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3 Memorandum To: Board of Commissioners John Link, County Manager From: Open Space Task Force (Margaret Brown and Alice Gordon) Date: April 13, X000 Re: Report on Joint Master Recreation and Parks Report Issues On April 4 and April li, the Open Space Task Force met with ERCD Director David Stancil, Planning Director Craig Benedict and Recreation and Parks Director Bob ]ones. The Task Force has developed two products for the Board's consideration. First, an alternative resolution for a proposed Intergovernmental Parks Work Group to address the proposed Parks Council and issues raised about the charge of that group. Second, based on this concept, a revised set of recommendations from the report (consistent with these changes) is provided for the Board's consideration. The resolution and revised recommendations are attached. P/ease note that the Executive Summary of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group report has not been updated in accordance with the revised recommendations attached. In reviewing the resolution and revised recommendations, we would note the following: The Board has taken several relevant actions related to the findings of this report, including adoption and use of the parkland criteria (as amended) and adoption of the Lands Legacy program -both of which provide a vehicle for parkland acquisitions. The Schools and Land Use Councils have also developed a Memorandum of Agreement regarding the co-location of facilities. It shouil noted that no attempt has been made to comb back through the report ~p make the revised recommendations consistent with previous text. To the extent that the report text differs from the revised recommendations, the revised recommendations (attached) are intended to control. Based on the discussion from the Town Boards, the BOCC Open Space Task Farce recommends that, if the Board approves of this approach, the resolution and revised recommendations be sent back to the Town boards for their consideration, and that contact be made with the City of Mebane to ascertain their interest in participating.