a.     Consult with Attorney
     b.     Land Acquisition
     c.     Business Location and Expansion

     a.    2008 NACo Achievement Awards
             Action Item
     b.    Men Taking Children To School On Their
            First Day - Action Item

     a.     Road Abandonment and Closing – 502
             Square Feet Portion Of Old Steele Creek
             Road (Old NC160) - Action Item
             Attachment, Attachment, Attachment
             Attachment
             
     b.     Street Lighting Final Assessments
              Action Item, Attachment
 
     c.     Carlton Watkins Center Parking Expansion
             and Renovation – Bid Withdrawal
             Action Item, Attachment, Attachment

     d.     NEW ITEM - Real Estate Excise Tax
             Refund Request - Action Item, Attachment

     a.     Public Art Commission- Public Art Program
             – Operating Contract and Annual Work Plan
             Action Item, Attachment
     b.     Spirit Square Community Task Force
              Action Item, Attachment

7.        Approval of Minutes - Action Item
           Attachment, Attachment, Attachment

8.        Environmental Policy Coordinating Council
            Charter - Action Item, Attachment

9.        Tax Refunds - Action Item 

10.       Emergency Telephone System Special
            Revenue Fund - Action Item

11.      700 East 4^th Street Renovations –
            Construction Contract - Action Item
             Attachment

12.      Revision to the Building-Development
            Ordinance (Second Reading) - Action Item
            Attachment              

13.      Protection, Development and Improvement 
            of Forest Land in Mecklenburg County –
            Agreement - Action Item, Attachment

14.      Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank
            Action Item, Attachment

15.      Register of Deeds
            Enhancement/Preservation Special Revenue
            Fund - Action Item

16.     Area Mental Health Quality and Performance
           Evaluations and Plans - Action Item
           Attachment, Attachment, Attachment

17.     Area Mental Health Fourth Quarter FY 2008
           Report - Action Item, Attachment

18.     Order of Collection - Action Item
           Attachment, Attachment

19.     McDowell Creek Greenway - Cornelius -
           Construction Contract - Action Item
           Attachment, Attachment

20.     Little Sugar Creek Greenway –Kings Drive
          Section – Pedestrian Bridge - Construction
          Contract - Action Item, Attachment

21.     Sheriff's Special Revenue Fund - Action Item

22.     Naming Request for Oaklawn Recreation
           Center to "Ivory Baker Recreation Center"
           Action Item, Attachment, Attachment
           Attachment, Attachment, Attachment

23.     Outdoor Recreation Capital Reserve Fund
           Action Item, Attachment

24.     Teens Outside Grant - Action Item

25.     Ramsey Creek Park Capital Reserve
           Request - Action Item

26.     First Amendment To Land Swap &
           Lease/Operating Agreement (Recreation
           Center-Hickory Grove) - Action Item
           Attachment

27.    Check Donation From Charlotte Center City
           Partners - Action Item

28.    Area Mental Health Monthly Financial Reports
          Action Item, Attachment

29.    Funding Adjustment – Area Mental Health 
          Action Item

30.    Greenway Easement – Duke Energy
          Corporation - Action Item

31.    Sugaw Creek Park Expansion -  Action Item  

32.    McDowell Nature Preserve Expansion
          Action Item

33.    Ordinance Prohibiting the Consumption of
          Alcoholic Beverages on County Property
          Action Item, Attachment         

34.    Radio System Capital Project - Action Item
          Attachment, Attachment

35.    Carlton Watkins Center Parking Expansion
          and Renovation - Action Item, Attachment

36.    Room Occupancy, Prepared Food &
          Beverage, Vehicle Rental and U-Drive-It 
          taxes – Set Public Hearing - Action Item

37.    Grant Application – Governor's Crime
          Commission - Action Item

38.    Governor's Crime Commission Grant Award
          Action Item

39.    Capital Project Ordinances -  Action Item
          Attachment

40.    Greenway Donation at Polk Ditch - Action Item

41.    Land Donation at Ramblewood Park
          Action Item         

42.    Land Acquisition for McMullen Creek
          Greenway - Action Item

43.    Land Donation in Pine Valley Neighborhood
          Action Item 

44.    Ryan White Minority AIDS Initiative Funding
          (MAI) - Action Item

45.    Refund Law Enforcement Service District
          Taxes - Action Item, Attachment, Attachment

46.    First Ward Parking and Park Conceptual
          Framework - Action Item, Attachment
          Attachment

47.    Westmoreland Athletic Complex - Action Item
         Attachment

48.    November 4, 2008 Bond Referendum 
         Action Item, Attachment, Attachment
         Attachment, Attachment         

50.   Ordinance Prohibiting Sex Offenders from
         Entering County Parks (Commissioner
         James) - Action Item, Attachment
         Attachment, Attachment, Attachment
         Attachment

51.    Work Schedule for County Employees
         (Commissioner Ramirez) - Action Item

• Regular Meeting, Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• Budget/Public Policy Workshop, Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Regular Meeting, Tuesday, September 16, 2008