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2A-The News of Orange County,•Hillsborough, NC, Wednesday, January 13,1999 Industrial park proposed ' between Old and New 86 By DeAnna Overmans The News of Orange County Boots Elam, of the. design firm Elam, Todd and d'Ambrosi, on be- half of the Law Offices of Arthur J. Berk, brought a propcsal for an in- dustrial park southeast and adjacent to Hillsborough, between NorthCaro- Tina Highway 86 and Old 86 and north of Interstate 40, to the Hillsbor- ough Town Commissioners at Mon- day night's board meeting. Elam described the park as amixed- use, planned area development with offices, retail stores, hotels, clean manufacturing companies and hous- ing. Arthur Berk is the .trustee rt;pre- senting the 347 acre plan, which is not. yet named and still in its devel- opmental stages. Elam presented what plans are cur- rently established and requested the board consider annexing their park into the town of Hillsborough. The board directed the town staff to start work on preparation of an annexation feasibility study. - Also attending Monday night's meeting was Lieutenant Judy Jacobs and the Fairview Community Polic- ing Center Committee. Jacobs is head. of the Community Policing Program. The committee brought before the board a proposal for the Fairview Community Policing Center. "The center would serve as a com- munity policing center, a satellite office location for government ser- vices [town and county], and would have a meeting room that would be openfor use by community groups," Jacobs explained. Town Manager Eric Peterson showed the board preliminary maps of the layout of the center and the location of the building on the Fairview Park property. Mayor Horace Johnson thanked the committee for forming and pre- senting the information about the center and said that the board would now move forward with presenting the idea to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The third and final report brought before the board was presented by Alison Weiner of the Chapel Hill Land Trust Implementation Task Force. A Community Land Trust is a pri- vate non-profit membership organi- zation, made up of concerned citi- zens,created toacquire and hold land for future generations. Weiner explained to the board that the Land Trust would bring afford- able housing to Orange County. The board presented a Resolution in Memory of Magnolia Satterfield to her grand daughter Helen Chavis. Mrs. Satterfield passed away Fri- day, September 11, 1998. In other business,: the board ap- proved aproclamation proclaiming the official recognition of Feb. 2, 1999, as Groundhog Job Shadow Day in Hillsborough, approved Jack Hughes for a second term on the Planning. Board, approved the con- sideration for a resolution to create a capitol reserve fund, and approved consideration of a position descrip- tion for Police Lieutenant/Training Coordinator.