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288 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, January 15, 1990, at 7:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: R. Giles Moss William G. Hamby, Jr. Martha H. Melvin Absent - Commissioner: Billy J. Simmons, Jr. The invocation was given by Captain Ron Dohmann of The Salvation Army. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Chairman Lentz with Commissioners Moss, Hamby and Melvin and Chairman Lentz voting for, the minutes of December 14 and December 20, 1990 were approved as written. ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT Chairman Lentz announced that this was the date and time scheduled for a public hearing on the proposed Zoning Atlas Amendment. Dr. Nancy Randall, Planning Board Chairman, presented the proposed amendment as recommended by the Planning Board and addressed the problems relative to the provision of commercial needs to residents of the ARR zones. Mr. Jonathan Marshall, member of the Planning Department staff, reviewed the location of the area proposed for rezoning. (1) Petition 89-17. Bristol Development Corporation, Rocky River and Hickory Ridge Roads, Township 1, part of Map/PIN 5516-17-6069. Wishes to rezone from ARR to C-2. The Planning Board voted 3-2 to approve this petition. Persons speaking in support of the rezoning request included Mr. William G. Alexander, Attorney representing Bristol Development Corporation; Mr. Doug Garges, President of Bristol Development Corporation; Mr. Steve Peyton of Rocky River Plantation subdivision; Mr. Ronnie Faron of the Oaks Estates Subdivision; Ms. Mary Beth Quay, owner of property in question; and Ms. Roxanne Quay. Arguments in support of the rezoning included the central location for the provision of retail services and the convenience of having a community-based retail store to serve a growing residential area of the county. Persons speaking against the proposed Co2 zoning and the building of a shopping center on the property included Mr. Nelson May, Mr. George Schmitt, Mr. Jim Seegars of the Oaks Estates, and Ms. Janet Wooten of 8434 Pin Oak Trail. Arguments against the rezoning included inadequate fire protection, roads, and bridges; increase in traffic; no guarantee that proposed shopping center will be built if C-2 zone is approved; increase in noise; detrimental visual impact to the community; increase in litter; undesirability of the parking lot lighting; and the unknown impact on existing water table. Also, a petition signed by a number of residents in the area was submitted in opposition to the rezoning request. There being no one else to speak either for or against the proposed rezonin§, Chairman Lentz closed the public hearing at 7:50 P.M. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Moss with Commissioners Melvin and Moss and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioner Hamby voting against, the Board approved Petition 89-17 by Bristol Development Corporation to rezone property at Rocky River and Hickory Ridge Roads, part of Map/PIN 5516-17-6069, from ARR to C-2. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Perry St. John, Architect with Dennis Yates Associates, presented an update on the Cabarrus County Governmental Center. Stating that this was day 543 of 587 contract days, he reported that the building was 90 percent complete with occupancy scheduled for April 1. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin with Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Melvin, Moss, and Hamby voting for, the Board approved the following change order for the Cabarrus County Governmental Center furniture package contract. Change Order Number CA-10(O1) Rawley & Apperson, Inc. - Change the contract for the furniture package for the Governmental Center as follows: SECTION 01020: 1. Change quantity of Cla-A chairs from twelve (12) chairs to ten (10) chairs. Delete $1,386.00.