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BOOK 20 PfGF 800 fire departments and suspend the Agreement for the Grant of Lee County Funds approved by each department in May 2003: Lemon Springs Fire Department (heavy duty rescue) $ 4,438.44 Northview Fire Department (land search rescue) $11,484.75 Cape Fear Fire Department (water rescue) $ 1,515.97 City of Sanford Fire Department (trench rescue) $35,000.00 Total $52,439.16 Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives Nay: None Absent: Stevens The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Emergency Services Director Jim Groves presented a power point presentation on the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Mr. Groves stated that seventeen (17) activities must take place by September 30, 2006, in order for Lee County to remain eligible to receive federal grant funds. The Lee County Board of Commissioners, the City of Sanford, and the Town of Broadway will be asked, at a later date, to approve a joint resolution establishing the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the standard incident management for use in daily emergency and disaster operations in Lee County. No action was taken. The Board considered a resolution to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) in reference to a bike trail at Riverbirch Shopping Center. Community Development Director Bob Bridwell told the Board that Lee County had received an $800,000 appropriation last year for a bike trail from the Endor Iron Furnace to the Kiwanis Family Park. Mr. Bridwell stated that a letter to DOT has been drafted asking that they study a restoration plan for the project along Big Buffalo Creek past Riverbirch Shopping Center. The alignment would necessitate some limited encroachment along DOT right of way and relocating DOT's fence approximately 40 feet to the west, and 385 lineal feet north. After some discussion, Chairman Hincks moved that a letter be forwarded to the Department of Transportation requesting their assistance with the above mentioned project. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives Nay: None Absent: Stevens The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered meeting dates for the month of March 2006. The County Manager, County Attorney and two Commissioners will be attending the annual NACo Conference in Washington, D.C., in early March; therefore, the meeting schedule will need to be changed. After some discussion, Commissioner Paschal moved that one 5