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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 5, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. ~ ~ k? SUBJECT: Fairview Park -Draft Interlocal Agreement with Town of Hillsborough DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Parks and Recreation (DEAPR), County Manager and County Attorney ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Draft Interlocal Agreement (8/20/10) Frank Clifton, 245-2300 Map Attachments John Roberts, 245-2318 David Stancil, 245-2510 Lori Taft, 245-2660 PURPOSE: To consider a possible Interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough regarding property exchanges, Town contributions to park expenses, public safety and other issues regarding Fairview Park. BACKGROUND: County voters approved a bond for parks and open space in 2001 which included funding for Fairview Park in north Hillsborough. A Fairview Park Master Plan Committee worked to develop a master plan for the park, and the County and Town sought to augment available funds with a grant from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. A grant in the amount of $500,000 was awarded in summer 2009, and a bid for construction of the park was solicited and awarded in late 2009. In August of this year, the Board approved adding tennis courts to the current project. Construction is well underway and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The park is being constructed on land owned by both the Town and County, consistent with a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by the two jurisdictions in late-2005. While the MOA defined the process for developing a master plan and agreed to allow both properties to be used in the design, the MOA also anticipated a future agreement to address operation and management of the facility. The Master Plan Committee focused its energy on the park design and did not address operation and management, for a variety of reasons. However, with the park poised to be completed and opened, a formal agreement is needed between the Town and County to address ownership, liability and other issues. Over the past few months, the Managers and staff from both jurisdictions met to discuss the outline of a draft Interlocal Agreement, which was subsequently reviewed by both parties.