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7 <br />Creeks site -and still allow for the potential use of Soccer Superfund monies <br />elsewhere. As noted above, a paved version of a permanent greenway trail is <br />estimated to cost approximately $850,000. However, the Town of Carrboro will <br />need to answer several questions in order to evaluate this further. <br />• Will the Town insist on this type of paved trail, or allow for the less- <br />expensive Option 1 (an interim trail in the easement and stream buffer)? <br />Either option may require waiving some stream buffer rules and other <br />ordinance provisions (and perhaps federal floodplain exemption). <br />• How much additional grading and subsurface work will be required (which <br />significantly increases costs) for anon-paved interim trail? Will the trail be <br />required to be ADA-accessible (this affects the trail surface decision)? <br />• Will the Town allow for an interim (Eagle Scout-type) bridge in the short- <br />term? <br />• Can this be accomplished in advance of the future approval process for <br />the park? An interlocal agreement for this project may be an option. <br />Operation, Maintenance Security and Safety Issues - An assessment will be <br />needed to determine whether sufficient staff exist to monitor and maintain the <br />trail on the Twin Creeks site. This assessment would also need to address the <br />operational costs and expectations. Additionally, the trail is considerably removed <br />from Old 86 and is in a wooded, undeveloped natural corridor -with no road <br />connections at present. Will this create safety issues? <br />Finally, a trail in the sewer easement would link in the middle of the site to the old <br />farm road, which leads to the barn and outbuildings (where stabilization work is <br />underway). Will this create security concerns for the buildings, or liability and <br />increased vandalism potential? <br />Possible Benefits <br />Showing Results from the 2001 Parks and Open Space Bond - As recently <br />noted, Twin Creeks is the one project from the 2001 bond where no activity is <br />underway toward construction or opening of the facility (there is work underway <br />on building stabilization). Constructing a linear park and trail within the sewer <br />easement would show results from the bond funds, likely within the currently <br />available funds. <br />Coordination with the Master Plan - A trail in the sewer easement is not <br />inconsistent with the master plan, but was not envisioned to be the main <br />connection to the school. However, the sewer easement may have presented an <br />opportunity to revise the plan. If a trail is not within the sewer easement, the <br />northernmost and southernmost segments of the trail must be designed in a way <br />mindful of the future school facility and park construction on the site, to ensure <br />the trail is not located in a way that constrains future plans. <br />