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Morrisville Community Park – sidewalk between the picnic shelter and restroom area

to provide easier access for wheelchairs to these facilities.

Passive Park Amenities:

Addition of minor amenities to help expand the passive and

active users present in Morrisville parks. The project will provide four concrete chess tables

with stools, two cornhole board sets and a table tennis table to be installed at Church Street

Park, Shiloh Park, Northwest Park and Morrisville Community Park. This project was

recommended for consideration in the budget by the Parks, Recreation and Cultural

Advisory Committee (PRCAC) and supports the Parks and Recreation Master Plan

recommendation to create amenities that offer unique experiences to foster social

interaction and expose residents to nature.

Connect Morrisville > Engaged,

inclusive community Multiple Objectives.

26,400

-26,400

Parkland PIL

TOTAL

$5,418,500

Capital Budget (CIP) Items

Town Manager

Requests

Park West Fire Station:

Initial allocation of funds to support identification of a site for

future Fire Station #4 in the Park West Village/Morrisville Parkway area, which has been

identified in the Fire Protection Study and data compiled in the Fire Department’s Standard

of Coverage. Funds would be used for land acquisition and related costs and initial design

work for construction of a facility in future years. Construction would require additional

funding. This project is considered a potential bond referendum project.

Connect

Morrisville > Public safety readiness, Engaged, inclusive community and

Operational excellence Multiple Objectives.

2,500,000

-2,500,000

CIP Reserve

Crabtree Creek Nature Park:

Initial allocation of funds for design and engineering of

a nature-themed park in the floodplain area next to Weston Estates subdivision connected

to the Crabtree Hatcher Creek Greenway, with an entrance off Keybridge Drive near NC54.

The conceptual plan includes a parking lot, picnic shelter with restrooms, a playground, an

open play green space, and walking trails through wetland and forested areas. Educational

interpretive signage would be installed throughout the site to describe the different wildlife

and environmental aspects of the park. The plan was updated as a part of the 2018 Parks

and Recreation Master Plan Update. Construction would require additional funding. This

project is considered a potential bond referendum project.

Connect Morrisville >

Thriving, livable neighborhoods and Engaged, inclusive community Multiple

Objectives.

1,225,000

-1,225,000

Parkland PIL

Morrisville Community Park Phase 3:

Initial allocation of funds for design and

engineering of Phase 3 improvements at Morrisville Community Park. The plan was

updated as a part of the 2018 Parks and Recreation Master Plan update. The current

conceptual plan includes construction of tennis courts near the Kudrow Lane parking lot,

walking trails from adjacent communities and miscellaneous site amenities. Construction

would require additional funding. This project is considered a potential bond referendum

project.

Connect Morrisville > Thriving, livable neighborhoods and Engaged,

inclusive community Multiple Objectives.

700,000

-700,000

Parkland PIL

Northwest Fire Station Due Diligence:

The need for a fire station in/near Research

Triangle Park is well documented in both the fire protection study and the data compiled

300,000

-300,000

Town Council adopted with budget/CIP the addition of Fire Station #2 Relocation; appropriated

reserves in FY 2020 for NC 54 Corridor Congestion Mitigation projects that is inclusive of Airport

Boulevard Extension and reduced the appropriation for design for Crabtree Creek Nature Park.