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Work Session

Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
Monday, October 5, 2026 at 9:00 am

Work session Budget and appropriationsBonds and debtEnvironment and sustainabilityGrants and outside fundingHomelessness and shelterArts and public artDrugs and addictionFarmland and open spaceHealth and human servicesHistoric preservationParks and recreationPublic facilities

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What's on this agenda

Durham County commissioners spend most of Monday morning's work session on homelessness. Housing for New Hope reports on UNITE Street Medicine, a federally funded team that takes health care to people living outside. Urban Ministries of Durham then reports on the Hope Day Services Center, a $350,000 pilot running through January 2027, with five months of data on who has used it.

The consent agenda carries four budget actions. The biggest is $2 million in county cash for the Museum of Life and Science, whose 2022 bond projects face a $3.5 million gap that the museum blames on inflation and tariffs. The board would also spend $1 million in opioid settlement money on a seven-bedroom house on Holloway Street, appraised at $770,000, as a new Justice Services transition house. Two smaller items close the purchase of 15.4 acres of bottomland forest at 4370 Garrett Road and add $8,292 to the state forest service contract. Planners close the session by presenting Orange Factory's request to be recognized as a county Heritage Community.

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Agenda items (9)

Consent agenda · 4Procedural · 2Presentation · 2Discussion item · 1
  1. 1 Citizen Comments (30 min)
    Procedural
    The monthly 30-minute period in which any county resident may address the board.
  1. 26-0528 Update on the ARPA Project - UNITE Street Medicine
    Presentation Grants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesHomelessness and shelter
    Housing for New Hope and Central Pines Regional Council report on UNITE Street Medicine, the ARPA-funded team that brings health care to unsheltered residents with partners including the HEART response team and Durham Tech.
  2. 26-0519 Hope Day Services Center Pilot Project Update
    Presentation Homelessness and shelter
    Urban Ministries of Durham reports on the first five months of the county's $350,000 day services pilot for unsheltered residents, which runs through January 2027.
  3. 26-0513 Informational Item - Orange Factory Heritage Community
    Discussion item Historic preservation
    Planners present the Orange Factory community's request for recognition under the county's Heritage Communities program, which honors historic communities that lack or do not want formal historic district status. The board is asked for comments.
  4. 4 Adjournment
    Procedural

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