October 4, 2011

The Honorable Philip Berger, Senate President Pro-Tempore

The Honorable Thom Tillis, $peaker of the House

North Carolina General Assembly

16 W. Jones Street

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1096

Dear Gentlemen,

We respectfully request your support of the attached inquiry by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners for funding from theLegislative Contingency Fund. TheSe funds will be used to complete construction of Crested lris Drive on the Brightwater Science andTechnology Campus at the site for the new central hospital for Harnett Health Systems. At the cunent time, there is only one access tothe hospital site which may become congested or blocked. The completion of Crested lris Drive would allow for a dedicatedambulance, service vehicle and staff entrance which will be vital to the mission of the hospital in serving its' emergency and criticalcare patients.

The amount of the request is $200,000.00 and the project has the support of the DOT Regional Engineer for Harnett County. Thereare no other known funding sources available. Attached to this request, is a resolution from the Harnett Oounty Board ofCommissioners, as well as a letter from Harnett Health Systems outlining the need for additional funds. We have also attached a sitemap and an Opinion of Probable Cost.

We fully support the funding of this project and are encouraged by the jobs that will be created as a result of the addition of HarnettHealth Systems Hospitalon the Brightwater Campus.

Thank you for your mnsideration of this request. lf we may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

ilt'oV*'^t;Representative David Lewis

Representative Michael Stone

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September 21,2011PO Box 7bg

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Lrllington, NC 27546

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The Honorable Mike c. stone {ax:e10'814-2662

NC House of Representatives

1008 t egislative Building16 W. Jones Street, Room 1008

Raleigh, NC 27601-1096

Re: Funds from the Legislative Contingency Fund

Dear Representative Stone:

At its regularmeeting on september 19,2011, the Harnett county Board ofCommissioners voted unanimously to adopt the attached resolution. Also attached please findsupporting documentation for this request.

On behalf of the Board of Commissioners, thank you for your willingness to assist us.

Sincerely,

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Timothy B. McNeiil, Charrnran

Eeatnco B. Hill, Vice Charrman

Dan B. Andrews

Gary A. House

Jim Burgrn

Kay S. Blanchard. Clerk to the Board

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HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMTSSTONBRSRESOLUTION REQUESTING FUNDS FROM THE LEGISLATIYE CONTINGENCV

FUND FOR BRIGHTWATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS

WHEREAS, the Harnett Forward Together Committee (HFTC) and Harnett County isdeveloping the Brightwater Science and Technology Campus (Campus) infrastructure consistingof utilities, water and sewer, and a network of roads, Brightwater Drive, Amber Leaf Trail, andCrested Iris Drive;

WIIEREAS, the Campus is home to the proposed central hospital for Harnett l{ealth Systemsand the hospital has committed to creating 100 jobs;

WHEREAS, HFTC and Hamett County have received grants from the NC Rural Center and theGolden Leaf Foundation for the construction of utilities, water and sewer, based on job creation.HFTC and Harnett County received grants from EDA that will be used toward the constructionof Brightwater Drive and Amber Leaf Trail;

WHERSAS, there are not sufficient funds at this time to complete the construction of CrestedIris;

WHEREAS, Crested lris Drive is needed to provide safe access to the hospital for ambulancetraffic, service vehicles, and staffseparate frorn the daily traffic volume on Brightwater Drive;

WHEREAS, the cost opinion for the completion of Crested Iris Drive is $200,000.

Now THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Harnen county Board ofCommissioners that a request for funds from the legislative contingency fund from the NorthCarolina General Assembly be made in the amount of $200,000.

HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Mr. Tim McNeill, ChairmanHarnett County Board of CommissionersPOB 759

LOz E. Front StreetLillinglon, NC 27546

Re: Brightwater Science and Technology CampusCrested lris Drive

Dear Tim,

As you know, construction of the Harnett Health System CentralCampus facility is wellunderway on the Brightwater Campus. Structuralsteel installation will soon be completeand we ant,cipate project completion on schedule in Novembe r,2O!2. We understandthat bids have been received for Brightwater Campus infrastructure and there are notsufficient funds for the completion of Crested lris Drive. We are also aware of yourefforts to secure additional funding.

Completion of Crested lris Drive from the intersection with Matthews Road to thehospital is critical to our daily operation. lt will serve as access for ambulance traffic, ourstaff and physicians and all service and delivery traffic to and from the hospital. Crestedlris will relieve Brightwater Drive and its intersection with US 401, the only other accesspoint to the Brightwater campus, from this daily volume of traffic. Having onty oneaccess point to the campus and hospital could delay access and egress for emergencyvehicles and create potentially dangerous traffic congestion at the entrance to theBrighwater Campus.

Brightwater Campus development will intensify once the hospital opens and Crested lriswill also provide an access and egress point for construction traffic, relieving theBrightwater and US 40l intersection of this congestion.

Thanks again for your continued efforts to pursue funds for this critical need.

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