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3—1 <br />Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br /> CHAPTER 3 - Park Inventory / Assessment <br /> <br />Park Inventory and Assessment <br /> <br />Introduction: Orange County residents and visitors have benefitted from bond referenda approved by voters <br />in 1997 and 2001. These bonds provided $20.6 million for the purchase and preservatfon of land and the <br />development of Parks, Recreatfon and Open Space facilitfes. Of this, $13.5 million was dedicated to use with- <br />in Orange County jurisdictfon. The remainder was provided for the municipalitfes. More than $2 million in <br />grant funding has been received for Orange County and partner projects, and additfonal millions of dollars in <br />funding from alternatfve sources have also been used. Between 2000 and 2011 the majority of this funding <br />has been put to use in the purchase of property and the development of the propertfes identffied on the map <br />and described within this chapter. Efland-Cheeks and Central Recreatfon community centers were already in <br />place, but improvements and expansions were made to the facilitfes. Currently more than 1,500 acres of <br />publicly-held and protected land is included within the Orange County park and preserve inventory. More <br />than one million people are welcomed each year into Orange County Parks and Recreatfon facilitfes. <br />Orange County <br />Parks and Preserves <br />3 <br />31