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Commissioner Gordan made reference to page 12 and read, "In Orange County's case, <br />the County should explore modification to the system to provide far a more appropriate calculation <br />of payment based on the developed property evaluation." She said that this is saying that Orange <br />County's staff should look at Orange County's system. <br />David Stancil said that the intent was to move the payment-in-lieu issue along by asking <br />the staff to look at it. <br />Commissioner Jacobs mentioned that there have been unfilled vacancies on the <br />Recreation Board far representatives from the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Recreation boards for <br />some time. <br />Commissioner Brown said that this intergovernmental group could solve this problem of <br />the lack of representatives. <br />Chair Carey made reference to page 4 and the indication that parameters for park <br />standards would be developed. He asked what this meant and where the parameters and <br />standards would go when they were developed. <br />David Stancil said that the development of common standards was not fully addressed <br />by the task farce. He said that Chapel Hill expressed same concern with one size fits all <br />standards. This resolution was written sa that there are parameters within which the different <br />communities could have tailored standards along with the common standards. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the intergovernmental parks work group and if it <br />was charged to make any fiscal recommendations, and Commissioner Brawn said no. <br />Chair Carey said that there were different standards in the rural and urban areas that <br />are important to recognize. He does not want the standards to be one size fits all. <br />Chair Carey asked about some of the equity issues that the intergovernmental work <br />group would address that were unresolved. David Stancil said that the intent of the items to come <br />back in October was haw to synchronize the capital funding among the different jurisdictions. The <br />standards issue would be addressed by the work group. The Town of Chapel Hill has raised same <br />equity questions concerning County contribution to their operational costs as well as contributions <br />to their future parks needs. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that there would need to be a lot of work before the CIPs <br />could be coordinated. She feels that the coordinated capital planning would occur no sooner than <br />the fall, but the communication could start right away. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />adopt the Open Facilities Policy resolution and the report of the Board of County Commissioners <br />Open Space Task Force including: 1) the resolution for forming an intergovernmental Parks Work <br />Group, 2) the revised Master Recreation and Parks report recommendations consistent with this <br />resolution, and 3} also consistent with the Open Space Task Force report, staff would be instructed <br />to explore modifications to the current payment-in-lieu system, or alternative systems (including <br />parks impact fees), already authorized through existing legislation. The Board will write the <br />participants a letter asking them to join this intergovernmental parks work group and set a date <br />sometime in the fall. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />b. Interim Action Plan -Lands Legacy Program <br />The Board considered adapting an interim action plan for the Lands Legacy Program for <br />the period May 2000 -June 2001. <br />David Stancil said that this interim action plan would be the mechanism to implement <br />the lands legacy report that the Board adopted on April 4t". The focus is on beginning the process <br />of land banking far parkland. He summarized the goals of the interim action plan as stated in the <br />pink attachment. There are seven goals. He made reference to a priority list of the specific <br />acquisition objectives. This list is a table that is also in the pink attachment. These priorities are <br />based on the comments that have been received to date and the work of the Open Space Task <br />Force. He summarized the performance report for the previous year, including the Duke Forest <br />land purchase. The staff is suggesting naming this piece of property the McGowen Creek <br />Preserve. There was a grant of $143,000 from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to <br />