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Aftac,hm t 1 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Chair Barry Jacobs <br /> Commissioner Margaret Brown <br /> FROM: Mayor Kevin Foy <br /> Council Member Flicka Bateman <br /> Council Member Bill Strom <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Process for Developing Southern Community Park <br /> DATE: July 24,2002 <br /> We offer the attached draft with the hope that it meets the needs of the County and of <br /> Chapel Hill. <br /> General vs. Specific Process: Although we all began our discussions with the intent of <br /> creating a template that could be used for all the joint park projects that will include <br /> Orange County bond funding, we concluded that it would be more practical to begin with <br /> a process specific to the Southern Community Park. Unlike most of the proposed <br /> projects,this park already has a site in public ownership and a completed conceptual plan <br /> developed by a committee composed of neighbors of the site, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and <br /> County elected officials, and other residents.The Town Council has approved this plan. <br /> This process may be useful for the aquatic center too, which also has a conceptual plan <br /> approved by the Town Council,but we believe we should wait to see how it works out <br /> for this first project. <br /> Decision-makine: We have tried to consider the concerns you voiced in general, as well <br /> as your more specific comments. A key element would be the Project Planning <br /> Committee, to be composed of at least one County Commissioner, one Town Council <br /> Member and the two Managers or their designees, who would work on the Southern <br /> Community Park from the conceptual plan stage through completion. The key decision <br /> point would be the acceptance by both the Board of County Commissioners and the <br /> Town Council of the conceptual plan. All other decisions, be they technical ones or more <br /> significant design issues,would be based on the conceptual plan. The full Board would <br /> also make the key decision of scheduling the funding for the project. . The decision to <br /> award a contract would be made by the Town Council, with advice of the Project <br /> Planning Committee and of the Board. <br /> To summarize, the following are the decision points for the governing boards: <br /> Adoption of conceptual plan BOCC and Town Council <br /> Commitment on financing schedule BOCC <br /> Approval of Special Use Permit Town Council <br />