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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR C <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />4-05 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5705 <br />(919)968 2714 Phone (919)969 2063 Fax <br />ttnvw. torvnofcha. pelhil~ org <br />Apri130, 2007 <br />Moses Carey, Chair <br />Board of Orange County Commissioners <br />Post O~ce~Box 8181 <br />p[illsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Dear M_y.aC~: /1/~I'~- <br />MAY 0 ~ 20a7" <br />13'iF: <br />I am writing to request the County's help in finding additional funds for construction of <br />the Southern Community Park. The Council is very grateful for the funding that the <br />County has akeady provided for the park, but we believe with additional funds we could <br />build a park that would provide both neighborhood and regional facilities for citizens of <br />Chapel Hill and Orange County. <br />We are. especially concerned that the park be built with all three of the planned <br />athletic/soccer fields requested by the community. <br />The Board of County Commissioners and the Town Council have provided funding for <br />the project as follows: <br />REVENUES FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITY PARK <br />1997 Orange County Parks Bond 1,000,000 <br />2001 Orange County Parks Bond 2,000,000 <br />Town Funding 1,432,000 <br />2005 PARTF Grant 500,000 <br />Total Revenues 4,932,000 <br />PROPOSED EXPENDITURES <br />Construction and Contingency 4,138,000 <br />Design (including past concept plan development) 328,000 <br />Previous Expenditure for Scroggs Athletic Field. 242,000 <br />Previous Expenditures i 48,000 <br />Anticipated miscellaneous expenditures z 176,000 <br />Total Proposed Expenditures 4,932,000 <br />1. Design of art features, soils testing, independent cost estimating, advertising, postage etc. <br />2. Reserve for play equipment, disk golf course, soils and materials testing, OWASA tap fees, and burying <br />Progress Energy power line. <br />