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95 Orange County Comprehensive Parks crud Recreation Master Plan CHAPTER 10-Goals,Objectives,and Recommendations 10 The Lands Legacy Program's criteria for parks and Recommendation #1: Protect & Enhance Our In- nature preserves, along with the guidance in the vestment in Parks and Open Spaces 2030 Comprehensive Plan, helps to guide future Orange County, since 1998, has made a substantial acquisitions of parks and public open space. Careful investment in providing parks and public open attention should be paid to continuing to coordinate spaces for all county residents. Facilities in excess of service area determination with the towns and to $9 million have been constructed at seven park avoid duplication of facilities. This is an area where locations across the county, in many cases leveraging the Intergovernmental Parks (IP) Work Group, and state and federal grant funds. Another $6.5 million the coordination of the town and county advisory has been invested in municipal park projects in the boards for parks and recreation, can be of great towns. service. The IP Work Group, to this end, created a Additional facilities of $14 million (including $8-10 "Composite Countywide Plan for Parks and Trails million at Twin Creeks Park) are planned as future Map" that shows town and county existing and phases of these parks, and the County should look to planned facilities, so that future facility planning may build the future phases of the facilities,as reflected take into account other jurisdictional facility locations. This important map should be updated in the Capital Investment Plan, to protect the periodically and used by all jurisdictions for individual investment already committed, and enhance the rec- and joint planning efforts. reational opportunities for residents — actions that also promote economic development and help foster i healthy lifestyles. End In addition, some of the facilities constructed in the lxs •—� 1998-2010 timeframe have begun (and will continue) • • _ to show the signs of wear and tear on existing facili- ties, be it playground structures or picnic shelters and restrooms, before we reach the plan year of 2030. Maintenance and replacement of dated —• • '�. facilities has not been an issue for Orange County �► a� °—^> due to the newness of its facilities, but this will change in the coming 10-1S years. Funding for maintenance and replacement and/or renovation of structures and facilities will be needed — as will r , •-`��► •t �_ adequate funding for park operations. Operating `- costs are the unseen critical need for park facilities, as without adequate operating funds,the best equip- ment and newest facilities will not yield the desired B.The Vision I —Parks, Nature Preserves and Public recreational experience for the public. Open Spaces for 2030 It is now possible to outline a vision for the County's parks and recreation system through the year 2030 based on the assessment of community needs, desires and the vision outlined in the past commit- '?�' ment to capital facilities, and the expressed goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. This vision is illustrated in this and subsequent sections. - 10-5