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<br />TOWN OF CARRBORO <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />WWW.TOWNOFCARRBORO.ORG <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Motion was made by Alderman Slade, seconded by Alderman Johnson, to approve the <br />resolution below: <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR <br />RECREATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, many public schools in Orange County contain athletic and recreation facilities <br />such as playing fields, gymnasiums and other similar facilities or areas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, these facilities are constructed with public funds primarily for the use of students <br />and athletic groups at the respective schools but also may be (and have been to some degree) <br />available when not in use by these groups for community or organized athletics and recreation; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, many school systems and local governments around the country, including several <br />in North Carolina, have successfully developed understandings and agreements to allow for use <br />of school athletic and recreation facilities for athletic and recreation programs operated by local <br />governments for the public; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in Orange County, the vast majority of participants in these athletic leagues and <br />programs are also students in the respective school districts; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, encouraging participation in athletic leagues and youth recreation activities <br />promotes healthy lifestyles and works to combat childhood obesity, develop healthy exercise <br />habits for a lifetime, and promotes teamwork and cooperation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, both the Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have <br />recently completed reviews and/or changes to their facility use policies which in part served to <br />open new avenues for usage for community athletic and recreational activities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is in the mutual interest of the school systems and the local governments to <br />develop mechanisms that allow for continued and expanded usage of such facilities, when not in <br />use by the schools, to avoid duplication or otherwise unnecessary capital improvements funded <br />by public dollars: <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and <br />Hillsborough, the city of Mebane, Orange County, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br />and the Orange County Schools pledge jointly to pursue and allow mutually-beneficial usage of <br />recreational facilities at the schools by local government youth athletics and recreation, within <br />the framework of school usage needs. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parties above agree that usage of such facilities should <br />be subject to a minimum level of usage fees, recognizing the population being served as school <br />30127510(919) 942-8541(919) 918-4456711 <br /> WEST MAIN STREET, CARRBORO, NC FAX VOICE/TTY/TDD/ASCII: <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER <br /> <br /> <br />