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376 RESOLUTION CABARRUS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SECTION 1: CREATION; NAME; NUMBER OF MEMBERS There is hereby created a Parks and Recreation Commission composed of eleven (11) Cabarrus County citizens and one (1) representative from the Governing Body serving as a non-voting liaison. SECTION 2: COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES The Parks and Recreation Commission shall serve as the advisory body for the Department of Parks and Recreation and the County of Cabarrus. The Commission shall suggest policies to the Department, the Manager and the governing body, within its powers and responsibilities as stated in this ordinance. The Commission shall serve as a liaison between the Department, the Manager, the Governing Body of the unit and citizens of the community. The Commission shall consult with and advise the Department, the Manager and the Governing Body in matters affecting recreation policies, program, personnel, finances, and the acquisition and disposal of lands and properties related to the total community recreation program, and to its long-range, projected program for recreation. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall assume duties for recreation purposes, as follows: Make recommendations; (1) for the establishment of a system of supervised recreation for the unit; (2) to set apart for use as parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, water areas, or other recreation areas 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 to the recreation program within those funds allocated to the Department; (3) and advise in the acquisition of lands and structures through gifts, purchase, lease or loan; (4) and advise in the acceptance by the unit of any grant, gift, bequest or donation, any personal or real property offered or make 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 grant, devise of real or personal property so acquired shall be held, by the unit, 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 unit or leased or loaned, to the unit. SECTION 3: APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSION Each member of the Commission shall be appointed by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners to include the following representation: 1 member - Youth Representative who will serve through 7/31/95, at which time this position will expire. 2 members Townships 1 (Harrisburg) and 2 (Poplar Tent) 3 members Townships 3 (Odell) and 4 (Kannapolis) 1 member - Townships 5 (New Gilead), 6 (Rimertown), 7 (Gold Hill), and 8 (Mount Pleasant) 1 member - Townships 9 (Georgeville) and 10 (Midland) 1 member - Township 11 (Central Cabarrus) 1 member - Township 12 (Concord) 2 members - At-large SECTION 4: LENGTH OF APPOINTMENT Each member shall be appointed for a three-year term with staggering terms arranged so that approximately one-third of the terms will expire each year, except for the representative from the governing body of the unit who shall serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission concurrent with his term of office on the Governing Body. Members may be replaced with or without cause and