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[Orange County BOCC Letterhead] DRAFT February 19, 2013 Darrell McBane N.C. Trails Program Manager NCDENR Division of Parks and Recreation 1615 Mail Services Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1615 Dear Mr. McBane: On behalf of Orange County, I am pleased to provide this letter of support for the grant application submitted to the NC Recreational Trails Program by Durham County for the Hollow Rock Access Area. The Hollow Rock area has long been designated as a future low-impact recreation and trail access point on New Hope Creek, and connects to permanent open space owned by Orange County and Durham County as part of the larger New Hope Creek Preserve. In April 2010 the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the Hollow Rock Access Area Master Plan. The master plan was developed in 2009 by a 13-member committee with representatives from four partner jurisdictions (Chapel Hill, Orange County, Durham County and City of Durham) with assistance from the Triangle Land Conservancy and others. The grant funds will provide critical funding needed to construct essential elements from the master plan, including a trail head parking area and small bridges over streams. Safe parking is needed in order to open this popular area for public use. The official opening of the Hollow Rock Access Area will be a major milestone in the implementation of the New Hope Creek Corridor trail effort, which has been underway since the 1980s and has involved the combined efforts of Orange County, Durham County, the City of Durham, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Triangle Land Conservancy, and many volunteers. Thank you for your consideration of this important recreational trails project. If you have any questions about Orange County’s involvement with this project, please contact David Stancil, Director of the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation at 919-245-2510. Sincerely, Barry Jacobs, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners