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I. Introduction and Purpose <br />Earlier this year, the elected boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, <br />Recreation andhParks <br />Orange County considered the report of the Joint Master <br />(JMRP) Work Group. <br />One of the recommendations of the JMRP report asked the Managers from each <br />jurisdiction to prepare a report for an Assembly of Governments meeting <br />addressing the potential for joint County/Town collaboration on parks acquisition <br />and development. In resolutions adopted in the spring and summer of 2000, <br />each jurisdiction asked the Managers to prepare this report for the October 30 <br />Assembly of Governments meeting. <br />The concept of a joint mechanism of reports developed planning is not <br />and lggg new <br />idea, and has roots in a trio o p <br />The Report of the Recreation and Parks Work Grou 1996 , which developed <br />recommendations to "establish principles for coordinated county -wide <br />recreation and park facility planning, foster greater cooperation in use of <br />existing facilities, and support private recreation providers and public /private <br />partnerships." The work group developed a number of recommendations <br />presented to the Assembly of Governments, including the setting of <br />standards, an inventory of park and recreation facilities, and planning for the <br />inclusion of park facilities in selecting new school sites. <br />• The Report on Coordination of Recreation and Parks Services in Oran e <br />County 1997 described different options for the improvement of services to <br />the community through intergovernmental coordination of parks and <br />recreation functions. Recommendations were divided into four major <br />categories: capital development, coordination of operations, consolidation <br />approaches, and voluntary coordination and commitment. In summary, the <br />report called for: <br />• a long -range plan for parks and recreation, <br />• acquisition and protection of good park sites, <br />• a lead role for Orange County in funding, acquisition, development, <br />ownership, and maintenance of new facilities, <br />• coordination and work toward partial consolidation of selected functions, <br />and <br />• a countywide bond proposal <br />• The Report of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks JMRP Work Group <br />(1999), which followed up on many of the recommendations from the 1996 <br />and 1997 reports. As a part of this report, an inventory of facilities and <br />