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83 <br /> Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br /> CHAPTER 9- What Does It All Mean:Summary and Findings from Inventories, Research,and Input <br /> Section II—Recreation Program Standards <br /> 1. Because of the variability and periodic change in assessments of the population to determine actual <br /> community needs and desires for recreation pro- desired programs. <br /> grams, it is recommended that planning for future While moving toward a more-flexible community <br /> recreation programs be wholly accomplished via needs-based approach, the use of the population- <br /> Environment,Agriculture, Parks and Recreation staff based formula may still offer a valuable "reality- <br /> research and recommendations and periodic needs check" or benchmark. The following example shows <br /> how a population-based standard may be used: <br /> Issue: Determine how many district parks are needed for:(a)2012 (present),and(b),the plan target year of 2030. <br /> Standard:5 acres per 1,000 population,servicing an area between 10,000 to 50,000 persons <br /> (design population=30,000). District parks are 81-160 acres in size(design size=120 acres). <br /> 2012 Orange County Population: 137,941 <br /> Calculated Acres Needed for District Parks in Orange County(2012 population):689.7 acres <br /> Number of District Parks based on Design Size: 5.75 district parks <br /> Number of District Parks, High End of District Park Size: 4.31 district parks <br /> Number of District Parks,Low End of District Park Size: 8.52 district parks <br /> Number of District Parks Needed,Service Area Population: 4.59 district parks <br /> How Many Acres of Existing District Parks/Parkland?: Acres <br /> Orange County 404 acres <br /> (includes Cheeks/Hillsborough"Twin Creeks Park <br /> (acquired/future);Northeast District Park(acquired/ <br /> future);Millhouse Road Park(with Chapel Hill?)z <br /> Chapel Hill3 None <br /> Carrboro3 None <br /> Mebane None <br /> Grand Total 404 acres <br /> Calculated 2012 Need(Standards) 690 acres <br /> Surplus/Deficit -286 acres(or 2.38 district parks) <br /> 2030 Orange County Population':173,248 <br /> Calculated Acres Needed for District Parks in Orange County(2012):866.2 acres <br /> Number of Parks based on Design Size: 7.22 district parks <br /> Number of Parks,Largest Park Size(160 ac)= 5.42 district parks <br /> Number of Parks,Smallest Park Size(81 ac)= 10.7 district parks <br /> Number of Parks Needed by Service Area Population 5.78 district parks <br /> Current Need(Standards) 866 acres <br /> Currently Existing District Park Acres(from above) 404 acres <br /> Surplus/Deficit: -462 acres(or 3.85 district parks) <br /> Using the same current/future land-banked sites listed above,assuming no new unplanned or not yet acquired district park sites. <br /> 9-7 <br />