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2 <br />October 21, 1991 <br />To Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Hillsborough; NC <br />From : Residents of Efland - Cheeks Township <br />Re County-owned land as a playground <br />We the citizens of the Efland - Cheeks Township wish to ask the Board of <br />Commissioners to "Dedicate county -owned land at the corner of Frazier Road and Lancaster <br />Drive to the tax- payers of the Efland - Cheeks Township to be furnished with playground <br />equipment- for the benefit of all Orange County Children ", not just our township. <br />We feel this land could best benefit the community in this manner. In that, our <br />children will then have a place to go for enjoyment. Perhaps volleyball, baseball, football, <br />monkey bars, etc. could be placed there for their enjoyment. Vigorous games tend to calm <br />children down and burn off lots of excess energy. This excess energy could, of course, end <br />up in a street fighting or worse. <br />This playground would target children at least 4 years of age (elementary) through <br />age 12 (middle). These are the years when children are under a lot of peer pressure and <br />begin looking for places to go and things to do. The playground would be a definite plus for <br />the children in our community versus the streets. The location of the playground would be <br />within walking distance of at least 36 elementary children (1 mile radius of site). When the <br />playground is complete "regular" park rules would be applied and enforced by community <br />adults. <br />If your decide to dedicate the land to us, we will work diligently with other county <br />officials to set up the playground as outlined, taking into consideration the needs of the <br />children and community. <br />We thank you for all consideration given this request. <br />