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„ ., 108 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June al, 1988 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #_G <br /> SUBJECT: MASTER RECREATION & PARKS PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br /> PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Planning Director - Ext. 346 <br /> Recreation & Parks Advisory <br /> Council Recommendation <br /> 4/19/88 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 5/2/88 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 5/16/88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> Draft Resolution <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> S2 $181 <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of the proposed Master Recreation & <br /> Parks Plan for Orange Ca�ntheand <br /> CamprehensiveoPlan�n as <br /> the Recreation Elemen t o <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed Master Recreation & Parks Plan was <br /> initially presented at public hearing on November 23, <br /> 1987. As a result of citizen and advisory board <br /> concerns, revisions to the original inal were <br /> proposed and subsequently presented <br /> hearing on February 22, 1988. A proposal was also <br /> presented to incorporate the Master Recreation & Parks <br /> Plan as the Recreation Element of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan. <br /> The proposed revisions affected only the greenways <br /> portion of the Master Recreation & Parks Plan. <br /> Proposed natural conservation areas were deleted, and <br /> active recreational trails were retained. <br /> Due to citizen opposition voiced at the February 22 <br /> public hearing and concerns that the greenways issue <br /> would adversely affect bond funding opportunities for <br /> recreation improvements, the Board of Commissioners, <br /> at its II 15 meeting, unanimously delete <br /> the greenways elmentromthe MasterRecreation & <br /> Parks Plan. <br />