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E CG <br />N c Orange irounr Recreation and Pazks Depart anent <br />H p.0. Box 5 i8 • '.iCo w. T:ycn Suet • HiisL—rovgh. NC 2-2 -S <br />TO: Karen Lincoln <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />FR0�1: B Director <br />DATE: November 4, 1998 <br />RE: Price Creek Subdivision <br />As per our conversation regarding Price Creek Subdivision, the following concerns <br />establishes the reason for the staff recommendation to accept payment in lieu of <br />land dedication. Having reviewed the concept plan, we determined that the minimum <br />amount of land required for dedication would result in a very narrow strip east of <br />Price Creek and would not adequately accommodate a trail that could adjoin the <br />dedicated lands of Oak Crest Subdivision to the north. Other concerns were that <br />there were only two lots in Orange County and that the trail going south for <br />approximately 250 feet would meet a dead end at the Chatham County line. Also, <br />the land east of Price Creek is very low in elevation and a large flood plain area <br />would require a much greater width to construct even a primitive trail. <br />It has also been pointed out that two parcels of land in the Oak Crest subdivision <br />intended to be deeded to Orange County in 1989 had in fact not been deeded at all <br />and that the lots in question may not have been included in the Joint Planning Area <br />maps showing proposed greenways since the county line has changed. <br />Last night at the November 3 meeting of the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council <br />all information was again reviewed. It was the consensus of the members present <br />that the minimum amount of land required for dedication (1/20 of an acre) of the <br />approximately five acres of the two lots ( 411 and #12) would not be beneficial to <br />the proposed greenway to the north and that trails meandering along streams should <br />be constructed in greenways with a width of 30 -50 feet or more especially in flood <br />plains in order to reach higher elevations and circumvent trees and slopes. Members <br />of the Advisory Council recommended accepting payment in lieu of dedication at <br />3455 per lot unless more land could be acquired. <br />Please contact me if I can be of further assistance. <br />i <br />T= LF ?HONL5 <br />A.9—Si CODE 919 <br />32 -dlSl <br />0&7311 <br />'s10> _7•ro3t <br />A11GNT: a1 +3010 <br />Z. <br />VC 044 - ?C:_ <br />