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Project Category <br />Functional Service Area:X <br />Department:X <br />Project Number: <br />Project Description/Justification: <br />Project Budget <br />Prior Years <br />Funding <br />Current  <br />Fiscal Year <br />2019‐20 <br />Year 1 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2020‐21 <br />Year 2 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2021‐22 <br />Year 3 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2022‐23 <br />Year 4 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2023‐24 <br />Year 5 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2024‐25 <br />Five <br />Year <br />Total <br />Year 6 <br />to <br />Year 10 <br />Appropriation <br />Professional Services 210,000 110,000 110,000 <br />Construction/Repairs/Renovations 2,993,000 150,000 800,000 775,000 1,575,000 350,000 <br />Equipment/Furnishings 149,400 15,000 155,000 170,000 <br />Appropriation Total 3,352,400 150,000 15,000 910,000 775,000 155,000 1,855,000 350,000 <br />Revenues/Funding Source <br />Debt Financing 2,935,000 427,500 775,000 1,202,500 350,000 <br />Transfer from General Fund 140,000 15,000 155,000 170,000 <br />Grant Funding 10,000 82,500 82,500 <br />Partner Funding ‐ County Capital 400,000 400,000 <br />Transfer from Other Capital Funds 267,400 150,000 <br />Revenues/Funding Source Total 3,352,400 150,000 15,000 910,000 775,000 155,000 1,855,000 350,000 <br />Impact on Operating Budget <br />Personnel 119,600 166,000 185,600 185,600 185,600 185,600 908,400 928,000 <br />Operations 34,000 49,500 65,000 65,000 80,000 80,000 339,500 385,000 <br />Impact on Operating Budget Total 153,600 215,500 250,600 250,600 265,600 265,600 1,247,900 1,313,000 <br />Proposed Bid Date:TBD <br />Blackwood Farm Park is a 152‐acre regional park between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough on NC 86 and New Hope  <br />Church Road. The park opened on a limited basis in June 2015 and is currently open Thursday‐Sunday. Funding for  <br />park infrastructure, design, and other associated needs, including construction of new turn lanes, entryway and  <br />parking was included in prior years.  Construction drawings and bid documents for the majority of park construction  <br />are underway and will be completed later this spring. In addition to the infrastructure, park construction includes new  <br />picnic shelters, restrooms, an amphitheater, repairs and renovations t the farmstead, a fishing station, trails, and a  <br />disc golf course. Agricultural exhibit areas will be created near the farmstead over the next few years using existing  <br />resources. Park construction is estimated to begin in summer of 2020 with new features opening in summer/fall  <br />2021. <br />Funding for an ADA‐accessible on‐site vehicle (NEV) is included in Year 2 to be available when the park opens fulltime  <br />in summer/fall of 2021.  Funding of $910,000 is proposed in FY 2022‐23 for the planned nature/learning center (with  <br />associated matching partner revenue of $400,000), and design/pre‐construction work for the final phase of park  <br />construction (Phase III). Phase III funding of $775,000 is reflected in Year 4 for construction of the remaining park  <br />facilities (primarily the New Hope Church Road area facilities and amenities), with additional equipment needs for the  <br />park and nature center following in Year 5. <br />Blackwood Farm Park <br />FINANCIAL SUMMARY <br />Project Type <br />New <br />Expansion <br />Renovation <br />Replacement <br />DEAPR Starting Date:7/1/2019 <br />20037 Completion Date:6/30/2025 <br />County Project Status:Active <br />Community Services <br />39