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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 21, 2000 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda 9 <br />Item No. _~r~ <br />SUBJECT: Creation of a BOCC Open Space Task Force <br />DEPARTMENT: Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): None INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Margaret Brown 929-6460 <br />Alice Gordon 933-0550 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To create a BOCC Open Space Task Force with an associated charge, structure, <br />and timeline. <br />BACKGROUND: During the past few years the Commissioners have sponsored several <br />initiatives to preserve and protect open space. These initiatives included forming a Commission <br />for the Environment to advise on matters related to natural resources, forming a Joint Master <br />Recreation and Parks Work Group to address land-banking and future park land acquisition, <br />and the establishment of a new Environmental and Resource Conservation Department to <br />address a number of resource conservation issues. Two products of these initiatives are the <br />Report of the Master Recreation and Parks Work Group ("Parks Report") and A Lands Legacy <br />Proctram for Orange County ("Lands Legacy Program"). These two related reports and <br />associated issues would be the immediate focus of the task force. <br />TASK FORCE CHARGE, STRUCTURE. TIMELINE <br />Charae: To make recommendations to the BOCC for integrating the Parks Report and the <br />Lands Legacy Program, so that they may be considered for adoption in a timely manner. Upon <br />BOCC approval of these two reports and the interconnections between them, make <br />recommendations to the BOCC about facilitating the implementation of the integrated reports <br />and assist with that facilitation as approved by the BOCC. <br />Structure: Two Commissioners <br />Three Department Heads: <br />Environment and Resource Conservation <br />Planning <br />Recreation and Parks <br />