City Council Work Session Agenda
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Roll Call
Announcements by Council
Priority Items by the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk
Administrative Consent Items
City Clerk's Office
1. Housing Appeals Board - Appointment
To appoint a resident to fill one (1) vacancy on the Housing Appeals Board representing an At-Large Alternate Member with the term to expire on June 30, 2024.
(Due to the resignation of Malika Langley)
2. Durham Historic Preservation Commission - Appointment
To appoint a resident to fill one (1) vacancy on the Durham Historic Preservation Commission representing At-Large with the term to expire on September 1, 2025.
(Due to the resignation of April M. Johnson)
3. Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission - Appointment
To appoint a resident to fill one (1) vacancy on the Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission representing Walking/Running/Pedestrian Community for Marginalized Groups with the term to expire on August 31, 2025.
(Due to the resignation of Cesar Castro)
4. Durham Workers' Rights Commission - Appointment
To appoint a resident to fill one (1) vacancy on the Durham Workers' Rights Commission representing the category of Diverse Backgrounds or Low Wage Industry. The term will expire on April 30, 2025.
(Due to the term expiration of Dominic Castro-Wehr or Charles E. Gooch)
Departmental Items
Audit Services Department
5. Underutilized Business Compliance Performance Audit September 2023
To receive the Underutilized Business Compliance Performance Audit approved at the September 25, 2023, Audit Services Oversight Committee meeting.
City Attorney's Office
6. Modification of the Existing Durham-Chapel Hill Annexation Boundary
To adopt a resolution authorizing amendment to the consent order, Town of Chapel Hill v. City of Durham, 85 CVS 3108, and approving a modification of the line representing the limits for future annexations by the municipalities of Chapel Hill and Durham.
City Council
7. Discussion on an Infrastructure Bond
To receive a discussion on a possible Infrastructure Bond.
City Manager's Office
8. 2023 Revised Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement
To authorize the City Manager to execute the revised 2023 North Carolina Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement.
9. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Project – Transformative Justice Program
To authorize the City Manager to execute an ARPA subrecipient grant agreement with Forward Justice, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.
Finance Department
11. September 2023 Bid Report
To receive a report on the bids that were acted upon by the City Manager in September 2023.
12. Utility System Revenue Bond Anticipation Note, Series 2023
To adopt a Resolution directing an application to the Local Government Commission for its approval of a Utility System Revenue Bond Anticipation Note not to exceed $230,000,000; requesting Local Government Commission approval of the financing; and certain related matters.
General Services Department
13. Redevelopment of 505 W. Chapel Hill Street Update
To advance to the Request for Proposals stage six development teams who responded to the Request for Qualifications issued on June 8, 2023 for the redevelopment of 505 W. Chapel Hill Street;
To approve the Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of 505 W. Chapel Hill Street;
To authorize the City Manager to make modifications to the Request for Proposal document.
14. Change Order #3 to the Construction Services Contract with Chatham Civil
Contracting, LLC for the Beechwood Cemetery Expansion Project
To authorize the City Manager to execute Change Order #3 to the construction services contract for the Beechwood Cemetery Expansion Project with Chatham Civil Contracting, LLC, in the amount of $90,157.45, for a total contract amount including existing contingency funds not to exceed $777,566.45.
Office of Economic and Workforce Development
16. Agreement to Fund the Establishment of the Bull City Equitable Development
Fund Operated by Built2last Innovations Lab, Inc. Using City of Durham
Grant Funds
To authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Built2Last Innovations Lab, Inc. to fund the establishment of the Bull City Equitable Development Fund in the amount of $180,000.
Public Works Department
17. Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) Consensus Principles II for
[the Revised Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy [20 Minutes]](https://cityordinances.durhamnc.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=609&doctype=1#mediaAndItemView "Read more details about this item")
To receive a presentation from the UNRBA Executive Director, Forrest Westall; and
To adopt a resolution supporting the UNRBA Consensus Principles II for the Revised Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy.
18. Utility Extension Agreement with D.R. Horton, Inc. to Serve
the Brightleaf North
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a utility extension agreement with D.R. Horton, Inc. to serve Brightleaf North.
Solid Waste Management Department
19. Contract for Lawn Care and Landscaping Services at the Waste Disposal
and Recycling Center (WD&RC)
To authorize the City Manager to execute the Contract with Winstead Landscape Services Co. for lawn care and landscaping services at the Waste Disposal and Recycling Center (WD&RC), in an amount not to exceed $60,900.
Public Hearings
City-County Planning Department
20. Zoning Map Change - Hopson Road Multifamily
To conduct a public hearing to receive comments and consider the following motion(s):
Motion 1, To adopt an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Residential Rural and establishing the same as Planned Development Residential 22.538; and
Motion 2, To adopt a Consistency Statement as required by NCGS 160D-605.
21. Zoning Map Change - Cortez Drive Townhouses
To conduct a public hearing to receive comments and consider the following motion(s):
Motion 1, To adopt an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Residential Suburban-20, Falls/Jordan Lake District-B and establishing the same as Planned Development Residential 6.003, Falls/Jordan Lake District-B; and
Motion 2, To adopt a Consistency Statement as required by NCGS 160D-605.
22. Zoning Map Change - Millhouse Townes
To conduct a public hearing to receive comments and consider the following motion(s):
Motion 1, To adopt an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Residential Suburban - 10, Eno River District - B and establishing the same as Residential Suburban - Multifamily with a Textual Development Plan, Eno River District - B; and
Motion 2, To adopt a Consistency Statement as required by NCGS 160D-605.
23. Zoning Map Change - Durham Summit
To conduct a public hearing to receive comments and consider the following motion(s):
Motion 1, To adopt an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Office and Institutional and Office and Institutional with a Development Plan, Falls/Jordan District B and establishing the same as Planned Development Residential 29.654, Falls/Jordan District B; and
Motion 2, To adopt a Consistency Statement as required by NCGS 160D-605.
24. Consolidated Annexation – Perry Farm
To conduct a public hearing to receive comments and consider the following motion(s):
Motion 1, To adopt an ordinance annexing 'Perry Farm' into the City of Durham effective December 31, 2023; and to authorize the City Manager to enter into a utility extension agreement with The CSC Group L.L.C.;
Motion 2, To adopt an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Residential Rural, Falls/Jordan Lake Watershed Protection District-B, county jurisdiction and establishing the same as Planned Development Residential 3.155, Falls/Jordan Lake Watershed Protection District - B, city jurisdiction, and by taking property out of the Residential Rural, Falls/Jordan Lake Watershed Protection District - B, county jurisdiction and establishing the same as Rural Residential with a Textual Development Plan limiting the uses to public and civic, Falls/Jordan Lake Watershed Protection District - B, city jurisdiction; and
Motion 3, To adopt a Consistency Statement as required by NCGS 160D-605.
Supplemental Items
Community Development Department
25. Commerce Street Apartments, LLC Affordable Housing Loan Commitment
To authorize the City Manager to issue to Commerce Street Apartments, LLC a conditional binding commitment of construction-to-permanent financing in the amount up to $8,000,000 for Commerce Street Apartments;
To authorize the City Manager to execute any and all documents and instruments, necessary, reasonable and appropriate in order to carry out the purpose and intent of this conditional binding commitment of construction-to-permanent financing;
To authorize the City Manager to make necessary changes to the conditional binding commitment, including any and all related documents and instruments and including assignment of the commitment, so long as the changes do not increase the financial obligations of the City, and the changes taken as a whole, are not less favorable to the City.
Settling the Agenda
Other Matters
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