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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~Q_ Q <br />SUBJECT: Southern Park (Town of Chapel Fiill) Special Use Permit <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Planned Park Facilities (Town of Chapel Hill) David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />2) Park Special Use Permit Materials <br />(Town of Chapel Hill) <br />(Under Separate Cover) <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review and provide comment on a Special Use Permit (SUP) under <br />consideration by the Town of Chapel Hill for Southern Community Park, a Chapel Hill town <br />park that would be constructed with County 1997 and 2001 parks bond funds, <br />BACKGROUND: On March 5, 2003, the Board approved the master plan far Southern <br />Community Park in Chapel Hill, This is a 73-acre park project of the Town of Chapel Hill, and <br />is located on US 15/501 south of the Southern Village community, Funding for the park <br />comes from two County parks and open space bond referenda in 1997 and 2001. The <br />funding for acquisition of the land came via two Town bond referenda in 1986 and 1989. <br />Planning for the park has continued by the Town staff and design consultant during 2004, <br />working in conjunction with the joint Chapel Hill-Orange County Project Planning Committee <br />(PPC), Constructioh drawings have been prepared and a Special Use Permit application <br />was developed and submitted in the summer of 2004, <br />The Town Council has conducted a public hearing on the SUP and is poised to consider <br />action on the application on April 5, The Town has submitted the application to the Board of <br />County Commissioners for review and comment prior to that action, <br />The major issue that has been identified in recent months is that of phasing, Because of <br />budgetary constraints, the construction of proposed park improvements is proposed to be <br />phased over a period of time, Town staff members are working on a proposed phasing plan <br />