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Approved 4/18/18 57 Kim Livingston also said there has been a desire to connect Hillsborough to Chapel Hill through a multi-modal trail 58 and Orange County staff has been directed by the Orange County Board of Commissionerstowork onthat but 59 county staff sees that as a project separate from the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. 60 61 Kim Livingston reviewed that for Segment 11, Dimmocks Mill Road was identified as the best wayto get over 62 Interstate 40. The trail is expected to follow the road in places where it is proving difficult to get landowners to agree 63 to grant an easement or sell land for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.The adopted route is the proposed route, but things 64 change. Orange County only works with landowners who are willing to sell land or donate an easement for the trail. 65 Those working to create the trail know the proposed routewill shift to get this complete. In the interim, there will be 66 road routes.The Cane Creek area isready for trailblazing but there is a memorandum of understanding with Orange 67 Water and Sewer Authority that allows Orange Countyto put the trail on OWASAland with some conditions. 68 69 Kim Livingston would like to focus her efforts now on connecting Occoneechee Mountain to Seven Mile Creek 70 Preserve. That trail would cross the property of three landowners. 71 72 Ed Vaughn said he issurprised some homeowners do not want the trail to be near them. 73 74 Kim Livingstonsaid a lot of the concern expressed is fear of crime. A brief discussion followed that cars get broken 75 into when people parkto use trails.Kim Livingston said the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has advised that any 76 parking lots be visible from main roads. 77 78 Ted Triebel asked whether several landowners areconcerned about their loose dogs running on the trail if they were 79 to grant an easement or sell property for the trail.Kim Livingstonsaid she has heard that concern but only from one 80 property owner. 81 82 Ted Triebel asked what theOWASA conditionsare.Kim Livingstonanswered that one condition is that the county 83 cannot build the section on OWASA property until there is a clear connectioncompleted.So, either the county has to 84 convince OWASA that there is connecting trail via Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Road or the county has to 85 complete the trail all the way from Seven Mile Nature Preserve to the reservoir. 86 87 Kim Livingston said another condition is that if trail is going on OWASA property less than 50 feet from adjacent88 property owners, the neighbor has to agree to the placement of the trail as well. There is a narrowsection that will be 89 close to neighboring property. 90 91 Ted Triebel asked Kim Livingston for her prognosis. 92 93 Kim Livingston said the trail isdoable. She thinks what isdoable in the next three years is connectingOcconeechee 94 Mountain to Seven Mile Creek and buildingthe trail in the Cane Creek Reservoir area. 95 96 Kim Livingston said the connections through the middle of Segment 11 are likely to take 10 years or longer. In the 97 meantime, there will be a road route. 98 99 Alex Castrosaid OWASA’s park is only opentwodays a week. Kim Livingston answered that is only the portion near 100 the dam and the reservoir. The trail will be well away from both and so available every day. She added that none of 101 OWASA’s conditions areunreasonable. 102 103 David Laudicina asked Kim Livingston if she hasthought of noting old mills and dams and other historical markers. 104 Kim Livingston answered that Orange County Cultural Resources Coordinator Peter Sandbeck is aware of all those 105 places and that is a great suggestion.106 107 Jenn Sykes said she did notthinkRiverwalk and Occoneechee Mountain had been officially connected yet. Kim 108 Livingstonsaid the land has been acquired. She doesn’t know that the trail is complete.109 110 Alyson Westsaid Chapel Hill’s greenway master plan includes a Millhouse Road connection to Hillsborough.111 112