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Chair Jacobs said that the issues with Fairview Park and not being able to put in a lot of active recreation because of the previous landfill led to discussions of looking at another site to serve Hillsborough Township. It seems a park in Hillsborough Township should be moved up higher in priority because it might serve two or three townships. John Link said that the staff recommends for the Board to discuss this as long as it would like, and then a revised plan could be brought back on a consent agenda, perhaps on September Stn Chair Jacobs noted that some of the projects in the proposed plan are new projects that the Board has not discussed. He suggested differentiating what is an ongoing project and what is proposed as a new project. He asked the staff to also think about prioritizing, since there might be limited funds. Commissioner Gordon would like to do the projects that are ongoing first instead of the new projects. The new projects are Bolin Creek Corridor, Halls Mill Historic Area, and Occoneechee Mountain. The ongoing projects, which are the projects already approved by the Board, should receive priority. Otherwise the financial and staff resources could be stretched too thin. Chair Jacobs asked about Halls Mill and if this was the only historic site and Dave Stancil said that there is Faucette Mill. Rich Shaw said that it should be recognized that Faucette Mill is still in progress. Dave Stancil said that if there was something in a previous action plan and there have been steps towards it, it is not reflected in this action plan. Chair Jacobs would like to see the whole plan and differentiate what is new (update of the action plan} and what has not been adopted. Chair Jacobs pointed out that on October 14th, Duke Forest would dedicate more than 1,000 acres of land to the State's Natural Heritage Program. He said that Orange County has had some impact on discussions with Duke Forest. He suggested having the Clerk set up a meeting with the new President of Duke. He would also like to meet with people from UNC-Chapel Hill, especially regarding lands that they own that the County assumes that they are going to protect. Commissioner Gordon said that she would be interested in attending a meeting with UNC. Chair Jacobs said that with UNC, they would meet as a Board. John Link said that his understanding is that the staff will come back with a framework that is inclusive of existing projects, with reference to ongoing projects and others that are new. Chair Jacobs said that the intent is not to discredit the Bolin Creek effort, but the Board has not had a chance to discuss it. Commissioner Gordon said that the Friends of Bolin Creek are going to other jurisdictions. They need to talk about partners in this situation. Dave Stancil said that the Bolin Creek Corridor also came out of the Commission for the Environment suggestions.