New subject: City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation System Plan (Planning Committee)

30 Jul 2012

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