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Motion: Motion to approve amendment to the Roll-Off Hauling and Front Load Dumpster Service Agreement increase to $132.00 per ton Recycling Processing Fee, remove glass from the recycling stream and to leave the household collection fee at the current rate of$107.50 per household. Mover: Robert Reives For: 7 - Kirk Smith, Amy Dalrymple, Kevin Dodson, Arianna Del Palazzo, Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe Motion Result: Passed V. NEW BUSINESS A SAGA Update and request for motion to hold a public hearing on June 1, 2020 for Spec Building # 2 Bob Joyce, Executive Director of Economic Development with the Sanford Area Growth Alliance, provided an update on economic development projects. Project activity has been good despite the pandemic and travel restrictions. Through May 15th there have been 30 projects SAGA has worked. There has been a lot of interest in foreign investment. Projects include 14 manufacturing projects, 7 food and beverage projects, 5 life science projects, 3 projects that are currently considering the airport. There have been 5 visits to the area so far in 2020. Mr. Joyce stated that he is seeing more larger projects, 6 over 450 jobs, and 2 over 1,000 jobs that have picked Lee County as an area to consider. Three projects were over$500 million in investment. The total for the 30 projects worked is 7,625 jobs and$2.6 billion in potential investment. 18 of the projects came after March 27th after the stay at home order was issued by the Governor. Mr. Joyce stated that SAGA is in the final stages of an economic impact study that will be a valuable tool for return on investment for economic development. SAGA is also working with the public and private sectors to bring another shell building to Central Carolina Enterprise Park. The investment and construction partners are looking at shell building 2 that would have an estimated time to begin construction is in June of 2021. It would be on a 10.6 acre lot next to the current shell building. The experience with the first shell is that there were no county or city funds spent. Audentes Therapeutics purchased the building for$7.1 million. The permit fees for the upfit is over $175,000 for Spec Building #1. A request will be made on June 1, 2020 for consideration of investment in a second shell building. Chief Executive Officer Michael Smith provided that SAGA is also looking at new technologies to virtually market the community and working to adjust the existing program of work. The Chamber recently sent out surveys regarding the COVID to local businesses. 84% reported a decrease in revenue. Of the 59 respondents that applied for the payroll protection program through the SBA, about 34 have received funding. SAGA has followed the Governor's direction in working from home and as of May 11th have developed a staggered office schedule. The new virtual meeting world has provided more ways to meet with people without the cost of business travel. Mr. Smith also extended a request for consideration to hold a public hearing to lease a second spec building at Central Carolina Enterprise Park to be used to market Lee County and Sanford to entice new companies to locate and create new jobs here. The City and County would enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Central Carolina Enterprise Park and the owner of the spec building investors setting out the parameters of the lease. Once the building has been completed, the City and County would pay$ 13,541.67 each on a monthly basis, up to $325,000 to be split evenly between the City and County. County Manager John Crumpton stated that the permit fees that go to the City and help run the building inspections department. Commissioner Revies requested consideration of involving the County in helping local business and requested 3