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as <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />1) Agree to participate in a regional, multi-county, value-added shared-use food and <br />agricultural processing center, <br />2) Formally allocate the former Orange Enterprise Building on Valley Forge Road in <br />Hillsborough for development of a regional value-added sharnd-use food and agricultural <br />processing center, <br />3) Recommend that the governing board of the Center become a 501(c)3; and <br />4) Agree that the shared monetary compensation for the Valley Forge Road property (item <br />2 above) will be determined later and request that equ'"stable fiscal support among <br />partners be pursued that recognizes the allocation of the Orange Enterprise building <br />owned by Orange County. <br />This the 19"' day of February 2008. <br />4. Joint Parks/Oaen Soace Acauisition/Develoument <br />a. Southenn Park <br />Mayor Foy said that it is almost finished, but there is a hold up on the fields because of <br />the watering issue. <br />Roger Stancil said that the staff is looking at drilling a well, artificial turf, or trucking water <br />in. <br />Mayor Foy said that he and George Lucier were supposed to talk and George Lucier <br />skid that the respective Recreation and Parks Departments were supposed to get together and <br />discuss this. <br />Chair Jacobs suggested having a report by March 31 ~ for the AOG meeting and Mayor <br />Foy agreed. Chair Jacobs said there is a U. S. Communities entity that counties can use to get <br />a group rate for different products, and the newest product is artificial turf. Orange County has <br />been talking about putting artificial turf at Smith Middle School fields, and it is about $1.5 million. <br />b. Potential Greenway between Chatham and UNC <br />Dave Stancil said that Recreation and Parks Director Lori Taft had told him that there <br />had been some conversation about a pedestrian corridor/greenway tying into the Southern <br />village area of Chapel Hill. He did not know anything further about this. <br />c. Jordan Lake Natural Area (macrosite) <br />Dave Stancil said that staff is continuing to work with some property owners. This would <br />build on existing open space. This natural area extends into Chatham and Durham. There is <br />slow but sure progress. <br />5. Transportation Plannina/Public Transportation <br />- Regional Planning Organization <br />-Special Transportation Advisory Committee <br />Roger Stancil distributed a memo from Steve Spade, Transit Director, to him about an <br />update on staff activities related to Chatham County Transit Service. Several service options <br />are considering medications to the current Chatham County F~cpress to serve the University, <br />operation of an express route reaching further into Chatham County from Chapel Hill, and the <br />introduction of vanpool service. There should be a more complete report in late March. <br />Chair Jacobs asked when Orange County and Hillsborough would be engaged regarding <br />Carolina North. Roger Stancil said that he is having conversations with OPT about cooperative <br />arrangements between Chapel Hill Transit and OPT. <br />