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5 Hollow Rock Access Area Master Plan September 2009 Hollow Rock Access Area at New Hope Preserve Proposed Master Plan I. Introduction In September 2006, four local governments (Orange County, Durham County, City of Durham, and Town of Chapel Hill) signed an interlocal agreement for the acquisition, planning and operation of the Hollow Rock portion of the New Hope Creek Corridor master plan. The agreement also established a "Park Planning Advisory Committee" to develop recommendations for an overall plan for the Hollow Rock area property. Over the last year and a half, the Hollow Rock Master Plan Committee held 13 meetings, solicited public comment on concepts and ideas, and developed a master plan with recommendations for the types and location of facilities for the Hollow Rock Access Area'. (See Appendix 1 for a list of committee members.) The Committee had the following responsibilities (by interlocal agreement): 1. To develop recommendations of uses to be allowed within different areas of the Hollow Rock Access area. 2. To develop recommendations of facilities to be available within different areas of the Hollow Rock Access area and proposed locations for said facilities. 3. To provide suggestions on priority phasing for recommended facilities. 4. To hold public input meetings on the recommended uses and facilities. II. Background The planned Hollow Rock Access Area is a multi - jurisdictional project to conserve significant natural and cultural resource lands along New Hope Creek and to make portions of the site available for low- impact recreational uses. The 75 -acre site is located south of Erwin Road near the intersection with Pickett Road (Figure A). The property straddles the Orange- Durham county line, and is comprised of multiple land parcels owned separately by Orange County, Durham County, the Town of Chapel Hill and the Triangle Land Conservancy. New Hope Creek forms the western boundary of the property. The name "Hollow Rock Access Area" is based on the 1991 New Hope Creek Corridor Master Plan, and is used within the context of a larger "New Hope Preserve," which includes lands owned by Orange County, Durham County, Town of Chapel Hill, and the Triangle Land Conservancy. Some of these additional lands lie outside of the boundaries of the access area master plan project, and may or may not include public access (other than long -term trail connections).