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11 1 She said there is a limitation on how much area can be used for commercial. 2 Commissioner Gordon asked for the location of the 52-acres. 3 Trish McGuire said this is marked as the brighter areas of the map. 4 Alderman Lavelle said this was an update from last year, and she asked for questions or 5 comment. 6 Commissioner Gordon asked about the possibility of Street A serving both the 7 development and the park, and she noted the possibility of the County having money to put into 8 this. 9 Dave Stancil said phase one of the park has been completed. He said road A does dip 10 down at Old 86 for site distance reasons and it otherwise parallels an old farm road. He said 11 this road has been planned as the main way into the property since the master plan was 12 adopted in 2005. He said the Board did approve $600,000 in the capital budget for a road cost 13 share agreement. He said those funds could go to funding of this road, however a road 14 analysis has been recommended. He said a road cost share agreement has not been 15 attempted yet, since the road is not yet defined. 16 He said the remaining funds for the Twins Creek Park go beyond the five year window 17 of the CIP. He said this is a multi-million dollar district park for the entirety of the Chapel Hill 18 Township. 19 Commissioner Gordon said he might want to address the possible continuation of the 20 greenway south. She said this would be in Carrboro's district. She asked about the status of 21 this. 22 Trish McGuire said the funding in 2009 gave a jumpstart to the Jones Creek Greenway. 23 She said this allowed the construction of the red line on the map. She said there is one pot of 24 money for the segments to the south. She said there is a grant for a portion of the greenway. 25 She said the thinking was that this would provide a connection down to Lake Hogan Farms 26 road. 27 She said there is an on road linkage from Jones Creek Greenway to lots of residences. 28 Alderman Lavelle asked Trish McGuire to show the location of the Ballentine 29 neighborhood. 30 Trish McGuire noted this location on the map. 31 Commissioner Gordon said it looks like it would not take too much to get to the roadway. 32 She said she would encourage this access. 33 Dave Stancil said MI homes did allow access to the trail so people can use the 34 greenway. 35 Commissioner Gordon said that is very exciting and she would encourage them to 36 continue the greenway south to the road. 37 Chair Jacobs said when the park was first planned, it had a greenway. He said parents 38 were opposed to this, so it was removed from the map. He said another group came forward a 39 couple of years later asking for a greenway. He said he feels this space is now very well 40 received. 41 42 Addition to the agenda: 43 44 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 45 approve the November 5th meeting location change from the DSS offices at Hillsborough 46 Commons to the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough. 47 48 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 49 50 With no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 9:05 pm.