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crew of three full-time staff that will operate the park as well as other parks. There will also be additional seasonal staff. Chair Foushee said that it seems that since the MOU is predicated on these five items, then the boards are not ready to move forward on the MOU. The boards agreed. b) Update on Riverwalk Margaret Hauth said that this concept is to create a greenway along the Eno River that connects the park behind the courthouse to Occoneechee State Natural Area along the river. Phase 1 connects to Gold Park. The Town is nearly ready to acquire the last piece of property that is needed. c) Update on Gold Park Margaret Hauth said that Saturday, March 21St, the Town is planning to have a ribbon cutting for this park. The park includes 24 acres given to the Town by the Gold family to construct this park. 2. Interlocal Agreement for Hillsborough Strategic Growth Plan - Phase II — Report from the Interlocal Agreement Committee Margaret Hauth introduced Roger Waldon with Clarion and Associates, who has been helping with this second phase of the Strategic Growth Plan. Roger Waldon thanked Eric Hallman and Commissioner Jacobs for their leadership on this steering committee. He said that the inter-jurisdictional work is great in Orange County and it is a model. He made reference to the brief summary in the packet. He said that the key point is establishing an urban services area for Hillsborough. He said that there were a number of public information sessions and he was pleased with the reaction. He pointed out the Summary of Recommendations (in attachment 2): Summary of Recommendations The key points in the recommendations: - Adjustments would be made to Hillsborough's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction boundary that would remove existing Extraterritorial Jurisdiction designations in areas where Hillsborough is not likely to grow, and expand Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in places where it does not now exist but which are directly in the path of Hillsborough's near- term growth. The proposed shifts would represent generally equivalent acreage being added and taken away. - A boundary for Hillsborough's growth and annexation would be established. - Boundaries would be drawn for areas of joint review of development proposals. Craig Benedict pointed out areas on the map of the potential urban services area. Craig Benedict said that in all of the blue, orange, and white areas, there would be a joint land use plan and there would be agreement about what uses would be in those areas. Roger Waldon said that this has been good planning and the hope is that the two boards would consider the agreement and the map. Craig Benedict reiterated that this is an agreement to do something and not putting lines on a map or changing land uses or zoning at this time.