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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 19, 2002 SUBJECT: Adams Tract -Joint Preservation DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation Action Agenda Item No. ions PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Questions to Carrboro 2) Carrboro Response 3) Staff Memo INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stancil, 245-2590 4) November 11 Materials TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive a special presentation and invite public comment on the potential for a joint Town/County/State partnership to protect the 29-acre Adams Tract in Carrboro for future open space and greenway use. BACKGROUND: In May of this year, the Town of Carrboro transmitted a request for County participation in the acquisition of a 29-acre tract of land along Bolin Creek inside the Town known as the "Adams Tract." Specifically, the Town asked if Orange County would appropriate funds to be used as local government matching funds for a grant application to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. In October, the Town asked that the portion of the 2001 Parks and Open Space bond planned for Carrboro greenways be used to provide matching funds toward the acquisition of this property. On November 11`h, County staff included this request and an evaluation of the Adams Tract in the Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan for 2002-03. As a result of that discussion, the Board asked that: 1. A set of clarifying questions be transmitted to the Town of Carrboro regarding potential participation in this acquisition (please see Attachment 1), and 2. A special presentation be scheduled for November 19th, inviting Town staff and Board members to make a presentation on the significance of this property to the Town and County open space networks and natural areas.