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005 <br />Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack <br />Nay No ne_.__ <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />• <br />Pursuant to N.C. General Statute 153A -52.1, Chairman Shook opened the floor for Public <br />Comments. The following signed up to speak and were allowed 3 minutes for comments: <br />1. Mr. Charles Staley, 3117 Hickory Hill Drive, Sanford 111 <br />t lflll, <br />2. Ms. Shelia Barber, 232 Palace Drive, Sanford l <br />3. Mr. Frank Del Palazzo, 425 Rolling Hill Road, Sanford 'llt't 1 <br />4. Mr. Keith Clark, 212 Acorn Drive, Sanford <br />5. Ms. Martha Underwood, 3309 Westcott Circle, Sanford <br />t h 1 <br />The Board considered a $1 million Golden Leaf grant matter - A'at had been carried � / from the <br />March 7, 2011 regular meeting. Economic Development Diredo Bob Heuts outlined the Equipment <br />Lease and Performance Agreement with Frontier Spinning where LeeliCounty would purchase 8,500 <br />sets of plastic pallets to be used and leased by Frontier Spinningil over a 5 -year period. Frontier <br />Spinning will pay Lee County a monthly amount of $13,290.69,'d6ring the term of the lease. The <br />1 l it <br />Department of Commerce, who supports the project, sees this asjla1 way to maintain and potentially <br />create more jobs in North Carolina. The Board also considered a�`,pntee Acknowledgment and <br />Agreement with the Golden Leaf Foundation for said project. Question ere raised about wording in <br />the agreement. After discussion, Commissioner Oldham moved to approve all three agreements as <br />Iltl <br />presented. After further discussion, Commissioner Oldham amended his motion to approve all three <br />Inlntlli�-, <br />documents with the condition that the Legal Depart men t; getselacification on wording in reference to the <br />(501(c) (3) status addressed in the Golden Leaf'AgreemenY.1 opies of all documents are attached to <br />these minutes and by this reference made apart h Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, <br />Nay: None, <br />• <br />s, Shook, and Womack <br />The Chairman ruled i the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />,ttlll, ,lllllliji111I1lIli�l`� <br />Ih <br />Mr. Bob Bridwell, Eco Development Director and Mr. Ken Armstrong, CEO of Sanford <br />Affordable Housing Development( gave the Board an update on the Wilrik Hotel project. <br />Mr. Bridwell stated the historic Wilrik Hotel located at the intersection of Steele and Wicker Street in <br />downtowr owned'and operated primarily for apartment leasing by Progress Energy. <br />The Sanford AffordablelHousing Development Corporation has submitted a bid to purchase the building <br />and.le some of th'e� apartments at market rate, in addition to leasing low- income housing. Mr. <br />Arrmstrongtlstated his organization proposes to invest in non - federal dollars to renovate the facility, <br />install additional security cameras and initiate more careful screening of residents. He also stated in <br />order for his�tiusiness afford the needed improvements and a better resident screening program, the <br />county would be' asked at a later time to push back scheduled loan payments currently owned on the <br />building. No acfion was taken. <br />The Board considered the first reading of an application for a franchise for the development, use <br />and operation of a land clearing and inert debris (LCID) landfill in Lee County, Solid Waste <br />Superintendent Joe Cherry told Board members he had received an application for CALL LLC, dba <br />Central Stump Dump to develop and operate a LCID landfill on property located at the end of <br />Goldsboro Avenue. Said facility will cover 13 acres of land and will have a life expectancy of <br />approximately 10 years. Mr. Cherry stated the applicant is requesting a 10 -year exclusive franchise for <br />