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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 5, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. Q-~ <br />SUBJECT: Southern Community Park Actions <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />Conservation <br />No <br />ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />(Conceptual Plan previously provided) David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Attachment 1 -Concept Plan Map Donna Dean, 245-2150 <br />Attachment 2 -Proposed Southern Park <br />Process (from County/Town Work Group) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Attachment 3 -Proposed Timetable Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider four actions related to the approval and construction process for <br />Southem Community Park. <br />BACKGROUND: In the spring of 2001, the Chapel Hill Town Council commissioned and <br />charged a Southern Park Conceptual Plan Committee to develop the plan for Southern <br />Community Park. As a part of the November 2001 bond referendum, Orange County <br />included $2.0 million toward this project, to go with $795,000 remaining from 1997 parks <br />bond monies for the park. In January 2002, the Committee issued its report/plan for this 73- <br />acre site on US 15/501 south of Chapel Hill, and in May 2002 the Chapel Hill Town Council <br />adopted the conceptual plan and report, with revisions. <br />Beginning in the summer of 2002, and organized by Mayor Kevin Foy and Chair Barry <br />Jacobs, representatives from the Board and Chapel Hill Town Council (now called the <br />County/Town Work Group) began meeting to develop an Approval and Construction Process <br />for the project. Meanwhile, in October 2002, the Board of Commissioners also began review <br />and consideration of the Conceptual Plan. On October 15th and November 11th, the Board <br />reviewed additional information requested from the Town and authorized a response to Town <br />representatives regarding a process for construction approval and funding. <br />Discussion on November 11th focused on the potential for relocating the footprint for a third <br />soccer field to land along US 15/501. At the October 30 Assembly of Governments meeting, <br />Town representatives indicated agreement with the location of the third field along US <br />15/501. <br />