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30 <br />1 area, and establish a relationship with the Friends of the MST for trail construction and <br />2 assistance. As noted in the December 12 memo, work is underway on both of these fronts. <br />3 <br />4 In terms of other Board direction from September 19, 2017, the Manager and staff would note <br />5 that a meeting with the OWASA Executive Director and staff is being scheduled to discuss <br />6 OWASA conditions and expectations of how the MST construction would come to OWASA. In <br />7 terms of the "parallel track" discussion for the Multi -modal Trail concept, the County Manager <br />8 has initiated this by first convening as group of County department directors to research the <br />9 topic and review in the context of other related pedestrian needs, such as sidewalks. This <br />10 information gathering is underway. <br />11 <br />12 Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) <br />13 Possible Route Approval for Orange County Segments <br />14 January 23, 2018 <br />15 <br />16 The N.C. Mountains to Sea Trail <br />17 • Part of the State Parks System <br />18 • Clingman's Dome to Jockey's Ridge <br />19 • Connects State Parks, Open Spaces <br />20 • Much of Trail Exists — But Not Eastern Piedmont <br />21 <br />22 Segment 12 <br />23 • Hillsborough Riverwalk <br />24 • Trails on Historic Sites to East <br />25 • Remainder Within Eno River State Park* <br />26 • Segment is Already Identified... thus... <br />27 • Not included in planning process <br />28 <br />29 Segment 11 <br />30 • Occoneechee Mountain Trails <br />31 • Southwest to Seven Mile Creek Preserve <br />32 • Cross- country to Cane Creek and Cane Creek Reservoir <br />33 • Exits County toward Saxapahaw <br />34 • Would Occur in Three Phases <br />35 <br />36 Trail Planninq Process 2016 -17 <br />37 • January 2016 — Staff directed to implement community meetings and trail planning <br />38 • Community Meetings — April and September 2016, March 2017 <br />39 • Facilitator meetings with neighborhoods and small groups (spring /summer 2016) <br />40 • Report to Board of Commissioners September 2017 <br />41 • September 19 — Staff directed to begin work on first part of Segment 11 (Occ Mtn) and <br />42 follow -up in other areas <br />43 • December 4 — Petition presented to Board asking staff to work with expressed willing <br />44 landowners at Cane Creek and adopt trail route <br />45 • December 12 - Staff updates on work underway, adoption of route slated for January 23 <br />46 <br />47 The "Proposed Route" Line <br />48 • From 2016 -17 discussions /meetings, MST master plan swath, map analysis <br />49 • Work with willing landowners <br />