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okay so uh
we're going to get started tonight for

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uh this is our special call
joint meeting with uh ashford city and

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the randolph county board of
commissioners and uh

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for all of you that are participating
we've been meeting in this fashion

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several times in the last couple years
and uh for various reasons and

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i think it's good that we can work
together for the betterment of our

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city and our county together which we we
serve the same people

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and i think that's very important so
and i also want to say we are streaming

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live right now on facebook and youtube
doug moore's back there he's been with

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us through these uh
videos both both our county

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commissioners meetings
our hospital meetings that we've had

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public hearings
and uh work real well and i just want to

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give him a
little acknowledgement tonight for uh

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and michael
as they uh make these uh types of

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meetings possible i
i never i thought zoom is what my daddy

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accused me
of doing in the car but i've learned

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it's got a different meaning and i'm
sure you have to

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so with that i'm going to recognize
mayor smith david

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thank you for your counsel thank you
chairman uh

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it's my pleasure to have you all here
tonight in the public works conference

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room in the city of asheboro
uh and i will call this meeting to order

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on behalf of the city council thank you
mayor and i will call the order

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the meeting to order on behalf of the
randolph county board of commissioners

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i will say a little further we are
considering two economic development

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incentive packages tonight
just so you folks here and the folks at

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home will know how we're doing this
and the first one the mayor will uh

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convene the public hearing and he will
close the public hearing

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and then on the second project i will do
that

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to open and close the public hearing so
that's sort of the process that we'll

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follow tonight of course our friends uh
kevin and crystal from economic

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development they will do the presenting
on each case so with that we are

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in order again thank all of you for
being here and um

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kevin i'll turn it over to you

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i will call this meeting uh open the
public hearing

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on item 3a project avocado

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thank you mr chairman mr mayor and
members of council and

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board of commissioners privileged to be
here this evening and it's always

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exciting to come before you with the
project

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i'm here this evening to talk about
project avocado which is the code name

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that we've been using
to date this is an expansion project

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under consideration by star pet inc
here in asheboro and star pet is a

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wholly owned subsidiary of
thailand-based endurama ventures which

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is a global petrochemical producer
with a presence in 33 different

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countries
locally the company is located at 801

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pineview road here in asheboro star pet
was a

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acquired in 2003 by endorama
it was actually the first overseas plant

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acquired by endorama ventures
star pet manufactures p-e-t polymers

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that's polyethylene pterophthalid

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in case anyone uh was wondering about
that

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it's used in the production of p-e-t
bottles sheets and other applications so

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the water bottles that we use for
example are manufactured from p-e-t

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according to the company's website the
the plant's annual production capacity

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when it was acquired back in 2003
was about 50 000 tons capacity has since

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increased more than five-fold exceeding
260 thousand tons

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per year now this growth is really an
evidence of successful operations and

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good management
of the ashboro facility the expansion

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project under consideration is related
to an internal commitment by indorama

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ventures to increase the company's
production of recycled pet

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the company proposes to invest a total
of 17.4 million dollars in the project

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including 5.2 million in real property
and 12.2 million in machinery and

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equipment
the real property investment will

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include include renovations to the
existing

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building including upfits to the
existing production area

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to accommodate the new equipment there
will be office upgrades

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and new lab space built as well as an
expansion

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for new warehouse space for this
material

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should star pet opt to pursue the
expansion in ashford the company will

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retain its current full-time workforce
of 103 employees

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and will commit to creation of 11 new
full-time positions

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and these new jobs will have an average
annual wage of fifty thousand

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nine hundred nine dollars adding
approximately five hundred sixty

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thousand dollars annually
to the company's payroll and i will note

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that the company of the current
randolph county private sector average

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wage is thirty six thousand six hundred
twenty two dollars right now so these

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wages are substantially higher
than our current average wage and these

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are the types of jobs
jobs that we love to see coming to the

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community
this recycling project is competitive

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with two other company facilities in
another state

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and so this incentive request before you
this evening is a necessary

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consideration for star pet to proceed
with the expansion project locally

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the edc is recommending consideration of
an incentive package of

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up to 455 thousand dollars over five
years

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and this is inclusive of a five thousand
dollar match commitment for

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a north carolina commerce building reuse
grant

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for which they are eligible in the
amount of one hundred thousand dollars

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uh the building reuse grant would assist
with the renovation and expansion costs

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and since the company is located within
the corporate limits of the city of

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ashford the city
then would consider approving this

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authorization
for application as i have stated this is

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a little bit different
type of project but as i have stated the

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project is heavily focused on recycling
and the equipment and facility and any

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equipment and facilitate
facilities that are dedicated solely to

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recycling are exempt from local property
taxes in north carolina

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the total payment made to or on behalf
of the company shall be determined based

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upon the value of the equipment and
facilities

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that are subject to local property tax
and the edc recommends that payments

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made to the company be an amount that is
equal to 50 percent

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of the anticipated tax revenue generated
by the generated by the project over a

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five-year period
and that would be determined that actual

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amount
of taxable investment would be

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determined by an
audit performed by the north carolina

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department of environmental quality
and that audit would be conducted after

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construction is completed
and the equipment is in service so based

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on the company's
investment of seventeen point four

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million dollars the total incentive
amount

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would not exceed four hundred fifty five
thousand dollars

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including the five thousand dollar match
for the building reuse grant

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and as we've stated we anticipate the
actual incentive amount amount to be

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significantly less than that
but not to be determined until that deq

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audit is conducted
the edc does believe that the star pet

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expansion is a great economic
development project for the city of

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ashbury and randolph county
in introducing a sustainable and

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environmentally friendly process
of production it increases the value of

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the building and results
and the creation of 11 new high quality

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jobs in the community therefore we
request that the city and county approve

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a five-year incentive agreement for the
company

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in an amount not to exceed 455 000
with payments to be split evenly between

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the city
and the county i would also like to

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acknowledge that
parker poe has been working on behalf of

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the company on this
process and we are represented here

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by mallory sparks with parker poe
on behalf of the company i'm happy to

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answer any questions that anyone may
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about the project

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do you have anything that you want to
say tonight

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okay all right thank you
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that's correct the
the grant match is paid up at the time

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of the filing

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the grant match is paid it has to be the
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in as a part of part of the grant but it
doesn't get paid in

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until the company verifies that they've
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begun to expend funds for the renovation
project

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so the the 450
balance or 225 each that's sort of a

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cap not to exceed number that's correct
that is a not to exceed number

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normally we would give kind of a hard
and fast number

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but in this instance because it is a
recycling project we're not able to do

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that up front
because the audit comes after completion

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of the project

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for how much that's going to be uh i
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i i don't um i
expect that the vast majority if not all

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of the
equipment and machinery will be exempt

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from taxation since it's specifically
for this production

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and i do expect that a sizable portion
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renovation project and expansion will be
also exempt

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but that's really as far as i'm willing
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to guess does our tax department make
that determination

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the north carolina department of
environmental quality will

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conduct that audit so that will be the
state determining

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what is and is not that's correct
and the tax department that's correct

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that's right and then once we have that
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then that will determine what the actual
incentive payments will be

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fifty percent of anticipated revenue
over a five year period

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thank you thank you i don't see any
unfamiliar faces

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is there anyone in the room that would
like to address the body tonight

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regarding this request

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we will move to the deliberative phase
of the hearing and

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i'll turn it over to them

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all right does any commissioner have any
other questions on the project

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before we ask for a motion
uh mr to clarify

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to clarify others how many again people

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there's there's how many employees there
are 103

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employees
with this project thank you and the

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building reuse grant is based partly on
that number of employees

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another 560 thousand dollars in an
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local payroll too

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right yep other questions
i guess this is maybe more of a question

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with you know david in the city
but um and this is just informational it

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doesn't really have
a whole lot of bearing on but so um with

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all the
project change and the whole you know i

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guess the new equipment and some
expansion and

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employees is there any land use change
or is it all on the same footprint

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just inside equipment i just wonder with
all the rail spurs and everything

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that's pretty tight site there
the city of the county do see some

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additional revenue because they're
one of the largest users of brake cars

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right now
corridor

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i just wondered thank you other
questions good question

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what's the pleasure of our board

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second by commissioner kidd further
discussion

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in questions those in favor will say aye
aye opposed no and mr mayor it is

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approved
unanimously by county commissioners

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thanks sir
uh council uh what's your preference

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here
do i have a motion mayor i know the

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resolution officers
thank you mr bell have a motion by mr

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bell may i have a second
second mr moffatt oh any discussion

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all in favor say aye all opposed
motion carries unanimously for the city

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and i will close this public action
and turn it over to chairman price

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thank you mr mayor and i will call to
order the

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open the public hearing for
the second project and uh i will

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introduce crystal gettys who is our
business recruitment director for

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randolph county edc

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thank you commissioner fry and
councilman and mayor

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smith and city council i appreciate your
meeting with us tonight and uh to follow

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kevin on an existing industry project i
would like to follow up with a new

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project
that is a potential for randolph county

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and the city of asheboro

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based on the summary that we provided
earlier

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the project name is systems and the
company is sadia systems llc

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the investment overall total investment
for this company is over three million

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dollars
of that includes over 2.2 million

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dollars in
real property and over 832 000

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in personal property this is over a
five-year period

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and they would create 14 new jobs over
that five-year period

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their average wages are 90 714
which is well above our county average

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wage
the incentive proposal for the local

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incentives they do qualify
as a new company for local incentives uh

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in the amount of thirty six thousand
five hundred and thirty two dollars

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divided evenly between randolph county
and the city of asheboro i would like to

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make note
a correction on your sheet um a little

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uh additional
pro uh error there it states 18

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266 per jurisdiction that um
yours says 18 03 11 and it should be 18

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to 66 if you divide that in half
so please make that note to tell you a

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little bit about the company
sadia systems incorporate is a global

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fixed
lecture room auditorium and

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multi-purpose seating company
who is considering a consolidation of

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their two north carolina facilities
and relocation of their chicago

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headquarters and showroom to asheboro
the project is in competition with two

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other states at the time
and they are in the process of doing

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their due diligence in those other two
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this uh is potential for us
but again we are still in competition

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and uh this hearing is just part of the
process

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and finding out where we stand with the
incentives as they complete their due

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diligence on all sites
and hopefully their decision will be

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coming shortly after
the purpose of the project would be to

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retrofit an existing
60 000 square foot building located at

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commerce place and 401 commerce place to

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accommodate the consolidation of their
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one of those facilities is actually in
randolph county and the other is in

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guilford county
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showroom that is now in chicago
the project will again create 14 new

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jobs over a five-year period
with the average wages of over 90 000

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the current private sector
average wage in the county is thirty six

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thousand
six twenty two the incentive proposal of

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the thirty six
thousand five thirty two is based on the

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projected
investment of the building renovations

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plus the real property and the building
renovations is anticipated at 750

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000 and personal property investment of
over 832

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000 this reflects a 50 property tax
incentive over a five-year period

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which is our typical local incentive
offer and time period for an agreement

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this would be shared equally between
randolph county and the city of asheboro

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again in the amount of 18 266
for each the project is eligible

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for a building reuse grant through the
north carolina department of rural

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infrastructure authority
for the the building reuse grant it is a

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two-year program
and for them they um are required to

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create
nine jobs within those two years

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the maximum building reuse grant
consideration

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would be one hundred thousand dollars
with a five percent match

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of five thousand dollars from the local
government and

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again to be divided between randolph
county and the city of asheboro

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the ed edc recommends any match
requirements for the state grant be

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included in the overall
local incentive offer of the 36532

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the edc is seeking consensus from
randolph county in the city of asheboro

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for the total incentive author
including any required grant matching

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dollars with the clear
understanding that the final incentive

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amount will be calculated
will be the calculation of 50 percent of

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the projected
tax revenue over five years based on the

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state's determination of taxable
property following

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the completed build out and renovations
of

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the project i am happy to answer any
questions you may have

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concerning this project crystal just so
we're clear

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explain why one's got 14 jobs and one
has nine

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it has to do with just qualifying for
the that's right

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again the nine jobs comes into play for
the building reuse grant and it's a

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two-year program and that's the
the number of jobs they plan to create

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during that
that first two years of the project and

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that's what the state
um holds them accountable to so

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that's why there's two different figures
there but for the local

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grant the five-year
period time frame for the agreement they

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are committed to con

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employing at least 14 or creating 14 new
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so what's what's the expertise that
brings that average wage to 90

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000 well these are high-end some of them
are

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engineered uh engineer higher-end
employment positions that they have

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accounting positions a lot of
engineering positions controller

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most of their assembly or manufacturing
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are are contracted jobs and they're very
seasonal

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so these are their main administrative
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overall company jobs that they'll be
creating

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but there will be some manufacturing in
the facility here and

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yes they will there will be and those
those jobs will be on a contracted basis

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okay all right and just and so this is
on the corner which i'm familiar with

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just for clarification for everybody
so i'm kind of on the corner of bank

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street and commerce as you go up
commerce there once you've cropped over

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the bank streets over there to the left
yeah it it is on

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right off of commerce drive right after
you turn off banks

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and it is currently owned by multimill
that's been vacant the building's been

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vacant for at least a year and a half
so we're excited that the building will

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be put back into use
and create some jobs as well and good

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paying jobs
i would say crystal and i drove down to

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sanford a couple weeks ago
to meet with our edc folks and she had

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the conversation with this gentleman
for half of our ride down there so i got

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to listen into all that
uh and it sounds like he's he he likes

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us
he likes our project he likes our

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location i don't know if you have a
different sense of that i know i know

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we've got two other states here indiana
and michigan but

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he does he's very familiar with north
carolina as i stated before he has two

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facilities
in high point one in randolph county one

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in guilford county so he's very familiar
with this area and much of his supply

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chain
comes from this in the state but this is

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a really a global
company that that manufactures in in

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various places and
and uh installs all over the world so

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uh but there are other opportunities for
them that

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makes good business sense as well and
which is why they're entertaining to

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other states
questions just a follow-up from chairman

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fry and this is kind of
but um and just talking about the

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project and everything and you're
kevin's work on this

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um i know both of these boards have kind
of gotten together with

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edc and y'all are doing a great job
recruiting people but and i know we had

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talked about in some of those meetings
you know

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really putting our best foot forward and
taking a big swing in the bat

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to try you know to land these kind of
things does this give you the tools you

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need to
put our best foot forward i'm sure it

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does but
well this certainly helps them and lets

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them know that we want to be a partner
with them and that we're going to assist

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them not only
in being the applicant for the building

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reuse grant that they qualify
with the state but also local incentives

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that will help them with their building
reuse and so

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i think it i think it's a good message
that we send to them and support

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yeah and i think it is good that we are
incentivizing

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a local business i mean he has a
facility already here but we we want him

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to stay here
that's right good comments other

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questions
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all right thank you what's the pleasure
of the board

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oh yes i will any other
speakers on behalf of this project

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hearing none then i will close the

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public hearing and uh
we will come back to the uh let's see

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mayor you're first counsel do you have
any

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any further questions

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i'll entertain a motion to adopt this
resolution

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thank you mr bell i have a motion by
councilman bell to approve my reference

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may i have a second second mr burks is
the second

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in discussion all in favor say aye
all right all opposed motion carries

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unanimously
thank you mayor smith okay uh

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county commissioners any other questions
or concerns or entertain a motion

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mr chairman i'd love to make a motion to
adopt a resolution authorizing the

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county of randolph to enter into
economic senior contract with

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cydia am i pronouncing that right
systems incorporated

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thank you and second by commissioner
heywood

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further discussion questions those in
favor will say aye

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i oppose no and it is approved
so um i will

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say again thank all of you for
participating in this process

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um it's it's falling on deaf ears i know
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i i i do want to comment
um we're going through two projects that

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that do two things they're showing that
we have a local business

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that is doing well and is growing and
adding jobs

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and we have another another business
that's expanding good for economic

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development
and we get no coverage on it

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uh pretty much nobody's gonna know this
meeting ever took place tonight and that

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concerns me a lot
and we've all had some discussions among

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ourselves about
some of our local news and i did a

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45-minute interview
two months ago that's never been one

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word printed on it
um about the county and and

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issues in the county but uh i don't know
what we can do about it but i i do think

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that um

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but i i just want to make that calm any
other business on the part of the county

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commissioners
can i follow up on what you said i'm

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equally as frustrated we've all talked
about that with you know

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coverage or whatever and and both of our
boards are trying to do what we can to

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promote ashbur and randolph county
but you know i think it's appropriate to

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applaud kevin and
crystal and the work they're doing to

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let north carolina and the united states
and the globe know that randolph county

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and asheboro is open for business so
thank you for bringing these and i

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appreciate you being here and your hard
work

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good things and it's some of the some of
the best news

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that we've had and uh very very uh
beneficial good paying jobs benefits um

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that's great especially in the times
that we're in

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that growth this growth
these kinds of investments has taken

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place so uh
it's been crystal's been with us about a

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year now
and uh kevin's about a year in his

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new capacity and continue to work
and i'm just tell you and david just

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served
on the edc board also but uh

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it's hard to competition's tough
and i think this is it's kenny's

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kudos to to you and your efforts and i
got listening on the conversation and uh

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crystal's professionalism and dealing
with the individual

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and uh his uh to me his uh
interest and and uh in randolph county

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and and our
and the city of asheboro for for their

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future so
thank you hear no other business

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uh do i have a motion to adjourn thank
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county commissioners are adjourned

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let me add one comment briefly to
what we've just talked about kevin

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crystal
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they are working very hard with their
board and subsequently

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the municipalities in the county
that they represent to increase

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the tools they have to be more
attractive

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we're trying to find possible
speculative and more

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more sites for the inventory so we have
have a lot of work to do in that area

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to step up and be as competitive as
possible

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so i know that it is a big thing that
they're working on with their war

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so as we move forward we all need to
make sure that we do what we can to uh

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to help them
put those those assets in place uh

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anything else from the city

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i will ask for a motion to adjourn

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second

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parasite all right

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before i'm sick