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4 <br /> Attachment 4a — Fairview Landfill Information <br /> Attachment 4b — Memorandum - Improving Recreational Opportunities in Fairview Park - <br /> February 2025 <br /> Attachment 4c— Fairview Youth in Action Overview <br /> 5. Train Station Update & Hillsborough Station Transit Oriented Development (TOD) <br /> Partnership Opportunities (Including Grant Efforts) <br /> The Town of Hillsborough (Town) owns approximately 19.6 acres of property between <br /> Gold Hill Way and the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) tracks near the entrance to the <br /> Collins Ridge Neighborhood. The entire property is being referred to as "Hillsborough <br /> Station", which encompasses the train station and the future development surrounding it. <br /> The Town has spent several years in the planning and design process to develop an <br /> approximately 8,000 square foot net-zero-ready passenger rail station that would also <br /> include Town offices and meeting space. The project has zoning and site plan approval, <br /> and is working towards a preliminary engineering agreement with NCRR to submit plans <br /> for review. <br /> The train station project will require about 4.7 acres of the Town's property. After <br /> deductions for streets, sidewalks, landscaping, buffers, stormwater, etc. — there will be a <br /> little over 9.5 acres remaining for development. In the Town's Comprehensive <br /> Sustainability Plan, a goal was established to set aside one-third of the remaining site for <br /> the development of affordable housing. In September 2023, the Town Board of <br /> Commissioners received an update on concept-level planning for the remaining site, <br /> which is included in the attached presentation. The Town has funded a market study to <br /> further develop potential layouts and uses of the site, which will be completed in FY26. <br /> At the concept level, the Town has reserved a site near the train station for "civic use" — <br /> currently an undefined term. There has been some interest in potential partnerships for <br /> that space, including but not limited to a multi-modal transportation center (MMC) and a <br /> performing arts venue. Orange County staff has engaged a consultant to work on a <br /> RAISE/BUILD grant application', which is being supported by Town staff and also <br /> includes coordination with multiple local and regional stakeholders including Piedmont <br /> Authority on Regional Transportation (PART), Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization, Central Pines Regional Council, Link Transit, Orange County, North <br /> Carolina Department of Transportation Division and Integrated Mobility Division and <br /> Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization (TWTPO)2. As the site will already <br /> be served by passenger rail and will be adjacent to the new Ridgewalk Greenway, it may <br /> make sense to add additional transportation amenities to the Hillsborough Station site. <br /> The discussions of potential arts/performing arts uses have been very informal and <br /> neither the Town or County boards have expressed official support for either use. <br /> The Boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary, and staff will be <br /> available at the meeting. <br /> Attachment 5— Hillsborough Station Transit Oriented Development <br /> 1 Prior to January 2025,the program was named Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity(RAISE).As <br /> part of the Trump Administration agenda,the program reverted to the previous name of Better Utilizing Investments to <br /> Leverage Development(BUILD). <br /> 2 Formerly known as DCHC-MPO <br />