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381 (4) (s) (6) An Agri-Business facility has been contemplated for the property over the past few months. The facility would serve as a regional center for preparing locally-grown vegetables within a 150-mile area so that produce'can be sold to food companies. There are several residential communities to which their impact is not known. The 3,164 residents in 1980 have increased to 4,200 over the past decade. Siting of proposed facility can seriously limit the area's future planned residential growth. There is the unknown factor of how the proposed facility will function. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with Commissioners Moss and Simmons and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Hamby and Melvin voting against, the Board adopted the following Resolution. A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRISON IN CABARRUS COUNTY WHEREAS, Governor Martin has proposed the construction of a 768- bed prison in Cabarrus County; and WHEREAS, the proposed site for the facility is located on approximately one hundred acres of property owned by the State of North Carolina and generally known and referred to as "the Stonewall Jackson property". WHEREAS, the House and ~Senate Joint Appropriations Committee of the 1989 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly is considering the aforesaid proposal as a part of the Governor's Prison and Youth Services Facilities Bond Construction Program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Cabarrus that the County Commission does not support and would not accept a decision to site the prison on the Stonewall Jackson property. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Manager is directed to attach with a copy of this Resolution a position paper which sets forth the major reasons why the site should.not be considered for the location of a prison. Adopted this the 21st day of May, 1990. /s/ Frankie F. Small Frankie F. Small Clerk to the Board /s/ James W, Lentz James W. Lentz, Chairman The motion by Commissioner Hamby and seconded by Commissioner Melvin to table the "Resolution in Opposition to the Construction of a Prison in Cabarrus County" until more information can be obtained failed with Commissioners Hamby and Melvin voting for and Commissioners Moss and Simmons and Chairman Lentz voting against. Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, reviewed the following two requests from the City of Kannapolis. o To establish a one-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction into Cabarrus County. (The City has already exercised this privilege in Rowan County.) For Cabarrus County to provide building inspection services in the unincorporated area (extraterritorial jurisdiction) of Kannapolis that is located in Rowan County.