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Alamance County Recreation and Parks Commission
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall serve as the advisory body for the Department of Recreation and Parks and the unit. The Commission shall suggest policies to the Department, the Manager and the Alamance County Board of Commissioners, within its powers and responsibilities as stated in this ordinance. The Commission shall serve as a liaison between the Department, the Manager, the Alamance County Board of Commissioners and the citizens of Alamance County. The Commission shall consult with and advise the Department, the Manager and the Alamance County Board of Commissioners in matters affecting recreation policies, program, personnel, finances, and the acquisition of lands and properties related to the total county recreation and parks needs.
The Recreation and Parks Commission shall assume duties for recreation and parks purposes, as follows: Make recommendations; (1) for the establishment of a system of supervised recreation; (2) to set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, water areas, or other recreation area and structures, any lands or buildings owned by or leased to the unit, and for approval by the unit's authorized body, and may suggest improvements of such lands and for the construction and for the equipping and staffing of such buildings and structures as may be necessary within those funds allocated to the Department; (3) and advise in the acquisition of lands and structures through gifts, purchase, lease or loan, or by condemnation by the unit as provided by Chapter 40A, eminent domain, of the general statutes of North Carolina and as approved by the Alamance County Board of Commissioners; (4) and advise in the acceptance by the unit and, with the approval of the Governing Body, may accept any grant, gift, bequest or donation, any personal or real property offered or made available for recreation purposes and which is judged to be of present or possible future use for recreation. Any gift, bequest of money or other property, any grant, devise of real or personal property so acquired shall be held, by the Department, used and finally disposed of in accordance with the terms under which such grant, gift or devise is made and accepted; (5) and advise in the construction, equipping, operation, and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, recreation centers and all buildings and structures necessary or useful to Department function, and will advise in regard to other recreation facilities which are owned or controlled by the county or leased or loaned to the county.
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