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NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the US Land & +Water Conservation Fund ) We
<br /> have obtained rough consulting estimates ranging from. $ 30 , 0004 50 , 000 . We made a similar
<br /> request to the Chapel Hill Towle Coun.ci. l last 'November and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in
<br /> January. Both towns responded enthusiastically to our proposal . We are, keenly a«tare of the
<br /> success of the New Hope Master plan which has served, as a blueprint in identifying critical
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<br /> parcels for acquisition and protection over the past decade and believe that this approach will be
<br /> similarly useful in guiding the acquisition and preservation of the Bolin Cjrccl; Corridor .
<br /> Why should we preserve the Bolin Creek Corridor 1 WVe believe the following four
<br /> reasons are very important:
<br /> ( 1 ) WIth burgeoning growth In southern Orange County, this is a critical period where it is
<br /> essential to carefully manage urban growth in the Bolin Creep Watershed , If the
<br /> watershed is not preserved over the next fern years , the opportunity will be lost forever.
<br /> ill sections of the watershed are largely built out, construction
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<br /> upstreami in Carrboro and the Northern Transition. Zone could have enormous impact an.
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<br /> the entire watershed, exacerbating the chronic flood problems in. the University
<br /> Mall/Camelot Apartments area.
<br /> (2) There is an, important need to establish connectivity of natural areas, existing and
<br /> planned parrs and. greenways . Chapel Hill has built a very popular, extensively used As
<br /> greenway/bikeway stretching along Bolin Cree.k ..from the. Community iity Center on Estes
<br /> Drive to Airport Road, but it is a long way from there to the headwaters ) It is our dream
<br /> to continue the Chapel Hill Greenway from Airport Road to Umstead Park and Estes
<br /> Drive, to have the state DOT restore the streambed under Estes Drive Extension and
<br /> build a bridge over the creek wide enough. to allow wildlife acid green�vay corridors { as
<br /> part of the improvements that will be made to Estes Drive to accommIodate traffic to the
<br /> new Horace Williams Campus ), connect to Wilson Park and the planned Carrboro
<br /> Creenway, run connectors to Seawell ,Elementary, Smith Middle and Chapel hill T•iigh
<br /> Schools , a possible connector along the tributary which arises on the Oreen.e Tract, and. I
<br /> another segment continuing through Wininore tip Jones Creek to the planned County
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<br /> ( 3 ) We want to preserve the last intact stretches of native forest habitat remaining in
<br /> southern Orah. ge County . Two studies by Triangle Land Conservancy within the last
<br /> five years identified itnuch of the forest areas in the Florace Williams Tract and the
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<br /> Northern Transition Zone as botanically sensitive and ecologically valuable (.l
<br /> .Landscal.)e lVith 1�ildlife,for Orange Couvtj) and A Landscape 07th l ildlife fog- Orange
<br /> Cotsrrt , .PGn-t ll by Haven ViJiley, Steve Hall and Livy Ludington ) , Another natural Y treasure is the Adams Tract, about 30 acres between Estes Drive and Nutters Road in
<br /> Carrboro . This jei .Nrel is an important gateway and access to the park and preserve that f
<br /> we want to establish . Carrboro has already obtained about 200K from the NC Clean ;
<br /> Water )Management "Trust Fund , has requested 750K bond funds from grange County ,
<br /> and is exploring a. variety cif other funding sources to purchase this tract. We view
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