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12 <br />Draft Letter Agreement regarding future use of 8-acre Duke property <br />[BOCC Letterhead] <br />June 8, 2005 <br />Mr. Tallman Trask III <br />Office of the Executive Vice President <br />Duke University <br />Box 90027 <br />Durham, NC 27708-0027 <br />Dear Mr. Trask: <br />On behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, I want to thank you for Duke <br />University's in terest in working with Orange County to protect another important parcel <br />of land for conservation purposes. It is the intention of Orange County to acquire eight <br />acres of Duke property located at the southwest corner of Erwin and Pickett roads for a <br />potential future Hollow Rock Access Area. The protection of this land was envisioned by <br />the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan, and will be a cornerstone to a larger area <br />of protected open space and wildlife habitat within the New Hope Creek corridor.. <br />The future use of this property will be addressed through a design process for the larger <br />"New Hope Preserve," in which we will welcome Duke University's active participatio n. <br />It is also understood that there will be no public access to the property until such time as <br />the planned New Hope Trail connecting the property southwards to the Durham County <br />open space network, or some other mutually-agreeable subset of the trail network, is <br />constructed. <br />We consider the conveyance of this land to be another fine example of Duke University's <br />conunitment to the conservation of significant forestland and natural areas in Orange County. <br />Thank you for your leadership in the protection of our common natural heritage. <br />Sincerely, <br />Moses Carey Jr., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />