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April 2, 2007 (Work Session) Page 321 The Board o£ Commissioners £or the County of Cabarrus met for an Agenda Work Session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, April 2, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba Commissioners: Grace M. Mynatt Coy C. Privette H. Jay White, Sr. Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board; and Lori Hinson, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 3:39 p.m. Commissioner White gavethe invocation. Commissioner Grace Mynatt arrived at 3:49 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. - Cabarrus Health Alliance Accomplishments for 2006-2007 Carolyn Carpenter, the Board's designee on the Public Health Authority, reviewed the 2006-2007 accomplishments of the Health Alliance as presented in the March 26, 2007 Agenda. Charles Phillips, Public Health Authority Chairman, and Phred Pilkington, Health Alliance Director were also present. They responded to several questions from the Board on the amount of funding spent on Medicaid for illegal immigrants and the availability of office space at the North Carolina Research Campus for the Health Alliance. TIF (Tax Increment Financing) - Public Comments Chairman Carruth stated public comments on the TIF would be taken later in the meeting unless there were citizens in attendance that could not wait until the end of the meeting. He further stated citizens that did not get an opportunity to speak at Monday night's meeting would be given priority this evening. None of the citizens that had signed up to speak at Monday night's meeting were present. The two remaining speakers agreed to wait until the end of the meeting to make their comments. slation North Carolina General Assembly House DRH80251-LMx-33 Marlyn Burns of Hunters Trace Drive introduced Norman Anderson, a resident of River Ridge and asked the Board to oppose House Bill No. DRH80251-LMx-33. She said the local newspaper reported Mike Legq, Kannapolis City Manager, wants to install a water tower to support future development in the Odell area. She pointed out the schools in the Odell area are at a critical point and further dense development will not make the school situation better. Mr. Anderson also asked the Board not to support the legislation. He said many of the neighbors had moved to Odell to get out of Kannapolis. Ms. Burns responded to several questions from the Board. After a general discussion, the Board agreed to contact the local legislative delegation to determine the rational for the proposed legislation. Commissioner Privette suggested the Board ask the legislative delegation to postpone its consideration of this bill until after the April 16, 2007 Board of Commissioners' meeting. There was further discussion. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Mynatt, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the proposed legislation (House DRH 80251-LMx-33) on the April 16, 2007 Agenda as a New Business item. By consensus, the Board authorized Chairman Carruth to draft a letter to Representative Johnson and the Committee Chairman asking that no action be