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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ,rj-n SUBJECT: Little River Regional Park: Relocate Access Easement to Durham; Dedicate Public Road Right Of Way; Accept, Without Maintenance Responsibility, Public Right of Way DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Conservation, Recreation and Parks ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Gledhill, 732-2196 Deed of Easement Rich Shaw, 245-2590 Final Plat "Easement Survey" Lori Taft, 245-2600 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To authorize a change in the existing access easement held by Durham County through the Orange County portion of Little River Regional Park and to dedicate public right of way and accept, without maintenance responsibility, the dedication of right of way. BACKGROUND: Construction of the new Little River Regional Park and Natural Area is well underway. The 391-acre park is expected to be open in early Fall 2004. Park facilities will include picnic shelters, restroom facility, children's play area, group camping area, and an elaborate trail system with separate walking/hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails. When Orange and Durham counties acquired the park property in 2000-01, both counties agreed to establish a 50-foot easement for Durham County to access its landlocked portion of the park property from Guess Road. Similarly, a 50-foot access easement was recorded for Orange County to access a remote portion of its property through the Durham County portion of the park property. Prior to closing on the property, both counties agreed that the Durham County easement would be amended (and re-recorded) to correspond with the future road network through the park property. The existing easement to the Durham County portion of the park property is to be abandoned in favor of a new 50-foot easement that will also be the new entrance drive (now under construction) and service road. A final plat showing the proposed easement has been prepared for both counties to approve.