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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 9, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- Gt <br />SUBJECT• Town of Chapel Hill Funding Request -Bolin Creek Greenway Phase III Design <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT <br />1) Letter from County/Town PPC <br />2) Proposed RFQ for Study <br />3) Town staff costs memorandum <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a funding request from the Town of Chapel Hill for the planned <br />engineering and design study for the extension of the Bolin Creek Greenway. <br />BACKGROUND: In April 2004, the Orange County/Chapel Hill Project Planning Committee <br />(PPC) met to discuss options for use of bond funds designated for greenways in Chapel Hill. <br />The PPC has recommended that County bond funds be used in conjunction with Town bond <br />funds to extend the Bolin Creek Trail upstream of Airport Road. The extension of the existing <br />Bolin Creek Trail would be a step towards linking the existing trail with Carrboro, the <br />proposed woodland trail system of southern Orange County, Duke Forest, the proposed <br />Carolina North property, and the northwest areas of Chapel Hill. <br />On June 23, 2004, the Board of Commissioners received that recommendation and adopted <br />a resolution agreeing to Bolin Creek Greenway extension as the project for use of 2001 <br />County bond funds identified for Chapel Hill greenways. <br />The -Town and the PPC have started the process of soliciting firms for the design/engineering <br />study, using the attached Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Interviews are expected to take <br />place in September or early October 2004. <br />The Town Council has agreed to provide the initial $100,000 required to start the design work <br />in 2004. The County is being asked to provide up to $75,000 during FY 04-05, which would <br />allow for beginning the design process in 2004 and possibly completion of the concept plan <br />in late 2005. <br />