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9—7 Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan CHAPTER 9 - What Does It All Mean: Summary and Findings from Inventories, Research, and Input 9 Section II – Recreation Program Standards 1. Because of the variability and periodic change in community needs and desires for recreation pro- grams, it is recommended that planning for future recreation programs be wholly accomplished via Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation staff research and recommendations and periodic needs Example: Number of District Parks Needed (using 1988 Master Plan Standards) Issue: Determine how many district parks are needed for: (a) 2012 (present), and (b), the plan target year of 2030. Standard: 5 acres per 1,000 population, servicing an area between 10,000 to 50,000 persons (design population = 30,000). District parks are 81-160 acres in size (design size = 120 acres). Current Needs 2012 Orange County Population: 137,941 Calculated Acres Needed for District Parks in Orange County (2012 population): 689.7 acres Number of District Parks based on Design Size: Number of District Parks, High End of District Park Size: Number of District Parks, Low End of District Park Size: Number of District Parks Needed, Service Area Population: 5.75 district parks 4.31 district parks 8.52 district parks 4.59 district parks How Many Acres of Existing District Parks/Parkland?: Acres Orange County 404 acres (includes Cheeks/Hillsborough1; Twin Creeks Park (acquired/future); Northeast District Park (acquired/ future); Millhouse Road Park (with Chapel Hill?)2 Chapel Hill3 None Carrboro3 None Mebane None Grand Total 404 acres Calculated 2012 Need (Standards) 690 acres Surplus/Deficit - 286 acres (or 2.38 district parks) Projected 2030 Needs 2030 Orange County Population***:173,248 Calculated Acres Needed for District Parks in Orange County (2012): 866.2 acres Number of Parks based on Design Size: 7.22 district parks Number of Parks, Largest Park Size (160 ac)= 5.42 district parks Number of Parks, Smallest Park Size (81 ac)= 10.7 district parks Number of Parks Needed by Service Area Population 5.78 district parks Current Need (Standards) 866 acres Currently Existing District Park Acres (from above) 404 acres Surplus/Deficit: - 462 acres (or 3.85 district parks) Using the same current/future land-banked sites listed above, assuming no new unplanned or not yet acquired district park sites. assessments of the population to determine actual desired programs. While moving toward a more-flexible community needs-based approach, the use of the population- based formula may still offer a valuable “reality- check” or benchmark. The following example shows how a population-based standard may be used: 101