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MEMORANDUM
TO: Frank Clifton, County Manager
FROM: David Stancil, DEAPR Director
DATE: February 10, 2012
RE: Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan Status
In April 2011, the Board was presented with a plan to create a new Parks and
Recreation Master Plan to replace the current 1988-adopted Master Recreation
and Parks Plan. Goals and objectives were created as part of the adopted
County Comprehensive Plan 2030, and the new P&R Master Plan will use those
directives to address in more detail demographics and service areas, public
input, community needs and current and future issues through action strategies
and detailed plans. In June, the Board authorized moving forward with the Plan
and approved funding to hire a research associate.
In the late-summer/early-fall, staff met to plan for and begin the project. A
Request for Proposals for the data collection and research, graphics and survey
creation components was prepared and distributed to interested parties and firms
in late-October.
However, no proposals were received from individuals and firms through that
process. Staff has recently been in touch with three individuals and or groups
that are now interested in providing the needed outside technical assistance, and
a person/firm is expected to be selected by the end of February. In the
meantime, some background data and work has been done by staff to move the
framework of the Plan along.
A timetable of activities and proposed public outreach plan is being drafted and
will be provided to the Board on March 13. At this point, staff anticipates a
planning process that will begin in March and result in a new draft Master Plan in
first-quarter of 2013. While the delay in hiring technical assistance is unfortunate,
it has inadvertently created opportunities for persons who would have otherwise
been unavailable to assist in the project to be considered.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation
PO Box 8181
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: (919) 245-2510
Fax: (919) 644-3351