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r <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 2003 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. k2 - C, <br />SUBJECT: Triangle Land Conservancy "State of Open Space 2002" <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S):- <br />1) State of Open Space 2002 Executive <br />Summary <br />(Copies of the Report were mailed directly by <br />TLC. Extra copies will be available at the <br />meeting.) <br />2) Slideshow Handout <br />3) February 3, 2003 Letter to the Editor from <br />Commissioner Brown <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245 -2590 <br />Rich Shaw, 245 -2591 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />968 -4501 <br />688 -7331 <br />336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a special presentation from the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) on <br />their recent report "State of Open Space 2002, The Status of the Triangle's Green <br />Infrastructure." <br />BACKGROUND: In late 2002, the Triangle Land Conservancy completed this report on the <br />Triangle region's open space. This is the second production of this report, following the <br />State of Open Space 2000 report. <br />The report explores land use changes in the Triangle since the last report, catalogs new <br />open space that has been protected, and reviews new conservation initiatives and ways to <br />strengthen protection efforts. The report also contains a special section on Orange County's <br />Lands Legacy program as a model for local government partnership and conservation. <br />Representatives from TLC will be present to make a brief presentation on the findings of the <br />report. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br />presentation and provide feedback as desired. <br />