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163 <br /> FORESTAR <br /> May 14, 2025 <br /> Town of Hillsborough Planning Department <br /> 101 E. Orange Street <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> RE: Response to Town of Hillsborough Comments—HWY 86 <br /> Connectivity <br /> 1. The inclusion of a trail system around the neighborhood is a nice amenity and could provide <br /> future opportunities for connectivity if it were not a closed system. Town staff recommend <br /> the developer put the trail system in a public access easement so that in the future as this <br /> area develops it can have greater utilization. <br /> Forestar Response: The trail system is intended to be a private community amenity. Making <br /> the proposed trail system available for public use would introduce a significant financial <br /> burden for future homeowners. Future homeowners would become responsible for <br /> maintaining a trail system subject to heavier use from those outside of the subdivision in <br /> addition to the potential liability requiring costly insurance to cover the additional risk <br /> associated with public use. With that being said, Forestar would agree to provide a 20' <br /> future public easement should the HOA and any public entity come to an agreement for the <br /> public entity to acquire the easement in the future. It should be noted that the trail system <br /> will not be constructed in accordance with any public required specifications. <br /> A. Town staff also recommend that a leg of the trail connect to the adjacent Eno Academy <br /> property so that students living in this neighborhood could walk to school vs. having to get <br /> in a vehicle and go down and around to NC 57 to get to school. (Example below, best <br /> alignment will depend on topography/treeline) <br /> Forestar Response: Please refer to the updated plans for location of the future 20' access <br /> easement connecting to Eno River Academy. <br /> 8041 Arco Corporate Drive,Suite 110 1 Raleigh,North Carolina 27617 1 M(919)804.7220 1 www.forestargroup.com <br />