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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 23, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ -G <br />SUBJECT: Resolution -Provision of County Funds for Chapel Hill Greenways Project <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Resolution <br />2) Town Staff Memorandum <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dave Stancil, 245-2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution regarding the use of $1 million in 2001 County Parks and <br />Open Space bond funds for Tawn of Chapel Hill greenways expansion. <br />BACKGROUND: In the voter-approved 2001 Parks and Open Space Bond, a total of $1.75 <br />million was allocated for .Joint Town/County Open Space to enhance Town greenway projects <br />that connect Town and County open space networks. This funding originated from requests <br />from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for greenways projects, as well as long-standing <br />County interest in inter-connectedness between the open space networks. The amount <br />allocated was identified as $1.0 million toward Chapel Hill projects and $750,000 toward <br />Carrboro projects, with the expectation that each would expand greenways that fit into the <br />bigger picture of tying together Town and Cotanty open spaces, <br />In 2003, the Town of Carrboro asked that the $750,000 allotment he used toward the <br />acquisition of the Adams Tract, which is the entry point of Bolin Creek greenway into Carrboro <br />and a key juncture in the open space network, Contingent on acquisition of this property and <br />the granting of a conservation easement to the County, the Board has tentatively agreed to this <br />project. <br />Also, in early 2003, the Board adopted a collaborative process for working on joint County/Town <br />of Chapel Hill projects to be funded by the 2001 band, using a joint Project Planning Committee <br />(PPC) consisting of elected representatives from the Board and the Town Council, <br />Commissioners Jacobs and Brown serve as the BOCC representatives, with Commissioner <br />Gordon as alternate, This group has overseen the planning and preparatory work for Southern <br />Park and the Homestead Park Aquatics Center, and has recently reviewed the third joint <br />County/Tawn project, that of greenway expansion, <br />