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3 <br />Both an examination of how to assure equitable distribution of land purchases and facilities <br />commensurate to contributions and an examination of the level of County funding to the Town's <br />Parks and Recreation Department's operating budget compared to the County's use of Town <br />Programs and facilities are important tasks. We believe these issues can best be initially analyzed <br />by the Manager with his counterparts in the County and other municipalities, for the purpose of <br />developing a report for the October 30 Assembly of Governments meeting. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Manager's Recommendation: That the Council adopt the attached resolution, which would <br />establish an Intergovernmental Parks Work Group with representatives from both the Parks and <br />Recreation and Greenways Commissions, direct the two Commissions to appoint. representatives <br />for a September meeting, and authorize the Manager to meet with his counterparts in the County <br />and other municipalities for the purpose of developing a report for the October 30 Assembly of <br />Governments meeting. The report would address ways that the County and municipalities might <br />coordinate capital funding for future parks, the distribution of land purchases and facilities <br />commensurate to contributions, and the level of County funding to the Town's Parks and <br />Recreation Department operating budget compared- to County's use of Town programs and <br />facilities. <br />Parks and Recreation Commission Recommendation: The Commission met on August 16, 2000, <br />and voted unanimously (7 -0) to recommend that the Council request that both the Town's <br />Greenways and Parks and Recreation Commissions be represented on the Intergovernmental <br />Parks Work Group. The Commission also believes that the IP Work Group's charge should be <br />clarified and should include development of a report to respond to these issues, that all parties <br />should consider accommodations for multi -uses of facilities and land to include lighting, after - <br />hours access to restrooms, phones, and first aid supplies, and that the proposed Work Group <br />should meet as least 3 times per year. Please see attached the recommendation from the Parks <br />and Recreation Commission. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />1. April 10, 2000 resolution (p. 5) <br />2. May 19, 2000 letter from Moses Carey (p. 7) <br />3. Memorandum from Parks and Recreation Commission (p. 14). <br />