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W. <br />The Human Resources Department is working with the Manager and the County <br />Attorney's Office to develop a formal list and schedule for reviewing and bringing <br />forward recommended revisions for the Personnel Ordinance. <br />23)Design and fund space for County Attorney Office. Manager and <br />BOCC to discuss concept and staffing (Goal 4, 0 vote) <br />At several meetings during late Spring and early Summer of 2009, the Board of <br />Commissioners discussed renovations to the Link Government Services Center <br />to address space needs for the County Attorney's Office, the County Manager's <br />Office, and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners' Office and BOCC. Staff <br />subsequently moved forward with both renovations and the installation of a fire- <br />suppression sprinkler system for the Link Center. Those renovations are nearly <br />complete (some remaining minor improvements are still in process), and the <br />County Attorney's Office, the County Manager's Office, and the Clerk to the <br />Board of Commissioners' Office and BOCC have relocated within the renovated <br />facility to permanent offices. in addition, the Human Resources and Financial <br />Services departments have also relocated from the Government Services Center <br />Annex into new renovated offices in the Link Center. <br />24)Plan to acquire /land bank for future park development (Goal 5, 0 <br />vote) <br />The Acquisition of six future park sites has been accomplished through the Lands <br />Legacy Program (Little River, Blackwood Farm, Twin Creeks /Moniese Nomp, <br />Millhouse Road, Cedar Grove (addition), Northeast Park). Three of these sites <br />(Little River, Cedar Grove and Twin Creeks /Moniese Nomp Phase 1) are <br />completed and open or construction is pending. The remaining district park site <br />from the 1988- adopted Recreation and Parks Master Plan is the site for Bingham <br />District Park. Negotiations are underway for this acquisition. There are no other <br />identified district park sites that are on the Lands Legacy Action Plans as <br />priorities, pending the completion of an update to the 1988 plan, tentatively <br />proposed for 2010 -11. Other conservation priorities, including nature preserves <br />that will include public access areas for low - impact recreation, are underway. <br />The Board has also reviewed the proposed NC Mountains -to -Sea Trail corridor <br />through Orange County. Planning and prioritization for the NC Mountains -to -Sea <br />trail corridor is underway by staff, in accord with direction provided by the Board <br />on 10113109. Approval of Lands Legacy Action Plan 2010 -2012 is slated for <br />spring 2010, including Mountains -to -Sea Trail priority segments. <br />Actions to land -bank future park sites beyond those currently in negotiation are <br />contingent on Board approval of future Lands Legacy Action Plans and an <br />updated Master Parks and Recreation Plan (proposed for FY 2010 -11, please <br />