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BOOK 9 Pa6Y 93 Community Development Council that it call to. the attention of the City of Sanford the deterioating conditions in the rehabilitation area was approved upon motion of Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. At this point, the Commission took a five minutes recess. Following the recess, the Chairman recognized Mrs. Margaret Ascough, Mr. John Pegram and Mrs. Reggie Durham, from the County On Aging. The Chairman recognized Mrs. Ascough, Chairman, who spoke briefly and than introduced Mr. John Pegram, who brought and presented a resolution from the Board of Directors for the Lee County Council On Aging, requesting that the Board consider making the programs carried on by the Council On Aging an integral part of County Government. There followed a discussion of the budget programs sources of revenues and persons served by this program. The Board assured those present they would consider their request. Comm- issioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the County go on record as recommending to Governor Jim Hunt that Council on Aging programs be carried out in all the Counties of the State of North Carolina and that the State's financial support be given to such programs. Commissioner John E. Dotterer seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner John E. Dotterer stated that he thinks that many of the activities carried on by this agency are of great importance to the recipients of the services. Mr. Elwin J. Buchanan reappeared before the Board and brought for the Board's consideration, a resolution concerning technical assistance for Industrial Park feasibility and site selection study. The resolution was as follows: WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY has determined it to be to the best interest of the citizens of Lee County to develop a Technical Assistance Feasibility Study for identifying industrial park or parks; and WHEREAS, the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) has offered a grant in the amount of thirty three thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars ($33, 750. 00) to assist in the undertaking of an industrial park feasibility and site selection study; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNT Y to accept the grant offer of thirty three thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars ($33, 750. 00) and authorize its Chairman, William H. Cooper, to sign acceptance of this grant; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Lee County does hereby appropriate three thousand, three hundred and seventy five dollars ($3, 375. 00) from the unapprop- riated surplus in the General Fund to expenditure line item Economic Development Plan in the General Fund as matching funds and does authorize the committ- ment of in-kind contributions in the amount of seven thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars ($7, 875. 00) to supplement the aforementioned re- quested Economic Development Administration frant in order to accomplish the project for a total