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FROM: Parks and Recreation Advisory Council (PRC) <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Monthly Meeting <br /> <br />DATE: August 3, 2016 <br /> <br />LOCATION: Environment and Agricultural Center Conference Room <br /> <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Neal Bench; Joel Bulkley; Evelyn Daniel; Tori Williams Reid; <br />Haywood Rhodes; Betty McDade Khan; Rachel Massai; Bob Smith; Rob Robinson; Allen <br />Green <br /> <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Michael Dempsey; John Greeson <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: David Stancil; Lynn Hecht <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />I. Beginning time of meeting: 6:30pm <br /> <br />II. Meeting Summary (6/1) A few corrections were noted and will be edited. No <br />additions to the agenda. Bench wanted to discuss the working group committee. That <br />item was added under Old Business. Green asked to bring up wanting to sponsor a <br />connector hike between current Hillsborough and Carrboro section of MST. <br /> <br />III. Report of the Chair (Williams Reid) <br />a. The Chair introduced Robert (Bob) Smith, and everyone introduced themselves. <br /> <br />IV. New Business <br />a. Priorities for Remainder of 2016 were reviewed: <br />Stancil noted a list of priorities on the whiteboard. These included: Parks and <br />Recreation Master Plan implementation - with Issues for Further Study including <br />a pool study; SportsPlex cooperation and other topics; the Mountains to Sea Trail <br />(MST); Improvements to River Park; Millhouse Road Park (with Chapel Hill <br />Parks and Recreation); Friends of Parks and Recreation; Disc Golf Course (with <br />PRC recommendation to be at Blackwood Farm Park); Orienteering course at <br />Little River. <br />In addition there were questions, interests, and concerns that came from the <br />adopted work plan for 2016: How to finance long term park and recreation <br />improvements; Access to Open Space (Orange Water and Sewer Authority or <br />OWASA, UNC, Duke); Senior Centers and Parks; and Nature Preserves. Bench <br />asked about the letter that PRC sent to the BOCC about funding such projects. <br />Stancil said that it was sent, but due to the busy budget season, the Board of <br />Commissioners (BOCC) probably did not have time to address this letter. Bench <br />asked if it could be resent so the BOCC could now ponder the consideration.