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2 <br />Executive Summary <br />Report of the point Master Recreation and Parks <br />Work Group <br />June 11, 1999 <br />Introduction <br />On November 19, 1997, the- Board of Commissioners created a Joint Master <br />Recreation and Parks -Work Group. The Work Group was developed. to follow up <br />on two reports:- a 1996 Assembly. of Governments report :`Recreation and Parks <br />-Issues in Orange. County, NC ; and a May .1997 report entitled "Coordination of <br />Parks and Recreation Services. for Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange. County <br />developed by the area Managers. <br />The charge to the Work Group was to: <br />"update and modify the Master Recreation and Parks. P/an to be a joint /ong- <br />range capita/ faci/ides p/an for Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hi//... ~ ' <br />Although not listed in the charge, Town of Hillsborough and OWASA <br />representatives participated in the work. group- effort. In accomplishing this task <br />the Work Group -was asked to address the following topics: <br />An update of recreational facilities countywide <br />- An update of local recreation and parks- needs <br />- Develop standards for park facilities- and design <br />- Joint siting, design and management of school and park sites <br />- Tangible and realistic parkland acquisition goals <br />- Reassess payment-in-lieu of dedication programs (and .service area <br />boundaries for programs) <br />- Dedication provisions for greenways in-the Joint Planning Area <br />The Work Group began orr December 17 1997: The group mete monthly over the <br />-next - 17 months (including -six months of additional subcommittee work) to <br />produce a report. While the Work- Group reviewing a great deal of research and <br />discussed a wide variety of topics, a summary of ,the report may best be <br />considered in the following six topical categories: <br />1. Where Are We Now? <br />In evaluating the status of recreation and parks in the County, the Work -Group <br />created two committees. The Resource Inventory Committee worked during the. <br />spring and summer of 1998 to develop atemplate;--:for tracking all existing <br />recreational facilities, and discuss a map or brochure to convey these facilities to ` <br />1 <br />