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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 3, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. q -- Q SUBJECT: Approval of Twin Creeks District Park and Educational Campus Master Plan DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Conservation, Recreation and Parks ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Proposed Master Plan Map (5-3-05) David Stancil, 245-2590 2) Staff Memorandum Lori Taft, 245-2660 3) 2005 Work Group Master Plan Map (3-23- 05) 4) Twin Creeks Work Group Report (4-14-05) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 5) Park Facility Projects Timetable, March 2005 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider approval of a master plan for the Twin Creeks (Moniese Nomp) District Park and Educational Campus, review additional information requested on April 14" , and authorize staff to prepare a Conditional Use Permit application to the Town of Carrboro for Phase I of the park. BACKGROUND: On April 14`h, the Board received the report of the Twin Creeks District Park and Educational Campus Work Group, a 6-member work group with representatives from the Board, CHCCS Board of Education, and parks and environmental interests. Twin Creeks is a 193-acre site with frontage on both Old 86 and Eubanks Road north of Carrboro. The site was acquired by Orange County in 2001 for the purpose of co-locating the planned Chapel Hill Township District Park and a future multi-school campus. At the April 14th work session, the Board asked that adoption of the Master Plan be brought back for action at the May 3'd regular meeting. The Board asked that a number of follow-up items also be addressed on May 3`d. Staff has provided this in a memorandum (attached), along with a few additional matters in need of consideration. Taken together, the follow-up items include: 1. Information on discussions with Piedmont EMC regarding the possible location of a BMX bike course in the PEMC powerline easement; 2. The potential for use of Soccer Superfund to augment funding for Phase I;