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Meeting Summary— Parks and Recreation Council November 5, 2025 Solid Waste Management Multipurpose Room, Chapel Hill Members Present: Natalie Ziemba (Chair), Louise Flinn (Co-Chair), Logan Cason, Trevor Robinson, Alissa Martucci, GiGi Rashdi, Navya Sharma (youth delegate), Maggie Moriarty, Allen Parker, Along Zhao, Members Absent: Gregory Husketh, Chloe Reid (youth delegate) Staff: David Stancil, Abby Mattingly Natalie Ziemba called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. Report of the Chair: a. Chair Comments— Chair Natalie Ziemba held brief introductions. New Business: a. Changes to the agenda — No changes were made. b. Approval of Meeting Summary, October 1 — It was noted that Chloe Reid was present and was incorrectly marked as absent. Trevor Robinson motioned to approve; Alissa Martucci seconded. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. c. Annual Report and Work Plan — David Stancil outlined the purpose of the annual report and work plan. Staff drafted an outline prior to the meeting, for council members to review and provide feedback. Following the adoption of the plan in December, the plan will then be forward to the Board of County Commissioners for a presentation alongside all other County advisory boards in January. Ziemba informed that she is no longer a member of the OUT Board, and that Louise Flinn's participation in the New Hope Advisory Board should be noted. Alissa Martucci suggested that dog parks should be included as an item for further study. Ziemba asked what the options were for the inclusion of new soccer fields, as a Soccer.Com expansion is no longer available. Staff will include this as an item for further investigation. The Council agreed that a potential water feature should remain as an emerging concern to be addressed in 2026. A major activity that the Council will be addressing next year will be the planning for the new Central Recreation Center. While plans for a location have not been finalized, the initial planning process will begin. The Council discussed at length on the status of nature programs, and if those could be expanded. There was a reference to partnering with schools to help expand nature programs. The work plan proposes the investigation of partnering with the schools for amenity sharing, the mention to nature programming can be added alongside of it. Maggie Moriarty suggested utilizing volunteers, specifically from UNC or Duke to help maintain programs. The second phase of Blackwood Farm Park development will also include a facility available for nature programs. Allen Parker also suggested including the Historic Preservation Board, and other advisory boards, as potential partners for programming. Logan Cason expanded on this by included other departments, such as the Department on Aging, to expand programs in the park. Parker also emphasized signage and other resources to note historic and cultural significance. The conversation expanded to include cross-cultural programming and utilizing staff