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Commissioner Insko, to refer <br />Sedgefield Subdivisions to staff <br />returned no sooner than June 25, <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />3 <br />Rural Route 81 Stoneridge and <br />for further fact finding, to be <br />1991 <br />2. NEW HOPE CORRIDOR OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN <br />This presentation was made by Emily Cameron for the purpose <br />of receiving citizen comments on the New Hope Corridor Open Space <br />Master Plan. On September 1, 1987, Mayor Gulley of Durham met <br />with the Mayor of Chapel Hill and the Chairs of the Orange County <br />and Durham County Boards of Commissioners to discuss a cooperative <br />project involving open space preservation along New Hope Creek. <br />The scope of the project was defined to include land along New Hope <br />Creek between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />land north of Jordan Lake. During the following fifteen months, <br />staff members from each jurisdiction's planning department met to <br />work out alternatives for project implementation. In December of <br />1988, the elected officials again met to review the open space plan <br />proposal and agreed to send a resolution to the governing body of <br />each jurisdiction, seeking endorsement of the project. The <br />Resolution was adopted by the four jurisdictions during the spring <br />of 1989. Coulter Associates, Landscape Architects and Land <br />Planners, was hired as the consultant later that Year. Since <br />October 1989, an appointed Advisory Committee representing each of <br />the four jurisdictions met with the consultant and planning staff <br />members to produce the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan. <br />The Plan includes recommendations for acquiring critical <br />environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, <br />and larger tracts of historic, educational or recreational value. <br />Acquisition could be through donation, purchase in fee simple, or <br />purchase of development rights. Some of the wildlife corridors <br />should remain in private ownership. <br />The Orange County portions of the Corridor include: <br />a. Wildlife Corridors, including the 100 -year <br />floodplain. <br />b. Wildlife Protection Area, including the 100 -year <br />floodplain between Erwin Road and the Durham County <br />line. <br />C. Unpaved nature trails <br />d. Bike /pedestrian trails. <br />Mr. Coulter, Coulter Associates, presented the New Hope <br />Corridor Open Space Master Plan using a slide presentation. He <br />indicated that the plan has been divided into 10 geographic <br />components. A copy of this master plan is incorporated herein by <br />reference and may be found in the permanent agenda file in the <br />Clerk's office. <br />COMMENTS AND /OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OR <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />