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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 29, 2000 Action Age~d~ Item No. SUBJECT: Creation of a BOCC Open Space Task Force DEPARTMENT: Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): None INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Brown 929-fi460 Alice Gordon 933-0550 - TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 33fi-227-2031 PURPOSE: To create a BOCC Open Space Task Force with an associated charge, structure, and timeline. BACKGROUND: During the past few years the Commissioners have sponsored several initiatives to preserve and protect open space. These initiatives included forming a Commission for the Environment to advise on matters related to natural resources, forming a Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group to address land-banking and future park land acquisition, and the establishment of a new Environmental and Resource Conservation Department to address a number of resource conservation issues. Two products of these initiatives are the Report of the Master Recreation and Parks Work Groue ("Parks Report°) and A Lands Le ac Program for, Orange County ("Lands Legacy Program"). These two related reports and associated issues would be the immediate focus of the task force. TASK FORCE CHARGE STRUCTURE TIMELINE Ch_ _ arge: To make recommendations to the BOCC for integrating the Parks Report and the Lands Legacy Program, so that they may be considered for adoption in a timely manner. Upon BOCC approval of these two reports and the interconnections between them, make recommendations to the BOCC about facilitating the implementation of the integrated reports and assist with that facilitation as approved by the BOCC. Structure: Two Commissioners Three Department Heads: Environment and Resource Conservation Planning Recreation and Parks