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Town of Carrb o ro iVEMORAND UM TO : Mayor and Board of Aldermen FROM : Recreation and Parks Commission S UBJECT : Capital Improvement Plan — Recreation and Parks Commission i DATE : March 3 , 1998 At its March 2, 1998 monthly meeting, the full Commission received a report from a working subcommittee on the above subject For the past month, this subcommittee of Commission members and department director have reviewed the "Recreation and Parks Comprehensive Master Plan." and its applicability to the Town' s Capital Improvement Plan ( CIP ) . . It was ' decided that we send to you and the Town Manager a memorandum outlining our recommendation in the area of recreation and park facilities that we feel should be included in the CIP, . Many important items are accohaplished in doing this : l . The items in the Mzster Plan are reviewed and analyzed as to what wv , t realistically accomplish from the recommendations outlined in the plan_ . 1 The Master Plan is therefore reviewed and becomes possible Projects for i aclusioA in the Town Manager I s CIP .34 The Board of Aldermen reviews the CIP through the annual b u i -- Pracess, thereby, diving thA Board an opportmity or, tiuc7w, tEn merits of ye&z it - C = -J context of current needs and events that are taking place in the over-all community.It is our understanding that the Budget Committee will review the CIP . we hope that _ P this information will e d e prove the most updated ' and helpful fu1 in their work as well, P t P The Master Plan is an excellent reference document and the- attached two pages list all of the perceived needs for a twenty:=year period. Based on population standards and other - professional data, the list -represents .com_ prehenszveness without relativity to the most - — current issues a.nd fL, cal ewAxonment Most plans become outdated. By using th. ev Master - Plan as a reference guide and upd.afu g it with the recommendations included in this memorandum, the Commission can insure that the Master Plan is current by presenting an action plan f6r the CIPP -as it regards recreation and park facilities . _ With anawareness of the fiscal constraints on Town services and additional costs associated with the purchase , renovation and up- fitting (both in equipment and personnel) of the Town Center, the subcommittee reviewed the five -year time frarnes of the Master Plan and established the following for the Board of Aldermen ' s consideration . G• REENWAYS ANTS OPEN SPACE PLAIN To proceed with the funding of outside consulting services to develop an inventory of previous offers of dedicated easements along creek corridors and list the impacts of acceptance with recommendation to the Board of Aldermen . To develop commun. lt-Y consensus of what level of c' reenway�develop men t is to take place and