Item:
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Approval to Grant of a Permanent Sign Easement to the City of Durham for a Historical Marker at the Stanford L. Warren Branch Library at 1201 Fayetteville Street
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 10, 2024
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve the granting of a permanent sign easement to the City of Durham on the property of the Stanford L. Warren Branch Library located at 1201 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27701 (parcel ID #118154). The proposed easement will be approximately twenty-five square feet, with a monument sign to be erected at the northwestern corner of the property adjacent to the intersection of Fayetteville Street and East Umstead Street.
This monument sign project is one element of a proposal submitted to the City of Durham during the Participatory Budgeting Phase One in 2018. The goal of this project is to commemorate and celebrate the history of the 12 historic neighborhoods that make up the Historic Fayetteville Street Corridor. The accepted proposal includes 2 historical markers to act as bookends for the corridor, one at Hillside High School, and this marker at Stanford L. Warren Branch Library. The sign designs and placement locations have been vetted through the Historic Monuments Committee, and the location has been agreed to by Library Director Tammy Baggett, Assistant Director of Library Planning Sandra Lovely, and Library Manager Larry Daniels.
The next step after receiving easements back from the County and Durham Public Schools is to draft and issue a RFQ for the production and installation of two Historic Fayetteville Street Corridor monuments. The RFQ will be issued by the City of Durham after signed easements are approved. Renderings of the monuments are attached to this item.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item supports Goal 1: Community Empowerment and Enrichment by recognizing the historic and cultural importance of the neighborhoods that make up the Fayetteville Street Corridor.
Resource Persons: Nancy Mitchell, Sr. Real Estate Officer, E&ES; Peri Manns, Deputy Director, E&ES; Jay Gibson, Director, E&ES.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board approve the granting of a permanent sign easement to the City of Durham on the property of the Stanford L. Warren Branch Library located at 1201 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27701 (parcel ID #118154).
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County Manager: ____________________________