File #: 16-2237   
Type: Regular Item Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/8/2019 Final action:
Title: Approve the Acquisition of 96.26 Acres of Open Space and Park Property in Swift Creek from The Conservation Fund to expand Crowder County Park
Attachments: 1. Crowder Agenda Item.pdf, 2. Crowder Land Acquisition Presentation.pdf, 3. PROS CIP BOND SCHEDULE.pdf, 4. CIP Budget Memo - FY 2020 County Capital Fund - Open Space.pdf, 5. CIP Budget Memo - FY 2020 County Capital Fund - Parks CIP.pdf, 6. Budget Memo - FY 2020 Debt Service Fund.pdf

Title

Approve the Acquisition of 96.26 Acres of Open Space and Park Property in Swift Creek from The Conservation Fund to expand Crowder County Park

Recommended Action:

That the Board of Commissioners:

 

1.                     Appropriates $3,068,593 of Open Space Little River Reimbursement funds; and

 

2.                     Appropriates $1,768,060 of fund balance in Debt Service Fund as temporary funding source (to be permanently reimbursed with PGROS Bonds sold later in Fiscal Year 2020); and

 

3.                     Appropriates $77,572 of Recreation Land Area Contributions (RLDO) funding; and

 

4.                     Authorizes the County Manager to execute an agreement to purchase the 96.26 acres from The Conservation Fund at a purchase price of $4,914,225, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the County Attorney; and

 

5.  Authorizes County staff to apply to the City of Raleigh’s Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative Fund for partnership dollars that could offset County dollars.