TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Jackie Tuckey, Management Analyst
Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
DATE: October 24, 2022
RE:
Title
North Carolina History Center Foundation Report and Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-7
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work, and Recreate
Executive Summary:
In 2018, the City donated 17 parcels to the North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction History Center Foundation. That action and others have supported the Foundation's effort to develop a state-supported history center in Fayetteville. Since that time, the Foundation has received further support from the State of North Carolina and completed several phases of the masterplan. The NC History Center project was recently approved for funding by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners for $7.5M. In order to access this funding, the History Center Foundation must receive $6.6M from the Fayetteville City Council.
Foundation members will provide a report on their efforts and answer any questions from Council. In making the presentation, it is also anticipated that the Foundation will seek support for funding the remaining $6.6M from the City's earlier pledge of $7.5M.
Background:
Beginning in 2012, the Foundation presented the idea of developing a 60,000+ square
foot historical facility focused on the Civil War to be developed on the historic site of the
Fayetteville Arsenal.
In October 2015, the City provided the Foundation $100,000 to support the development of project plans and estimates in order to support further project development and fundraising efforts.
On December 12, 2016, the Council adopted Resolution No. R2016-081 "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville in Support of the Proposed North Carolina Civil War History Center (attached)." The resolution expre...
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