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rill 4 2 SERVICE PROVIDED. 2 . 1 Community role. TCAC will provide a host of athletic and communual facilities and services under one roof and it should become a focal point for the Orange County/Chapel Hill/Hillsborough communities as well as being a substantial magnet to NC citizens from Orange, Durham, Allamance (including the City of Burlington) and parts of Wake counties. It will replace the Daniel Boone Ice Rink (which will be taken out of service) as the location of league games for youths and adults in the North Carolina leagues. (see Appendix [5] for a list of participating clubs) 2 . 2 Services available at planned TCAC 2 .2 . 1 Indoor Olympic swimming pool; The pool will be designed and scheduled to be used by Orange County citizens of all ages and ability levels. Scheduled activities will range from educational/training to wellness/therapeutic to recreation- al/social. Orange county Schools will have an ideally situated pool to utilize for physical education and swim team use. Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools will also be offered scheduled time for similar use. Specific activities offered to the public will include aquacise/water proficiency, life-guard training, open swim forall ages/families, and free swim time available at no charge. The pool will be designed for recreational and water safety training use but will also accomodate competitive meets for high school age and younger. The pool will be designed for easy wheelchair and walk-in entry to accomodate those with limited mobility. There will be seating for approximately 400 people at the pool on concrete seats. The pool area will be separated from the remainder of . the building by floor to ceiling walling, of which that adjacent to the cafeteria will be constructed of safety glass. 2 . 2 . 2 200 ' x 85 ' Ice Rink The rink will be scheduled to allow set times for public skating, figure skating and Ice hockey. Skates will be available for hire and private lessons, school skating groups, skating parties and miscella- neous skating events will augment usage and income. There will be seating for 410 spectators on one side of the rink and space for a further 500 standing spectators. The rink area will be separated from the remainder of the building by a floor to ceiling wall which will be constrcted of safety glass adjacent to the cafeteria area so that people can enjoy a meal similtaneously with the sporting event. Appendix [6] attached is a photograph of a similar sized rink. •