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City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
Monday, December 15, 2025

Regular meeting Water and sewerAnnexationContracts and procurementGrants and outside fundingHousing and affordabilityRezoningAppointments and personnelLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationPublic facilitiesComprehensive planHistoric preservationPolice and public safetySolid waste and recyclingTransit

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What's on this agenda

Durham's city council takes up three consolidated annexations (3306 Page Road, Hamlin Reserve, and the Leigh Village Center), a zoning map amendment at 3404 Page Road, and a public hearing to adopt the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035 as an amendment to the comprehensive plan. The council also holds a second public hearing on the city's federal HUD performance report (CAPER) for FY2024-2025.

On the consent agenda, the council considers a $19 million loan agreement with the Durham Housing Authority for the Tribute Rising (Forest Hill Heights) redevelopment, a HOME program subrecipient agreement of up to $1.6 million for a homeowner rehabilitation program, purchase contracts for tennis court lighting at two parks, a compact rear loader purchase for solid waste collection, a land lease with the Durham Regional Association of Realtors, and an engineering contract amendment for dam inspection and rehabilitation work at the Brown Water Treatment Plant reservoir. Also on the agenda: an update on the future of the 505 W. Chapel Hill Street site, where staff recommend pausing full redevelopment and instead subdividing the property to preserve the historic Milton Small Building.

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Agenda items (19)

Contract or award · 6Public hearing · 6Appointment · 2Staff or committee report · 2Discussion item · 1Resolution · 1Budget action · 1
  1. 1 Participatory Budgeting Steering Committee - Appointment
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    Appointment of Federica Cedeno to fill a youth vacancy on the Participatory Budgeting Steering Committee.
  2. 2 Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau (Discover Durham) - Appointment
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    Appointment of Doug Pender to represent full-service lodging on the Discover Durham board.
  3. 3 Hiring Practices Performance Audit November 2025
    Staff or committee report
    Receipt of an audit of the city's hiring practices, approved by the Audit Services Oversight Committee in November.
  4. 4 Cooperative Group Purchase Contract - Compact Rear Loaders
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementSolid waste and recycling
    A $706,212 contract with Amick Equipment Company for four compact rear-loading garbage trucks.
  5. 5 Update on Redevelopment of 505 W. Chapel Hill Street
    Discussion item Historic preservationLand conversion and large development
    Staff recommend pausing full-site redevelopment for now, subdividing the site to preserve the historic Milton Small Building in coordination with Preservation NC, and negotiating an option agreement for that building's future redevelopment.
  6. 6 Tennis Court Lighting Purchase Contract at Whippoorwill Park
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementParks and recreation
    A $598,180 purchase contract with Musco Sports Lighting for new tennis court lighting at Whippoorwill Park, plus a contingency fund.
  7. 7 Proposed Lease with Durham Regional Association of Realtors, Inc. at 4238 University Drive
    Resolution Public facilities
    A five-year land lease, with a five-year renewal option, for city property at 4238 University Drive.
  8. 8 Tennis Court Lighting Purchase Contract at Rock Quarry Park
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementParks and recreation
    A $794,998 purchase contract with Musco Sports Lighting for tennis court lighting at Rock Quarry Park, plus a contingency fund.
  9. 9 HOME Subrecipient Agreement with Preserving Home for the Homeowner Rehabilitation Program
    Contract or award Grants and outside fundingHousing and affordability
    A HOME program subrecipient agreement of up to $1,612,673 with Preserving Home to administer rehabilitation work for about 32 low-income elderly and disabled homeowners.
  10. 10 Redevelopment Loan Agreement with the Durham Housing Authority for Tribute Rising (Forest Hill Heights)
    Contract or award Housing and affordability
    A loan of up to $19 million to the Durham Housing Authority and/or Development Ventures Inc. to support redevelopment of the Forest Hill Heights public housing site, also known as Tribute Rising.
  11. 11 2025 Third Quarter Crime Report
    Staff or committee report Police and public safety
    Receipt of the police department's quarterly crime report for the third quarter of 2025.
  12. 12 FY26 Federal Transit Administration Section 5303 GPO Amendment
    Budget action Grants and outside fundingTransit
    Adoption of an amended grant project ordinance for the FY2026 FTA Section 5303 metropolitan transit planning grant.
  13. 13 Amendment No. 1 to Contract with Schnabel Engineering South for Dam Inspection and Maintenance
    Contract or award Public facilitiesWater and sewer
    A $1.9 million contract amendment for engineering, permitting, and design work on rehabilitation of the Brown Water Treatment Plant's terminal reservoir dam, bringing the contract total to about $3.96 million.
  14. 15 Public Hearing #2 on the FY2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
    Public hearing Grants and outside fundingHousing and affordability
    Second public hearing on the city's annual performance report to HUD on its federal housing and community development spending.
  15. 16 Consolidated Annexation - 3306 Page Road
    Public hearing AnnexationLand conversion and large developmentRezoningWater and sewer
    Public hearing to annex 3306 Page Road and rezone it from county Residential Rural to city Planned Development Residential at a density of 8.876 units per acre, tied to a utility extension agreement with Capital Properties of Raleigh.
  16. 17 Consolidated Annexation - Hamlin Reserve
    Public hearing AnnexationWater and sewer
    Public hearing to annex the Hamlin Reserve property and bring it under city jurisdiction with the same residential rural zoning it carries in the county, tied to a utility extension agreement with the property owners.
  17. 18 Consolidated Annexation - Leigh Village Center
    Public hearing AnnexationRezoningWater and sewer
    Public hearing to annex the Leigh Village Center property and rezone it from county designations to a mix of Compact Suburban Design categories, tied to a utility extension agreement with Sylvan Leigh LLC.
  18. 19 Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035
    Public hearing Comprehensive plan
    Public hearing to adopt the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035 as an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan.
  19. 20 Zoning Map Change - 3404 Page Road Amendment
    Public hearing Rezoning
    Public hearing on a zoning map amendment adjusting the Planned Development Residential designation at 3404 Page Road.

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