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TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL 3 PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 200 PLANT ROAD CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 27514 (919) 968 -2784 October 31, 1991 Pam Jones, Director Orange County Purchasing and Central Services Department PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Ms. Jones: We spoke on Monday, October 28, 1991 regarding a request by the Town of Chapel Hill for a pedestrian and non - motorized vehicle easement on land owned by Orange County. This letter is in response to your request for additional information. The Tanyard Branch Trail currently provides pedestrian access from Caldwell Street Extension in the Northside neighborhood to Umstead Park on Umstead Drive. The trail was built and dedicated in 1986. However, the trail is need of work and ideally should be relocated in several areas. We propose to expand and relocate that portion of the trail which lies on the Multi- Purpose Center property. The land in question is a 1.78 -acre portion of the 8.69 -acre Orange County Multi- Purpose Center property identified as Chapel Hill Tax Map 84.J.3. The land is located just west of the fence which separates the developed portion of the Multi- Purpose Center property from the wooded area along Tanyard Branch (Please see map). We think that a Town easement over the 1.78 acres would allow us to improve the current situation and to better serve the public. The proposed easement would allow the Town to extend the current Tanyard Branch Trail from Caldwell Street to McMasters Street. This connection would allow a direct connection between these important Northside residential areas, as well as allow residents of McMasters Street to have direct access to the Tanyard Branch Trail. This connector trail could be built on an abandoned road which is already clear ex0ecrfor very young trees and extensive stands of poison ivy. upi-