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15 Lands Legacy Action Plan 2004 -06 Board Questions /Comments from 8/31/04, with staff responses in italics Jordan Lake Macrosite a. How much land is protected now? b. Is Chatham County doing anything to protect the lands in Chatham? The portion of the Jordan Lake Macrosite within Orange County that is protected is .5.5 %, or .51.3 acres. Efforts to protected natural areas in Chatham County have been speaheaded by the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC), which completed the county's first inventory of natural areas in 1992 In 200.3 TLC collaborated with Duke University and the State of NC to establish the Lower Haw River State Natural Area (1,000 acres). TLC is also working to protect land along the Deep River, Chatham County administers a voluntary agricultural district program and recently adopted a Compact Conimuanities Ordinance to help, in part, protect identified natural areas affected by development projects. The Haw River Assembly is very active in environmental education in Chatham County. 2, Seven Mile Creek Nature Preserve a. Show protected lands in next presentation The lands protected by various entities in Orange County are now shown on Map 2 (following Map 1 of the proposed target areas) 3. Future Park Sites a. Origin of proposed park in Eno Township? b. Which park site was staff asked to re- evaluate? The Parks Element of the Comprehensive Plan is proposed for update in 200.5 as part of the Natural and Cultural Systems Element (tire discussion of which is planned to occur oil an upcoming agenda). The existing 1988 Parks Element does not show a community park in Eno Township, other than one in the general area of University Station. Since the Little River park was eventually sited f urther north, and the f iture New Hope /Blackwood Fawn park has limited potential for active recreation, staff identified the concept of a park in Eno Township as all emerging need in advance of the plan update. The increase in dwelling units since 1988 in the St. Mary's Road area (like Fox Hill Fawns and Churton Grove) also was a factor in the development of this concept. However, it is also worth noting that the Northeast Park (sometimes called the North - Central Park or Walnut Grove Park), if located in the right area, could serve both the areas north of Hillsborough and eastern Orange County (Eno Township), as all alternative. This park, shown on the 1988 map in the general area of Walnut Grove (between Cedar Grove and Caldwell), was proposed to be sited closer to Hillsbarough in the 2001 Lands Legacy Long -Term Strategies (2001 -2011) Plan. This is also the site that the Board asked about in 2002 when the 2003-04 Action Plan was adopted. Further assessment of the service area ingy be warranted to determine the actual need. This would be part of the 200.5 plan update.