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38 1 Dave Stancil said the current arrangement with the town is that they open and close the 2 gate for the existing parking lot. He said this lot is located at the police substation, and it does 3 not have a gate, so many of the police officers are leaving their vehicles there. He said this 4 would mean a change of approach might be needed. 5 Chair Jacobs asked how many times there has been overflow. 6 Dave Stancil said he has not heard about this, but the expectation is that this only 7 happens with a large family reunion or weekend event using the picnic shelter. He said this 8 makes it hard to know how far to address this issue. 9 Commissioner Price said she has been over there on occasion, and it has been difficult 10 to find a space. She said people may use this facility more often if there was more parking 11 available. She suggested use of the upper corner of the field. 12 Dave Stancil said Rainey Street may be an option for adding parking on the right side of 13 the street only. He said this would require coordination with the town. He said there is an 14 existing playground that is scheduled for replacement or removal beside the existing substation 15 parking lot. He said this might be a possible area for expansion. 16 Commissioner Price asked about the objection to putting gravel down in the upper 17 northeastern corner field. 18 Dave Stancil said the master plan does show this parking area and a driveway. He said 19 the only issue is the necessary funding of$500,000. He said it might be possible to build the 20 driveway, but it will not be cheap even if the parking area is gravel. He said gravel parking 21 could be done near the end of the existing public works driveway, but this would require a path 22 to be cut to the walking trails. 23 Commissioner Price said many of the residents want this to be finished, and she feels 24 the park would be used more if there was more parking. 25 Commissioner McKee said he would suggest finding out how often crowds actually limit 26 the parking, and he suspects it is fairly often. He said this is a major issue for those who live 27 across the street. 28 Commissioner Rich asked how many more spaces would be needed. 29 Dave Stancil said this need may be something the Town of Hillsborough would want to 30 weigh in on. 31 Commissioner Gordon suggested, since the extent of the need is not known, that the 32 free options should be explored first. 33 Dave Stancil agreed and said the simplest solution might be to see if the police 34 substation lot can be freed up. 35 Chair Jacobs said there has been discussion about the fact that building that driveway 36 and parking lot would make it more of a County park instead of a neighborhood park, as it would 37 give more access. He said there is a very active neighborhood association that may be able to 38 keep an eye on the parking and report on the times when the parking lot is full. He said, as a 39 short term solution, signage could be posted to note the overflow parking area at the police 40 substation. 41 Chair Jacobs said he is hearing that more data is needed. 42 43 Efland-Cheeks Community Center 44 Paul Laughton said information on this item is found in attachment C. He said there is a 45 question of whether or not this center is sufficient for the community's needs. He noted the 46 attachment of a brochure outlining the summer and fall programming. 47 Chair Jacobs asked if there will be a placeholder in the CIP for any improvements. 48 Paul Laughton said there are no placeholders at this point, but that could be done at the 49 discretion of the Board. 50 Chair Jacobs said the Board just approved two other community center upgrades. He 51 said this Efland Community has been very involved in using the center, and he likes the idea of 52 finding out what is needed. He would like to have some placeholder funding in years 6 - 10.