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BK:00025 PG:0066 <br />will commence management and oversight of services and financial management in the <br />catchment area of Guilford County at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2013, pursuant to the Agreement; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County consents to the Guilford <br />Center's termination of the management and oversight of services and to Sandhills Center <br />commencing the management and oversight of services in the catchment area of Guilford <br />County; and <br />WHEREAS, prior to the merger of Sandhills Center and Guilford Center into a single <br />area authority, the Agreement shall document plans for the retention and disposition of: (i) <br />business, administrative and financial records of Guilford Center; and (ii) any patient medical <br />records in the custody of Guilford Center. The provisions of the Agreement shall ensure <br />compliance with any applicable federal or state laws including, but not limited to, the protection <br />of confidentiality related to health information and specific record retention and disposition <br />requirements applicable to North Carolina local management entities; and <br />WHEREAS, both Sandhills Center and Guilford Center have recommended to their <br />constituent counties that these two distinct area programs should merge to form a single area <br />authority pursuant to the terms of the proposed Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, Guilford Center has represented that they will properly advertise and hold a <br />public hearing satisfying the requirements of N.C. Gen. Star. 122C- 115.3(d), to the extent <br />applicable, on or before September 15, 2012; and <br />WHEREAS, Sandhills Center, as the post merger, surviving entity, has represented that it <br />will properly advertise and hold a public hearing satisfying the requirements of N.C. Gen. Stat. § <br />122C -1 I5.3(d), to the extent applicable and if necessary, on or before September 15, 2012; <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County consents to the merger between <br />Guilford Center and Sandhills Center to include commencing the management and oversight of <br />services in the catchment area of Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, <br />Richmond and Guilford Counties; and <br />