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5/ 26/ 99 <br /> Consolidation Approaches <br /> • Begin with coordination and work toward partial consolidation of selected <br /> functions <br /> • Develop new facilities and programs as county functions <br /> • Consider complete consolidation in several years after experience with <br /> coordination and partial consolidation <br /> Voluntary Coordination. and Commitment <br /> • Capable and adequate staffing needed to develop materials , set agendas , <br /> and prod participants in both capital and operating programs <br /> Management to assure that commitment is evident and . sustaIined <br /> Shaping Orange County 's Future Parks and Recreation Issues ( 1998) <br /> See Appendix B for excerpts from SOCF Transportation , Infrastructure; and <br /> Services (TIS ) report . which includes parks . and recreation :issue list . <br /> C , Summary of: Existing Plans <br /> See Appendix A for summaries of existing recreation : arid parks plans . OFF. F <br /> D . Background / Rationale for Updating Joint Plan <br /> Charge to Vork Group : Update and modify the Master Recreation and Parks <br /> Plan to be a joint long range capital facilities plan for Orange County, <br /> Carrboro, and . Chapel Hill: <br /> The most recent efforts in developing , the intergovernmental master park and <br /> recreation plan have included . the formation of a work group comprised . of <br /> elected off;lcials , citizens , - staff, and interested stakeholders - including . <br /> representatives of. the Town . of Hillsborough : . This Commissioner- appointed <br /> work group divided into two subcommittee s to . address updating . the <br /> countywide needs assessment as well as an inventory of public , quasi =public , <br /> and private recreational facilities and opportunities : These subcommittees <br /> 4 . then re - formed into the large work group . to address. issues such as the <br /> I IF <br /> incorporation of wildlife corridors and open. space preservation into parkland . . <br /> acquisition . F. <br /> ' . In addition , park and recreation department * supervisors from each . <br /> jurisdiction worked together to . develop facility and - . program standards to be <br /> used county - wide , and County staff researched various issues regarding land <br /> acquisition , dedication/ payment - in - lieu , and school/ park joint siting. Staff <br /> then prepared+ versions of the final -.. report for work group comment and made ' <br /> adjustments accordingly. The work group developed the final proposals* and : <br /> recommendations for the master plan , which staff then incorporated into the <br /> final report : <br /> IF <br />