M E M O RANDUM

TO:                  Mayor Foy and Council

FROM:            Andrea Rohrbacher, Chair, Parks and Recreation Commission

RE:                   Potential Amenities at the Chapel Hill Township Parks & Education Campus

DATE:             January 13, 2003                     

At its November 20 meeting the Commission discussed potential parks and recreation elements for the

Chapel Hill Township Parks & Education Campus (CHATPEC). This was in response to a request for

Town input from Patrick Sullivan, the Chair of the County Parks & Recreation Commission.

The Commission voted unanimously (8-0) to forward the following to the Council:

The Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation Commission strongly supports the development of the Chapel Hill Township Parks & Education Campus site to serve the county’s growing leisure needs. We recommend that several active/improved facilities be included at the park including

· Large, multipurpose athletic fields available for public use

· Winterized restrooms

· Picnic shelters

· A large playground structure

· Loop trails

· Activities targeted for seniors

While the Commission believes that school/park joint use of facilities is workable at the elementary school level, we believe it is extremely difficult to effectively share facilities at the middle and high school levels due much increased demand by school programs.

We thank the County Parks & Recreation Commission for seeking the Town’s input and respectfully request that the Council forward this information to the County, specifically the CHATPEC Work Group. Margaret Brown is the chair of the CHATPEC Work Group.  

The Parks and Recreation Commission voted to forward this recommendation, with voting as follows:

For Against

Andrea Rohrbacher, Chair                                none

Pam Hemminger, Vice Chair                

Terry Blalock

Paul A. Caldwell

Paul P. Caldwell

Pete Schwartz

Terri Tyson

Diane VandenBroek