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May 3, 2022
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PRE-AGENDA SESSION
May 3, 2022
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in pre-agenda session on Tuesday, May
3, 2022 at 5:00 PM, in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room located in the Iredell County
Government Center 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman James Mallory
Vice Chairman Melissa Neader
Scottie Brown
Gene Hope
Board Members Participating Remotely
Marvin Norman
Staff present: County Manager Beth Mull, County Attorney Lisa Valdez, Deputy County
Manager Susan Robertson, Finance Director Deb Cheek, and Clerk to the Board Amy Anderson.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman James Mallory called the meeting to order.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: County Manager Beth Mull went over the
following adjustments:
Add: Request from the Sheriff's Office for approval of a resolution designating officials
to make recommendations to the NC ABC Control Commission permit applications.
Remove: Economic Development Closed Session
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to consider a request from Planning & Development in regard to a
text amendment to the Land Development Code – Watershed Density Averaging: Planning
Director Matthew Todd said staff is proposing an amendment to the Iredell County Land
Development Code regarding Watershed Density Averaging. The County watershed regulations
control built upon areas based on the designated protected watersheds. The different watersheds
within the County have different percent impervious limitations and/or minimum lot
sizes. Density averaging is a process the State requires we allow to transfer impervious allotments
from one property to another. The Planning Board voted 9-0 on April 6, 2022 to recommend
approval of the proposed text amendments.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Request from Animal Services for approval of Budget Amendment #42 in the amount
of $30,000 to implement a contracted intake coordinator, and expand the trap, neuter and
return program: Animal Services Director Kristian Hernandez said Animal Services would like
to continue offering more low cost trap neuter and return services to the public. Hernandez
requested approval of Budget Amendment #42 to accept the Petco Grant awarded in the amount
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of $30,000. Funds will be spent on professional medical services, printed materials, diversion
intake, and contracted services
This item was placed on consent.
Request from the Department of Social Services for approval of Budget Amendment
#44 to appropriate additional federal funds for Pandemic and regular Low -Income Home
Energy Assistance (LIEAP) payments: Social Services Director Yvette Smith requested
approval of Budget Amendment #44. Additional funds totaling $111,635.00 have been allocated
to Iredell County by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for regular and
Pandemic LIEAP payments to previously qualified households. These are supplemental automated
payments that will be fully reimbursed using federal ARPA funds.
This item was placed on consent.
Request from the Health Department for approval of the Fee Policy and Proposed
Fee Schedules for FY 2022-2023: Health Director Jane Hinson requested approval of the Fee
Policy and Proposed Fee Schedules to the Board of Health and Board of County Commissioners
for approval. The fee schedules for Clinical Services, Dental, and Environmental Health, as well
as the Fee Policy with revisions noted are attached. Hinson requested approval of these proposed
fees to be effective July 1, 2022. The revisions to the fee policy will be effective immediately.
The Board of Health approved the proposed fee policy as well as the fee schedules for Clinical
Services, Dental and Environmental Health on April 14, 2022.
This item was placed on consent.
Request from the Health Department for approval of Budget Amendment #43 for
Communicable Disease Pandemic Recovery Funds in the amount of $246,219: Health Director
Jane Hinson requested approval of Budget Amendment #43 Communicable Disease Pandemic
Recovery Funds in the amount of $246,219. The department received notification from the
Division of Public Health, Epidemiology/ Communicable Disease Branch that we will be receiving
$246,219 to be used through June 2023 to expand communicable disease control and prevention
activities. Funding will be used for temporary staffing and the purchase of supplies. The Iredell
County Board of Health has advocated for additional Communicable Disease funding by sending
letters to state elected officials as recent as June of 2021. This item was approved by the Board of
Health during their regular meeting on April 14, 2022.
This item was placed on consent.
Request from Administration for approval of a License Agreement between Iredell
County and Kiwanis Club of Statesville, Inc. for the 2022 Agricultural Fair: Deputy County
Manager Susan Robertson requested approval of an agreement between the County and the
Kiwanis Club of Statesville, Inc. for the 2022 Agricultural Fair. The License Agreement with
the Kiwanis Club of Statesville, Inc. is for the period August 15, 2022 through September 20, 2022
to provide time to prepare for, conduct, and clean up after the annual Agricultural Fair. Kiwanis
Club of Statesville, Inc. (Operator) is responsible for all utilities, trash removal, sanitation and
supplies, maintenance and repairs necessitated by its use, and mowing during the term of the
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agreement. Kiwanis Club will provide a Certificate of Insurance naming Iredell County additional
insured, and will require each vendor and/or contractor operating during the term to provide
general liability insurance coverage evidenced by a Certificate of Insurance naming the Operator
and Iredell County additional insured. Operator will reimburse all costs incurred to operate the
Fair except for the tent rental resulting from the 2019 demolition of a primary exhibit
hall. Subsequent to the 2021 Fair, Kiwanis Club reimbursed costs for mowing, utilities and stone
totaling $6,509.59. They also contributed $8,000 towards the overall upkeep of the Fairgrounds,
and $10,000 to Cooperative Extension sponsored programs.
This item is placed on consent.
Request from the Clerk to the Board for approval of the minutes from the meeting
on April 19, 2022: There were no corrections or additions.
This item was placed on consent.
County Construction Projects Update: The monthly update was provided in the agenda
packet. There were no questions or discussion.
This item was placed on consent.
Request from the Sheriff's Office for approval of a resolution designating officials to
make recommendations to the NC ABC Control Commission permit applications: County
Manager Beth Mull said Pursuant to NC Gen. Stat. § 18B-904(f), the governing body of a county
may designate an official by name or by position, to make recommendations concerning the
suitability of a person or of a location for an ABC permit. Prior to this resolution the Iredell County
Sheriff or the Chief Deputy over the Enforcement Division conducted a background check to
ensure suitability for recommending an ABC Permit. Recently we became aware of an error in
Raleigh that cause a designee to be removed. These resolutions will allow the Sheriff and the Chief
Deputy over the Enforcement Division to continue making suitability decisions. By making this
Resolution apply to the position title only, we will not have to do a new resolution for every change
in position.
This item was placed on consent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF VACANCIES OCCURING ON BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
(None)
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
(None)
NEW BUSINESS
The Board moved into Closed Session at 5:33pm.
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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
May 3, 2022
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, May 3,
2022 at 7:00 PM, in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room of the Iredell County Government Center,
200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman James Mallory
Vice Chairman Melissa Neader
Scottie Brown
Gene Houpe
Board Members Participating Remotely
Marvin Norman
Staff present: County Manager Beth Mull, County Attorney Lisa Valdez, Deputy County
Manager Susan Robertson, Clerk to the Board Amy Anderson, and Administrative Assistant Cindy
Nicholson.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Mallory.
INVOCATION: Chairman Mallory asked everyone to bow their heads for a moment of
silence or reflection.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Chairman Mallory.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA
County Manager Beth Mull went over the following adjustments:
Add: Request from the Sheriff's Office for approval of a resolution designating officials
to make recommendations to the NC ABC Control Commission permit applications.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
(None)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to consider a request from Planning & Development in regard to a
text amendment to the Land Development Code – Watershed Density Averaging: Planning
Director Matthew Todd said staff is proposing an amendment to the Iredell County Land
Development Code regarding Watershed Density Averaging. The County watershed regulations
control built upon areas based on the designated protected watersheds. The different watersheds
within the County have different percent impervious limitations and/or minimum lot
sizes. Density averaging is a process the State requires we allow to transfer impervious allotments
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from one property to another. The Planning Board voted 9-0 on April 6, 2022 to recommend
approval of the proposed text amendments.
Todd said currently the county regulates the development and the protected watersheds. All Iredell
county is in a watershed but there are certain watersheds that have guidelines within the Land
development Code and those are related to residential and commercial development. Residential
development is regulated on the lot size so in certain watersheds you might have a 25 or 30,000
square foot minimum. In some watersheds there is an acre minimum lot size. Commercial
development and industrial development is regulated on impervious area coverage. So some of the
watersheds vary. There is a whole section in the LDC dedicated to the this overlay of the protected
watersheds. Todd proposed an amendment and an addition of what's called density averaging.
Density averaging actually was added at the state level in 2012. All local jurisdictions at that point
were supposed to put it into their codes. A lot of jurisdictions didn't because there was some
confusion with it. Adjacent counties are now looking into it. This text amendment is based on the
State statute and the model ordinance. Density averaging looks at the watershed and the existing
regulations as far as the percent impervious and it lets you take a property in that same watershed
and use the credit that it would have and apply it to another parcel. You can have a parcel that goes
over that percent impervious but when you take the two parcels together that average meets that
underlying regulation the donor property that's given the development or the built upon area it has
to remain vegetated. There are recording requirements with the Register of Deeds. If it's in another
county it has to be recorded with that office's Register of Deeds and there has to be a survey of
meets and bounds describing the area being dedicated and what the specific surrounding that
property would be. There's also guidance on how it is preserved if it's in some type of conservation
easement. There are stipulations within the text amendment. The process to apply for it based on
the text amendment will be through the Board of Adjustment. That board will have to make written
findings that the requirements are met within the watershed and the LDC. The trade-off with the
density averaging is if you're developing under the low density in the watershed, there's minimum
to no regulations for that storm water. The only regulation is the percent built upon with the density
averaging. There's specific guidance that you should have measures in place to address the storm
water, so there's going to have to be some type of stormwater management plan that would go
through the Board of Adjustment for review and give any feedback or make any recommendations
on the improvement process would go through. This is when the plat would also be reviewed; to
look at the area and confirm it is in the same watershed. Then Board of Adjustment is going to
confirm that all those requirements are met.
Chairman Mallory opened the public hearing.
Former Commissioner Ken Robertson spoke as a private citizen. Robertson said, “The re-
licensing for all the dams that are on the Catawba River they had to go through a re-licensing
process. One of the first things I did when I first joined the board is I was the county representative
in that relicensing process. I have some experience and also have maintained that level of interest.
That's why I'm here to speak to you tonight, specifically about the watershed density averaging
text amendment. I know that it's required so I’m not here advocating that you don't sign it. I just
want to make you aware of some of the some of the issues that can arise and so that you can take
some action. Don't take your eyes off the prize. The process ended with what was called a
comprehensive re-licensing agreement that needed to be in place by 2008 . We signed in 2006.
Different entities that you see here were involved in that process in our region. There were a lot
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everywhere that Duke Power had a dam they were involved in it but just know that there were
there were a lot of players. There were a lot of meetings, documents to read and, it was a very,
very serious process because the Catawba River was dammed up so that Duke Power could
generate electricity during peak periods. It was not built for us to have a lake, fishing, skiing and
all that kind of stuff. That was a fringe benefit. We eventually signed that agreement. I challenge
you to find that agreement and read it. I want to first tell you why I'm here. A lot of times if you
say that you're talking about water quality or clean water and, advocating for it. There's this image
that people have that you're wearing a tie-dye t-shirt and chaining yourself to a tree. I'm here for
some different reasons. When I was on the board, I remember going to a presentation during the
depths of the great recession and they said in the not too distant future a labor shortage is going to
be an issue and industry in economic development is not going to be driven by the financial
incentives that you give to companies, it is going to be driven by two things: where do people want
to live and work and clean water. If you dive down a little bit deeper into that as baby boomers
retire and they exit the workforce, what's going to drive economic development aren't going to be
those financial incentives but are going to be access to an educated and skilled workforce. The
access to clean water for the actual industry to use and also clean water for residential and the
commercial development goes with it. The communities that don't have access to water are not
going to have access to economic development as we go forward in the next few decades. This is
a map and a graphic uh illustration of the different dams and the different water um bodies of water
that are on the Catawba. You can see in the map. I’m focusing a lot of my comments on the
Catawba Basin simply because that's where most of my experience is. As Matthew said we have
different watersheds in Iredell County that are important but we're just going to talk about one of
them. Right now we know that about 2 million people in our basin get their drinking water from
the Catawba River and it's really important that that drinking water in the water system remains
clean.”
Chairman Mallory closed the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Houpe to recommend approval of the zoning text
amendments and to make a finding that the approval is consistent with the adopted 2030 Horizon
Plan.
VOTING: Ayes – 5; Nays – 0
Public hearing to consider an economic development incentive for Project NC Park
40-77: Jenn Bosser presented an economic incentive for North Point Development Group. North
Point is a real estate development company based in Riverside, MO. They are a real estate owner
and developer of industrial logistics. North Point plans to develop NC Park 40-77, an industrial
park representing the potential of 3.2 million square feet of new industrial product for the County.
The site is over 400 acres and located in the northeast quadrant of I77 and I40. The project has
completed a traffic impact preliminary analysis which will require $4.8 million of off-site, $1.5
million of potential costs for curb and gutter, and $3.2 million for enhanced road infrastructure
improvements that would improve access along Crawford Road to Wilson Park Road. The
improvements would greatly improve the existing industrial corridor. The developer would like to
make all public infrastructure improvements upfront and complete the improvement within four
years of approval. North Point plans to break ground in May 2022 with full build out of the
industrial park by December 31, 2029. If the developer attracts a company to lease or purchase the
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site the incentive may be transferred upon the request and approval of the Board. The City of
Statesville approved the project with an economic development incentive for up to $4.7 million. .
Bosser requested an economic development incentive grant to North Point Development
Group for up to $675,000 based on a capital investment total of up to $56 million, and a minimum
of $50 million in real property investment with the certification of a shell building or certificate of
occupancy within four years of the approval the developer will make a $9.5 million investment in
public infrastructure that will include required and enhanced improvements.
Chairman Mallory opened the public hearing.
No one wished to speak.
Chairman Mallory closed the public hearing.
MOTION by Vice Chair Neader to approve an economic incentive up to $675,000 over a
three-year period based on the minimum investment of $50 million and up to $56 million, and
contingent upon a contract being executed within 180 days.
VOTING: Ayes – 5; Nays – 0
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
County Manager Beth Mull summarized the following Administrative Matters during the
Pre-Agenda meeting held at 5pm:
Request from the Fire Tax Oversight Committee for approval of Budget Amendment #40
and allocate $206,670 from the Countywide Fire Service District Fund Balance to Cool
Springs VFD for exterior repairs to Station 2 due to long-term water damage.
Request from Planning & Development to consider calling for a public hearing on May 3,
2022 at 7:00 p.m. in regard to a text amendment to the Land Development Code.
Request from ECOM for approval to award RFQ to Mission Critical Partners for Radio
Communications Consulting and Engineering Services.
Request from the Finance Department for consideration of Offer to Purchase and Contract
for surplus real property located on Harmony Highway and to begin the upset bid process.
Request from the Finance Department for approval and adoption of an assessment tool and
criteria for prequalification of contractors on the Government Center Window and Brick
Restoration Project.
Request from the Finance Department for approval of Budget Amendment #41 to
appropriate additional Department of Juvenile Justice funds to Children's Hope Alliance in
the amount of $10,000 and to transfer $7,000 from administration to Children's Hope
Alliance.
Request from Tax Administration for approval of March 2022 Refunds and Releases.
Request from Clerk to the Board for approval of the minutes from the meeting on April 5,
2022.
Request from the Sheriff's Office for approval of a resolution designating officials to make
recommendations to the NC ABC Control Commission permit applications.
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MOTION by Commissioner Brown to approve the consent agenda.
VOTING: Ayes – 5; Nays – 0
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
VACANCIES ON BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
(None)
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
(None)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
(None)
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
NEW BUSINESS
(None)
COUNTY MANANGERS REPORT
County Manager Beth Mull provided an update on the following items:
One Stop (Early voting) will be begin on Thursday, April 28 and continue through May
14th. The sites include: Iredell County Board of Elections 203 Stockton Street Statesville;
War Memorial Building 220 N. Maple Street Mooresville; Lake Norman Fire Dept. 1518
Brawley School Rd. Mooresville; Troutman Town Library 215 W. Church Street
Troutman; Harmony American Legion Bldg 3085 Harmony Hwy, Harmony.
CLOSED SESSION
Chairman Mallory said a Closed Session was held immediately following pre-agenda for
Attorney Client. There are no action items to report.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Commissioner Brown to adjourn at 8:20PM. The Board will meet for a
regular meeting Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 7pm in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room,
Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
VOTING Ayes – 5; Nays – 0
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Date Approved Amy B. Anderson, Clerk