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007 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 4, 1988 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item It El <br /> SUBJECT: PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION - MASTER RECREATION & PARKS PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Draft 3/21/88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> 3/21/88 Planning Board Resolution <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: Receipt of Planning Board resolution concerning the <br /> Board of Commissioners action on the proposed Master <br /> Recreation & Parks Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed Master Recreation & Parks Plan was <br /> initially presented at public hearing on November 23, <br /> 1987. As a result of citizen and advisory board <br /> concerns, revisions to the original document were <br /> proposed and subsequently presented at a second public <br /> hearing on February 22, 1988. <br /> The proposed revisions affected only the greenways <br /> portion of the Master Recreation & Parks Plan. Proposed <br /> natural conservation areas were deleted, and active <br /> recreational trails were retained. <br /> Due to citizen opposition voiced at the February 22 <br /> public hearing and concerns that the greenways issue <br /> would adversely affect bond funding opportunities for <br /> recreation improvements, the Board of Commissioners, at <br /> its March 15 meeting, voted unanimously to delete the <br /> greenways element from the Master Recreation & Parks <br /> Plan. <br /> At its March 21, 1988 meeting, the Planning Board was <br /> informed of the Commissioners action. Due to concerns <br /> about the pre-emption of a recommendation on the Master <br /> Recreation & Parks Plan, the attached resolution was <br /> adopted by the Planning Board. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br />