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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~__ <br />SUBJECT: Discussion of Plans for Twin Creeks (Moniese Nomp) <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT <br />1) Master Plan Draft Map <br />2) List of Previous Discussions /Other Issues <br />3) Possible Schedule of Activities <br />4) Letter from Carrbaro Mayor Nelson <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review and discuss the Master Plan (received on 12/9/2003) far Twin Creeks <br />(Moniese Nomp), a 193-acre park and educational campus site located north of Carrboro, <br />BACKGROUND: From September 30, 2002 to May 22, 2003, the 23-member Chapel Hill <br />Township Park and Educational Campus (CHATPEC) Work Group met to create a proposed <br />Master Plan far this 193-acre County-owned site near the intersection of Eubanks Road and <br />Old 86. This Master Plan project was the largest design project ever undertaken by Orange <br />County and was undertaken using a process and set of guiding principles adopted by the <br />Board. Significant attention was paid to the potential sharing of facilities between the <br />educational campus and the park, and several playing field and parking areas are located <br />with this in mind. The design for the site, following site analysis and group discussions of <br />needed/desired facilities, was accomplished via design charettes conducted with the two <br />subcommittees of the Work Group (Educational Campus Subcommittee and Township Park <br />Subcommittee), and subsequent discussions of the Work Group as a whole. <br />On May 22, the Work Group held its final meeting and adopted the attached report, with the <br />opportunity to submit subsequent proposed revisions to the report (these suggested changes <br />were compiled over the summer by staff and are included as an appendix to the report). On <br />June 26, a brief status report was presented to the Board. <br />The Master Plan design contains a 96-acre park with a balance of low-impact and active <br />recreation. While the majority of the total land area in the park is left in a natural state or <br />proposed for low-impact recreation, there is a substantial active recreation portion of the <br />park. The design for the park would make this the largest active recreation node in the <br />