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APPROVED 5/18/2010 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> WORK SESSION <br /> April 13, 2010 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Tuesday, April <br /> 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners Alice <br /> Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager Willie <br /> Best and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> 1. Proposed Master Plan for Future New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm <br /> Environment and Resource Conservation Director Dave Stancil made a PowerPoint <br /> presentation. He said that this is a master plan for a park that has no funding. <br /> Open Space Design Specialist Marabeth Carr also made the PowerPoint presentation. <br /> Future <br /> New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm <br /> April 13, 2010 <br /> Background <br /> •152-acre property acquired at end of 2001 <br /> •Frontage on New Hope Church Road, NC 86 (and 1-40!) <br /> •1988 Parks Plan envisioned a park nearby (New Hope/University Station Park) <br /> •Formerly a general purpose farm (Herbert and Alice Blackwood since 1906) <br /> Characteristics of the Site <br /> •Strategically located between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill — excellent access <br /> •House (ca 1827) and several farm outbuildings <br /> •Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough roadbed still exists, runs through property <br /> •Three-acre pond <br /> •New Hope Church Road scenic vista (1500 feet) <br /> •Multiplicity of resources in one site! <br /> Opportunities and Challenges <br /> Opportunities <br /> •Access, scenic views <br /> •Proximity to schools <br />