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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in
<br />adjourned session mt the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolima,
<br />on Thursday, June 21, ].984, at 7:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt
<br /> Marcelle Milloway
<br /> J. Harold Nash
<br /> Kenneth F. Payne
<br /> UPON MOTION of Co~missioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt
<br />and unanimously carried~ the Board approved the addition of Tall Tree Lane
<br />to the state road system.
<br /> The Board deferred appointments to the Region F Emergency Medical
<br />Services Advisory Council until the next meeting.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner'Nash and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board by acclamation approved the reappointment
<br />of Mr. Bill Covington to'the Region F Aging Advisory Committee for a two-
<br />year term ending June 30, 1986.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Milloway
<br />and unanimousl~ carried, the Board reappointed Mrs. Margaret Moses and
<br />Mr. Ralph Johnston, Jr., to the Centralina Private Industry Council for
<br />a two-year term ending June 30, 1986.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Messrs. Walter M. Safrit,
<br />II, Philip H. Smith, Sr., and L. D. Coltrane, III, to the Centralina
<br />Certified Development Corporation for a one-year term ending June 30, 1985.
<br /> Mr. Thomas B. Robinson, Planning Director, reviewed the updated
<br />Overall Edonomic Development Plan. ~He explained that the plan had been
<br />updated at this time as an active Overall Economic Development Plan was
<br />necessary before the Town of Mt. Pleasant could be considered for a
<br />$600,000.00 Federal Economic Development Administration grant to fund
<br />construction of a water impoundment. In conclusion, Mr. Robinson recommended
<br />that the Plan be updated annually and that the Board consider the formation
<br />of an Overall Economic Development Plan committee to review the update and
<br />make recommendations concerning economic development in Cabarrus County.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board adopted theOverall Economic Development
<br />Plan for Cabarrus County, dated April, 1984, as presented by Mr. Thomas
<br />B. Robinson. The Plan is on file in the County Manager's Office at the
<br />County Courthouse.
<br /> Chairman Lentz reported he had received notification from the
<br />Trustees of Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trust No. One that they were in
<br />agreement with the County's interpretation of the grant for the branch
<br />library in Kannapolis and that $48,000.00 of the library money could be
<br />used for the operation of the Cannon Memorial YMCA Library for the next
<br />year. Agreement as recorded in the minutes of June 18, 1984, will be
<br />executed between the County and Cannon Memorial YMCA for library services
<br />from June 30, 1984, to June 30, 1985.
<br /> Commissioner Nash introduced discussion of office space in the
<br />County Courthouse and the need to proceed with renovation plans for the
<br />third floor of the Courthouse. He suggested that the Chairman meet with
<br />Judge James C. Davis, Judge Robert L. Warren, the Clerk of Court, and
<br />the District Attorney to ascertain what they perceive as their space needs
<br />in relationship to third floor. In conclusion, he recommended that after
<br />the needs for the court system have been worked out that the County proceed
<br />with the employment of an architect for the renovation.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Nash with
<br />Commissioners Payne, Nash, and Milloway, and Chairman Lentz voting for and
<br />Commissioner Barnhardt voting against, the Board directed Chairman Lentz
<br />Commissioner Nash, and the County Manager meet with Judge James C. Davis,'
<br />Judge Robert L. Warren, the Clerk of Court, and the District Attorney
<br />concerning plans for the third floor of the County Courthouse at the earliest
<br />possible date.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Lentz and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board adopted a resolution that the regular
<br />meeting on July 2, 1984, not be held and that the July regular meeting
<br />be held on July 16, 1984, at 7:00 P.M.
<br /> The motion by Commissioner Barnhardt that Board meetings be held only
<br />once per month failed for lack of second.
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