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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_1111664 leave more State Funds and less County funds available. The county manager discussed with the board that the funds from the State must be appropriated by December 31, 1986. He said these funds had to be committed for specific projects by this date. A discussion took place on how these funds could be allocated to keep from losing the funds in the county and on annexation, deviating from the 70/30 policy, and tap -on fees. Regarding changing the present 70/30 policy, Commissioner Mills said if the County agrees to the City's proposal, the County should make sure this 50/50 policy is where they want to go in the future and adopt it for all the municipalities in the County. Chairman Hedrick suggested that in another budget year a notice should be published in the local newspapers stating the amount of funds available for water and sewer extensions so that everybody would be aware of the funds available. He said he thought the chambers of commerce should act as a clearinghouse to keep water and sewer funds from becoming political decisions. Jack King, Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce, discussed the Highway 70 request that was to be presented later in this meeting. He discussed the alternate routes that are possible. No preliminary engineering work has been done on this project to date. There are 715-750 jobs in the Highway 70 area, he said. Rail is also available here. Mr. King said it was better to have two or three industrial sites to show to industrial prospects, which helps to keep the prices for the sites more competitive. Mr. King said he would like to have letters of intent on prices of land. He said there were 200,000 people within a 25 - mile radius of Statesville, and about 5,000 in any 60 -day period looking for work. Mr. King things a choice of sites is ideal. In discussion the 70/30 plan for water and sewer extensions, it was brought out that the 30% is returned to the County, but there has never been any annexation during the 10 -year period when a percentage of the County's allocation to the project could be returned. MOTION from Chairman Hedrick: The County, subject to final details, agree in spirit for the City Engineer to proceed to put the bids out on the Crawford Road Project. This would be some time in November. Encourage the City to have the bids back before the new board of commissioners takes over at the first Monday in December. Before voting on the motion, a discussion took place by the board members on the meaning of "agreeing in spirit." This was defined as follows: Bring back the bids and determine how much the County's part is going to be before the County agrees to fund. The County will not fund more than 70% of the project. The acreage impact fee would be shared equally between the County and the City of Statesville. (1) Accept Statesville's proposal in spirit and jointly authorize the City's engineer to proceed to put the project out to bids. (2) County and City request a pump and haul extension for Klear Knit based upon receipt of bids. (3) State clearly that the agreement on Crawford Road is a one- time project (much like I-77/NC-150). (4) Stipulate that a final awarding of bids for Crawford Road is contingent upon the following: (a) Satisfactory adoption of a joint City -County schedule of acreage fees (or whatever they are called). (b) Contributions by K1ear Knit and the developers. VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0. Commissioner Crosswhite said she wuld also like to see the County pursue the items M5 and 86, listed in Mr. Deal's letter to the board, which are: (5) The County should work diligently to develop a new water and sewer extension policy for the entire county. (6) The County work diligently to carry out the County's new water and sewer study. All the commissioners agreed with Commissioner Crosswhite's statement. HARRY TSUMAS REQUEST FOR HIGHWAY 70 (SALISBURY ROAD) WATER AND SEWER EXTENSIONS: Mr. Harry Tsumas, Jr. represented his father in this request, since Mr. Tsumas, Sr, could not be present at this meeting. A petition containing 17 businesses in the Highway 70 area was presented to the ' board. The petition requested consideration for water and sewer extensions in the Highway 70 area before additional funds were spent for speculative development in Iredell County.