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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 1, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-a <br /> SUBJECT: Fairview Park — Parking Lot Project <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager; Environment, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Agriculture, Parks & <br /> Recreation, Asset Management <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Adopted Fairview Park Master Plan Bonnie Hammersley, 245-2300 <br /> David Stancil, 245-2510 <br /> Jeff Thompson, 245-2650 <br /> PURPOSE: To report to the Board on a recommended additional parking lot solution for <br /> Fairview Park, as directed by the Board at the June 16, 2015 meeting. <br /> BACKGROUND: The County's Fairview Park opened in 2011, funded by a combination of <br /> 2001 voter-approved bonds, a grant from the NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF), <br /> and payment-in-lieu funds. Because of site limitations (the northern portion of the site is the <br /> former Town of Hillsborough landfill, predating current-day landfill regulations), the park design <br /> and ultimate construction was focused on the southern portion of the property. Park facilities <br /> include a baseball/softball field, tennis courts, playground, picnic shelter with restrooms, <br /> basketball courts, walking track, volleyball courts and trail connecting to the Town Police <br /> substation on Rainey Avenue, and a parking lot. <br /> The current parking lot was constructed as approved through the Town's Conditional Use Permit <br /> approval process. The existing parking lot, which is located off Torain Street and adjoins the <br /> picnic shelter, contains 44 spaces. Over the past four years of park operations, occasional <br /> events at the shelter or ballfield have taxed this existing parking lot, with vehicles occasionally <br /> parking along the street and in front of residents' homes. <br /> Phase II of the park was the construction of a second, 68-space parking lot, which was not part <br /> of the Phase I construction. This planned additional lot utilizes a new second entrance into the <br /> park from the east along Orange County Public Works Drive. The existing drive would be <br /> extended through the Public Works site, and wind its way up through a hilly wooded area to a <br /> site adjoining the existing tennis courts. <br /> During budget deliberations, the Board asked the Manager and staff about additional parking <br /> needs at Fairview, and instructed that a recommended solution for additional parking be brought <br />