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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 17, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. Q - ~ SUBJECT: Prelimina Re ort of the BOCC O en S ace Task Force DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Preliminary Report David Stancil, 245-2590 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-$1$1 Chapel Hill 96$-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive, for information purposes only, the Preliminary Report of the BOCC Open Space Task Force. BACKGROUND: The Open Space Task Force, formed in May 2000, includes Commissioners Margaret Brown and Alice Gordan and County staff. In the spring and fall of last year, the Task Force worked to help develop the Annual Action Plan for the Lands Legacy program. In the last few months, the attention of the Task Force has turned to evaluating the many different needs that have been identified for parks and open space. This evaluation has been compiled in the Open Space Task Force report. The report uses the following source materials to identify short-term and long-term priorities for park and open space land acquisition, and parks facilities development: 1. 'The 1999 Joint Master Recreation and Parks Report (adopted by the BOCC 5/3/00) 2. Joint Parks Guidelines and Criteria (adopted 12R/99 and 5/3/00) 3. The State of the Environment report (February 2000) 4. "A Lands Legacy Program for Orange County", (adopted by the BOCC 4/4/00) 5. The Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan (adopted 5/3/00) 6. Lands Legacy Long-Term Priorities 2002-2010 (presented 3/27/01) A copy of the report is attached. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact involved with receiving the report. The report does make recommendations that could impact the proposed 2001 bond referendum. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information only at this time, and schedule further discussion for the April 25"' worksession.