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Home My WebLink AboutRES-2014-056 Resolution Supporting Community Use of School Facilities for Recreation Res. 2014-056 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR RECREATION WHEREAS, many public schools in Orange County contain athletic and recreation facilities such as playing fields, gymnasiums and other similar facilities or areas; and WHEREAS, these facilities are constructed with public funds primarily for the use of students and athletic groups at the respective schools but also may be (and have been to some degree) available when not in use by these groups for community or organized athletics and recreation; and WHEREAS, many school systems and local governments around the country, including several in North Carolina, have successfully developed understandings and agreements to allow for use of school athletic and recreation facilities for athletic and recreation programs operated by local governments for the public; and WHEREAS, in Orange County, the vast majority of participants in these athletic leagues and programs are also students in the respective school districts; and WHEREAS,encouraging participation in athletic leagues and youth recreation activities promotes healthy lifestyles and works to combat childhood obesity, develop healthy exercise habits for a lifetime, and promotes teamwork and cooperation; and WHEREAS, both the Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have recently completed reviews and/or changes to their facility use policies which in part served to open new avenues for usage for community athletic and recreational activities; and WHEREAS, it is in the mutual interest of the school systems and the local governments to develop mechanisms that allow for continued and expanded usage of such facilities, when not in use by the schools,to avoid duplication or otherwise unnecessary capital improvements funded by public dollars: NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough,the city of Mebane, Orange County, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the Orange County Schools pledge jointly to pursue and allow mutually-beneficial usage of recreational facilities at the schools by local government youth athletics and recreation, within the framework of school usage needs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parties above agree that usage of such facilities should be subject to a minimum level of usage fees, recognizing the population being served as school system students, and that this level of usage fee be determined either by recognition in the schools facility fee schedule or by interlocal agreement. This, the 4 th day of September, 2014. Res. 2014-056 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Date ATTEST Orange County Schools Date ATTEST Town of Carrboro Date ATTEST Town of Chapel Hill Date ATTEST Town of Hillsborough Date ATTEST City of Mebane Date ATTEST Id, �j_YJ Orange Co y Date ATTEST Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Date ATTEST Orange County Schools Date ATTEST Town of Carrboro Date ATTEST Town of Chapel Hill Date ATTEST Y April 14, 2014 Town of Hillsborough Date ATTEST City of Mebane Date ATTEST Orange County Date ATTEST ,' � � � � � � r � �I�� .,. �OI . hapel 1-Carrboro City S ools Date � , . � ��°`��'----- ATTEST E Orange County Schools Date ; ATTEST , i � Town of Carrboro Date ATT'EST Town of Chapel Hill Date j i I � ' ATTEST 4 � � Town of HiIlsbaro�gh Date � . � ATTE�T � � _ . City of Mebar�e Date ATTEST Orange Caunty Date � ATTEST - fiaf13 i � , � i Chapel Hill-Carrboro Ciiy Schools Date ' ATTEST 3 j?�-�zor4 Orange County S Is Date I � I I AT EST Town of Carrboro Date � I ATTEST � Town a:�Chapel Hill Date ATTEST i � Town of Hillsboraugh Date � ATTEST � - ; , City of Mebane Date ; � ATTEST i Orange County Date , ATTEST TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA WWW.TOWNOFCARRBORO.ORG Motion was made by Alderman Slade, seconded by Alderman Johnson, to approve the resolution below: A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR RECREATION WHEREAS, many public schools in Orange County contain athletic and recreation facilities such as playing fields, gymnasiums and other similar facilities or areas; and WHEREAS, these facilities are constructed with public funds primarily for the use of students and athletic groups at the respective schools but also may be (and have been to some degree) available when not in use by these groups for community or organized athletics and recreation; and WHEREAS, many school systems and local governments around the country, including several in North Carolina, have successfully developed understandings and agreements to allow for use of school athletic and recreation facilities for athletic and recreation programs operated by local governments for the public; and WHEREAS, in Orange County, the vast majority of participants in these athletic leagues and programs are also students in the respective school districts; and WHEREAS, encouraging participation in athletic leagues and youth recreation activities promotes healthy lifestyles and works to combat childhood obesity, develop healthy exercise habits for a lifetime, and promotes teamwork and cooperation; and WHEREAS, both the Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have recently completed reviews and/or changes to their facility use policies which in part served to open new avenues for usage for community athletic and recreational activities; and WHEREAS, it is in the mutual interest of the school systems and the local governments to develop mechanisms that allow for continued and expanded usage of such facilities, when not in use by the schools, to avoid duplication or otherwise unnecessary capital improvements funded by public dollars: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough, the city of Mebane, Orange County, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the Orange County Schools pledge jointly to pursue and allow mutually-beneficial usage of recreational facilities at the schools by local government youth athletics and recreation, within the framework of school usage needs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parties above agree that usage of such facilities should be subject to a minimum level of usage fees, recognizing the population being served as school 30127510(919) 942-8541(919) 918-4456711 WEST MAIN STREET, CARRBORO, NC FAX VOICE/TTY/TDD/ASCII: AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA WWW.TOWNOFCARRBORO.ORG system students, and that this level of usage fee be determined either by recognition in the schools facility fee schedule or by interlocal agreement. th This the 8 day of April, 2014. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: Alderman Johnson, Mayor Lavelle, Alderman Seils, Alderman Gist, Alderman Haven-O'Donnell and Alderman Slade 30127510(919) 942-8541(919) 918-4456711 WEST MAIN STREET, CARRBORO, NC FAX VOICE/TTY/TDD/ASCII: AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER IPWG - Adoption of the Resolution for Community Use of School Facilities for Recreation Jurisdiction Carrboro Approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen April 8, 2014 Chapel Hill Approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council June 23, 2014 Hillsborough Approved by the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners April 14, 2014 Mebane N/A (no Orange County schools in jurisdiction) Orange County Approved by Orange County on September 4,2014 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Approved by the School Board May 15, 2014 Orange County Schools Approved by the School Board March 24, 2014 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Date ATTEST Orange County Schools Date A'11'EST Town of Carrboro Date ATTEST q - Z3- VA (7.0*1 N Ofr Town of Chapel Hill Date A'1"1'EST� • Town of Hillsborough Date ATTEST City of Mebane Date ATTEST Orange County Date Alt EST I, Amy T. Harvey, Acting Town Clerk of the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, hereby certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of(2014- 06-23/R-7) adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council on June 23, 2014. This the 25th day of June,2014. III i 144242i Amy T. Harvey Acting Town Clerk C4N0� i,