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11 1 Margaret Hauth said they have taken the plan to the next step to fund the design work 2 and move toward engineer's estimates. She said they have had great support from Orange 3 County and DOT and the hope is that a lot of the improvements will take place this year. She 4 said that DOT has advised that Churton is approved to be re-paved, so the sidewalk needs to 5 be done first. She said the details are included in the Agenda Item (page 5) and the map 6 (pages 10, 11 and 12). She said that the proposed closing of a lane on East Margaret Lane is 7 no longer being pursued. 8 Commissioner Gordon asked for clarification about the section on map page 11, 9 regarding addition of an access to River Park. 10 Margaret Hauth said the plan being considered would extend the sidewalk beside the 11 courthouse down to River Park so that a crosswalk could be put in at Nash and Kolack to 12 facilitate access. 13 Commissioner Gordon clarified where the sidewalk would extend and where the 14 crosswalk would be. 15 Margaret Hauth said there is a gravel walkway coming out the back of the courthouse 16 that comes up to Churton Street. 17 Frank Clifton said this is on the plans with DOT for a crossing at the light in front of 18 Weaver Street, but there is a grade issue there that will have to be accounted for. He said 19 some trees may have to be removed to give enough space and allow handicap access. 20 Commissioner Gordon verified that this is just to cross the street and access the 21 sidewalk, and she asked about what might be done to access River Park. 22 Frank Clifton said this will be decided after a design on the crosswalk has been decided. 23 He said it might just be a pathway. 24 25 4. Update on Waterstone 26 27 Eric Peterson said they do not have any new updates from UNC Hospital about opening 28 dates. He said the administration should open sometime in 2013 and the hospital has an 29 estimated opening in 2015. He said there was to be a closing schedule to sell all of the housing 30 pods in 2012 but it did not go through due to problems with the escrow agreement. The Town 31 Board chose not to proceed with the special assessment district. Stratford Development came 32 back to the town board in January to address concerns and reduced the amount of proposed 33 bonds financed in the special assessment district. He said the town board has requested 34 reduction on the payback from 20 years to 10 years to save 2 million dollars in interest 35 payments. He said the town board will meet on Monday and set a public hearing date regarding 36 next steps and proposed assessment roles. After this, the Town Board will approve an 37 application to the local government commission. If things go according to schedule, bonds will 38 be sold in June and the proceeds used to construct the parkway to manage traffic along 86 and 39 within the development. 40 Chair Jacobs requested that the Board be sent a copy of the plan and what is happening 41 at the UNC site. 42 Margaret Hauth said it is on their website and she can send them the direct link. 43 44 5. Update on Hillsborough Vision 2030 45 46 Margaret Hauth said they kicked off the Town's Vision 2030 process. She said this was 47 done to get fresh input, which is being used to create a draft plan. She said this draft will be 48 released in March to get public input throughout the summer and have a document ready for 49 formal adoption in early fall. 50