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5 * A tool to justify recreational needs within communities. Once a set of standards was developed, an identification of a park system was made. The types of parks identified were Mini-Parks (Vest Pocket Park) , Neighborhood Parks, Community Parks, District Parks (large park) , Regional Parks and Unique/Special Areas. He continued giving a description of each type of park (on pages 5-3 and 5-4 of the Draft Plan) . The needs assessment encompassed a need for 3, 000 acres public parkland to be developed by the year 2005. Standards were also developed for individual facilities. (These are described on pages 5-4 through 5-8 of the Draft Plan) . Also in the Draft Plan are tables and exhibits showing the different types of parks. The next step is Chapter Six: Plan Proposals and Recommendations. This chapter discusses the responsibilities or roles of the providers of the facilities. The proposals and recommendations by township are also discussed at length in Chapter Six. Most important is to concentrate on the county-wide responsibilities. This would be the development of community parks for the unincorporated places, district parks, swimming pools and current existing facilities such as the Homestead Building in Chapel Hill Township, Central Recreation Center in Hillsborough and the North Human Services Center. Mr. Armanini explained that a typical community park would have approximately twenty-five acres with facilities such as tennis and basketball courts, play area, ball fields, etc. There would be some passive recreation such as a lake for fishing and a nature trail. A community park is easily accessed by being located on a residential collector street with parking provided. A district park would be a park of over seventy-five acres with ball fields, camping areas, picnic areas, fishing and possible greenways which must be located by a thoroughfare. Since Eno River State Park is in Orange County, the need for a regional park would probably not occur prior to the end of the twenty year planning process. A State Park would include many natural areas for fishing, boating, nature trails and camping areas. Many different types of greenways are proposed. The more urban areas may have paved greenways which connect activities. Unpaved greenways are trail systems and natural areas to be saved are the types of greenways throughout the rural areas of the county. He continued presenting slides which identified the locations for the different types of parks proposed for Orange County. The implementation of the Plan has been divided into a twenty year Captial Improvements Program which has been further divided into individual park sites and a twenty year plan has been done for each site. An operation budget was proposed outlining staffing, maintenance and any other items which operating the park would entail.