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4~ <br />Orange County <br />Commission for the Environment <br />Orange County ERCD <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />P)tone: (919) 245-2597 <br />Fax: (919) 644-3002 <br />Email: ccrawford@co.oran~e.nc.us <br />Memorandum <br />TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Alice Gordon, Chair <br />From: Kris Price, Chair <br />Commission for the Environment <br />Date: November 9, 1999 <br />Re: Comments on the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work <br />Group Report <br />On October 11 and November 8, the Commission for the Environment <br />considered the report of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work <br />Group. <br />The Commission is supportive of the findings and recommendations of <br />the report, and commerkds the Work Group for its diligence and <br />thoughtful approach to future parks needs. The Commission .concurs <br />with the Work Group's interest in beginning to land-bank for future <br />parks. With this in mind, we would share the following comments and <br />recommendations regarding our future role: <br />- The Commission for the Environment stands ready and willing to <br />make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners on the <br />preservation and acquisition of natural areas, wildlife habitat and <br />riparian buffers -consistent with the charge to the Commission to <br />advise the Board on matters concerning the environment. <br />- The Commission would like to have significant representation on the <br />proposed Parks Council, in regard to the expressed interest in <br />protecting natural areas and wildlife habitat in a more- <br />comprehensive parks concept. <br />