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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 29, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - b SUBJECT: Northern Park Master Plan DEPARTMENT: Environment & Resource ATTACHMENT Conservation, Recreation and Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stancil, 245-2590 1. Proposed Master Plan map, with cost estimates Lori Taft, 245-2660 2. Memo re Operations & Maintenance Costs and Marabeth Carr, 960-3880 Skate Park 3. Possible Timetable of Activities TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 965-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss the proposed master plan for Northern Park at the Northern Human Services Center developed by citizens and staff between October 2004 and March 2005. BACKGROUND: In November 2001, Orange County voters approved a Parks and Open Space bond including $1.2 million toward a park on 48 acres of land adjacent to and including the Northern Human Services Center on NC 86 North. A park at this location was identified in the adopted 1988 Master Recreation and Parks Plan. Over the past several years, a BOCC Task Force has been working toward both the park and upgrades to the Center. In 2004 the Board agreed to move forward with a park planning effort that was separate from the Center upgrades, but cognizant of the need for coordination with current/future plans far the Center. A separate abstract addresses items related to the building's water and wastewater systems. In late 2004 and early 2005, a total of 37 different citizens participated in community meetings to help create a master plan design for the park. As a result, the group created a master plan, presented to the Board of Commissioners on May 3, 2005, that included: • Retention of the hardwood forest areas identified for low-impact recreation, with a loop trail generally identified (the actual location of the trail would be located later as construction drawings are prepared)