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rn. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Fleeting Date ; March 5 , 2003 Action .Agenda.. Item No ., SUBJECT ; Southern Comrnunit Park Actions DEPARTMENT : Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING : (YIN ) ' No l Conservation .. ....... �_ � �_ ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT « ( Conceptual Flan previously provided ) David Stancil , 245, 2590 Attachment I Concept Flan Map Gonna Clean , 2455 2150 Attachment 2 Proposed Southern Park Process (from County/Town Work Group ) TELEPHONE NUMBERS . Attachment 3 4 Proposed Timetable Hillsborough 7 �2 -8181 Chapel Hill 9684501 Durham 688 -7 31 Mebane 336w227w2031 PURPOSE : To consider four actions related to the approval and construction process for Southern Community Park . BACKGROUND .% In the spring of 2001 , the Chapel Hill Town Council commissioned and charged a Southern Park Conceptual Plan Committee to develop the plan for Southern Community Park. As a part of the November 2001 bond referendum , Orange County included $2 . 0 million toward this protect , to go with $ 795 , 000 remaining from 1997 parrs bond monies for the park. In January 2002 , the Committee issued its report/plan for this 73- acre site on US 151501 south of Chapel Hill , and in May 2002 the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted the conceptual plan and report , with revisions . Beginning in the summer of 2002 , and organized by Mayor Kevin Foy and Chair Barra Jacobs , representatives from the Board and Chapel Hill Town Council ( now cabled the County/Town Work Group ) began meeting to develop an Approval and Construction Process for the project. Meanwhile , in October 2002 , the Board of Commissioners also began review and consideration of the Conceptual Plan . On October 15tn and Noverber 11 th the Board reviewed additional information requested from the Town and authorized a response to Town representatives regarding a process for construction approval and funding , discussion on November 11 th focused on the potential for relocating the footprint for a third soccer field to land along US 151501 . At the October 30 Assembly of Governments meeting , Town representatives indicated agreement with the location of the third field along US 15 / 501 .