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10 1 State. He said Hillsborough currently has three miles of trail. He said the Eno River 2 Association and the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail are working hard to connect the trail 3 so that it is complete. He encouraged all to support the "bridging the gap" in this trail. He 4 added it is important to Hillsborough because it will be one of the few trail towns offering 5 potential revenue. He said Durham did a before and after study of the completion of the 6 American Tobacco Trail Bridge over 1-40. He passed out a handout reviewing this study which 7 showed the results of finishing the trail and the staggering economic impact of doing so. 8 Kathleen Ferguson asked if there is an impediment to Orange County completing this 9 gap in the trail. 10 David Stancil said the trail completion is in the master plan and the Capital Investment 11 Plan (CIP). He said the biggest issue is that once the trail corridor leaves Hillsborough going 12 southwest, there is a stretch that connects into the Seven Mile Creek Preserves Lands. He 13 said the trail then enters into its most complex stretch in the State going to Cane Creek and the 14 Haw River. He said this is one of the very few places that the trail goes completely cross 15 country on private land. He said there will be at least 100 to 120 trail easements to negotiate 16 with property owners. 17 Kathleen Ferguson said she appreciated hearing the background and bigger picture of 18 the issue. 19 Commissioner Jacobs said there is a series of public hearings regarding the Mountain to 20 Seas Trail coming up; with one being in Burlington, NC. 21 David Stancil confirmed this meeting and said it will occur on May 6, 2015 from 3:00- 22 5:00 p.m. He said the State is working on a Mountain to Seas Trail Master Plan. He said the 23 draft is due out around May 1, 2015. 24 David Stancil said awaiting the completion of the State's master plan has delayed 25 Orange County's progress. He said there is currently a "swath" on the master plan, showing a 26 corridor that goes from Hillsborough down to the Cane Creek Reservoir and Haw River. He 27 said the challenge is to determine where the line goes within the "swath"; using roads or going 28 cross country. He said a lot of those decisions will be made using the State's master plan. 29 Commissioner Jacobs asked if that will include southwest Orange County. 30 David Stancil said yes. 31 Commissioner Pelissier said her property is on that red "swath". She said many of her 32 neighbors are in opposition to the trail while she is very supportive of it. 33 Mayor Stevens said this trail is very important to Hillsborough and the Town is very 34 supportive of it. He encourages the County to be persistent in their pursuit of bridging this gap 35 in the trail. 36 37 3. Planning/Development 38 a) Hillsborough Vision 2030 Plan 39 Margaret Hauth reviewed the updates below: 40 41 Efforts have continued on work begun in 2013, and the town has adopted Vision 42 2030 to replace the Vision 2010 policy document. The plan is available at 43 http://www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us/sites/default/files/ df The Town 44 received comments from Orange County Planning staff and considered them during 45 development. The plan was adopted on March 9, 2015. 46 47 b) Town Development Updates 48 49 UNC Hospital —The hospital is proceeding with the plan to be open in July. 50 Construction has begun on the water tank needed to have sufficient pressure in