[RCAC] City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation System Plan (Planning Committee)

Good morning, fellow RCAC members. Below is an opportunity to help guide the development of Raleigh's parks System Plan through participation on the Parks' department's planning committee. If you're interested in being one of our two RCAC representatives please let me know by this Friday, August 3rd. Thanks and have a great week! Regards, Mark RCAC Chair 919.741.6329 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation System Plan (Planning Committee) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:57:09 -0400 From: Bentley, Stephen &lt;Stephen.Bentley(a)raleighnc.gov&gt; To: Patterson, Dwayne &lt;Dwayne.Patterson(a)raleighnc.gov&gt;ov>, Mark Turner (jmarkturner(a)gmail.com) &lt;jmarkturner(a)gmail.com&gt; CC: Maughan, Grayson &lt;Grayson.Maughan(a)raleighnc.gov&gt; Good Morning Dwayne and Mark, I hope you both had a nice weekend. As you both are aware the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department is starting the process to develop our new long range System Plan which will guide our facilities and services the next 20 years. As a part of this process we are creating a citizen based “Planning Committee”. This committee will be comprised of stakeholders from a broad range of backgrounds and interests ranging from Senior Adults to Athletics to Nature/Environment and several more. At their July 19^th meeting the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board <http://www.raleighnc.gov/government/content/BoardsCommissions/Articles/ParksRecGreenwayAdvisoryBoard.html> recommended that two representatives from the Raleigh CAC participate on the Planning Committee. We hope that the two RCAC participants will represent the broader citizen interests in the process. The Parks and Recreation System Plan process will be about 16 months long. We expect to have 6 Planning Committee meetings during that period of time. In addition we will ask Planning Committee members to participate in various community meetings and focus groups as well. The Planning Committee will review information from staff, the consultants and the community to ensure that the best interests of the City of Raleigh are being addressed. I have attached 3 documents for you: ·General project and Planning Committee outline ·Detailed scope of work to be completed by the consultants and staff ·DRAFT schedule for the Planning Committee We hope to bring our Planning Committee recommendations to the City Council at their August 7^th meeting. The first Planning Committee meeting would tentatively be the end of September or early October. During the System Plan process we will communicate the status, progress and other involvement opportunities to the RCAC so other members are aware of how they might get involved. We also plan to make a few presentations to the RCAC for input as a part of the process. */Since the RCAC does not meet in August can I request that you two send this request to the RCAC distribution list and seek 2 volunteers?/* Please let me know if there is something I can do to assist with seeking out the two RCAC volunteers. If either of you or any RCAC members have questions please let me know. Thank you, Stephen Stephen C. Bentley Capital Improvement Program Manager City of Raleigh PO Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602 stephen.bentley(a)raleighnc.gov <mailto:stephen.bentley@raleighnc.gov> (919) 996-4784