NA ORD-2002-014 Amendment to Ordinance and Resolution to Create a Recreation and Parks Advisory Council of Orange County

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Commissioners in matters affecting recreation policies, programs, personnel, finances, and the acquisition and disposal of lands and properties related to the total community recreation program, and to its long-range planning for recreation. The Recreation Council shall assume duties for recreation purposes as follows: Make recommendation: (1) for the establishment of a system of supervised recreation for the County; (2) to set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, water areas, or other recreation areas and structures, any lands or buildings owned by or leased to the County and to suggest improvements of such land and the construction, equipping and staffing of such build.ings and structures as may be necessary to the recreation prograrn within those funds allocated to the Department; (3) advise in the acquisition of lands and stxuctures through gifts, purchase, lease or loan, or by condemnation; (4) advise in the acceptance by the County of any grant, gi$, bequest, or donation, and of any personal or real property offered or made available for recreation purposes which is judged to be of present or possible future use for recreation; (5) advise in the construction, equipping, operation, and maintenance of parks, playgrourids, recreation centers and a11 buildings and structures necessary or useful to department function, and advise in regard to other recreation facilities which are owned or controlled by the County and leased or loaned to the County. . SECTION VII: APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL Each member of the Cauncil shall be a county resident appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The Orange County Recreation and Parks Council shall be composed of one member of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, seven representing the seven townships in Orange County, one each from the cities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough with the remaining two members at-large. SECTION VIII. LENGTH OF APPOINTMENT Each member shall be appointed for a three (3) yeax term. Initial appointments shall be arranged so that approximately one-third (1/3) of the terms shall expire each year, except for the representative from the Orange County Board of Commissioners who shall serve on the Recreational Council concurrent with his or her term of office on the Board of Commissioners. No other member may serve more than two (2) consecutive terms of office, or six (6) years without a one (1) year break in service after this tirne period. SECTION IX: MEETINGS Council meetings shall be held on a monthly basis unless determined otherwise by the Council. The Chair of the Council or, in his/her absence, the Vice-Chair, may call a special meeting of the Council at any time in compliance with the open meetings law. Special meetings will be scheduled upon request by four (4) or more Council members. A quorum of the Council shall be in attendance before official Council action is taken. A