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► 05 III ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No.D-1 ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 22, 1988 SUBJECT: MASTER RECREATION & PARKS PLAN X Yes No L DEPARTMENT:�ING PUBLIC HEARING: • Mary Anne Black INFORMA'T'ION CONTACT. Gene Anne ATTACHMENT(S) : TELEPHONE NUMBER: 732 8181 Proposed Text Revisions Hillsborough - Revised Greenway Map Chapel Hill = 732 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 To receive citizen comment on previsions to the proposed Master Recreation PURPOSE: and Parks Plan for Orange County The proposed Master Recreation & Parks Plan was presented at public hearing on November 23 and, as a result of citizen and advisory board III concerns, revisions to the original document are being proposed. The Master Recreation & Parks Plan is designed to become one element of Orange County's Comprehensive Plan and is consistent with other county land use plans and ordinances. The Plan recommends that rangeaCountynd concentrate its efforts in the provision of four types park facilities: (1) community parks (serving the more densely populated rpo n s unincorporated areas of the county); (2) district parks; (3) g pul Y (linking parks, rural residential areas, and urban activity centers); and (4) swimming pools. Revisions to the Plan and text were discussed at Planning Board and Recreation & Parks Advisory Council meetings following the initial public hearing, and on January 25, 1988 the Planning the Plan be submitted again to public hearing. On February 1, 1988, the Board of Commissioners concurred with the recommendation and set February 22, 1988 as the public hearing date. Four public informational meetings were held during the week of February 8, 1988 in the county's four leisure service districts. The purpose of the meetings was to acquaint the public with the proposed "recreational trails" system. Proposed revisions affect only the greenways element of the Plan, delineating only those areas proposed for active recreational trails. Proposed "natural conservation areas" have been deleted from shed/PPlan and will be addressed as part of the Natural Areas Inventory • Open Space Plan. The attachments outline revisions proposed to the text, and exhibits 6-2 through 6-8 of the Plan document highlight the proposed recreational trails system.