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1 <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 1)-2. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: APRIL 18, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO PRESERVE NEW ROPE CREEK OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : RESOLUTION INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S OFFICE <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732--8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the resolution (see attachment) to preserve a <br /> corridor of open space connecting New Hope Creek with the Eno <br /> River through Orange and Durham counties. <br /> BACKGROUND: Elected representatives of Orange County, Durham County, City <br /> of Durham, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have met and <br /> established a goal of establishing a New Hope Creek Creek Open <br /> Space Corridor. This corridor would link the Eno River State <br /> Park, the New Hope Creek Corps lands and the growing communities <br /> of Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, for aesthetic, environ- <br /> mental, educational and recreational purposes and as a means of <br /> shaping the urban form of the area. (See additional attached <br /> information. ) <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : As the Hoard decides. <br />