Parks and Recreation Board

The town council adopted a resolution creating the parks and recreation board for the Town of Lake Lure on January 11, 2000. The resolution states that the powers and duties of the board will be to:

 

1. Parks:

 

(a) Maintain an inventory of all public lands designated or used for park purposes.

 

(b) Recommend to council those public lands which should be left in a natural state as open space and which should be developed for use as passive and active parks.

 

(c) Formulate and recommend to council plans for landscaping and development of passive and active park lands, including picnic areas and playgrounds.

 

(d) Monitor the condition of park lands and recommend to the town manager programs for maintenance.

 

2. Beautification of Public Property:

 

Formulate and recommend to council plans for landscaping and beautification of public property other than parks and recreation facilities, including Town Hall, the golf course, and public road rights-of-way.

 

3. Recreation:

 

(a) Identify those properties having potential for active recreation.

 

(b) Formulate and recommend to council programs for active recreation, including sports, playgrounds, physical fitness facilities, scenic and hiking trails, bicycle paths and the like; coordinate with the zoning and planning board to incorporate recreation facilities into the land use plan.

 

(c) Coordinate with the lake advisory committee regarding recreation activities on Lake Lure.

 

(d) Coordinate with the golf course advisory committee to develop a recreation program utilizing the public golf course.

 

4. Arts:

 

(a) Formulate and recommend to council plans for an active arts and cultural program and encourage a public/private partnership to develop a vibrant visual and performing arts program for the Town of Lake Lure.

 

(b) Identify those properties having potential for public arts or other cultural facilities and recommend to council plans to develop those properties.

 

(c) Coordinate with the community development director and zoning and planning board to incorporate arts and cultural facilities into the comprehensive plan.

 

(d) Monitor the condition of any public arts facilities and recommend to the town - manager programs for maintenance.

 

 

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Town of Lake Lure
Parks, Recreation, Trails and Open Space Plan

 

 

 

Parkds and Recreation Board Members

Ed Dittmer, Chairman

Rod Anderson

Jim Dunn

Carol McKay

Martyn Watts

Jeanine Noble, Town Council Liaison