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356 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina on Tuesday, November 13, 1979 at 9:30 A.M. Present - Chairman: Troy R. Cook Commissioners: Ralph C. Bonds Marcelle Milloway James W. Lentz J. Ray Allen The invocation was given by the Reverend Fred J. Harmon of the Bayless Memorial Presbyterian Church. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Chairman Cook and unanimously carried, the minutes of October 8, 1979 were approved. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, Frankie F. Small was appointed Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners. UPON MOTION of Chairman Cook, seconded by Commissioner Milloway, the Board approved the addition of a $50 deductible for all in-hospital admissions to the employee hospitalization insurance program. The vote was as follows: Chairman Cook and Commissioners Bonds, Milloway, and Allen voting for and Commissioner Lentz voting against. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, was authorized to make arrangements with the Health Department for annual physicals to be available to all County employees at no cost to the employee. Chairman Cook excused himself from. the meeting at this time. Vice Chairman Bonds presided in his absence. Vice Chairman Bonds stated that this was the day and hour set'for a public hearing on the closing of Wolf Meadow School Road and asked if there was anyone present who would like to speak for or against the closing of this public road. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Allen and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution to permanently close Wolf Meadow School Road in accordance with Section 153A-241 of the North Carolina General Statutes. WHEREAS, the Wolf Meadow School Road is a secondary road, previously maintained by the State of North Carolina, which connects U. S. Highway 29 and Roberta Mill Road in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, said Wolf Meadow School Road having been formerly designated under the State Road secondary system as State Road 1535; and WHEREAS, said Wolf Meadow School Road was constructed for the primary purpose of providing access to the Wolf Meadow Elementary School located between U. S. 29 and Roberta Mill Road; and WHEREAS, this Board of County Commissioners, at a meeting duly convened and held on March 9, 1978, determined that it was in the best interests of the county and its citizens to request the North Carolina Department of Transportation to abandon and permanently close Wolf Meadow School Road and by resolution unanimously adopted at said meeting, this Board requested the North Carolina Department of Transportation to abandon and' permanently close Said road, such abandonment and closing to have been effective upon the construction of suitable access to Wolf Meadow Elementary School utilizing State Road 1541 from Roberta Mill Road plus an extension of said State Road 1541; and WHEREAS, this Board of County Commissioners has now been advised in writing by the Division Engineer for the Department of Transportation of the State of North Carolina that the said Wolf Meadow School Road was abandoned by the Board of Transportation in official session on May il, 1979 and that the Department of Transportation has constructed and completed a new access road in accordance with applicable state specifications to provide suitable and adequate access to Wol~ Meadow Elementary School along an extension of State Road 1541; and WHEREAS, since Wolf Meadow School Road has been abandoned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and is no longer being maintained by state funds, it would be encumbent upon Cabarrus County to allocate and provide funds for the maintenance of said Wolf Meadow School Road in order to keep it open to the public, which such allocation and provision of funds would be financially burden- some to Cabarrus County without a good cause shown; and WHEREAS, Wolf Meadow School Road is no longer necessary for the use of the general public or necessary for ingress or egress by any adjoining landowners who do not have some other adequate means of access to their respective properties; and WHEREAS, Section 153A-241 of the North Carolina General Statutes authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to permanently close a public road after having held a public hearing on the matter;