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15 <br />5/26/99 <br />environmentally sensitive, such as wetlands; <br />* Develop a program for land dedication /recreation payment that is <br />more effective and comprehensive; <br />* Protect identified natural areas and wildlife habitats in conjunction <br />with the creation of recreation facilities; <br />* Develop linear parks in the Rural Buffer, and explore opportunities <br />along other identified stream corridors; <br />* "Retrofit" existing developed properties for recreation; <br />* Enhance efforts like the New Hope Creek Corridor Study and the <br />Upper Eno River preservation efforts; <br />* Develop land -use planning mechanism for securing neighborhood <br />parks <br />. �. • t <br />Subject to approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, a <br />system should be developed to evaluate how well potential land <br />acquisitions meet the goals and objectives. A number of specific <br />measures have been suggested both for the purchase of property, and <br />for the appropriateness of siting facilities. The components of this <br />system would become the basis of the Recreation and Parks <br />Acquisition section of the County's Resource Acquisition Program (see <br />Section V). <br />Potential Land Acquisition Criteria (examples); <br />• The existence of matching funds from requesting jurisdiction; <br />• Grants and other funding opportunities; <br />• Completion of existing projects with an adopted facility plan; <br />• Identified in the Inventory of'Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of <br />Orange County, N.C.; <br />• Compatibility of planned use with adjacent land uses <br />(Rogerson /Oakwood neighborhood park); <br />• Appropriate intensity of use for the area (Merritt Pasture at NC 54 <br />and US 15/501); <br />• Location (Northern Community Park); <br />• Promotes continuity of wildlife corridors, greenways and linear <br />parks; <br />• Land adjacent to new schools (Efland- Cheeks, Southern Park); <br />• Land for active recreation is suitable and appropriate for uses (i.e., <br />not ecologically- sensitive areas); <br />• Furthers purposes of Upper Eno and New Hope Corridor <br />preservation efforts; <br />• Access (transportation) is safe and easily - accomplished; <br />• Meeting multiple goals (above) gets higher weighting; <br />Potential Facilities Siting Criteria: <br />* Facilities should be centrally located for population to be served <br />* Both active and low - impact (natural area) recreation opportunities <br />13 <br />