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Proposed revisions affect only the greenways element of the <br /> Plan, delineating only those areas proposed for active <br /> recreational trails. Proposed "natural conservation areas" <br /> have been deleted from the Plan and will be addressed as part <br /> of the Natural Areas Inventory and/or Open Space Plan. <br /> The attachments outline revisions proposed to the text, and <br /> exhibits 6-2 through 6-8 of the Plan document highlight the <br /> proposed recreational trails system. <br /> The Recreation & Parks Director and Planning Director <br /> recommend approval of the Master Recreation and Parks Plan <br /> including: <br /> 1 . Community parks <br /> 2 . District parks <br /> 3 . Swimming pools <br /> 4 . Recreational trails <br /> The following text is recommended to be to be substituted for <br /> all text appearing in the draft Master Recreation and Parks <br /> Plan, Chapter 6, County-Wide Proposals and Recommendations, <br /> Greenways section (pages 6-7 through 6-9 ) . <br /> -Greenways <br /> A final county-wide recommendation is for the county to <br /> develop a greenway system, composed of recreational trails. <br /> The system is to be based upon guidelines provided to the <br /> county by the Triangle Land Conservancy and greenways plans <br /> included in the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan adopted <br /> October 1986. It is also proposed that the county coordinate <br /> its greenway plans with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> on a local level, and the Triangle J Planning Area on a <br /> regional level, to assure proper connections with other <br /> systems in the area. <br /> Orange County is also within the path of the "Mountain to the <br /> Sea" trail being developed through the State of North <br /> Carolina. It would be beneficial to connect with this trail <br /> system where possible to become a member of a unique and <br /> historic recreational activity. The final recommendation on <br /> the development of a greenway system is that it be planned <br /> compatibly with other systems as recommended by the <br /> President's Commission on American Outdoors (PCAO) which <br /> emphasizes the creation of a "National Greenway Network. " <br /> Areas designated on the individual township maps show the <br /> areas recommended for recreational trails (graphically <br /> depicted by an asterisk pattern) which are accessible to the <br /> public and managed by the County, and are developed with <br />