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area. 2 4 2 <br />. Commissioner Crowther indicated that Hillsborough has a newly adopted <br />Parks and Recreation Plan and the County has a similar plan. He said that <br />both of these plans mention this site as a possible location for a park. <br />Mayor Johnson said N.C. State University students completed a plan <br />which included a park and gazebo on the river. He hoped that the County <br />and Town would be able to work jointly on this plan. He suggested using <br />inmate labor to prepare the land. Those plans will be located and <br />distributed. <br />Chair Carey suggested putting a group together which would include, <br />among others, citizens from the Chamber and both Recreation and Parks <br />Advisory Councils. <br />Commissioner Willhoit agreed that this was important, but he asked <br />that the proposal to look at future school sites not be fogotten. He <br />raised caution about the prospects of County money being spent for a Town <br />park during the current financial climate. However, the County could <br />possibly provide the land, the public sector could raise the money and the <br />Town provide the labor. <br />Chair Carey asked that the Managers contact the Chamber and explore <br />the possibilities for this land. <br />LANDFILL SITE: <br />In response to a request, commissioner Willhoit indicated that the _- <br />Landfill Search Committee is gathering data and is expected to make its. <br />report in the fall. After the report is finalized, the elected officials -= <br />for each of the towns and the County will consider the recommendation. <br />HILLSBOROUGH'S RESERVOIR: <br />Eric Swanson reported that the financing has been approved in the <br />amount of $5.8 million in General Obligation Bonds. The first step have <br />been taken in approving the surveying work. They anticipate purchasing <br />land in the summer. <br />There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next <br />regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners is March 21, 1995 at 7:30 <br />p.m. That meeting will be held in the Community Meeting Room, Orange <br />Water and Sewer Authority, Carrboro, NC. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Kathleen Baker, Deputy Clerk