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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 4, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan for FY 2002-04 <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Revised Draft Annual Action Plan/Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2598 <br />Rich Shaw, 245-2591 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adoption of the Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan for fiscal years <br />2002-03 and 2003-04. <br />BACKGROUND: On January 27th, the Board reviewed and made revisions to the draft <br />Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan 2002-04. The Annual Action Plan was also reviewed by <br />the Board on November 11 and December 2, 2002. At the January 27th work session, the <br />Board asked that the Action Plan (with changes) be brought back for action as a consent <br />agenda item. <br />The attached Annual Action Plan would cover the 24-month period from July 2002- June <br />2004, as requested by the Board on December 2, 2002. Clarifications made to the <br />January 27th draft based on Board comments include: <br />? Further definition of the Joint County/Town Open Space item to include Town <br />greenways and rustic trail connectors that link together important open space <br />networks; <br />? the linkage between the proposed Northern Chapel Hill Township Rustic Woodland <br />Trail and the New Hope Corridor Master Plan; <br />? clarification about proposed parkland purchases (community parks of 25-74 acres); <br />? the addition of a item in the priority table regarding coordination with Duke and UNC; <br />and <br />? high-lighting of the planned openings during the Action Plan timeframe for McGowan <br />Creek Preserve and Little River Park.