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r <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 9, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Park Construction and Process Issues <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> Conservation <br /> ATTACHMENT(S):, INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Proposed Southern Park.Process (Town of David Stancil, 245-2590 <br /> Chapel Hill) and °Points of Note' Kimberly Siran, 969-9026 <br /> 2) Park Facility Planning (PFP) Process Report <br /> 3) Little River Regional Park Materials TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 4) Smith Middle School Memo and Materials Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and provide direction to staff on four items related to park facility <br /> construction and approval processes for park facilities. <br /> BACKGROUND: In keeping with actions at previous Board meetings and the upcoming <br /> parks projects in the County, three items have been prepared that need the Board's attention <br /> at this time. The items are preceded in the agenda packet by a brief summary of other <br /> ongoing parks activities. <br /> a) Southern Park: Included in the agenda packet is a proposal from the Town of Chapel Hill <br /> regarding the process of approving and constructing Southern Community Park in Chapel <br /> Hill. As the Board may recall, a Conceptual Plan has been prepared for the park by a <br /> Town-appointed committee, and was adopted by the Town Council on March 25. The <br /> conceptual plan has been forwarded to the County for review and approval, and is <br /> tentatively slated for the Board's September 17`h agenda. <br /> As per a suggestion at the InterGovemmental Parks Work Group meeting in February of <br /> this year, the Board of Commissioners and Town Council agreed to appoint <br /> representatives to meet to discuss the process for approval and construction of this 70- <br /> acre park facility south of Chapel Hill. Commissioners Jacobs and Brown and staff have <br /> met with counterparts from the Town since that time to discuss a possible process. As a <br /> part of the discussions, Town representatives developed a proposal focused on a process <br /> specific to Southern Park (rather than a more-comprehensive process related to joint <br /> parks projects as being discussed by the IP Work Group). On July 24, Mayor Kevin Foy <br /> and Council members Bill Strom and Flicka Bateman transmitted a revised proposal to <br />