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are determined within those service areas, such as linking facility needs to 37 <br /> population growth. <br /> Status/Action: Initiated <br /> Funding to be requested in FY2011-12 for this purpose. <br /> Obiective PR-2.3: <br /> Develop a program for land dedication/recreation payment that is effective and <br /> comprehensive. <br /> Status/Action: Initiated <br /> Please see PR 1.3 above. To be reviewed for possible FY 2010-11 update. <br /> Obiective PR-2.4: <br /> Establish a mechanism to promote shared use of existing public and institutional <br /> buildings and grounds for public recreation, as well as for their primary uses. (See <br /> also Education Objective E-2.) <br /> Status/Action: Ongoing <br /> IP Work Group has developed a set of guiding principles and recommendations for <br /> the Community Use of School Facilities for Recreation. These principles and <br /> recommendations have been approved by three jurisdictions and await action from <br /> Chapel Hill and Orange County(November 2009). <br /> Obiective PR-2.5: <br /> Adopt criteria for evaluating potential land acquisitions for recreation and park <br /> facilities in cooperation with other regional park providers. <br /> Status/Action: Initiated <br /> Refer to Intergovernmental Parks (IP) Work Group for recommendations? <br /> Objective PR-2.6: <br /> Develop a Memorandum of Agreement among the local governments on joint capital <br /> and/or operational funding for future parks and recreational facilities. (See also <br /> Education Objective E-2.) <br /> Status/Action: No Action <br /> Obiective PR-3.1: <br /> Locate parks and recreational facilities close to residential areas and transportation <br /> nodes, to increase public knowledge and accessibility to these facilities, including <br /> alternative transportation modes. <br /> Status/Action: Ongoing <br /> Transportation, residential service areas and other geographic factors are part of the <br /> criteria for parks and recreation facility location as shown in the 1988 Master Parks <br /> and Recreation Plan (potentially to be updated in 2010-11). <br /> Obiective PR-3.2: <br /> Implement individual park master plans, such as the 2006 Fairview Park Master <br /> Plan. <br /> Status/Action: Completed, Ongoing <br /> Several master plans are completed and implemented (Efland/Cheeks <br /> Community/School Park, Little River Regional Park and Natural Area, Cedar Grove <br /> Park, Eurosport (West Ten) Soccer Center). Fairview Master Plan is bring <br /> implemented this fall and winter, with construction imminent. Two other master plans <br /> have been completed, for Blackwood Farm Park and Hollow Rock Access Area <br /> (New Hope Preserve). <br /> 35 <br />