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Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood
101 E. Orange St., PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-296-9481 | stephanie.trueblood@hillsboroughnc.gov
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Minutes
Parks and Recreation Board
7 p.m. Jan. 21, 2020
Town Hall Annex Board Meeting Room, 105 E. Corbin St.
Present: Board of Commissioners representative Robb English, Lisa Frazier (Planning Board representative),
Chelsea Gailey, Cole Kenworthy, Andrew Landstrom, Noah Mace and Jesse Mowles-Aring
Absent: Carl Cuthbertson, Brea McCormley and Jason Pattison
Staff: Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood
Guests: Blair Bradford
1. Call to order and confirmation of quorum
Chair Robb English called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood called the
roll and confirmed the presence of a quorum.
2. Agenda changes and approval
Motion: Member Noah Mace moved to approve the agenda as presented. Member Chelsea Gailey
seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
3. Minutes review and approval
A. Minutes from regular meeting on Dec. 17, 2019
Motion: Mace moved to approve the minutes as presented. Member Cole Kenworthy seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
4. Conceptual planning for Exchange Club Park (continued)
A. Review draft plan
Board members said they especially like the idea of including a small amphitheater in the park.
Trueblood said she had reviewed the draft plan with the leadership of the Hillsborough Youth Athletic
Association, better known as HYAA. The association’s leadership provided helpful feedback to her. They said
parking improvements are important and suggested installing a net to protect a portion of the parking area
from foul balls, she reported.
Blair Bradford, a member of the Exchange Club board, said the Exchange Club is very excited about the
project. The draft layout led to a lot of questions, which Bradford sent to Trueblood. She said Trueblood gave
her answers, which she relayed back to the Exchange Club. She said the club was encouraged that the athletic
association is also excited about the plans.
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Motion: Member Andrew Landstrom moved approval of the plan. Gailey seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
5. Election of officers
Trueblood said it would make sense to elect someone else to serve as chair because English is now the
Hillsborough Board of Commissioners’ representative on the Parks and Recreation Board. Mace is the current
vice chair, and his term is up in September.
Motion: Landstrom nominated Mace to serve as chair and Member Jesse Mowles-Aring to serve as vice
chair through September 2020. Member Lisa Frazier seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
6. Parks and Recreation-related reports
A. Board of Commissioners
English reported that the board had spent considerable time listening to people talk about a possible change
to the noise ordinance.
B. Planning Board
Frazier reviewed items on the January joint public hearing.
C. Intergovernmental Parks Work Group
No meeting had taken place since the last meeting of this board. English can no longer represent the Parks
and Recreation Board at the quarterly meeting because he will represent the Hillsborough Board of
Commissioners.
Motion: Kenworthy moved to appoint Mowles-Aring to serve on the Intergovernmental Parks Work
Group. Landstrom seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
7. Park steward reports
Board members reported on the conditions of the parks for which they serve as stewards. Trueblood noted
any small repairs that needed attention and gave brief reports on small repairs that had been made since the
previous meeting.
8. Staff updates
Trueblood said:
• Plantings would soon go in at Murray Street Park.
• A contractor would soon be making boardwalk repairs in Gold Park.
• The Tree Board has been working on a reforestation plan for town parks and rights of ways.
• It is time to start working on a master plan for Gold Park.
The board expressed interest in talking about sustainability in the development of future parks or in the
redevelopment of parks.
9. Adjournment
Motion: Kenworthy moved to adjourn at 8:02 p.m. Frazier seconded.
Vote: Unanimous