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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 23, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. .6—n SUBJECT: Proposed Grant Application to NC Parks & Recreation Trust Fund DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Conservation, Rec. and Parks ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: PARTF Program Summary David Stancil, 245-2590 Northern Park Master Plan (adopted 2005) Lori Taft, 245-2673 PURPOSE: To consider submitting an application to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund for state grant funds to develop the Northern Park (Cedar Grove Community Park). BACKGROUND: The Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) program provides state grant funds to local governments to develop parks and recreational projects that serve the general public. Applicants may request a maximum grant of $500,000, which must be matched dollar-for-dollar by the local government. Orange County is considering submitting an application to PARTF for a grant to develop Northern Park (the Cedar Grove Community Park) located on NC 86 adjacent to the Northern Human Services Center. In late 2004 and early 2005, citizens from the Cedar Grove community participated in meetings to help create a master plan design for the new county district park. The proposed master plan was presented to the Board of Commissioners in May 2005, and was adopted on October 3, 2005. The Northern Park master plan calls for the construction of new recreational facilities, including a new baseball/softball field, a new multi-purpose. field, basketball courts, volleyball courts, children's play area, paved walking paths, nature trails, picnic shelter, restrooms, lighting and new parking areas. The proposed application would request $500,000 to assist the County in developing Phase I of the park consistent with the adopted master plan. The application must be submitted no later than January 31, 2007. Grant recipients will be selected by the Parks and Recreation Authority, an 11- member board appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The Authority will meet in May 2007 to select a first set of grants, and in July 2007 for its final grants for FY 06-07. Applications will be judged based on the project justification, the application scoring, the geographic distribution, population of the applicant, the amount of PARTF funds being requested, and the amount of PARTF funds available.