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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No I -E
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 1, 1995
SUBJECT: School and Recreation Site Development
DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT
Moses Carey
Yes-Resolution
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To consider adopting a resolution endorsing in concept the
need for intergovernmental cooperation for construction of a new school
and parks and recreation facilities south of Chapel Hill.
BACKGROUND: Last Monday night, the Chapel Hill Council endorsed this
concept and appointed Council Members Waldorf and Pavao to represent
the Council in discussions with the developer of the Southern Village,
Orange County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education for the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. They asked that the County
Commissioners and the Board of Education make similar appointments.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the resolution as attached.
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A RESOLUTION ENDORSING IN CONCEPT THE NEED FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COOPERATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SCHOOL AND PARKS
AND RECREATION FACILITIES SOUTH OF CHAPEL HILL
WHEREAS, the Southern Village development and nearby existing
neighborhoods will provide a cluster of population in the area
south of the present Town limits as planned in the Southern Small
Area Plan as adopted by the Town Council; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill owns about 80 acres which were
acquired in the 1980s for a future Southern Community Park near
Dogwood Acres and the now-planned Southern Village; and
WHEREAS, the town Council has an interest in transportation, parks
and recreation, resource conservation and other matters related to
construction of a future school and public parks and recreation
facilities south of the present Town limits; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools, the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Town
Council have the opportunity now for timely cooperation among the
localities and with the Southern Village developer to address
objectives of each party;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners hereby:
1. Endorses the concept of intergovernmental cooperation for
construction of a new elementary school and public park and
recreation facilities in the Southern Village/Southern Community
Park area; and
2 . Designates and to
participate in discussions with other local government
representatives and with the developer of the Southern Village
regarding intergovernmental cooperation for construction of a new
elementary school and public park and recreation facilities in the
Southern Village/Southern Community Park Area; and
3. Requests that the participants in the discussions make a status
report to the governing bodies by June 26, 1995.
This the 1st day of May. 1995.
Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair