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Compiled by Orange County Budget Office <br />Otl/2~/2001 <br />Needs Presented to Capital Needs Advisory Task Force <br />Final <br />(shown in alphabetical order) <br />Request ~ Description ~ Amount of Funding Requested <br />Parkland and Open Spac® <br /> University Station/New Hape Park -Acquisition of 75 to <br /> 150 acres in University Station/New Hope area (northern 1,700,000 <br /> Chapel Hill Township); could be school/park co-location <br /> Bingham District Park -Transaction costs for acquisition <br /> of 100 acres in northern Bingham Township (located on 50,000 <br /> land owned b OWASA <br /> Northern Chapel Hill Township Rustic Woodland Trail - <br /> Acquisition of several isolated strips of land that connect <br /> Town of Chapel Hill and County Parks to Triangle Land 600,000 <br /> Conservancy trails and Duke Forest open space <br /> network, tying together Town greenways system and <br /> New Ho e o ens aces <br /> "Mason Farm to Jordan Lake" Rustic Woodland Trail - <br /> Acquisition of 1-to-2 isolated strips of land to connect <br /> UNC lands at Mason Farm/Botanical Garden to Durham 100,000 <br /> County line (to pick up connection to Jordan Lake <br /> Lands <br /> Joint Town/Counfy Open Space Projects (Town Parks <br /> and/or Greenway Plans) -Acquisition space for Towns, 12~ <br />~ consistent with joint parkslopen space criteria, identified <br />~ b Tawn tans/a roved b Coun <br />~ Top priority NC Natural Heritage sites -Acquisition of <br />~ (by purchase ar easement) 500 acres in Chapel Hill, 3,250,000 <br />~ <br />0 Bin ham, Cheeks, Hillsborou hand l;no Townshi s <br />U Top priority Unprotected Prime Forests -Acquisition of <br /> (by purchase or easement) 300 acres of unidentified and 1,800,000 <br /> un rotected rime forests <br /> Seven Mile Creek Nature Preserve -Acquisition of (by <br /> purchase or easement) 500 acres toward Seven Mile 2,500,000 <br />Piekards Mountain Natural Area -Acquisition of 25 <br />additional acres adjacent to Triangle Land Conservancy 125,000 <br />easements at Pickards Mountain in Bingham Township <br />Conservation Easements in Cane Creek, Upper Eno, <br />Back Creek and Little River watersheds -Acquisition of <br />conservafion easements on 90p acres of farmland per 1,400,000 <br />year (fo protect wafer qualify and prime or threatened <br />Chapel Hill Township District Park, Phase 1, with <br />Carrboro -Construct 3 multipurpose playing fields (one 1,500,000 <br />of which is a regulation soccer field), nature and <br />environmental trails, picnic areas, and basketball courts <br />