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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 21, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: Efland- Cheeks Community Center and Park <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Map (Under separate cover) <br />2) Excerpt from Capital <br />Improvement Program <br />I <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. x_ <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager's - Office <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br />Hillsborough <br />- 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />- 968 -4501 <br />Mebane <br />- 227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />- 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider requesting the - Orange County Board of Education to <br />lease land for construction of Community Center and Park. <br />BACKGROUND: On May 22, 1989 County staff presented to the County Board of <br />Education an overview of the proposed Efland- Cheeks Community <br />Center and Park and discussed the possibilities of leasing <br />approximately 10 acres of land to the County for this project. <br />The proposed site, contiguous to Efland- Cheeks Elementary <br />School, would house Joint Orange- Chatham Community Action <br />Agency (JOCCA) and Department on Aging sponsored senior <br />citizens activities in the Community Center. The park would <br />be western Orange County's first park and recreation facility. <br />The County School Board did not take action on the proposal, <br />however, concerns were raised about future expansion of the <br />elementary school on this site. <br />On January 22, 1990 County staff presented a revised proposal <br />requesting approximately 5.5 acres of land for the Center and <br />Park. The School Board approved a lease for 50 years for a <br />tract of land 300 feet north -south and 300 feet east -west or <br />approximately 2 acres. <br />County staff has indicated the School Board approved site is <br />inadequate for the proposed construction. The Board of <br />Commissioners has not taken action since the School Board's <br />decision. Staff seeks Board direction on the proposal. Funds <br />have been allocated in the Capital Improvements Program for <br />this project. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Request the County Board of Education to <br />reconsider leasing 10 acres of land to the County for <br />Construction of a Community Center and Park. <br />