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ofthe Authority, and Mayor David Pressly ;,ere present to discuss the report to the county
board of commissioners
Mr. Meletis addressed the board regarding this project. He said the funding and
financing of the center would entail a general obligation bond. The Authority is also
considering a hotel/motel tax to assist in toe fin,ncing.
Mr. Meletis said he believed his committee is a fact-finding committee and should be
neutral rather than promoting the project. He said the committee would like to see the
voters of Iredell County have the opportunity to give their opinion on whether or not the
civic center becomes a reality.
Mr. Deal, county manager, discussed the schedule of events in connection with holding
a bond referendum.
The board discussed the previous motion made by the board at a meeting on May 21,
1985, in which a petition containing at least 10% of the registered voters be required
prior to the board's calling for a referendum (10% of the registered voters being approxi-
mately 4,200 names). Chairman Hedrick amended this motion to require specifics to be
placed at the head of the petition which are: (1) Site location; (2) Amount of money
involved in the total project. Both the motion and amendment passed with a majority vote
on May 21, 1985.
MOTION from Commissioner Mills to rescind the motion made on May 21, 1985 requiring
the petition of at least 10% of the registered voters. After further discussion, Commis-
sioner Mills called for the question. VOTING ON CALLING FOR THE QUESTION: Ayes - 3
(Mills, Murdock, Hedrick); Nays - 2 (Crosswhite, Stewart).
VOTING ON MILLS MOTION: Ayes - 3 (Mills,Murdock, Hedrick); Nays - 2 (Crosswhite,
Stewart).
MOTION from Commissioner Crosswhite that the board of county commissioners conduct
three public hearings in the county, one in the northern end of the county, one in the
southern end of the county, and one in Stetesville, to allow the public to express their
view regarding the civic center project and the proposed bond referendum.
In discussion of the motion, Chairman Hedrick said he would like to have members of
the Civic Center !.uthority present at these three meetings to answer questions from the
public.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
The following dates were agreed upon by the board:
September 3, 1985, 7:30 p.m. Agricultural Center Conference Rooms
1 & 2,Statesville, NC
September 17, 1985, 7:30 p.m. Mooresville Town Hall, 413 N. Main St.
Mooresville, NC
October 1, 1985, 7:30 p.m. Union Grove Volunteer Fire Department
Union Grove, NC
PORN06RAPHIC MATERIALS CONTROL: Mr. Jason Bost came before the board to ask the
board to call for a ban on pornographic materials in Iredell County. Mr. Bill Pope,
county attorney, elaborated on the laws concerning pornographic materials and the question
of what is considered pornography.
Chairman Hedrick suggested the board adopt a resolution asking that the sheriff's
department and other law enforcement agencies of this county to work diligently to enforce
the state laws already in place in North Carolina in reference to pornographic materials.
After further discussion by the board, it was the consensus to have an ordinance
prepared and presented to the hoard by September 3, 1985.
PROPOSED CONRAIL SALE TO NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CORPORATION:
Mr. J. N. Waters, District Sales Manager for Norfolk Southern Corporation, came before the
board in reference to the sale of Conrail system to Norfolk Southern. Conrail has been
offered for sale, and Norfolk Southern Corporation has offered $1.2 billion for the
government-owned transportation system along with other agreements to complete the sale.
According to Mr. Waters, since the time of his corporation's offer, another offer has
been made by a group of speculators. Because of this offer, Norfolk Southern is seeking
the support of local government officials to get two bills passed in Congress. These
bills are N.R. 1449 and S-638. Mr. Waters asked the board of county commissioners to
adopt a resolution of support of these two bills and send them to Iredell County's sena-
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