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Request to Approve a Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into an Agreement Allowing the Construction of the Homestead-Chapel Hill High School Multi-use Path on State of North Carolina-University of North Carolina Property
PURPOSE: The Board is asked to approve a resolution authorizing the Town Manager to enter into a right of entry agreement with the University of North Carolina and-or the State Property Office to allow for the construction of the Homestead-Chapel Hill High School Multi-use Path. The path will extend on State/UNC land east of Bolin Creek.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jeff Brubaker - 918-7329; Racquel Benedict - 918-7308
INFORMATION: Preliminary engineering for the Homestead-Chapel Hill High School Multi-use Path (path) is nearly complete. Before approval of plans, specifications, and an estimate (PS&E) for the project by NCDOT, the Town is required to obtain right-of-way certification. ROW certification is the assurance that ROW has been obtained for the project corridor and that federal policy and regulations have been adhered to during ROW acquisition.
During pre-project planning and preliminary engineering, the Town has coordinated with UNC staff on the appropriate mechanism and process for obtaining right-of-entry. Town staff formally submitted a right-of-entry request to UNC on June 13, 2012. In May 2013, UNC staff stated that the State Property Office will execute a lease agreement with the Town to establish public greenway access. The property is already leased to Orange County - with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as a sub-lessee - for the purpose of athletic facilities. Executed in 2001, the lease extends for 30 years. A joint use agreement between the Town and Orange County, covering one of the soccer fields (then-proposed), was executed in 2000.
Construction of the athletic facilities required a Conditional Use Permit with the Town, which was granted in 2001. Th...
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