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5/26/99 Appendix Parklands Needed Based on Population Standards MEMORANDUM To: Margaret Brown, County Commissioner John Link, County Manager Albert Kittrell, Assistant County Manager Richard Kinney, Carrboro Parks and Recreation Director Bob Jones, Orange County Recreation and Parks Director Bill Webster, Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Analyst From: David Stancil, Orange County ERC Director Sarah Magruder, Orange County Planning /ERC Intern RE: Current /Projected Estimates of Parkland Needs in County Date.: April 28, 1999 We have performed some calculations in order to begin to put some numbers together for the Master Recreation and Parks Report. Currently, the report has blanks, plugged numbers or "xx's" on projected parkland needs. Prior to disseminating this to the full work group, we wanted to run these numbers by you for review. We have attempted to determine the number of parks (by type) and acres needed for Orange County's population in 2000 and 2025. The intent of this exercise is to provide us with a general idea of the countywide needs. We used the Standards appendix from the 1996 Assembly of Governments Report, as well as the definitions of parks in the 1988 Orange County Master Recreation and Parks Plan. We used these standards in the absence of the anticipated community -based standards, that would be developed by the proposed future Parklands and Resource Council. Thus, alterations may be needed when the new standards are in place. Two tables are presented, one with gross land needs, the other demonstrating net needs after accounting for our best estimation of existing resources. Also listed are the assumptions used in the calculation process, as follows: • In determining the number of people served by different types of parks, we chose the midpoint between the County's and municipalities different standards. • In determining the existing resource base, we used the inventory. • Definitions used - Regional parks are >200, District parks are >75acres, Community parks are >20 acres and Neighborhood parks are >5 acres. • Acreage needs were based upon the entire county. We did not allocate the final number of parks and acres by municipality or township. • Eno River State Park is regarded as a regional park due to its size.