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• <br /> SUMMARY STATEMENT TO ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF. COMMISSIONERS <br /> APRIL 4, 1988 • <br /> COMMISSIONERS: <br /> We have prepared a follow--up statement to •our Notice <br /> of Concern presented to you at the meeting or . • <br /> February 22, 1988. We ask that it be entered ' into <br /> the record of this meeting. Our follow-up statement <br /> is based primarily on information contained In • news media <br /> reports. Therefore it was necessary to make. sbrld <br /> assumptions. It is understood that you have deleted <br /> the greenways from your Master Recreation and • Parks Plan <br /> for now--although you continue to support the concept and <br /> plan to pursue it at a later date and by other means. <br /> Apparently you have the impression that the people of <br /> rural Orange County are not opposed to the parks and swimming <br /> pools proposed in your Master Plan. Let us correct that <br /> impression. We are not opposed to parks and swimming pools <br /> per se. We are opposed to the program presented in your <br /> plan. <br /> The principles and reasons upon which we found the <br /> greenways plan unacceptable apply equally well • to the <br /> proposed park plans. The difference is a matter Of degree. . <br /> *A critical need for more parks has not been . .t <br /> established. <br /> *The problem of land acquisitibn is the: tate- <br /> again a matter of degree 600 acres versus 6000. <br /> We will oppose any action by the county to acquire <br /> • land from even a single individual for that purpose. ... <br /> *The burden cost and taxes falls primarily• upon <br /> the property owners of rural Orange County. We <br /> have no obligation to provide an urban area the • <br /> luxury of recreational land and facilities.' <br /> *The parks, a luxury item, would be developed- at • <br /> the expense of higher priority programs •such as <br /> schools and education , security, (police and fire) ; and <br /> water , sewer and waste facilities, or property, taxes • <br /> would be further increased. <br /> *We have no objection to budgeting for swimming • <br /> pools in our school system. Elimination of the <br /> pork barrel items currently in your budget would . • . <br /> cover the cost. There is no neaed •far the Parks <br /> and Recreation Department to be involved in this <br /> program. We have made some recommendations in our . <br /> . follow-up statement. <br /> - <br />