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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~"7- b <br />SUBJECT: Fairview Park -Draft Interlocal A reement with Town of Hillsborou h <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, <br />Parks and Recreation <br />(DEAPR), County Attorney, <br />and County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Interlocal Agreement (as approved <br />by the County Board of <br />Commissioners at October 5, 2010 <br />regular meeting) <br />Town's October 25, 2010 Revised <br />Agreement <br />Map Attachments <br />Excerpt from Town of Hillsborough FY <br />2010-11 Approved Budget <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245-2300 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, 245-2318 <br />David Stancil, DEAPR, 245-2510 <br />Lori Taft, DEAPR, 245-2660 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a possible interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough <br />regarding property exchanges, operations and other issues at Fairview Park -including a <br />revised agreement from the Town of Hillsborough dated October 25, 2010. <br />BACKGROUND: County voters approved a bond for parks and open space in 2001 which <br />included funding for Fairview Park in north Hillsborough. The 2001 Parks and Open Space <br />Bond included park facility projects in all of the different municipalities, with Fairview Park <br />identified in Hillsborough. <br />A Fairview Park Master Plan Committee with representatives from both Town and County <br />boards worked to develop a master plan for the park, and the County and Town sought to <br />augment available funds with a grant from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF). <br />A PARTF grant jointly submitted by the Town and County in the amount of $500,000 was <br />awarded in summer 2009, and a bid for construction of the park was solicited and awarded in <br />late 2009. A Conditional Use Permit application was developed and later approved by the <br />Town Board of Adjustment. <br />Both County and Town budgets include funds for Fairview Park -the Town's adopted FY 2010- <br />11 budget includes an approved $30,000 contribution earmarked to Fairview Park operations <br />(see attached excerpt). Finally, in August of this year, the County Board of Commissioners <br />