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Appointments to the Greenways Commission
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council consider appointments to the Greenways Commission.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Wesley Barker, Town Clerk, wbarker@carrboronc.gov, 919-918-7309
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
_X__ Race/Equity ____ Climate ____ Comprehensive Plan __X__Other
Council Direction Statement
The Town Council follows its adopted Advisory Board Recruitment and Appointment Policy that was adopted on 11-21-2017. Text amendments to this policy were approved by the Town Council on 12-1-2020 and 4-13-2021, respectively, to the section entitled "Composition" which related to expanding the racial and ethnic diversity on advisory boards and commissions. It should be noted that the Advisory Board Recruitment and Appointment Policy has been evaluated using the Racial Equity Lens tool and was completed in May 2023.
The completed Racial Equity Lens is included as Attachment B. It should be noted that because the Racial Equity Lens is complete, pocket questions are not required for this agenda item.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Greenways Commission is comprised of six (6) in-town members appointed by Town Council. Currently, there are three (3) vacancies on the Commission which has created a quorum issue.
Applications were received from Justin Frye and Lori McLamb and they both have attended a meeting of the Commission. The chair has submitted a Recommendation Chair Form for both applicants.
Applications and chair forms for Justin Frye and Lori McLamb are included as Attachment C.
A matrix is included as Attachment D.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: The Town Clerk recommends that the Town Council review and consider appointing both Justin Frye and Lori McLamb to the Greenways Commission to alleviate quorum concerns (Attachment A). By makin...
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