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6 <br />the use of an impact fee for public uses including recreation, but this. proviso has <br />not been utilized to date. <br />As of .1999, Carrboro has collected $453,000 through its payment-in-lieu <br />program.. Orange County. currently has. $488,000 available, allocated by -four <br />districts in which the money must be spent. The County has also received .land <br />dedications .totaling 44 acres since .1986, although this. land is in small pieces. <br />exclusively in Bingham and Chapel Hill Townships. <br />The Work Group found that difficulties exist with the existing. payment-in-lieu <br />programs.: The funds must be geographically earmarked .and -spent within the <br />area collected. They must also be supplemented with matching funds for ,use..: <br />Considerable. research was. performed to explore programs in other jurisdictions,. <br />and a special meeting with Richard Ducker from the Institute of Government was <br />held to review payment-in-lieu possibilities. <br />6. Recommendations <br />Using the research and deliberations of 17 months, and with the -charge- and <br />goals of the project in mind, the .Work Group developed nine recommendation, <br />summarized as follows (these recommendations -also appear on -pages 34-40). <br />A. Create a Parks and Resource Lands Counci/ <br />As we move to coordinate long-term recreation and parks planning, the need for- <br />a permanent joint council (to meet quarterly) was identified, -building on the <br />useful nature of the Work Group itself. Possible duties might include: <br />- Develop and review standards <br />Develop future-parks bond proposals <br />- Provide a coordinating. mechanism for parks plan updates <br />- Make recommendations`on allocations of future bond moneys <br />- ,Coordinate acquisitions though the County Land Resource .Acquisition <br />Program <br />A resolution asking the local boards to create the Parks and Resource Lands. <br />Council is attached as Appendix L. <br />B. Inter jurisdictions/Standards <br />As previouslynoted, impediments exist to the creation of common standards that <br />could be used Countywide for recreation and .parks facilities.. If coordinated <br />funding -were .pursued, the need. for. some coordinated standard would be <br />important. The Parks and Resource Lands .Council is recommended as a <br />mechanism to accomplish this goal. <br />5 <br />