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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 21, 1997 SUBJECT: Recreation and Parks Coordination Report DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Report Albert T. Kittrell, Assistant County Manager TELEPHONE NUMBERS: --ext. 2300 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive the Recreation and Parks Coordination Report. BACKGROUND: In September of 1994 the Orange County Assembly of Governments met and discussed funding equity and service coordination issues among Orange County governmental jurisdictions regarding Recreation and Parks needs. They recommended that the staffs of the local governments make recommendations to their governing bodies about opportunities for joint planning and capital improvements; and that the two school systems be involved in the process. From October 1994 to March 1995 a proposed process for discussing county-wide recreation and parks services was developed, amended and finalized by staffs of the governmental jurisdictions. In May 1995,the governing bodies approved a process and appointed representatives to a Recreation and Parks Work Group. The charge of the Work Group was to consider how the governing bodies can provide the best recreation and parks services to the most citizens at the least cost. A report of the Work Group entitled"Recreation and Parks Issues in Orange County,NC was finalized in December of 1995 and distributed to the governmental jurisdictions in January 1996. At the February 29, 1996 meeting of the Assembly of Governments, the report was submitted by the Work Group. Staff was requested to bring back a draft plan of action to address the recommendations of the report.