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Attachment B 5 <br />Capital Investment Plan 2014 -19 <br />Follow -up Items <br />Fairview Park - Parking Options <br />Issue: Occasional large events at picnic shelter resulting in overflow of parking lot, cars <br />parked along neighborhood streets <br />Options <br />1 Ask Town to free up as many spaces from existing parking lot adjacent to Police <br />substation /playground as possible, make these available for overflow parking <br />2 Parking along adjoining east side of Rainey Avenue (no homes on this side of <br />street) appears to have sufficient room, and can accommodate up to 40 cars in <br />proximity to park. Cost = $0 - minimal <br />3. Allow parking on Orange County Public Works Drive (off NC 86), perhaps <br />including moving gate Construct lighted trail from the road to the walking track in <br />the park (Note — trail will be somewhat remote and isolated, and will create <br />second access point into park) Projected cost = $20,000 - $40,000 <br />4 Building gravel parking area at end of Orange County Public Works Drive, on <br />County or Town property Construct lighted trail from the road to the walking <br />track in the park. (Note — trail will be somewhat remote and isolated, and will <br />create second access point into park Double as park- and -ride lot ?) Projected <br />cost = $80,000 4100,000 <br />5 Construct planned extension of Orange County Public Works Drive and paved <br />60 -space parking lot near tennis courts, as per Master Plan This will create a <br />second access point into the park (a planned one) and may trigger Town review <br />for possible sidewalks and improvements Projected cost = $450 000 - 500,000 <br />Funding for a possible short -term parking area (not Option 5) is included among the <br />projects for Year 3 of the Park Facility Repairs and Renovations CIP project (page 59 of <br />Manager's Recommended CIP) <br />