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17 "...Many of the goals and objectives of resource preservation and recreation are intertwined. Since the County's resources are located in all quadrants of the County, irrespective of planning jurisdiction, the program offers an opportunity for coordinated acquisition with the Towns and OWASA. " The 1999 JMRP report saw a direct relationship between this program and the immediate need to begin land- banking for future parks. This relationship was later strengthened by the incorporation of parkland evaluation criteria from the JMRP report into the adopted Lands Legacy program. There are two methods that Lands Legacy uses to consider ,parks and resource conservation acquisitions: the Annual Action Plan and inquiries made by landowners. Examples of both exist in the acquisitions and work of Lands Legacy to date. Each fall, an Annual Action Plan for the upcoming fiscal year is compiled using initial guidance from the Board of Commissioners. Discussion for relevant program priority priorities by each of several advisory bo ards occurs categories (for example, the County's Recreation and Parks Advisory Council discusses and recommends priority projects for parkland acquisition in the coming fiscal year), followed by incorporation of the recommendations from advisory boards into a draft action plan. Plan concurre deliberation, the CiP process of Commissioners adopts the Annual Action in the spring. Both the 1997 and 1999 reports highlight the need to land -bank now for future park sites, in order to ensure that good park sites are acquired and to maximize local funding for parkland acquisition in a market with steadily- increasing land costs. The Lands Legacy program offers a means to accomplish this need. V. Capital Funding for Parks As the local governments explore methods of collaboration, there are several existing policies that support coordination and /or offer a framework for how joint efforts are pursued: First, as an overarching theme, the Schools and Land Use Councils' Memoranda of Agreement between the school systems and local -governments provides a precedent and a basis for collaboration among local governments and schools. The Agreements call for coordination in the siting and development of public facilities, exploring opportunities for co- locating parks with school sites and other public facilities when new facilities are planned.