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4 <br />A Resolution Regarding the Establishment of an Intergovernmental <br />Parks Work Group (IP Work Group) <br />WHEREAS, the Joint Master Recreation and Parks -Work Group effort brought <br />together representatives of the Towns, County, school boards, OWASA, Duke <br />and the University of North Carolina to develop a report on, the future of parks <br />planning in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group completed its <br />task on schedule and fostered a spirit of communication and collaboration that <br />the Board of Commissioners desires to maintain; and <br />WHEREAS, the future of parks planning and development in the County will be <br />facilitated by information exchange and coordination among the aforementioned <br />parties; and <br />WHEREAS, a group created in the the spirit and nature of the Joint Master <br />Recreation and Parks Work Group could foster these goals: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners- proposes that an Intergovernmental Parks Work Group be <br />created to address important issues arising from the Joint Master Recreation and <br />Parks Work Group report. This Intergovernmental Parks Work Group would serve <br />in lieu of the proposed Parks Council, with the following charge: <br />To build on the momentum of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group <br />process by accomplishing the following: <br />1. To gather, exchange and skate information on parks planning and deve%pment in <br />the municipalities and County <br />2. To maintain and update the 1~iventory of Parks and Recreation Facilities deve%ped <br />as part of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks report, including new properties <br />acquired or dedicated <br />3. To foster communication between the municipalities and County on future <br />opportunities and collaborative ventures <br />4. To provide a coordinating mechanism for updates to parks and recreation plans in <br />each jurisdiction <br />5. To review and inform the municipalities and County concerning parks needs and <br />potential opportunities <br />6. To deve%p parameters for parks standards (leaving flexibility for the actual <br />standards to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction within these parameters) <br />7. To deve%p and coordinate public education and public outreach on parks issues <br />(coordinated brochures, etc) <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED .that the administrative, tenure and membership <br />components of the Work Group be addressed as provided in Attachment A, <br />"Proposed Intergovernmental Parks Work Group," and that this .resolution be <br />