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ATTACHMENT A 3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> Potential Durham County Grant <br /> for Construction of Mountain Bike Trails <br /> at Little River Regional Park and Natural Area <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and Durham County purchased a 391-acre property in 2000- <br /> 2001 for establishing the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area; and - <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and Durham County collaborated with the Triangle Land <br /> Conservancy and the Eno River Association to acquire this property for the purposes of <br /> protecting a water supply watershed, preserving important wildlife habitat and open space, <br /> and providing citizens with an new area for low-impact recreation; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and Durham County will jointly own and manage the park in <br /> accordance with a forthcoming inter local agreement to be approved by both county boards <br /> of commissioners; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and Durham County have agreed to allow mountain biking on <br /> designated trails within the park in accordance with a park master plan to be approved by <br /> both county beams of commissioners; and <br /> WHEREAS, Durham County has A Matching Grants Program that assists nonprofit <br /> organizations to preserve open space lands and promote new or improved recreational <br /> opportunities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Durham Open Space and Trails Commission (DOST), which administers the <br /> Matching Grants Program, has received an application from the Durham-Orange Mountain <br /> Bike Organization (DOMBO) for matching funds to design, construct and maintain mountain <br /> bike trails in the park; and <br /> WHEREAS, the proposed mountain bike trails would not be constructed until a site plan for <br /> the park has been developed and approved by both county boards of commissioners' <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do <br /> hereby agree to the potential awarding of grant funds by Durham County for the <br /> establishment Of mountain bike trails at the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area on <br /> the conditions that a) no trail construction occur prior to Park site plan approval by both <br /> Orange County and Durham County Commissioners and b) future maintenance of mountain <br /> bike trails be consistent with an agreement approved by both Orange and Durham counties. <br /> This the 160 day of January, 2002. <br /> Barry Jambs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board Of Commissioners <br /> Beverly Blythe, Clerk to the Board <br />