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005 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date November 231 1987 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: MASTER RECREATION AND PARKS PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Anne Black <br /> • <br /> Summary Report <br /> Draft Master Recreation & Parks Plan <br /> (Separate document) <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed Master Recreation <br /> and Parks Plan for Orange County. <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 is being presented at public hearing <br /> for 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 /> district parks; (3) greenways; and (4) swimming pools. <br /> A crucial element in the success of the Master Plan is the <br />