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7 164 ( 1 ) Section IV-B-3-c-8 (Access Restrictions) ( 2) Section IV-B-3-d ( Private Road Standards) (3 ) Section I V ( References to Land, Uss _EJ n ) AGENDA ITEM #9 PLANNING BOARD ITEMS c. Memo of Understanding--Eno River State Park Presentation by Gene Bell . This item is to consider a proposed letter of support relative to current and proposed planning and zoning policies concerning the Eno River State Park. Discussion last summer with personnel from the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreations ( NCDPR) relative to the proposed Durham-Hillsborough water line and potential impacts on Eno River State Park highlighted the need for greater coordination of State and local planning efforts. The State proposed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) to address such concerns and provided a copy of such an agreement with the City of Raleigh. The MOU with Raleigh dealt with Umstead State Park and City annexation and zoning plans. A proposed MOU between Orange County and NCDPR was discussed at Planning Board meetings on September 21 and October 13, 1987 . A recommendation that the County begin discussions with NCDPR along with a draft MOU was forwarded to the Commissioners for consideration at their meeting on October 20, 1987 . At that meeting, the County Commissioners directed the Administrative Staff to meet with Commissioner Hartwell before discussions were initiated with NCDPR. On January 12, 1988 a meeting was held to discuss the draft MOU . The meeting was attended by County Commissioner John Hartwell , County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill , Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell , and Planner Gene Bell . The net result of the meeting was concern that, in entering into the MOU pro- posal , the County could be contracting away its legislative authority. Since greater coordination of planning efforts between NCDPR and the County was the original intent of the MOU, it was the general consensus of those at the meeting that a