RES-2012-115 Resolution Urging the NC Div. of State Parks To Make Closing Mountains-to-Sea Trail Gaps Within the Eno River State Park One of its Highest Priorities

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RES-2012-115 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Resolution Urging the North Carolina Division of State Parks To Make Closing the Mountains-to-Sea Trail Gaps Within the Eno River State Park One of its Highest Priorities WHEREAS, North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) runs 1,000 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks to showcase North Carolina's natural, rural and cultural features; and WHEREAS, the MST is a unit of the State Park System created and maintained in partnership with local, state and federal governments and citizen groups; and WHEREAS, the existing and planned route of the MST from the Town of Hillsborough east follows the Eno River to Falls Lake and the Neuse River; and WHEREAS, the MST will stretch continuously for 150 miles between the Town of Hillsborough and the Town of Clayton when it is complete; and WHEREAS, all of the land for the MST in Durham and Wake counties and in Clayton from the Wake county line to Sam's Branch has been acquired and construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2013; and WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough and Classical American Homes are now building a Riverwalk along the Eno River that is part of the MST; and WHEREAS, the only missing links in the trail route between Clayton and Hillsborough are in Orange County within the area identified for acquisition within the master plan for the Eno River State Park; and WHEREAS, Orange County is eager to see completion of a 150-mile continuous stretch of the MST from Clayton to Hillsborough; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Orange County urges the NC Division of State Parks to make closing the gaps within the trail in Eno River State Park one of its highest priorities. This the 11th Day of December 2012. Barry Jac ir Orang ou and o ommissioners