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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Date: April 17, 2001 Time: 7:45 p.m
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a closed session in the Commissioners
Meeting Room of the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC
on April 17, 2001.
Attending the meeting were: Chairman Sara Haire Tice, Vice Chainnan Steve Johnson,
Commissioner Tommy Bowles, Commissioner Karen Ray, and Commissioner Godfrey Williams.
Also attending were: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, and Clerk to the
Board .lean Moore.
Che purpose of the meeting was to discuss matters relating to
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UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: Economic Developer Melanie O'Connell
Underwood and Dennis Hendrix, a representative for Universal Technical Institute, shared
information about the facility's plans to locate on 19 acres in the Talbert Pointe Business Park,
Mooresville, NC. Hendrix said the company planned to build a 145,000 sq, fl. automotive training
school and employ 135 people. He said the Institute was founded in 1965, and it was headquartered
in Arizona. Mr. Hendrix said the school would have an enrollment of 1,100 - 1,200 students who
would be eligible for the same higher education loan or grant programs offered when attending
colleges or technical schools, e.g., Pell grants. He said there would be a one-year and two-year
program with 36 weeks of core -automotive courses and 18 weeks of NASCAR training. Hendrix
said that all of the instructors were ASE (Automotive Society of Engineers) certified. Mr. Hendrix
said the school had 80 recruitment representatives throughout the United States. He said the
Universal schools were advertised in trade magazines. Mr. Hendrix said the Mooresville
construction was scheduled to begin in 60-90 days, and the school would open on June 1, 2002.
Hendrix said the overall investment would be $12 million and this included $10.5 million
in equipment.