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stakeholder in County departments, advisory boards, or agencies. This was held on November 1$t" and 29 people attended. The staff will provide a report of this stakeholders meeting. G. Recreation and Parks Strategic Plan (also scheduled for February $, 2005 work session) John Link said that Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Halkiotis are working with this group. Recreation and Parks Director Lori Taft said that she hopes to present the report to the Board on February 8t". She said that the basis of the report is each park project with a timeline. The projects fluctuate in time. She said that it was a sliding scale of needs and expectations. They are investigating the possibility of contracting out some services that would otherwise require full-time staff. They have also discussed a conceptual idea of what might be included in the proposed Blackwood Farm Park, or New Hope Park. There is no timeline ar funding in place for it, but it is part of the report as an idea. There is a passibility of a County nursery to grow landscaping stock to supply County projects. They also hope to bring forward a position that was delayed from June until January. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is not sure that the County can afford the ultimate plan. He thinks it is ambitious, but he would hate for it to be unrealistic. He would like to look at ways to do it in a "Bob Segal" fashion. Commissioner Gordan said that she was not clear on the future use of Blackwood Farm and she was surprised that this group was talking about that site. She would like other groups brought in to discuss it. Commissioner Jacobs said that staff brought up the ideas and the two Commissioners did not talk about this. It was just the department's conception. Chair Carey asked if the Board would discuss the future role of the Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee on February 8t". He would like to discuss this. Someone has resigned and this person had concerns. Commissioner Halkiotis said that this is a tough issue. The Board needs to understand the perception of boards and commissions. Commissioner Halkiotis commented that the Little River Park has been unbelievably successful. He has encouraged the staff to take pictures and get counts of the people that are coming. There are issues with parking. He thinks the people are sending a clear message and they want to go to the park. Commissioner Jacobs said that they have also asked for a survey to see where people are coming from and they need to expedite the conversation about caretakers. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the revised charge far RPAC and said that right now all of the conceptual planning for parks is with ERCD, and it is more than they can handle. The two departments might want to talk about altering the system to make some parts more recreation driven and others more driven toward ERCD. John Link said that he, Commissioner Jacobs, and Donna Baker met with the chairs of the boards and commissions at the orientation meeting. It is an ongoing challenge to define the roles of boards and commissions. New Initiatives H. Creation of a Unified Transportation Advisory Committee Craig Benedict said that this was brought up last spring. Presently, there is a Transportation Services Board that addresses human services needs of Orange Public Transportation. The emphasis is how to tie in transportation needs in general to a municipal, to a county, to asub-region MPO level, to a regional TTA level. There have been recommendations from various boards to form a Unified Transportation Advisory Committee to