HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1083 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
APRIL 15. 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
April 15, 2003, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing
Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Planning & Code Enforcement Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor
Ron Smith, Interim County Assessor Bob Miller, County Assessor Bill Doolittle,
Recreation Director Robert Woody, Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle, Communications Director
David Martin, Emergency Services Director Tracy Jackson, Health Director Ray Rabe,
Social Services Director Don Wall, Support Services Director Jim Vernon, and Clerk to the
Board Jean Moore.
Call to Order by Chairman Johnson.
Request for Approval of the March 2003 Refunds and Releases: Interim County
Assessor Bob Miller and County Assessor Bill Doolittle attended the meeting. Doolittle,
who started work on April 14, 2003, requested for the March 2003 refunds and releases to
be approved.
Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #36A which will (1) Appropriate
$16,160 to Planning/Contracted Services (2) Recognize Revenue of $8,190 in
Community Contributions (3) Transfer $7,970 from Economic
Development/Professional Services and (4) Award the Contract for the South Iredell
Small Area Plan to Woolpert LLP: Planning Supervisor Smith said $15,000 had been
budgeted for a study to examine the south Iredell area (I-77 and the proposed interchange
with Langtree Road in the west, Shearers Road in the east, the Mooresville Town limits in
the north, and the Iredell/Mecklenburg County line towards the southern end). Smith said
the following five agencies submitted proposals.
Costs
Benchmark LLC $ 16,500
Centralina Council of Governments 17,258 + four membership hour blocks
Woolpert LLP 22,968*
The Wooten Company 36,340
The Lawrence Group 49,500
*Woolpert proposed a base fee of $27,968 plus $8,186 for an optional Economic
Impact Analysis (EIA); however, the planning staff will assist in the project and the
company has agreed to reduce its cost to $22,968. In reference to the EIA, outside
agencies have committed $6,000.00, and it is anticipated that another $2,000 will be
forthcoming.
Smith said his staff, along with the planners in the Towns of Mooresville and
Davidson, reviewed the proposals and everyone was in agreement that Woolpert was the
top candidate. Mr. Smith said the EIA would address the impact of the new Lowe's
headquarters in the area. He said the analysis could be used by the county for capital
facilities planning and as an economic development tool. Smith said the ORED study for
the schools did not factor in the Lowe's project.
Commissioner Norman asked, pertaining to Woolpert's economic impact analysis,
how far out into the future it would extend.