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4 A7071:A70 C;.IL:3NG' S HEIR MADS: TO THIS DI1,4.f`:I'.• T YlE I{'l;'.I31;'t1_•1RY?f 11017K PEWDING St .B('O:,11 i11'L'.'l'E`I ,II.L;hli7lI:'!'G:1ND AI—t'L'OC'AL IN APRIL ' LlR::1..1±T 2/`0/02 IP Work Group Recommendation Planning Process for Joint County/Town Parks and Open Space Projects February 27, 2002 On January 31, the Intergovernmental Parks (IP) Work Group met to review the County's 9110101 draft policy statement "Use of County Funds for Joint Parks and Open Space Projects." The Chapel Hill Town Council and the County Board of Commissioners had asked the IP Work Group to review the policy statement in light of issues raised and develop a recommendation. The following recommendations were developed via facilitated discussion of the policy draft and Chapel Hill Town Council comments. IP Work Group members asked that the ideas be written up and presented for a recommendation on February 27. A. General Areas of Common Interest/Consensus There are a number of general concepts related to planning for joint parks that are shared by all jurisdictions: 1. An interest in avoiding overlap and delays in completing projects 2. A recognition that County oversight/overview of joint parks and open space projects which the County funds wholly or partly is appropriate 3. That a planning policy should address both specific 2001 bond projects and new joint parks/open space projects yet to be developed In addition, the IP Work Group discussed the draft policy and the Town of Chapel Hill's issues. The group agreed by consensus that some objectives from the draft policy statement "Use of County Funds for Joint Parks and Open Space Projects" should be retained. The following list contains the points recommended for retention (with locational reference in the 9110101 draft policy statement in parentheses): 4. The "Conditional Approval" process, for the purpose of new joint projects only (objective 1)