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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 12, 2011 <br />Action Agen~ <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT• Creation of New Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, <br />Parks and Recreation <br />(DEAPR) <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Toward Creating a New <br />Comprehensive Parks & Recreation <br />Master Plan <br />2) Excerpts from Adopted 1988 Plan <br />3) Joint Master Recreation & Parks Plan <br />(1999) Excerpts <br />4) Composite Countywide Plan Map <br />(2006) <br />5) 2030 Comprehensive Plan (Parks and <br />Recreation Objectives) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2510 <br />Lori Taft, 245-2660 <br />Marabeth Carr, 245-2510 <br />Rich Shaw, 245-2510 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a process for moving forward with a new Comprehensive Parks and <br />Recreation Master Plan to update to the 1988 Orange County Master Recreation and Parks <br />Plan, and provide feedback to staff on the scope and format of the plan and a proposed <br />process for completion. <br />BACKGROUND: In July 1988, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a Master <br />Recreation and Parks Plan for Orange County. Over the years, many intervening supplemental <br />works have been created: <br />• Issue Papers between 1996-1998 on possible collaboration and other topics; <br />• The Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan (1999, adopted May 2000), which provided <br />an updated inventory of facilities, jurisdiction needs, discussion on linkages between the <br />park and trails systems, and a calculation of parkland needs based on population. This <br />document was a precursor to the 2001 Orange County Parks and Open Space Bond; <br />• A New Era for Parks report (2002), which outlined the process for beginning the <br />acquisition and construction of parks and open space projects; <br />• The Composite Countywide Plan for Parks and Trails (2006), a map of existing and <br />planned parks and trails from all town and County plans, created by the <br />Intergovernmental Parks Work Group; <br />• The Parks and Recreation Element of the Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan <br />adopted in 2008; and <br />• Other smaller reports and maps during the timeframe. <br />