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1—12 <br />Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br />CHAPTER 1 - Summary of the Plan 1 <br />Recommendation 9 – Examine the Role of <br />Community Centers in Providing Public Recreation <br />Opportunities: <br />Orange County currently operates one community <br />center (Efland-Cheeks), and is poised to own two <br />additfonal centers by the end of 2015. In recent <br />years, considerable interest has been expressed by <br />residents in these communitfes about the level of <br />service provision and operatfng hours for these <br />centers, and it is expected that this issue will contfn- <br />ue to be a challenge. The County may wish to take a <br />comprehensive look at the current and planned <br />future centers, the level of service that is financially <br />and socially practfcal, and the role that these centers <br />play in community life. <br /> <br /> <br />Issues for Further Study <br /> <br />As with many plans for the future, some <br />examinatfons lead to more questfons. The master <br />plan identffied seven “Issues for Further Study:” <br /> <br />1. Ultfmate Level of Service (scope of the parks <br />system) <br />2. Review of Land Dedicatfon / Payment-in-Lieu <br />Provisions <br />3. Coordinatfon between Sportsplex and County <br />Programs <br />4. Need for a Public Pool? <br />5. Timing for Future Community Needs Assess- <br />ments / Master Plan <br />6. Artfficial Turf Playing Surfaces <br /> <br /> <br />26