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e 1 i ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 1. 1996 Action Agenda Item# SUBJECT: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS - RECREATION SITES (DEDICATION/PAYMENT-IN-LIEU PROVISIONS) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Draft 2/26/96 Public Hearing Minutes Planning Director X2592 Draft 3/18/96 Planning Board Minutes March 5, 1996 RPAC Chair Memorandum TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Draft Recreation& Parks Goal Hillsborough 732-8181 NOTE: Please bring the "Recreation Dedication/ Chapel Hill 967-9251 Payment-In-Lieu Report" or the 2/26/96 Public Durham 688-7331 Hearing agenda packet to the meeting. Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the dedication/payment-in-lieu provisions of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations. BACKGROUND: At the Board of Commissioners June 26, 1995 meeting, a status report was presented concerning Concept Plans approved in the Stoney Creek basin area. The Board directed staff to study the dedication/payment-in-lieu provisions of the Subdivision Regulations and prepare amendments, if needed, for public hearing. At its December 9, 1995 goal-setting retreat, the Board of Commissioners reiterated its desire to have the provisions addressed as soon as possible. Staff prepared a report which was presented at the public hearing which identified: • the statutory basis for enacting such provisions; • the origins of the current standards; • concerns about the application of the standards; and • changes through which to address those concerns. Proposed Ordinance Changes The specific proposal is to amend Section IV-B-7-b, Recreation Sites, of the Subdivision Regulations to substitute a payment-in-lieu based on the cost of land md facilities associated with implementing a system of community and district parks. Currently,the payment-in-lieu includes only the value of land, and