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7 <br />immediate area with walking trail, play equipment and future picnic area. <br />Riverwalk /Eno River buffers <br />Riverwalk would create a greenway /walkway connecting the proposed River Park (near <br />the County Courthouse) to Occoneechee Mountain Park to serve the greater county <br />population. This project has not undergone a feasibility study yet. The buffer project is <br />funded through the town's CWMTF grant. The town is seeking ownership or <br />conservation easements along the Eno River. The buffer depth in the grant is 100 feet. <br />RiverPark <br />In conjunction with Orange County, this would create a small park near the County <br />Courthouse and the Eno River with walking trails, benches and a gazebo. A joint <br />committee is currently developing plans. <br />Fairview Active Sports Park <br />proposed as a joint venture, this would be a soccer complex that would serve the Town, <br />County and greater region by providing a location for soccer clubs to play and hold <br />tournaments. It is unclear whether the site would be acceptable as "soccer only" or <br />whether a broader range of activities would be planned. <br />Table C — Town of Hillsborough <br />Summary of Projects and Cost Estimates* <br />Occoneechee Park $32,448 $32,448 Completed <br />Overlook <br />$33000 <br />$300,000 <br />$200,000 <br />S 000 <br />i33,000 <br />$86,000 <br />$25,000 <br />5 000 <br />-p_ <br />$214,000 ** '0" <br />$10,000 $165,000 <br />-0- <br />__ _ _ %. r-r nnn <br />Murray Street Park <br />Riverwalk/Eno River <br />buffers <br />RiverPark <br />Fairview Park feasibili <br />* - Cost estimates do not include facility develop[ <br />** - Clean Water Management Trust Fund grant <br />D. Orange County — Ca ital Parks and Open Space Projects <br />Orange County parks activities are ongoing in two programs — previously - <br />planned parks in the adopted 2000 -2010 Capital Investment Plan and via <br />the new Lands Legacy program, adopted in April 2000. Funding for both <br />methods are shown through the CIP. Over the next 10 years, Orange <br />County has identified the following expenditures for parklands: <br />Chapel Hill Parks Projects <br />A total of $2 million was approved in a 1997 County parks bond for use toward the <br />Town's Homestead (Northern) Community Park and Southern Community Park. Some of <br />