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Council reviews contracts, landscaping deal, home sale and utility requests; staff estimate $35,000 annual landscape maintenance
Summary
Council heard several consent and action items: an NCDOT landscaping partnership for the George W. Liles/US‑29 interchange that would cost the city an estimated $35,000 annually after a one‑year establishment period; selection of R.L. Conrad Associates for MPO staffing; a planned sale of a city home for $220,350; a 2.7‑acre surplus‑land sale offer for $400,000; and a water/sewer application for a 1.1‑acre parcel in Area B.
Council reviewed several operational and property matters during the work session.
NCDOT landscaping: Joel Wright described a proposed NCDOT partnership to landscape the four quadrants of the George W. Liles/US‑29 interchange. NCDOT would install low‑maintenance shrubs and native grasses at no cost to the city, maintain the plantings through a one‑year establishment period, then convey maintenance responsibility to the city. Wright estimated annual maintenance costs for the city at roughly $35,000 to cover mulch, herbicide and fertility applications. “It would definitely create a sense of arrival,” a…
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