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Parks and Recreation Board Regular Meeting

Town of Hillsborough · Parks and Recreation Board
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Regular meeting Parks and recreationEnvironment and sustainability

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What was decided

  1. Approved Minutes review and approval Approved as submitted, 8-0
  2. Approved 4.ARiverwalk Master Plan: Review draft plan Approved, 8-0

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What's on this agenda

Hillsborough's Parks and Recreation Board reviewed a draft Riverwalk Master Plan and heard steward reports on the town's parks, plus a staff update on Storm Chantal repairs.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board voted 8-0 to approve the Riverwalk Master Plan, with any edits from the Communications Department included, after reviewing the draft. It also heard that the Board of Commissioners is pursuing a pedestrian connection between Eno Haven and the SportsPlex, that the Planning Board's Unified Development Ordinance rewrite is ongoing, and that staff had completed small repairs at Gold Park and along the Riverwalk. Board members gave routine condition reports on the parks they steward. The board approved its June 17 minutes and adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

How the votes went

The board approved the agenda, the June 17 minutes, and the Riverwalk Master Plan, each by an 8-0 vote. It adjourned by an 8-0 vote as well.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (6)

Staff or committee report · 3Procedural · 1Minutes approval · 1Resolution · 1
  1. Agenda changes and approval
    Procedural
    No changes were proposed.
    Approved, 8-0
  2. Minutes review and approval
    Minutes approval
    The board reviewed minutes from its June 17, 2025 meeting.
    Approved as submitted, 8-0
  3. 4.A Riverwalk Master Plan: Review draft plan
    Resolution Parks and recreation
    The board reviewed and approved the draft Riverwalk Master Plan, with any edits from the Communications Department included.
    Approved, 8-0
  4. 5 Parks and recreation-related reports
    Staff or committee report Parks and recreation
    A commissioner described plans for a pedestrian connection between Eno Haven and the SportsPlex, and a board member reported on the town's ongoing Unified Development Ordinance rewrite; the intergovernmental parks work group had no update.
  5. 6 Park steward reports
    Staff or committee report
    Board members reported on conditions at the parks they steward, including Gold Park, Cates Creek Park, Murray Street Park, Kings Highway Park, Hillsborough Heights Park, Riverwalk and Turnip Patch Park; staff noted small repairs completed since the last meeting.
  6. 7 Staff updates: Storm Chantal repair and recovery
    Staff or committee report Environment and sustainability
    Staff described recent storm-related repairs completed at Gold Park and along the Riverwalk.

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