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Meeting Summary—Parks and Recreation Council April 6, 2022 Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center-Hillsborough,NC Members Present: Gina Reyman(Chair),Mikki Fleming(Vice-Chair),Natalie Ziemba,Xilong Zhao, Tim Tippin, Greg Hughes Members Absent: Chris Colvin,Robert"Bob" Smith Staff: David Stancil,Beth Young,Kalani Allen Chair Gina Reyman called the meeting to order at 6:36pm. This being the first in-person meeting since 2020, Council members introduced themselves and gave reasons why they joined the council. Some reasons for interest included children's participation in recreation activities, interest in trails,and volunteered as a coach for the recreation department. Review of Meeting Summary/Additions to Agenda: a. No changes or additions to meeting summary. Tim Tippin moved approval of the meeting summary. The Council voted to accept the meeting summary from the March 2 meeting. After approval of meeting summary, Greg Hughes asked David Stancil when the Council would know the status of the Outside Agency funding requests. Stancil answered May 3'as this is when the County Manager will release the budget. Report of the Chair: a. New Appointments Made on April 5,2022-Reyman recognized Hughes' reappointment to the Council for his first full term, and new appointments Jessie Birckhead and Rebecca Truluck,who were approved at the BOCC April 5 meeting the night before. b. Update on Recruitment Efforts-Beth Young discussed and showed flyer and webpage for recruitment for PRC. Mikki Fleming provided grammar corrections on the webpage document. Young stated the flyer will be translated into Spanish,Mandarin and Burmese. Stancil shared that copies can be provided once translated for members to pass out at civic groups and other places. Council approved the flyer.Vacancies-Reyman noted that there were vacancies for Hillsborough Town Limits and Chapel Hill Township. She gave members time to review copies of applications from applicants for the Hillsborough Town Limits position,as there are no applicants for the Chapel Hill Township. After much discussion, Reyman asked for a motion for applicant Roderick Jones to the Hillsborough Town Limits Position.Natalie Ziemba motioned approval and Fleming seconded the motion.With a vote of 6 to 0, it was approved to send Jones forward as a recommendation to the BOCC. New Business: a. Resolutions of Appreciation (John Greeson,Haywood Rhodes) -Reyman provided time for Council to review Resolutions of Appreciation and certificates for members John Greeson and Haywood Rhodes,who had just finished their second terms on the Council. Hughes moved to approve the proclamations and Fleming seconded the motion,with all in favor of approving the resolution. Old Business: a. Proposed Youth Delegate Member Update—Stancil spoke on two issues that were raised about the youth delegate position as it was considered up the line. The age category of 13-18 that was sent on the previous memo would need to be changed to address the fact that 18-year olds can