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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 20, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. 4— SUBJECT: Proposed Master Plan - Hollow Rock Access Area at New Hope Preserve DEPARTMENT: Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT: INFORMATION CONTACT: Proposed Master Plan David Stancil, 245 -2510 Advisory Board Comments Lori Taft, 245 -2660 BOCC Work Session Minutes (11/19/09) Marabeth Carr, 960 -3880 PURPOSE: To reconsider the proposed master plan for the Hollow Rock Access Area — a planned multi - jurisdictional public park located along New Hope Creek. BACKGROUND: The planned Hollow Rock Access Area is a 75 -acre site located south of Erwin Road near the intersection with Pickett Road. 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. In November 2009 the BOCC was presented with a proposed master plan for the site. The plan was developed by a 13- member Hollow Rock Master Plan Committee co- chaired by Commissioner Barry Jacobs and also included Commissioner Alice Gordon and representatives from Orange County advisory boards. The committee worked over an 18 -month period, including holding public workshops and open house, to develop a master plan that fulfills the responsibilities of the committee as determined by an interlocal agreement among the four jurisdictions: 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. In November 2009 the Board discussed the proposed master plan, provided feedback to staff, and referred the plan to the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council, Commission for the Environment and Orange United Transportation Board. All three advisory boards have endorsed the plan and provided further recommendations for plan implementation. Advisory board comments are provided as Attachment 2.