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BK -00028 PG -0087 Senior Services — appropriate $1,512 in additional funding by Triangle J Area Agency on Aging to be allocated to professional services for additional classes on Health Promotion/Disease Prevention. General Fund Departments — appropriate $278,564 from the General Fund Balance to adjust for accruals and $82,288 for the pay plan adjustments. Solid Waste — appropriate $7,018 from the Solid Waste Fund Balance for accruals. Commissioner Frazier moved to approve Budget Amendment #2/15/16/013 as presented, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a Lottery Application for the Board of Education that had been added at the beginning of the meeting. Finance Director Lisa Minter stated the FY 2015-16 budget includes $784,000 of lottery proceeds of which $84,000 is a rollover of funds to complete the air handler and electric heat project at East Lee Middle School. Earlier this year the Board of Education and Board of Commissioners approved an application to draw $700,000 of Lottery proceeds for Phase 1 of the air handler and electric heat project at West Lee Middle School. The Board of Education has now submitted an application for $300,000 for Phase 2 of the West Lee project. Commissioner Reives moved to approve the Lottery Application in the amount of $300,000 as presented, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. County Manager John Crumpton shared with the Board a request, for information only, from the Sanford Area Growth Alliance (SAGA). The Alliance is requesting assistance with two major components of their Program of Work. Two of the major goals are new Business Recruitment and Product Development. Specific strategies have been identified to achieve each of these goals. Activities currently underway are to fulfill the Business Recruitment goal to actively market Lee County to external customers that includes a redesigned website, and marketing through publications. A second major goal is to accelerate the development of their product. Ongoing strategies being utilized include the county's broadband initiative, development of a competitive inventory of quality buildings and sites, and the extension of water and sewer lines to areas where development can occur. The development of Central Carolina Enterprise Park (CCEP) is an essential component of both above goals. After acceptance in the Duke Site Readiness Program, consulting firm McCallum Sweeney performed a technical review of CCEP and recommended this 350 -acre site as the superior site in Lee County for small to mid-size, shovel ready projects. It was recommended by McCallum Sweeney to assemble the properties under common ownership and completion of critical elements of a master concept plan. Private investors have assembled at least 235 acres under common ownership on the south side of Colon Road and have worked with the owners of Triassic LLC, who own the 400 acres north of Colon Road that is already a State Certified Site to create what will now be called Central Carolina Enterprise Park. With these two significant land holdings totaling approximately 635 acres and growing will allow SAGA to have site product to market to small, medium and large, campus -type users. A critical element for marketing CCEP is an