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F <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 20, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 10-q <br />SUBJECT: Durham County Proposal -New Hope Preserve Interlocal Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Durham County Proposal / Letter <br />2. Chair's Response of 7/13 <br />3. Orange County Staff Memo <br />4. Resolution of Participation - April 8, 2005 <br />5. Durham Staff Memo - Master Planning <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Geof Gledhill, 732 -2196 <br />David Stancil, 245 -2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider and discuss possible participation in a proposal from Durham <br />County to create an interlocal agreement regarding property that is being jointly acquired <br />along the New Hope Creek corridor (which also includes a proposal for a new committee to <br />develop a new plan for a larger segment of the New Hope corridor). <br />BACKGROUND: On April 8, Orange County agreed to participate in a joint effort with <br />Durham County, the Town of Chapel Hill, the City of Durham, Triangle Land Conservancy <br />(TLC) and private individuals (individually and as part of the Erwin Area Neighborhood Group <br />or EANG) to acquire a 43 -acre parcel of land in both Durham and Orange Counties along <br />Erwin Road. This property, informally known as "Erwin Trace" (the name of the proposed <br />development on the property), includes almost 11 acres in Orange County at the intersection <br />of Pickett Road and Erwin Road. <br />In a resolution adopted on April 8, Orange County agreed to participate in the project and to <br />contribute $125,000, and accept pledges of $50,000 from Triangle Land Conservancy and <br />$25,000 from the Town of Chapel Hill, to provide a total amount of $200,000 toward the joint <br />acquisition. In April, Durham County signed an option to purchase the property over a three - <br />year period. The closing on the property is expected to occur in April 2008. <br />At the same time, Orange County concluded prior discussions with Duke University regarding <br />the acquisition of another 7 acres of land owned by Duke across Pickett Road from this <br />