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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in emergency
<br />session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Thursday,
<br />March 16, 1989, at 3:00 P.M. The purpose of the meeting was to convene in
<br />executive session in order to confer with the County Attorney about the
<br />acquisition of real property.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: R. Giles Moss
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> Absent - Con~nissioner: Billy J. Simmons, Jr.
<br /> Chairman Lentz announced that the meeting had been called because of
<br />unexpected circumstances that required immediate consideration by the Board
<br />of Commissioners. He further stated that the matter involved property for
<br />a County project which the Board had been working on for a number of years.
<br /> Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, reported that he had spoken with
<br />Commissioner Simmons' wife at his home and that she had advised that
<br />Commissioner Simmons was out of town and had left the motel where he had
<br />stayed the previous evening. Mr. Ruffin also called Mr. Simmons' business
<br />answering service in attempting to notify him personally. The local news
<br />media was also notified and representatives of THE CONCORD TRIBUNE, THE
<br />DAILY INDEPENDENT, CABARRUS NEIGHBORS, and W E G O Radio were present for
<br />the meeting.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into executive session to discuss
<br />potential land acquisition and for consultation with counsel.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the executive session was terminated.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Lentz and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board authorized the County Attorney to send a
<br />Notice of Intent to File Condemnation Action pursuant to North Carolina
<br />General Statutes Section 40A-40 to Dr. J. Baxter Caldwell, Mrs. Louise G.
<br />Caldwell, and Landex, Inc., in care of Mr. William Burk, President,
<br />notifying them of the Board's intention to initiate condemnation proceedings
<br />to acquire approximately 300 acres of property west of 1-85 and north of
<br />Rocky River, current record title to which is in the name of J. Baxter
<br />Caldwell, for the purpose of an airport facility (a portion of the site
<br />selected by this Board on November 17, 1986). The Board authorized the
<br />tender of compensation of $5,000.00 per acre, but not to exceed
<br />$1,500,000.00. The approximate description of the property is as follows:
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<br /> So much of that property in No. 2 Township, Cabarrus County,
<br />North Carolina identified as PIN 4589.02-65-8898 in the Cabarrus
<br />County tax records as is adjacent to and north of Rocky River and
<br />adjacent to and west of Interstate Highway 85 (I-85), containing
<br />approximately 300 acres, more or less, as computed for a map dated
<br />May 13, 1988, prepared by Cabarrus County as assembled from deeds
<br />of public record, aerial photography and other pertinent plats and
<br />maps, and identified as the Site of Proposed Cabarrus County
<br />Airport, and generally described as follows:
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<br /> BEGINNING at a point in the center of Rocky River, a corner of
<br />J. Baxter Caldwell; thence with Caldwell's line N. 9-40 E., 3940
<br />feet± to a point; thence N. 59-10 W., 40 feet± to a point; thence
<br />N. 8-35 E., 1530 feet± to a point; thence N. 55-15 W., 360 feet± to
<br />a point; thence N. 55-20 E., 100 feet± to a point; thence N. 28-28
<br />E., 140 feet± to a point; thence N. 3-30 W., 140 feet± to a point;
<br />thence N. 80-15 E., 80 feet± to a point; thence N. 45-40 E., 240
<br />feet± to a point; thence S. 83-45 E., 80 feet± to a point; thence
<br />N. 11-35 E., 100 feet± to a point; thence N. 60-10 E., 240 feet± to
<br />a point; thence N. 10-5 E., 80 feet± to a point; thence N. 27-20 E.,
<br />320 feet± to a point; thence N. 79-00 E., 850 feet~ to a point;
<br />thence S. 18-10 W., 530 feet± to a point; thence S. 76-25 W., 580
<br />feet± to a point; thence S. 5-00 E., 120 feet± to a point; thence
<br />S. 46-40 W., 400 feet± to a point; thence S. 64-10 W., 200 feet± to
<br />a point; thence S. 42-15 W., 170 feet± to a point; thence S. 7-45
<br />W., 230 feet± to a point; thence S. 44-25 E., 200 feet± to a point;
<br />thence S. 11-00 W., 200 feet± to a point; thence S. 15-00 W., 200
<br />feet± to a point; thence S. 21-00 W., 280 feet± to a point; t;hence
<br />S. 45-10 E., 850 feet± to a point; thence S. 5-50 W., 1200 feet± to
<br />a point; thence S. 45-00 E., 150 feet± to a point; thence S. 62-10
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