HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-07-1999 - 8qORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: .December 7, 1999
Action Agenda
Item No. _
SUBJECT: Criteria for Parkland Acquisitions
DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource
.Conservation
ATTACHMENT(S):
Parkland Criteria, revised 11/22/99
.PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Stancil, 245-2590
.TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
.Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501.
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To approve criteria for evaluating parkland acquisitions, as developed by the Joint
Master Recreation and Parks Work Group and agreed to by the Board on November 22.
BACKGROUND: As a part of their report in May of this year, the Joint Master Recreation and
Parks Work Group developed a set.. of goals, objectives and criteria for evaluating. parkland
acquisition opportunities. The criteria from this report has been included in the first draft of "A
Lands Legacy Program for Orange County", as reviewed at the BOCC's October 12
worksession, with the intent of using the criteria as the basis for evaluating proposals for
acquiring parkland.
On November 22, the Board reviewed these criteria and made several additions and
clarifications. The Board agreed. to use the modified criteria on an interim basis to .evaluate
parkland acquisition proposals, and asked that the revised criteria (attached) be brought back
for adoption on December 7. Additional clarifications have been submitted by Commissioner
Brown (to note that parklands should avoid wetlands and other environmentally-sensitive
lands), and Commissioner Gordon (to note that. land near existing schools as well as new
schools should receive consideration).
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No direct financial impacts result from the use of the proposed criteria,
although the criteria would determine where County funds are expended for parklands.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the revised criteria
for use in evaluating parkland proposals on an interim basis until the Lands Legacy program is
adopted. As part of the Lands Legacy program, a weighting or points system will be developed
for this criteria.
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Criteria for Evaluating Possible Parkland Acquisition
(11/22 changes shown in italic)
Subject to approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, a system should
be developed to evaluate how well potential land acquisitions meet the goals and
objectives. A number of specific measures have been suggested both for the purchase
of property, and for the appropriateness of siting facilities. The components of this
system would become the basis of the Recreation and Parks Acquisition section of the
County's Lands Legacy Program.
Parklands Acquisition Criteria
Note: Al[ criteria are a' licable and will be used for evaluation)
The existence of matching funds from a requesting jurisdiction, with
the ex ectation o at least a 1:1 match in undin
Existence of prior partnerships and previous commitments to the
same enti
Relationshi to the invento o existin acilities and lands
Potential for ants and other fimdin o ortunities
Cost o ro'ect, relative to available Coun resources
Com letion of existin ro'ects with an ado ted facili lan
Contains a site identified in the Inventory of Natural Areas and
Wildlife Habitats of Oran e Coun , N.C.
Com atibili of fanned ark use with ad'acent land uses
A ro riate intensi of land use for the surroundin area
Geographic location relative to the area to be served (central
.location for the target population), as well as location relative to the
number o eo le served.
Promotes continui of wildlife corridors, eenwa sand linear arks
Land is ad'acent to new or existin schools
Land for active recreation is suitable and appropriate for the planned
uses e.., avoids wetlands and environmentall -sensitive lands
Acquisition would further purposes of Upper Eno and New Hope
Corridor reservation efforts
Access trans ortation is safe and Basil -accom fished
Meetin multi le oafs of the above ets hi er wei tin