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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 17, 2000 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group Report <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD /Recreation and Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />BOCC Open Space Task Force report <br />(includes one Resolution) <br />MRP Work Group Report (separate cover) <br />MRP Executive Summary <br />Schedule of Review /Comments from <br />Other Boards <br />Resolution -Open Facilities Policy <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Bob Jones, 245-2661 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider comments received on the Joint Master Recreation and Parks (MRP) <br />Work Group report, and a report from the BOCC Open Space Task Force along with two <br />resolutions. <br />BACKGROUND: On May 26, 1999, the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group <br />completed its report. The Work Group was comprised of one elected official from each <br />jurisdiction and school board, along with representatives from Duke University, UNC, OWASA <br />and the town and County recreation advisory boards. This report served as a follow-up effort to <br />the 1996 and 1997 inter jurisdictional :reports on recreation and parks issues in the County. The <br />Work Group's charge also included exploring ways to develop a joint long-range capital facilities <br />plan for Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and (later) Hillsborough. <br />The Work Group report was received by the Board on June 21, 1999, and referred to the Town <br />and County advisory boards, followed by review and comment from the Town elected boards. A <br />schedule of review, along with a summary of board comments, is attached. <br />There are nine recommendations in the Work Group report. The nine recommendations <br />include: <br />A. Create an Inter-Jurisidictional °Parks Council" <br />B. Ask the new Parks Council to develop standards parameters for parks and recreation <br />services <br />C. Continue to make co-locating schools and park sites a priority <br />D. Pursue public-private partnerships to provide facilities and services (such as with OWASA, <br />UNC and Duke) <br />E. Coordinate land acquisition through County Lands Legacy program and synchronize <br />jurisdiction's capital improvement plans (CIP's) <br />