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City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
Monday, November 4, 2024

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityRezoningAnnexationGrants and outside fundingAppointments and personnelContracts and procurementHealth and human servicesHomelessness and shelterIntergovernmental agreementsLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationPolice and public safetyRoads and transportationSolid waste and recyclingStormwater and floodingWater and sewer

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What's on this agenda

A $2.67 million contract for six automated refuse trucks and a $347,832 contract for one bucket truck lead the council's cooperative-purchasing awards. Five ordinances would recognize more than $4.5 million in federal housing grants already awarded to the city, covering community development, home investment, emergency shelter and HIV/AIDS housing aid, and a separate ordinance would accept a $770,999 Department of Justice grant for a mental health and justice collaboration program.

Three land use cases go to public hearing. Sherron Grove and Winsford at the Park would be annexed into the city, with Sherron Grove's developer, The Drees Homes Company, also entering a utility extension agreement with the city. A third case would rezone land from Residential Rural to Planned Development Residential 8.326 for the Lynley Townhouses.

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Agenda items (10)

Public hearing · 3Resolution · 2Ordinance · 2Contract or award · 2Appointment · 1
  1. 1 Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission - Appointment
    Appointment Appointments and personnelParks and recreationRoads and transportation
    The council would appoint Maryellen (Maggie) Green to the Durham Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission, representing Recreation/Urban Trails and Greenways, filling a term through August 31, 2026 left vacant by Marissa Hartzler's resignation.
  2. 3 Sister Cities Agreement with Kunshan, China
    Resolution Intergovernmental agreements
    The council would authorize the mayor to sign an agreement establishing a sister-city relationship between Durham and Kunshan, China.
  3. 4 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grant Project Ordinances: FY2024-2025 CDBG, FY2024-2025 HOME, FY2024-2025 ESG, FY2024-2025 HOPWA, 2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
    Ordinance Grants and outside fundingHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
    Five ordinances would recognize federal entitlement funds the city has already received: $2,052,760 for Community Development Block Grants, $1,140,306.45 for HOME investment partnerships, $179,195 for emergency solutions, $1,103,729 for housing aid to people with HIV/AIDS, and $106,610 for a Continuum of Care homelessness program.
  4. 5 Resolution Authorizing the Virtual City Auction
    Resolution Contracts and procurement
    The council would authorize a virtual auction of city surplus property for December 8, 2024.
  5. 6 Cooperative Group Purchase Contract – Bucket Truck
    Contract or award
    The council would authorize the city manager to sign a $347,832 contract with Altec Industries, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama for one bucket truck.
  6. 7 Cooperative Group Purchase Contract – Automated Refuse Trucks
    Contract or award Solid waste and recycling
    The council would authorize the city manager to sign a $2,666,702.16 contract with Transource, Inc. of Kernersville for six automated refuse trucks.
  7. 8 Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2024 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Grant Project Ordinance
    Ordinance Grants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesPolice and public safety
    The council would accept a $770,999 federal grant for a justice and mental health collaboration program and adopt the ordinance appropriating it.
  8. 11 Zoning Map Change – Lynley Townhouses
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    A public hearing on rezoning land out of Residential Rural and into Planned Development Residential 8.326 for the Lynley Townhouses, with a required consistency statement under state law.
  9. 12 Consolidated Annexation – Sherron Grove
    Public hearing AnnexationRezoningStormwater and floodingWater and sewer
    A public hearing on annexing the Sherron Grove development into Durham, entering a utility extension agreement with developer The Drees Homes Company, and rezoning the land from a mix of Residential Rural, Residential Suburban-20 and county watershed-overlay designations into Residential Suburban-8 with a city watershed overlay.
  10. 13 Consolidated Annexation – Winsford at the Park
    Public hearing AnnexationHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentRezoning
    A public hearing on annexing the Winsford at the Park development into Durham and rezoning it from county to city Residential Suburban-Multifamily designation.

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