Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 12, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Confirmation of Proposed Land Swap Pertaining to the Fairview Public <br />Campus Master Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, County PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Manager, ERCD, Recreation <br />and Parks <br />ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Memorandum of Agreement Geoff Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />2. Hillsborough Letter Gwen Harvey, 245-2300 <br />3. Site Map David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />4. Master Plan Recommendations w/NOTE . <br />PURPOSE: To confirm proposed resolution to the Public Works land swap issue with the <br />Town of Hillsborough related to the agreement between the Town and the County, thereby <br />helping to finalize the Fairview Public Campus Master Plan approval process. <br />BACKGROUND: In the fall of 2004, the BOCC asked the Town and County legal and <br />management staff to refine a draft Memorandum'of Agreement (MOA) that would outline a <br />design process for creating a Fairview Public Campus Master Plan. The Plan would <br />encompass the 67-acre Fairview park site and the adjoining 26-acre County Public Works <br />property, including properties subject to land swap discussions. A Memorandum of <br />Agreement was approved by the BOCC and Town during November 2004. <br />Attachment 1 - by way of reference - is a copy of the executed Memorandum of Agreement. <br />This Memorandum of Agreement did not address park facilities operations or maintenance - <br />matters to be addressed under separate cover pending future negotiations between the <br />County and Town. <br />The Fairview Public Campus Master Plan Committee began its work in October 2005 and <br />recommendations were presented to both elected bodies in early 2006. It was during the <br />final stages of the planning process that questions arose between the County and Town on <br />