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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 6, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 9- ~ - <br />SUBJECT: Intergovernmental Parks (IP) Work Group- New AppointmentslReappointments <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover <br />Membership Roster <br />Interest List <br />Application(s)/Resume(s) of Person(s) on the <br />Interest List <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, ext.. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 245-2130 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider reappointments and new appointments to the Intergovernmental <br />Parks Work Group (IPWG), including a BOCC representative. <br />BACKGROUND: The IP Wark Group was created in the Spring of 2000 by the elected boards <br />of Orange County, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro, The concept of the IP Work Group <br />was to bring together elected officials, advisory board members and staffs from the County <br />jurisdictions, as well as representatives from the schools, OWASA and other parties with an <br />interest in parks. <br />On June 30, 2003, the three-year initial term of the IPWG expired, The resolution establishing <br />the IPWG was adopted by all elected boards in 2000, and called for an evaluation of the project <br />after three years, In late 2003/early 2004, a resolution re-establishing the IP Work Group was <br />approved by all Town elected boards, and subsequently by the County in April 2004. <br />The IPWG has met on one occasion (November 17w) since it was reconvened, However, some <br />Towns have appointed new members, a few vacancies exist (including the Board of <br />Commissioners representative), and other members have not yet been reappointed, <br />Below is the current listing of IPWG members who attended the meeting on November 17~h <br />ar,nnintarl by (7thar Jurisdictions /Groups and Awaiting BOCC Confirmation <br />Eric Hallman Hillsborou h BOC <br />Joal Hall Broun Carrboro Board of Ad'ustment <br />Bill Strom Cha el Hill Town Council <br />Jim Ward Cha el Hill Town Council, alternate <br />Dean Ray City of Mebane staff -serving as Mebane City <br />Council re resentative <br />