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19 1 roadway property owner MI Homes (Ballentine subdivision).To that end, $600,000 for 2 road construction was funded in Fiscal Year2012 to 2013 and is reflected in "Prior 3 Years Funding." However, a road network analysis is planned by the Town of Carrboro 4 that may delay activity on the road project. Participation in theroad construction cost is 5 reflected here, if the County chooses to participate. (If it does not participate, a longer, 6 more costly segment of the road may be required in the future at the time of park 7 construction.) A Phase III of the park would likely exist and be beyond the scope of 8 Year10. 9 10 Commissioner Price questioned why this park is taking solong to come on line. 11 David Stancil said the developer of the Ballentine property holds part of the same 12 entrance road as the County. He said the County hasmoney that was previously set aside. He 13 said the Ballentine project has been unable to progress due to a forthcoming study by the Town 14 of Carrboroof the transportation network and the environmental analysis of the entire northern 15 transition area. He said the study has been ongoing for the past eighteen months. He said he 16 is awaiting an update from the Town of Carrboro. He said the project is a flagship facility and is 17 very costly. He said there is potential for a third phase. 18 Commissioner Jacobs said the problem with Twin Creeks is that Carrboro wants the 19 Countyto build atwo to four lane highway on the eastern border. 20 Commissioner Jacobs asked ifthere isspace to put storm debris at Twin Creeks while 21 construction is halted. 22 David Stancil said most of the site is wooded and would need to be cleared. He said 23 there is one small five acre meadow, located on the south eastern corner of the property, which 24 could be a possibility. 25 Chair McKee asked if theTown of Carrboro hadexpressed openness to joint 26 development. 27 David Stancil said the topic hadnot been discussed recently, but in past conversations it 28 was discussed at length and there was no interest. He saidsimilar discussions have taken 29 place with the schools systems. 30 Chair McKee said it may be a good idea to open the discussions again. 31 Commissioner Jacobs said he had spoken to the Mayor, in years past, about the 32 possibility of the County providing the facilities and the Town providing the programming and 33 maintenance. He said thiswas refused. He added that in current informal conversations there 34 appears to be more interest and revisiting the issue may be worthwhile. 35 36 n.)Little River Park, Phase II (page 58) 37 Based on the Little River Park master plan (existing Phase I plan completed in 2002; 38 plan for Phase II being drafted by Orange and Durham staffs for future review). Year 1 39 and 2 activities would be focused on infrastructure improvements needed (re-pave the 40 park entry road, expand parking, repave the ADA loop trail, and add a new maintenance 41 shed). In Years 6-7, other improvements including a new playground and new trailsare 42 projected to be needed. Fifty percentof funding to come from Durham County. 43 44 David Stancil said Durham County is not able to fund their portion next year and will 45 needto push this back one year. 46 47 o.)Park and Recreation Facility Renovations and Repairs (Page 59) 48 Each year, park and recreation equipment and facilities need renovation, repair, 49 replacement and upgrades. This project provides for a scheduled funding source for 50 these needs. The benefit of this approach, created in 2014, is similar to that for County