Agenda - 03-01-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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2 1 that the path ends abruptly. She said if it were completed, it would offer a beautiful and 2 extremely safe way for children to walk and bike to school. She said the Committee wonders 3 where the responsibility lies for completion of this path. 4 Anahid Vrana said there was a County plan to have a connector road between 5 Homestead Road and Eubanks Road, and there is a stub out connection within the Hogan 6 Farms subdivision for this very purpose. She said this plan was never completed, but would 7 take some of the load off of Old Highway 86, if it were. She said the residents that live along 8 old 86 know is a beautiful, historic road and used to be a wagon trail, but the safety issues are a 9 concern. 10 Chair McKee said the BOCC will pursue her concerns with DOT and staff, especially the 11 pathway. 12 David Stancil, Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) 13 Director, said the path was part of the greenway that was constructed several years ago as 14 Phase One of the Twin Creeks Park. He said the extension of the greenway is part of the 15 overall plan for this area, and there is a segment that is missing. He said there is a segment 16 planned to go around a townhome community, and there is some work planned to move this 17 forward. He said this path is called the Jones Creek Greenway. 18 David Stancil referred to the road questions, and said the road is on hold due to the 19 Ballentine subdivision being on hold. He said the County is waiting an ultimate decision about 20 the remainder of this subdivision, noting the County does still have some funding to put towards 21 this road project. 22 Commissioner Jacobs said the north-south road that is east of the park, that connects 23 with Eubanks Road, is a four-lane bike and sidewalk that was required by Carrboro of the 24 County, when the park is completed. He said this will be a hugely expensive project, and may 25 merit further conversation with Carrboro. 26 Commissioner Jacobs said there was some concern about this impacting Duke Forest 27 to the east. 28 David Stancil said there are several questions regarding this north-south road, Lake 29 Hogan Farm Road, but there is a stub out that was built at the same time as Morris Grove 30 Elementary School. He said the next phase will happen when the next school facility is built in 31 this area. He said thereafter there are a couple of different alignments as to how the road gets 32 from there to the existing road that straddles the Ballentine-Twin Creeks property. 33 34 • Chapel Hill Planning Commission: Deborah Harris 35 Deborah Harris said she had no comments. 36 Commissioner Jacobs said one of the reasons the BOCC wanted to have these 37 opportunities to meet with appointees to outside boards is to have open communication 38 between appointing and appointed boards. 39 Commissioner Jacobs said if she could please send the BOCC an email regarding the 40 issues on which her board is working, which may have impact on the County. 41 Chair McKee said the BOCC wants to give all boards an opportunity to bring any 42 concerns forward. 43 Neal Bench said he is the Chair of the Chapel Hill Planning Commission, and noted that 44 Deborah Harris has been on the Planning Commission for about six months. He said she is 45 getting a good feel as to what is going on. He said it was new to her, and she is working on 46 being a continued addition to the Commission. 47 48 • Chapel Hill Parks, Greenways and Recreation Commission: Mary Musacchia 49 Mary Musacchia thanked the Board of County Commissioners for appointing her to this 50 board, saying she has greatly enjoyed representing Orange County. She lives in the University