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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 3, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-n <br /> -SUBJECT: Draft Interlocal Agreement for the Hollow Rock Park and Natural Area <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Parks and Recreation <br /> (DEAPR) <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Draft Interlocal Agreement <br /> 2) Land Ownership Map (Exhibit A) David Stancil, 919-245-2510 <br /> 3) Site Plan (Phase 1a) Rich Shaw, 919-245-2514 <br /> 4) Exhibit C - Phasing Plan for Facilities Marabeth Carr, 919-245-2516 <br /> Construction <br /> This Item is a carry-forward from the <br /> February 17, 2015 meeting cancelled <br /> due to weather. <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a draft interlocal agreement for the construction and operation of the <br /> planned Hollow Rock Park and Natural Area - a planned multi-jurisdictional public park located <br /> along New Hope Creek. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1992, Orange County, Chapel Hill, Durham County and the City of Durham <br /> adopted the New Hope Creek Corridor Master Plan, which called for preservation of lands along <br /> the New Hope,Creek corridor from central Orange County to Jordan Lake. The master plan <br /> envisioned a public trail network with a number of"access areas" at strategic locations, including <br /> the "Hollow Rock Access Area" at the intersection of Erwin Road and Pickett Road. <br /> The planned Hollow Rock Access Area is a 75-acre site comprised of multiple land parcels <br /> owned separately by Orange County, Durham County, and the Town of Chapel Hill. The site <br /> straddles the Orange-Durham county line and New Hope Creek forms the western boundary. <br /> Portions of the site are protected with conservation easements held by the State of North <br /> Carolina. <br /> The site was acquired in a series of separate land transactions from 2001-2014. The Triangle <br /> Land Conservancy (TLC) purchased the first two acres in 2002, and then advocated for further <br /> acquisitions. Orange County purchased four parcels from 2005-07 with the help of state grants. <br /> A 43-acre tract was acquired by Durham and Orange counties and the Town of Chapel Hill in <br /> 2008 with funding assistance from the City of Durham, the State, and the Erwin Area <br /> Neighborhood Group. Orange County acquired the two-acre TLC property in May 2014. <br />