HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0797IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
July 5, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
July 5, 2005, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing
Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager and
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager and Director of
Emergency Management Tracy Jackson, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Planner
Richard McHargue, and Acting Clerk to the Board Stephanie Whitlock.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
CLOSED SESSION: OTIO by Chairman Tice at 5:02 p.m., to suspend the
board's Rules of Procedure for the purpose of entering into closed session to discuss
economic development matters pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a) (4).
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
(RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT 5:15 P.M.)
CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FOR LOWES COMPANIES, INC.: R6TIO
by Chairman Tice to suspend the board's Rules of Procedure and to call for a public
hearing on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of discussing an
economic development incentive grant for Lowes Companies, Inc., and its Phase III
Construction Project consisting of a 730,000 square foot addition of office space that will
accommodate up to 2,500 additional employees with the projected cost being
$110,000,000.00. The company expects to finalize the cost and official approval of the
project by early fall 2005 with construction to begin in early 2006 and with an expected
completion date being early 2008. The company is asking for an incentive grant for
$382,800.00 per year for a six-year period, totaling $2,296,800.00.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
REQUEST FROM THE TOWN OF TROUTMAN FOR APPROVAL OF
AN EASEMENT DEED FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN
LINE OF THE IREDELL COUNTY VOCATIONAL WORKSHOP AND THE
NORTHERN LINE OF IREDELL COUNTY PROPERTY (SECTION OF THE
COUNTY HOME PROPERTY): Troutman Town Manager Donald Duncan requested
for Iredell County to grant an easement along the property line bordering the Iredell
County Vocational workshop and ABT, Inc., that will be used for the installation of a
force main to provide sewer services to the C.R. Onsrud property, located behind the
Iredell County Vocational Workshop.
NON -OWNER REZONING REQUEST; SEVERAL PROPERTY
OWNERS IN THE MOCKSVILLE HIGHWAY/OAK FOREST DRIVE AREA,
CASE NO. 0506-1, REQUEST A REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL
AGRICULTURAL TO R-20 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING FOR
APPROXIMATELY 404 ACRES: Planning Supervisor Steve Warren stated this was a
request from 31 out of 35 property owners (89%) for a rezoning of property from R -A to
R-20. He said the property owners wanted to protect the integrity of the area by
preventing future mobile home developments. Mr. Warren stated the request did not