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Draft 4/23/03 WHEREAS, the parties recognize the mutual benefit in the County's acting as the lead entity in the construction and financing of Phase II facilities of the park, to be built with funds from the 2001 bond amount of $850,000; and WHEREAS, the laws of the State of North Carolina provide that the parties hereto may contract and agree, each with the other, for the joint use of facilities for the stated public purposes; and WHEREAS, the parties hereto agree to allow the future construction and use of all of the three properties identified on the map in Attachment 1 to be designed, developed and programmed for public activity as one unit meeting mutual needs; and WHEREAS, the funding for additional facilities at the Park and Campus (beyond the $850,000 currently appropriated by the County for Phase II of the park) will be addressed by the County and Town in amutually-agreeable fashion at a later date: NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual promises and obligations set forth herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 1. PROCESS FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN OF PARK AND CAMPUS The process for planning and designing the Fairview Park and Campus will encompass the land currently owned by both the Town and County in the immediate vicinity of the existing Fairview Park (as shown in the map in Attachment 1). Together these parcels represent approximately 92 acres. The Planning for Fairview Park and Campus will also consider and address, to the extent possible, the interests of both the Town and County to locate additional, non-park facilities on the property as part of a larger Public Campus. The County and Town will appoint, as soon as practical, a Fairview Park and Campus Master Plan Committee to develop recommendations for the design and use of the site. The Committee shall be appointed by approval of both County and Town Boards of Commissioners, and shall consist of the following membership and charge: A. CHARGE to the Master Plan Committee: Develop a Master Plan for the Fairview Park and Campus property, within the framework of any operating guidelines or other instructions as offered by the Boards, to include the following: 1. A physical map design for the property, including all proposed buildings, playing fields, roads, parking, other facilities, amenities, infrastructure locations, vegetative cover, hydrology and other components that are commonly included in park or public facility campus concept plan. 2. A written report outlining the proposed uses, the design rationale, description of work group process, natural and cultural features of the site, means of soliciting community input, the potential future phases, and construction cost estimates.