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q Is the land ad'acent to new or existin schools? Yes, the site is near Carrboro Elements School. Is the land for potential active recreation suitable and appropriate for the planned uses (i.e., avoids wetlands and environmentally-sensitive lands)? N/A. No active recreation proposed. The site would not be suitable for active recreation due to stream corridor and natural area. Will the acquisition further purposes of Upper Eno and New Hope Corridor preservation efforts (if applicable)? N/A - but the acquisition will further efforts to add to the Bolin Creek corridor (which is part of Jordan Lake watershed . Is access (transportation) to the proposed site safe and easily-accomplished? Potentially yes. Access could be accomplished through adjacent Wilson Park, eliminating illegal parking along Estes Drive Extension, which now occurs. Conclusion As shown above, the proposal meets most of the criteria for joint parks and open space projects, but does not meet all. For example, the primary criterion calling fora 50% match by the requesting local government is not met. However, other important criteria, such as the protection of identified Natural Heritage sites, are met. As a land acquisition project, this project is not applicable to the IP Work Group's recently-recommended policy ("Planning Process for Joint County/Town Open Space Projects"), although some provisions of that document may be prudent to apply, such as the appointment of a County/Town Project Planning Group (PPG) to oversee the acquisition activities. Additionally, once a policy governing joint facilities projects is adopted, that policy would govern eventual greenway extension along this corridor (and through this property), if pursued as a joint County/Town project. The Town's request in May of this year was for $500,000, with amore-recent refinement asking that the Town's full portion of the 2001 bond funds for greenways ($750,000) be used to this end. The acquisition of this tract would further the expansion of the Bolin Creek Greenway, by providing land along the Master Plan route that could be incorporated into the greenway. Clarification is needed that the greenway could be placed on this side of Bolin Creek, as the existing Town plans show the proposed greenway on the opposite side of the creek. However, this is merely a line on a map and there is no design for the greenway at this time. While construction of the remainder of the greenway to the Adams Tract may be some years in the offing, greenway segments are often acquired in piecemeal fashion as part of a master plan. Acquisition of the Adams Tract would enhance that goal, by acquiring land for the eventual extension of Bolin Creek Greenway, which would also eventually tie to trails proposed on the Chapel Hill Township Environment and Resource Conservation PO Box 8181 / 306-A Revere Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 245-2590