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Margaret Hauth said that after the School of Public Health had their meetings an Revere Raad, Commissioner Sheridan asked staff to devise a simple survey that was distributed by the community authority and police officers in the Fairview community and collected back by them. She still has the results of the survey. Chair Jacobs said that Commissioner Lowen made suggestions about the uses that fit the results of the survey. Commissioner Lowen said that the shape of the property limits the usage because of the configurations of the landfill. Commissioner Gering asked about the schedule far the band money and John Link said that the County has 7 years to use the funds. Once the plans are agreed upon by both boards, the bond money will be in place. Chair Jacobs said that the importance of having pedestrian and vehicular access is high. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if there was a way to piggyback the Public Works facilities and if anyone was interested in doing this. Eric Peterson said that he and John Link had talked about shared facilities or joint designs and they are happy to discuss this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they have seen what it takes to get people to co-locate and it is a challenge. He said that if there is an opportunity for sharing, then we need to look at it. Commissioner Lowen said that it was his understanding that some of this property going to Orange County will be used for expanding the Public Works facility for Orange County. John Link said yes. He said that in order to speak to this issue, they need to look at what Hillsborough's functions would be in their new facility and the capacity of the County's present facility. c. Riverwalk Project (Hillsborough) Margaret Hauth said that the Riverwalk is a planned greenway from the County courthouse west to the Occaneechi State Natural Area following the river. They have received and adapted a trail grant for $5,000 to build a portion of the trail that would be on the Gold Park parcel. They are expecting word from the railroad that they will allow construction of the facility under the railroad trestle at the river to allow people to walk under the trestle as it crosses the river. They also have a land and water conservation grant due at the end of this month far the western portion of the project. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he was worried about Eric Peterson's memo about the Indian village being possibly moved. Commissioner Hallman said that that was an article in the paper. He talked with John Jeffries, who corrected this perception. Chair Jacobs asked what the Riverwalk would look like. Margaret Hauth said that it would probably be a paved path and the width has not been determined. It will probably be six to eight feet wide.