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Minutes
Parks & Recreation Board
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
7:00 PM, Town Barn
101 E. Orange St.
Present: Chairman Todd Stabley, Vice Chairman Ashley DeSena, Kate Albrecht, Robb English,
Noah Mace, Rebecca Swartz, Chris Wehrman (PB rep)
Absent: Annie Jarabek, Nancy Taylor, Kim Woodell, Brian Lowen (Ex Officio – TB rep)
ITEM #1: Call meeting to order, roll call, and confirm presence of a quorum
Chairman Stabley called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Ms. Trueblood called the roll and confirmed the
presence of a quorum.
ITEM #2: Consideration of changes or adjustments to the agenda
There were no changes or adjustments. The agenda stood as presented.
ITEM #3: Approval of minutes from November 15, 2016
Motion: Ms. Albrecht moved to approve the minutes as submitted.
Second: Ms. Swartz seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
ITEM #4: Continue Connectivity Plan Update: Review FINAL DRAFT plan and maps- Make
recommendation to Planning Board/Town Board
Ms. Trueblood informed the board that some grammatical edits had been made since the last meeting,
but no content changes.
She added that, after this board decided at its last meeting to recommend 10-foot wide greenways in
congested areas, she informed the Collins Ridge developers of this recommendation and change to the
Connectivity Plan during a recent technical review committee meeting.
A board member asked what it would take to require a developer on West King Street to build
sidewalks. Ms. Trueblood explained that when a street is designated for a high priority sidewalk, the
builder is obligated to build it. She cautioned that on West King Street there are houses very close to the
road. Benton Street to Hillsborough Avenue is the real challenge. There was much discussion about the
need for connectivity in West Hillsborough via West King Street. There was interest in figuring out a
solution to the topographically challenging areas where a standard sidewalk would be difficult.
The board decided to increase the priority of a stretch of future sidewalk on West King Street because
there isn’t a good pedestrian alternative. Ms. Trueblood reminded the board that it could still be years
before a sidewalk is built there.
There was a recommendation to take out Occoneechee Mountain and Occoneechee Speedway as gaps
on Page 10.
Motion: Chairman Stabley moved to recommend adoption by the Town Board of the updated
plan.
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Second: Mr. Wehrman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Edit: Change W. King Street to high priority sidewalk, take out Occoneechee Mountain and Occoneechee
Speedway as gaps on Page 10
ITEM #5: Annual election of officers
Motion: Vice Chairman DeSena moved to appoint Todd Stabley as Chair and Kate Albrecht as
Vice Chair.
Second: Chairman Stabley seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
ITEM #6: Adopt 2017 meeting dates
Motion: Ms. Swartz moved to approve meeting dates.
Second: Ms. DeSena seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
ITEM #7: Reports and Updates- (Parks and Recreation related reports)
Town Board: Brian Lowen--absent
Planning Board: Chris Wehrman—missed November meeting
Mountains to Sea Trail- MST: staff—Rich Shaw is retiring from Orange County
Orange County Parks and Recreation Council: Annie Jarabek -- absent
Intergovernmental Parks Work Group- IPWG: staff—still working on geodatabase
map
Park Steward reports:
1. Gold Park: Annie Jarabek, Dog Park: Nancy Taylor--absent
2. Cates Creek Park: Kate Albrecht—Noting people are missing it. Field looks good.
3. Turnip Patch Park: Annie Jarabek--absent
4. Murray Street Park: Ashley DeSena—looking good except for missing tree
5. Kings Highway Park: Todd Stabley—lots of trash
6. Hillsborough Heights Park: Kim Woodell—absent
7. Riverwalk: Robb English—looking great
8. Downtown Sidewalks/Mayo Park: staff—Ms. Trueblood reviewed that
additional interpretive signs have been installed. The new trash receptacles
have dual recycling receptacles. With the downtown revitalization money from
the state, Ms. Trueblood has ordered 12 benches and 3 bike racks. The flood
repairs have been made to the dogpark and boardwalk on Riverwalk. There are
now two bollards in Gold Park. Ms. Trueblood made an announcement about
lantern workshops for the Solstice lantern walk and the dedication of the
Occoneechee Village site. CMAQ and Downtown Improvement projects are
moving forward.
Staff Updates
ITEM #8: Adjourn
Motion: Mr. Mace moved to adjourn at 8:26 p.m.
Second: Vice Chairman DeSena seconded.
Vote: Unanimous