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~' Haw River, the Town of Swepsonville, the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments and non- profit organizations to develop a conceptual plan for the trail; and WHEREAS, the undersigned governmental agencies desire to represent a unified vision for the Trail Corridor when sharing information both internally within their respective agencies and externally on matters relating to the planning, development, signage, public information, maintenance and management of the Trail Corridor; NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties hereto mutually agree: 1. To title this coalition of partners the "Haw River Trail Governmental Agency Partnership," to speak with one unified voice for all the undersigned parties that are involved in the planning, design, construction, maintenance, management and promotion of the Trail. 2. To seek and consider thoughts and ideas from non-profit organizations, private property owners and citizens regarding the planning, development and management of the Trail. 3. To establish a name for this trail and to develop an identifiable trail marker that can be used to uniformly sign segments of the Trail. 4. To.jointly develop and endorse trail development standards far the paddle and land-based hail. The paddle trail standards will include the maximum length between access areas, the basic design of the overall access areas including off-road access, parking, access to the water and other desired or needed facilities. The land-based trail standards will include, at a minimum, trail width and surfacing options, pazking and desired or needed facilities. Both the paddle trail and land-based trails will have uniform trail markers (to be agreed upon) containing minimum basic information (to be agreed upon). 5. The State will coordinate activities between the land managing agencies, Implementation will be carried out by the agency administering the lands through which the Trail passes, with assistance by the State if required. 6. To explore every opportunity to acquire land or the interest in land that will provide public access to or land for the Trail, its buffer, or other needed open space within their ,jurisdiction. 7. The selection and approval of the Trail route on-the-ground is the primazy responsibility of the land managing agency/entity. The State will assist the land managing agencies/entities and holders of conservation easements with Trail layout activities.