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