cabarrus county board of commissioners regular meeting november ...

October 17, 2011 (Regular Meeting)PageIn retrospect, previous boards that approved everysubdivision, with lot sizes .24 or even less, leaving us withoutany yards and common areas. There are no safe uncongested roadsfor children to play in their yard without being in the road orin a neighbor’s yard. Cars are lined up on both sides. Thereare no adequate parking spaces in their own houses. You can gothrough any subdivision unless there is a foreclosure sign is outfront. You cannot get through it. A child cannot play in theiryard. This is why we have to seek out a park and to get ourchildren outside. Otherwise they have become gamers and glued toMP3’s, etc.This has created the overwhelming expense to provide parks,ball fields, etc. Along with this, over building in mass, hascreated a tremendous burden on the schools. This is anotheroverwhelming debt, the tax payers must absorb.This proposed thread trail, will not ease the loss of jobs,loss of houses, I do not believe the stress on families will beeradicated by a Thread Trail.I close with this statement, how many homeless, hungry,destitute people are going to benefit from this trail? None. Iwill quote Forest Gump, “stupid is, as stupid does”. Thank You.With there being no one else to address the Board, Chairman Whiteclosed that portion of the meeting.(E) OLD BUSINESSNone.(F) CONSENT AGENDA(F-1) Commerce – 2011-2012 HOME Program ProjectOrdinance and BudgetAmendmentCabarrus County participates inthe Cabarrus/Iredell/Rowan HOMEConsortium for housing rehabilitation.The contract for funding has beenreceived from Concord and a project ordinance and budget amendment must beadopted to allocate the funds. The required match was included in theCounty's FY 2011-12 budget.UPON MOTION ON of Commissioner Burrage, seconded by Commissioner Carruthand unanimously carried, theBoard adopted the project ordinance andfollowing budget amendment:DRAFTDate: 9/6/2011 Amount: $155,706Dept. Head: Jonathan n Marshall, AICPDepartment: Commerce- Community Development√ Supplemental RequestPurpose: To allocate 2011-2012 HOME funds.Account Number AccountD201Name Approved Budget Inc Amount Dec Amount Revised Budget41093668-9605 Consultants $0.00 $7,115.00 $7,115.0041093668-9383 Sub-Contractor Const. $0.00 $148,591.00 $148,591.0041063667-6432 HOME Consortium Revs $0.00 $125,706.00 $125,706.0041063667-6902 Contr. from Gen Fund $0.00 $30,000.00 $30,000.00CABARRUS COUNTY HOME 2011-2012 GRANTSPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT ORDINANCEOrdinance No. 2011-36BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of County Commissioners of the County ofCabarrus, North Carolina that, pursuant to Section 13.2(a) of Chapter 159 ofthe General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project ordinanceis hereby adopted:Section 1. The projects authorized is for the Grant Projects for thepurpose of receiving and disbursing funds as directed Home Program Grant. Theproject is referenced in Section 3.Section 2. The officers of this unit are hereby directed to proceedwithin the terms of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), thegrant terms and the budget contained herein.A-1Page 18