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Draft 4/ 28/ 99 Greenways Evaluation Criteria (note - many criteria taken from Chapel Hill Master Plan ) • Located along streamway systems in urban or surrounding areas • Co -located with existing easements (such as utility easements) • Located as far as possible from residential structures to preserve privacy • Located no closer than 25 feet to the stream bank • Stream crossings should be avoided whenever possible and grade separated when necessary • Located to ensure that minimum disruption of the trail would result from repair or replacement of utilities • Located to connect existing neighborhoods, parks and other public services • Located to allow for emergency vehicle access With these priorities in mind, the potential for long -term development of a trail system linking the urban greenways and rural trails to parks and open space does exist. The Joint Planning Area Strategy Map shows the beginnings of a such a system that was envisioned in Y 987. While considerable further work would be needed in this area, examples of some possible long -term corridors/trails might include: • A North Chapel Hill/Rural Buffer corridor linking Booker Creek Greenway, Northern Community Park, Duke Forest, New Hope Creek (including TLC lands and Duke Forest) back to the New Hope Creek Corridor and the Durham County line. • A corridor in southwest/central Orange County linking the Haw River, Cane Creek Reservoir, OWASA mitigation lands, Seven -Mile Creek lands, Eno River and Duke Forest, Eno River River Walk in Hillsborough and the Eno River State Park. (A northern branch along the Eno toward the new Hillsborough reservoir could be an addition to this concept) . • A corridor in southern Orange linking Bolin Creek Greenway via Meadownmont and UNC to the UNC Botanical Garden to Jordan Lake lands. 24