robert Kluttz, Paul Lentz, and Larry Woods. Mr. Henry Duncan, Chairman of the Kannapolis Board of Education, introduced the following members of the Kannapolis Board of Education: Mr. Joe Mingo, Mr. Farrar Grtggs, Ms. Danita Rickard and Ms. Millie Hall. Dr. Ralph Johnston, Superintendent, recognized staff members Nell Tilley and Ned Robinette. Chair Carpenter called the meeting of the Board of Commissioners to order at 6:35 P.M. Commissioner Hamby was absent for the beginning of the meeting. Also present were Mr. John V. Witherspoon, County Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Dr. David Hartgen of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte presented an overview of projected school facility needs as identified in a report prepared by a committee of citizens and school board members. Citfn§ concerns re§ardin§ the County's high growth rate and the poor condition of many of the school facilities, Dr. Hartgen characterized the facility needs as those of repair and proper maintenance, the remodeling of newer facilities to create a more effective school setting, the replacement of the older structures, and the construction of additional schools. Illustrating the effect of the County's growth, Dr. Hartgen noted that an additional 88 classrooms will be needed by the end of the decade in order for the County to comply with State standards of 22 students per classroom. In addition, he pointed out that additional schools will also be needed as the County has already reached the State range of 450 to ?00 students per elementary school. Dr. Hartgen further noted that the Kannapolis area is now beginning to experience an increase in population growth and school enrollments. Dr. Hartgen stated the purpose of this meeting was to discuss ways to handle the rate of growth as well as the means to pay for the additional school needs. He reported that the Board of Education had reworked the committee's report and had identified the immediate needs as the completion of the following commitments: construction of a new middle school in Concord, renovation and expansion of the Mt. Pleasant Middle School, construction of band rooms for Concord High and Northwest Cabarrus High Schools, and the replacement of the older building at Winecoff School. New needs which had been identified included the construction of new elementary schools on the east and west sides of the county and the Bethel/Harrisburg areas, the replacement of the 1927 building at both Harrisburg and Bethel, and the addition of a kitchen at Beverly Hills School. He also pointed out the importance of beginning now to plan for future growth in the middle and high schools in order to meet the needs created by the current elementary students as they progress through school. Chair Amos introduced the following representatives from the four municipalities: Mayor Ralph Austin of the Town of Mt. Pleasant; Mr. Durwood Bost, Kannapolis City ~ouncilman; Mr. Marry Wilkerson, Concord Senior Planner; and Ms. Mary Gilmere-Fox, resident of the Town of Harrisburg. She then recognized Mr. Thomas Dayvault, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Thomas Ramseur, President of the Concord- Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce, who introduced the following representatives from the respective business communities: Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce: Mr. Keith Moore Duke Power Company Mr. Ozzie Raines - Vice-President with Fieldcrest Cannon Ms. Lynn Safrit - President of Atlantic American Properties Mr. Steve Morris Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber Concord-Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce Mr. Richard Fisher - President of R. J. Fisher Construction Company Mrs. Grace Mynatt - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber