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Bob <br />es -AN OR <br />E AND RESOLUTION TO CREATE.doc _ <br />c? <br />t <br />rxr- ea-ir' A PAC Qy.iA a4 as Awien*d <br />County Commissioners and the citizens of the County. The Council shall consult with <br />and advise the Department, the Manager, and the Board of County Commissioners in <br />matters affecting recreation policies, programs, personnel, finances, and the acquisition <br />and disposal of lands and properties related to the total community recreation program, <br />and to its long-range planning for recreation. <br />The Recreation Council shall assume duties for recreation purposes as follows: Make <br />recommendation: (1) for the establishment of a system of supervised recreation for the <br />County; (2) to set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, water areas, or <br />other recreation areas and structures, any lands or buildings owned by or leased to the <br />County and to suggest improvements of such land and the construction, equipping and <br />staffing of such buildings and structures as may be necessary to the recreation program <br />within those funds allocated to the Department; (3) advise in the acquisition of lands and <br />structures through gifts, purchase, lease or loan, or by condemnation; (4) advise in the <br />acceptance by the County of any grant, gift, bequest, or donation, and of any personal or <br />real property offered or made available for recreation purposes which is judged to be of <br />present or possible future use for recreation; (5) advise in the construction, equipping, <br />operation, and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, recreation centers and all buildings <br />and structures necessary or useful to department function, and advise in regard to other <br />recreation facilities which are owned or controlled by the County and leased or loaned to <br />the County. <br />?.? SECTION VII: APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL <br />A 45 Each member of the Council shall be a county resident appointed by the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners. <br />The Orange County Recreation and Parks Council shall be composed of one member of <br />the Orange County Board of Commissioners, seven representing the seven townships in <br />Orange County, one each from the cities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough wit <br />the remaining two members at-large. <br />SECTION VIII. LENGTH OF APPOINTMENT <br />Each member shall be appointed for a three (3) year term. Initial appointments shall be <br />arranged so that approximately one-third (1/3) of the terms shall expire each year, except <br />for the representative from the Orange County Board of Commissioners who shall serve <br />on the Recreational Council concurrent with his or her term of office on the Board of <br />Commissioners. No other member may serve more than two (2) consecutive terms of <br />office, or six (6) years without a one (1) year break in service after this time period. <br />SECTION IX: MEETINGS <br />Council meetings shall be held on a monthly basis unless determined otherwise by the <br />Council. The Chair of the Council or, in his/her absence, the Vice-Chair, may call a