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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 5, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. $_~j SUBJECT: County Appropriation for_Southern Community Park Design DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Capital Project Ordinance 6/20/00 Chapel Hill Town Manager Letter 6/21 /00 Chapel Hill Mayor Letter INFORMATION CONTACT: Rod Visser, ext 2300 Donna Dean, ext 2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider an additional appropriation to assist the Town of Chapel Hill in funding the engagement of design consultants for the development of a Southem Community Park concept plan; and to adopt a capital project ordinance apprapriatiog funds for the Southem Community Park project. BACKGROUND: The November 1997 park bonds approved by Orange County voters included $1 million earmarked to assist the Town of Chapel Hill in developing the Southern Community Park that will be constructed near US15-501 South and Scroggs Elementary Schaol in the Southem Village. At their June 6, 2000 meeting, the Board of Commissioners approved the appropriation of $50,000 in County park bond funds to assist the Town of Chapel Hill in paying for the development of a concept plan for the Southem Community Park The County has since received a clarifying letter from Mayor Waldorf that the Town would like to rely on $100,000 of County bond money for the concept plan development and preparation of working drawings. Funds are expected to be needed by the Town sometime in fall 2000, after a design consultant has been solicited and hired by the Town. The Town Manager has provided a written update that is attached for the Board's infom~ation regarding work accomplished and planned at both the Southem Community Park and the Homestead Community Park near Airport Road. In 1998, the Board had also approved the appropriation of $105,000 in park bonds for the installation of lighting, bleachers, and irrigation at the Scroggs Elementary playing field, use of which is shared by the Town of Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Those project elements have already been accomplished during the construction of Scroggs Elementary, and the Town of Chapel Hill has requested reimbursement. Approval of the attached capital project ordinance would authorize the County Finance Director to disburse those reimbursement funds and money for the concept plan and drawings, as needed by the Town.