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RETURN THIS COPY TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE <br /> FOR THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE <br /> MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br /> TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE <br /> REGARDING PLANNING FOR FAIRVIEW PARK, COUNTY <br /> PARKS OPERATIONS BASE AND <br /> TOWN AND COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into between the Town of Hillsborough, North <br /> Carolina, a North Carolina municipal corporation, 101 East Orange Street, Hillsborough, North <br /> Carolina 27278 (hereinafter referred to as the "Town"), and Orange County, a body politic and <br /> corporate, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, 200 South Cameron Street, <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 (hereinafter referred to as the "County"), for the joint <br /> development of a park and public facility campus. <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement are public bodies, politic and corporate, under the laws <br /> of the State of North Carolina; and <br /> WHEREAS, the parties are vested with the power and authority to own and improve real estate <br /> for recreational and other public purposes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Fairview area of Hillsborough has a designated park site (hereafter "the <br /> Fairview park site") that was established as part of the Community Revitalization effort funded <br /> through Community Development block Grants in the 1980s, and identified in both the County <br /> and Town Comprehensive Plans; and <br /> WHEREAS, limited facilities have been constructed at the Fairview park site, including a <br /> playground and playing field; and <br /> WHEREAS, the 2001 Park and Open Space Bond for Orange County included $850,000 for <br /> planning and construction of the Fairview park site; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town and County both own property including and in the immediate vicinity of <br /> the Fairview park site, including the Orange County Public Works facility, totaling 92 acres; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town and County recognize the mutual benefit and interest of the parties <br /> hereto, and to the public generally, in the construction of park and community facilities on the <br />