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AGENDA# 4k MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Town Council FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager SUBJECT: Proposal from the Board of Orange County Commissioners about Parks and Recreation Matters DATE: June 12, 2000 The attached resolution would refer a proposal from the Board of Orange County Commissioners to the Parks and Recreation Commission with the request for a report by the Council’s August 28 meeting. BACKGROUND On May 19, Chair Moses Carey wrote to Mayor Waldorf on behalf of the Board and requested that the Town Council:
These requests come in the context of the presentation of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group Report this spring. After receiving comment from the Manager and the Parks and Recreation and Greenways Commissions regarding the Joint Master Plan Work Group Report, the Council adopted a resolution approving the Report as a general planning document at its April 10 meeting. At that time the Council also adopted the following recommendations of the report: · Adoption of an Open Facilities Policy. · Expenditure of the remaining $2.89 million in Orange County Parks land acquisition bonds for the purchase of park lands as soon as possible in order to maximize value of existing funds and options for selection of sites. · Inter-jurisdictional work on joint siting, design, and management of school and park sites across jurisdictions. · Pursuit of partnerships with groups such as OWASA and UNC in order to expand parks and recreation opportunities in the area. · Pursuit of opportunities for coordinated expenditures for land acquisition on a case-by-case basis until such time as the idea for more formalized coordination of land acquisition funds can be explored. The Council’s adopted April 10 resolution also recommends to the County that a Working Committee be established to draft recommendations concerning the following issues: · Consideration of a proposed Inter-Governmental Task Force. · Re-examination of the issue of adopting County-wide standards. · Examination of how to assure equitable distribution of land purchases and facilities commensurate to contributions. · Examination of the level of County funding to the Town’s Parks and Recreation Department operating budget compared to County’s use of Town programs and facilities. RECOMMENDATION That the Council refer the following proposals to the Manager and the Parks and Recreation Commission for reply at the Council’s August 28 meeting:
A RESOLUTION REFERRING THE BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ PROPOSAL TO THE MANAGER AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMMISSION FOR COMMENT BY AUGUST 28, 2000 (2000-06-12/R-12) WHEREAS, the Mayor received a May 19, 2000 correspondence from the Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners requesting that the Council adopt a resolution establishing an Intergovernmental Parks Work Group; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners also requested that the Council appoint Chapel Hill representatives for an initial meeting in September; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners also requested that the Council authorize the Town Manager to meet with his counterparts in the County and other municipalities, for the purpose of developing a report for the October 30 Assembly of Governments meeting on ways that the County and municipalities might coordinate and synchronize capital funding for future parks; and WHEREAS, these requests emanated from the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group report which was reviewed by the Manager and the Parks and Recreation Commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council refers the Board of Commissioners’ requests to the Manager and the Parks and Recreation Commission for comment in reports to the Council no later than August 28, 2000. This the 12th day of June, 2000. . |