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4. it authorizes the chair of the Eo~rd of ~r~nge bounty commissioners to tansmit this re~lution with an appropriate cover letter to President Clinton, Senators Edwards and Helms, and ~epreentative Price. Upon motion cf ommissicner Carey, seconded by commissioner Halkiotis, the foregoing resolution was adopted this, the rd day of August, ~1 ~~. VOTE: UNANIM~U. ~. ~~ ort -Joint Maa~er ~ecrea~tian ~~d darks Plan The purpose of this agenda item is to receive the report of ~e Joint Master recreation and Parks Work group. In November 1~1, the Eoard created the Joint Master recreation and Parks Vllork group, which was charged to update and modify the Master recreation and Pis Plan to be ~ joint long-range pital focilities Alen, including an inventory of facilities, an assessment of needs and standards, end a review of payment-in-lieu programs and Iong~term parkland acquisition goals. The Work group was comprised of elected beard and advisory board representatives from each jurisdiction, and has worked to explore these and other topics. The report was completed on May , ~~, and contains ~ nur~berof recommendations forthe bounty and other jurisdictions, including the formation of ~ new Parks and Resource Lands council ~s a Iong-term coordinating mechanism. The topics addressed included: ~a} An update of recreational facilities countywide; fib} An update of local recreation and parks needs; ~c~ Developing standards for parkfacilities and design; ~d} Establishing joint siting, design, and management of school and park sites; fie} Setting tangible and realistic parkland acquisition goals; ~f} Reassessing payment-in-lieu of dedication program hand service area boundaries for programs}; and fig} betting dedication provisions for greenways in the ~loint Planning Area The Work group met over a ~ l-month period, which included sic ~~} months of additional subcommittee work, to produce this report, The fiat priority was to establish where ~e bounty is at the present time, Tc do so, tuvo ~} committees were created within the Work group. The resource Inventory committee worked during the spring and summer of ~~~8 to develop a template for tacking all existing recreational facilities and to inform the public ~~ to their availability. The Needs Assessment committee met during the spring and summer of ~ g~ to update recreation and parks needs from each jurisdiction. The Work group also discussed the concept of a countywide set of standards for facilities and park design. The development of ~ common set of standards was deemed an important consideration, but was deferred by the UUork group due to tune considerations. The second priority was to determine where the bounty proceeded from this paint. The Work group believes that addressing future concerns might best be served by establishing a set of goals and criteria forfuture land acquisition and facility sitings. In general, the goals and criteria encourage joint siting of schools and parks, preservation of resources in conjunction with parks development, awareness of environmentally~sensitive lands, the existence of matching funds, considering the intensity of use, and locations for linear parks. The work of the choals and Land Use councils was recognized as an important part of the recreation picture end the idea of joint management of school end park sites, as well as possible joint acquisition, is a theme throughout the report. one topic the report notes regards impediments to locating new active recreation facilities. These impediments exist primarily in the context of lighting, intensity, traffic, end noise. In defining both active and IowTimpact recreation, it is important to be consistent with surrounding lend uses. Ey -locating schools and parks, and combining active and low-impact recreation in larger park settings to buffer residential areas, plus the need for ~ proactive lend acquisition program to purchase lands for Iong~term use ~ parks andlor schools, many of these impediments can be adequately addressed. The report also addresses the need to coordinate efforts with UN, ~WAA, and Duke University in meeting Iong-term needs of mutual interest.