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a8 <br />Park Facility Planning <br />Chronology of <br />(PFP) Process <br />Activity <br />may 1999 )oint Master Recreation and Parks UMRP) Work Group <br /> issues report, calls for parks and open space bond with <br /> balance between land acquisition and facility development <br />Spring 2000 )MRP Work Group report adopted by County and Towns <br />Winter 2000-01 Board of Commissioners agrees to possible bond referendum <br /> in November 2001 <br />March 2001 Facility development needs presented to Capital Needs <br /> Advisory Task Force. Parks and Open Space Subcommittee <br /> discusses and makes recommendations on projects <br />)une 2001 Capital Needs Advisory Task Force makes recommendations <br /> on components of bond. <br />September 2001 Board of Commissioners sets amounts of bond referendum, <br /> including $20 million for Parks and Open Space ($13 million <br /> for facility development) <br />November 2001 Orange County voters approve bond referendum. Board <br /> receives "New Era for Parks" report on resources and park <br /> planning process. Draft policy for )oint County/Town <br /> Projects is developed and sent to Towns for review. <br />February 2002 Intergovernmental Parks Work Group develops and refines <br /> Joint Parks Process document, Chapel Hill and County <br /> officials form subcommittee to address Southern Park as a <br /> possible pilot project. <br />Spring 2002 Board approves hiring of Open Space Design Specialist, Parks <br /> Management Director, and clarifies duties of park <br /> development process. <br />May 2002 Proposed Park Facility Project (PFP) Process is presented, <br /> with potential timetables of activities, process <br /> recommendations, and proposed basic operating principles <br /> for parks. On a separate track, Chapel Hill and County <br /> officials continue to finalize Southern Park process. <br />September - Board reviews again the PFP document, assigns <br />November 2002 Commissioners to each project, and reviews timetables and <br /> proposed project spreadsheets.