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RECREATION AND PARKS WORK GROUP The Recreation and Parks Work Group consist of representatives from the Towns of Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Orange County. The Charge to the Work Group is to update and modify the Master Recreation and Parks Plan to be a joint long -range capital facilities plan for Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hill and to present the new Plan at the October 8, 1998 Joint Planning Area public hearing. The update and modification of the Master Recreation and Parks Plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) Update of inventory recreational facilities and opportunities; 2) Update of needs assessment; 3) Development of standards used to determine recreation facility and acreage needs, and standards for park design. Standards should be developed for use by Orange County, as well as Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro; 4) Utilization of joint siting, designing, and management of school and park sites across jurisdictions; 5) Development of tangible, realistic parkland acquisition and development goals; 6) Reassessment of service area boundaries for payment in- lieu -of dedication; and 7) Reassessment of dedication provisions related to greenways in the Joint Planning Area. The Plan update and modification shall emphasize coordination between the County and its municipalities and school boards in determining recreation needs, targeting areas for future park sites, and providing for the joint siting-of school and park facilities. The Master Recreation and Parks Master Plan Work Group Steering Committee met on December 18, 1997 to identify the specific topic to discuss during the year.