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/REDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Date: April 17, 2001 Time: 8:30 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 Chairman 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.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss matters relating to:
0 G.S. 143-318.11(a) (1) Not a Public Record
(2) Scholarship/Academic
(3) Attorney -Client
X (4) Industry/Economic Development
0 (5) Real Property Purchase/Contracts/Leases
0 (6) Personnel
0 (7) Criminal Investigation
LOWES COMPANIES, INC.: Economic Developer Melanie O'Connell Underwood and
John W. Vining, Jr., the Vice President of Administration for Lowes Companies, Inc., spoke in
reference Lowes' proposed construction of a 382,500 sq. R facility (Phase I) off Exit 33 in
Mooresville, NC. Mr. Vining said the company would employ approximately 1,500 people. He also
said the State Department ofTransportation had agreed to make road improvements including a new
interchange at Exit 33. Vining showed drawings of the proposed facility. In reference to an
economic incentive grant, Vining agreed to obtain firm "numbers" on the amount of investment the
company would have in the facility. (Mr. Vining is to contact Mrs. Underwood with the
information.)
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION by Chairman Tice at 9:15 p.m. to adjourn the closed
session.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
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