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8 Adopted 5/14/96 Revised 6/9/97 RECREATION&PARKS GOAL: (1)PREPARE JOINT MASTER RECREATION&PARKS FOR ORANGE COUNTY; AND(2)UPDATE PARKLAND DEDICATION STANDARDS. :.... :....:.::.:....:........:..:.:.... .. . :..:. ... ...,. ...... .: This goal involves updating the Master Recreation&Parks Plan adopted in 1988.Issues have arisen which suggest an update is needed, and a recent report to the Assembly of Governments cited the need for standardization of recreation and park standards,and the siting,design,and management of school and park sites across jurisdictional lines.As follow-up to the Assembly of Governments meeting,the Managers of Orange County,Chapel Hill,and Carrboro presented a report to their respective governing boards which included a recommendation that the Master Recreation&Parks Plan be modified to be a joint long-range capital facility plan for the three jurisdictions. Related to this, the Board of Commissioners asked staff to review the current dedication/payment in-lieu provisions to determine if the dedication requirements were sufficient to generate needed parkland. BACKGROUND&OBJECTIVES At the February, 1996 public hearing, proposed amendments to the.recreation Aedication/payment-in-lieu provisions were presented. Among the recommendations contained in the'repott was the suggestion that consideration be. givea_to updating the Master Recreation & Parks Plan. The, rationale for this recommendation was that-the Plan was eight years old, and issues had arisen which suggested an update was warranted,including the following: • The relationship between existing and proposed school sites,and proposed parks; • The development of"small area plans" in the northem portions of Chapel'Hill and Carrboro and the impact,if any,that proposed park sites in those areas would have on the need for"County"facilities; • The utilization of landfill and reservoir sites,both existing and proposed,as possible recreation sites; • The discussion of strategies for preserving natural and cultural resources through open space design, including the relationship of these resources to active and passive recreational pursuits;and v. • The evolution of a Recreation& Parks Advisory Board for the Town of Hillsborough and the role the Town would play in the provision of recreational facilities. At about the same time,a report was presented to the Assembly of Governments by the Recreation&Parks Work Group,a group comprised of elected officials and Recreation& Parks staff from the municipalities and County. The report focused on"Recreation& Park Issues in Orange County"and recommended three specific actions,including: • Standardization of recreation sections of land use ordinances across jurisdictions, particularly with respect to the standards used to define recreation and parks requirements;