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I ~ <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y / 1 � i5i <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date Febru .ry 1, 1988 <br /> Action da <br /> Item I <br /> SUBJECT: MASTER RECREATION AND PARKS PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _C_ No �� <br /> ATTACHMENT( S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Proposed Text Revisions <br /> Revised Greenway Map <br /> Public Meeting Announcement <br /> Draft 12/21 /87 Planning Board Minutes <br /> Planning Director 12/31 /87 Memorandum <br /> County Attorney 1 /4/88 Letter <br /> Draft 1 /25/88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732 8181 <br /> Durham - 688 7331 <br /> Mebane - 227 2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968 4501 <br /> PURPOSE : To consider a proposed Master Recreation and Parks Plan for <br /> Orange County presented at public hearing on November 23, <br /> 1987 . <br /> BACKGROUND : In April of 1987 , work was begun on the preparation of a <br /> Master Recreation & Parks Plan for Orange County. The <br /> preparation of the Plan was carried out by the consulting <br /> firm of Woolpert Associates, working with the Master <br /> Recreation & Parks Plan Advisory Group. Following nine <br /> months of work and a series of public meetings, the <br /> completed draft Plan was presented at public hearing for <br /> citizen comment. <br /> In preparing the Plan, community input through public <br /> meetings, coupled with a review of typical recreation and <br /> park standards, aided in identifying immediate and long- <br /> range recreational needs of the County. Once these needs <br /> were put into quantitative terms, they provided a guide in <br /> determining land requirements for various types of <br /> recreation and park facilities. These standards were then <br /> used to formulate the direction of future recreation and <br /> park development. <br /> The Master Recreation & Parks Plan is designed to become one <br /> element of Orange County ' s Comprehensive Plan and is <br /> consistent with other County land use plans and ordinances. <br /> The Plan recommends that Orange County concentrate its <br /> efforts in the provision of four types of recreation and <br /> park facilities/areas : ( 1 ) community parks ( serving the more <br /> densely populated unincorporated areas of the county) ; (2) <br />