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10 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 We believe that once your board is updated, you will agree that work in Bingham <br /> 3 and OWASA is premature and should be discontinued until the county has engaged <br /> 4 impacted property holders. The trail should be invited into our neighborhood, not <br /> 5 mandated upon our neighborhood because it fits the larger goal of an organization that <br /> 6 does not even reside in Orange County. <br /> 7 This issue is important to us —and without a real dialog, attitudes will degrade and <br /> 8 community leaders will begin to solidify opposition to what should otherwise be a positive <br /> 9 project. <br /> 10 Please start a meaningful public discussion on the Mountains to Sea trail, and <br /> 11 place the topic at the start of your agenda. <br /> 12 Thank you." <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Chair Pelissier said that this item was put on an earlier agenda as a report even <br /> 15 though there was a petition to put it on an agenda. The response has been that it is a <br /> 16 report item and that it will not come up until the staff has come up with more definitive <br /> 17 information. She said that this is not a project of the County per se, but it is a project of <br /> 18 the Mountains to Sea Trail. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> 21 (These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br /> 22 below.) <br /> 23 <br /> 24 3. Petitions by Board Members <br /> 25 Commissioner McKee said that he would like a status report on the request to have <br /> 26 more meetings on the MTST and Chair Pelissier said that Kate Dixon at the state MTST would <br /> 27 be organizing a meeting in the near future. <br /> 28 Commissioner Gordon petitioned the board to send a letter to Chancellor Thorp to thank <br /> 29 him and the University of North Carolina for adding 107.6 acres of environmentally sensitive <br /> 30 land to the Mason Farm Biological Reserve. This is a part of the Parker Property, a 126.5 acre <br /> 31 tract conveyed to UNC at Chapel Hill by William and Athena Parker in 1976. She made <br /> 32 reference to her handout. She said that the Parker family gave this land to the University with <br /> 33 the hope that it would be preserved. The 107.6 acres will be administered and managed by the <br /> 34 N.C. Botanical Garden as part of the Mason Farm Biological Reserve. The remaining 18.9 <br /> 35 acres of the Parker property will be left undeveloped for the next 25 years. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Commissioner Jacobs petitioned the Board to do more formal recognitions of community <br /> 38 residents such as Chapel Hill Creamery that just won an award for its cheese, the anonymous <br /> 39 Boy Scout that raised money for Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation <br /> 40 (DEAPR), etc. He said that the County should honor these residents that are achieving in their <br /> 41 realms. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 44 <br /> 45 a. Resolution of Recognition for Volunteer Fire Departments in Orange <br /> 46 County for Reducing Homeowners' Fire Insurance Costs <br /> 47 The Board considered adopting a resolution to recognize the Volunteer Fire <br /> 48 Departments in Orange County for their diligent efforts in reducing homeowners' fire insurance <br /> 49 costs. <br /> 50 <br />