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field and related amenities for joint use are developed at the School Site contempo ously with <br />the construction of the South Middle School; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Education, the County and the Town have recognized the need <br />for additional public athletic fields, and particularly soccer fields, that can be made available for <br />governmental and private organizations to program and expand recreational opportunities in the <br />area; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Education, the County and the Town agree that community use <br />of the recreational fields and perking lots at the Chapel Hill High School, Seawe Elementary <br />School and Smith Middle School would benefit the citizens of Carrboro and Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the laws of the State of North Carolina provide that the parties hereto may contract <br />and agree, each with the other, for the joint use of facilities for the stated public p ses; and <br />WHEREAS, in furtherance of the aforesaid, the parties hereto do propose to contract and agree <br />for a period of thirty (30) years, to jointly use and mutually operate recreatio fields and <br />appurtenant facilities all of which are to be constructed by the Board of Education on the <br />School Site; and <br />WHEREAS, the implementation of this Agreement would fulfill substantial Board of <br />Education, County and Town needs, and be of significant mutual benefit to the p "es hereto, <br />and to the public generally; <br />WHEREAS, it is understood by the parties that the land on which the s ecif c fields <br />referred to herein are to be located is owned by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill <br />and is State property, that the land on which the fields referred to herein are to be located is <br />leased to the Orange County Commissioners for the specific purpose of providing ad 'tional land <br />for the School Site, and that all agreements between the parties will be subject to underlying <br />lease agreements and rights of the State of North Carolina and the University of N rth Carolina <br />4 <br />at Chapel Hill but in no event shall the County's and the Town's access to the soccer field