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31 AGENDA #7b MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Town Council FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager SUBJECT: Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group Report DATE: March 27, 2000 This memorandum addresses recommendations in the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group Report. Resolution A would adopt the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group Report as a general planning document, indicate the Council's desire to immediately pursue certain recornrnendations of the report, and recommend that a Working Committee be established to draft recommendations related to the charge of the proposed Pazks and Resource Lands Council and equity issues, including distribution of land purchases and facilities to contributions and County funding to the Town's Parks and Recreation Department operating budget compared to County use of Town programs and facilities. Resolution B would adopt a statement supporting an Open Facilities Policy. Resolution C would adopt the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group Report as written. Resolution D would establish Chapel Hill as a partner in a joint Parks and Resource Lands Council. We recommend that the Council adopt resolutions A and B. BACKGROU1vD In the spring of 1998 representatives from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Orange County began meeting to discuss County-wide recreation and park issues. The group's mission was to update and modify Orange County's Master Recreation and Park Plan to be a joint long-range capital facilities plan for Orange County, Carrbaro, and Chapel Hill. The work group included elected officials, advisory commission members, public at lazge, and staff. Council Members Kevin Foy and Lee Pavao, Parks and Recreation Commission members Martin Feinstein and Dianne Lemasters, and Pazks and Recreation Department