Item:
Title
Suspend the Rules to Authorize the Board to Approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 26BCC029 and Capital Project Amendment No. 26CPA009 and TIP Agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for Acquisition of the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail Corridor, Spending $1,151,445, with a Net County Expenditure of $223,000 and Recognition of State Grants of $928,445 (5min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: November 3, 2025
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to suspend the rules and approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 26BCC029 and Capital Project Amendment No. 26CPA009 sending $1,151,445 to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the acquisition of the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail corridor. The majority of the cost - $928,445 - will be reimbursed to the county through two State Grants, and the remaining $223,000 will be covered through a $123,000 General Fund fund balance appropriation and a $100,000 transfer of PAYGO funding to the General Fund currently budgeted in the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail Capital Project (4590DC001 - reducing remaining available to $0).
Project Name and Number
Current Budget
Increase / Decrease
Updated Budget
Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail (4590DC001)
$133,334.00
($100,000.00)
$33,334.00
TOTAL
$133,334.00
($100,000.00)
$33,334.00
This item also requests that the Board approve a TIP Agreement for Project Cost Participation with the NC Department of Transportation in the amount of $1,151,445. In a separate agenda item on the November 3 agenda, the Board was asked to approve a Great Trails State Program Grant Agreement with the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for $500,000 with revenue recognized in this budget amendment. In addition, the Board is asked to recognize $428,445 of revenue from the East Coast Greenway Alliance for a NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Complete the Trails Program Grant.
The Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail would convert a 26...
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