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Draft Meeting Summary—Parks and Recreation Council August 10,2022 Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center-Hillsborough, Members Present: Gina Reyman(Chair)via Zoom, Mikki Fleming(Vice-Chair),Jessie Birckhead,Greg Hughes,Rod Jones,Tim Tippin,Becca Truluck,Xilong Zhao,Natalie Ziemba Members Absent: Bob Smith, Chris Colvin Staff: David Stancil,Beth Young,Kalani Allen, Vice-Chair Mikki Fleming called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. Review of Meeting Summary/Additions to Agenda: a. No changes or additions to meeting summary. The Council accepted the meeting summary from the June 1 st meeting. Report of the Chair: a. Update on Recruitment/Vacancies-Fleming introduced this item and noted that there is one vacancy for the Chapel Hill Township position on the Council. David Stancil provided a recap of the recruitment flyers created and distributed to members. New Business: a. Perry Hills Mini-Park—Proposed Gameplan- Stancil gave a review of the conversation to create a mini-park in the Perry Hills community. After talks with the community,the BOCC approved funding of$100,000 in the Capital Investment Plan(CIP) allocated and adopted for creation of the park. He explained that half of the funding would probably be needed for infrastructure. He introduced the proposed timeline for the Perry Hills MiniPark. The timeline ranged from hiring of a surveyor,meeting community members for input, developing a master plan and other tasks to tentatively have the phase one of the park start in summer 2023. Chair Gina Reyman and member of Friends of Orange County Parks and Recreation(FOPR), expressed that FOPR would like to be included in future planning meetings. She said that the group could contribute some funds toward a residential need such as a playground. Jessie Birckhead expressed interest in meeting with community members during planning phases. Other Council members said that they would also be interested in being involved in future planning meetings with community members. Stancil agreed to invite all of the PRC to planned community meetings about the park, and members could decide on whether to attend. b. Blackwood Farm Park—Disc Golf Course Plans- Stancil gave a history on the land of where the disc golf course is planned to be constructed at Blackwood Farm Park once approved. He said that there are plans to have a September meeting to hear from community groups and organizations about opportunities for the course. On a related note about plans to renovate the old farmhouse,he asked if members would like to hear from Peter Sandbeck on the historical farm buildings renovations at Blackwood Farm Park and other county parks. The Council agreed that Sandbeck should be invited to speak to the Council at a future meeting.