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t IT <br /> t � y, t � r OraD re Co inn <br /> f1rfmt I/` Ci._ . 4f� ,. ta*"' it �'�- - : t�l or, A lY "1.Oft Y'�'t`r:\ iS. <br /> {. �. , �. JEnvironlnent Resource <br /> „ r 't:.' Y - , < .,-'F+.. _ �,f „-vi� Y1s C � 11Scrvat <br /> - s to 7 ? xrr= <br /> 'A st If y ...�y; 2;\ i ' � -:.4 t; it <br /> .� y .3 9r'. ;dr..• ''1W • ;fir k <br /> rrr <br /> A F <br /> IF I <br /> Rtv <br /> , ;, , . <br /> .ems. - }AW <br /> 0 <br /> - � ;a . . , . <br /> -- II 306 - A RcveNre Road PO Box 5181 <br /> : It ,. , ; ., K � . . I Hillsborough, NC 7 t o <br /> C�it 'y;Cf � l,-,�"'i-,i _ i • {�� .I;Z,•1 - - - - x� •✓ <br /> 1 a( r., .t . I <br /> v_ : , � " :tyow <br /> yAA`I ~: Phone : ( 919 ) ? 45 -- 2597 , Fax : ( 919 ) 644 -- 3351 <br /> I ` . � u <br /> - - _::. . — . - -� -- -- -- <br /> IF <br /> Memorandum <br /> To : David Stancil , ERCDlrector <br /> From : Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager <br /> Subject : OWASA Mitigation Tract Evaluation <br /> Date : February 13 , 2002 <br /> Please find attached staff evaluation of the OWASA Mitigation Tract . <br /> . The subject property is a 490 - acre tract located between Buckhorn <br /> Road and Mt . Willing Road ( Bingham Township ) . <br /> The Parks Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br /> ( adopted 1988 ) calls for a Bingham - Cane Creek District Park ( 75 - 199 <br /> acres ) in northern Bingham Township . It also calls for a White Cross <br /> Community Park ( 25 - 74 acres ) in southern Bingham . Neither park has <br /> been established to date . [ The latter is a land acquisition priority in � <br /> the current Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan . ] The Joint Master <br /> Recreation and Parks Work Group report ( 1999 ) recommended that <br /> the County pursue a collaborative arrangement with OWASA for <br /> establishing sites that would serve either or both of these park needs . <br /> i <br /> Since that time , Orange County and OWASA staffs have initiated <br /> discussions of the potential future use of OWASA - owned land for public <br /> recreational uses . OWASA has indicated a willingness to consider , on <br /> a site - by - site basis , the provision of parklands provided the intended <br /> uses would not compromise water quality in Cane Creek reservoir or <br /> the Authority 's ability to have sufficient land for biosolids application . <br /> The Intergovernmental Parks Work Group has created an OWASA <br /> Lands Subcommittee to evaluate the potential use of OWASA lands for <br /> public park purposes . The so - called " Mitigation Tract " may provide <br /> one such opportunity . <br /> Page l of 4 <br />