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13 1 David Stancil said fortunately Orange County and Durham County have been through 2 this process before with Little River Park with reciprocal agreements. He said the appropriate 3 parties have been contacted and are a part of the current conversation. 4 Commissioner Price referred to Item III, Site Management, on page 3. She asked if the 5 word "race" could be removed and replaced with "ethnicity and/or national origin." 6 Chair McKee asked if Chapel Hill had already approved the agreement. 7 Rich Shaw said yes but with the provision that if the agreement sustained any 8 substantive edits, it would return to the Town for re-approval. 9 John Roberts said that as Durham County has yet to approve the agreement he 10 suggested Orange add a similar provision as the Town of Chapel Hill. 11 Chair McKee asked if Commissioner Price would be willing to hold her changes until a 12 motion was presented. 13 Commissioner Price agreed. 14 Commissioner Dorosin asked for further clarification regarding the "future site of Hollow 15 Rock Store" which was mentioned in the phasing plan. 16 Rich Shaw said there is a group called the Friends of Hollow Rock Store that has 17 worked with the owner of the past store, which was located elsewhere. He said this group 18 would like to relocate the store to this property as a site amenity and an entrance feature. He 19 said it is unknown whether the building would be open or closed to the public but that it does 20 have historical value. He said the current plan is to clear the footprint for the building should it 21 be located there. 22 Commissioner Jacobs said there are three factors that will not appear in the documents 23 which led to this park happening. He said one is Orange County used to have a strong and 24 active relationship with Duke, and Duke would come to Orange County first when property was 25 available for purchase. He said the second factor is an example of a neighborhood that saw 26 possible development coming in and rallied the local governments to propose an alternative 27 vision for the land that would preserve the properties more naturally. He added, thirdly, that this 28 process went smoothly because the County had been through the same situation with Durham 29 County regarding Little River Regional Park. He said there was a track record of success. 30 Commissioner Price restated her request regarding the word "race," for Item III: Site 31 Management. 32 Commissioner Dorosin said "national origin" is already included in the end of the 33 paragraph. He said he does not support the removal of the word "race." He said adding 34 ethnicity would be acceptable but that race should remain due to the ongoing prevalence of 35 race discrimination. 36 Commissioner Price said to add "ethnicity" and leave in "race". 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier for the 39 Board to approve the interlocal agreement for the development and operation of the planned 40 Hollow Rock Nature Park, to add the word "ethnicity" to Item III (Site Management), to authorize 41 the Chair to sign the agreement, and to authorize staff to make any non-substantive changes 42 that may be necessary prior to execution. 43 44 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 45 46 b. Eubanks Road Solid Waste Convenience Center Construction 47 The Board considered: 1) Authorizing staff to move forward with bid document 48 preparation and bidding of the Eubanks Road Convenience Center site expansion/improvement 49 project in order that work can be initiated at the earliest possible time during the summer and 50 fall months of 2015; 2) Authorizing the Manager to award the bid and, upon County Attorney