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5K <br />waystation and trailhead locations are identified in the coming at <br />Seven Mile Creek and potentially other locations. <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' <br />attention? <br />• The County continues to have a need for gymnasium space that <br />exceeds the capacity of the Central Recreation Center. The County <br />rents space at two Orange County Schools just to run existing <br />basketball and volleyball programs, and there is evident demand for <br />increased activity for gymnasium space. The PRC encourages <br />discussions about the potential for finding additional gymnasium <br />access, perhaps through the Sportsplex expansion that is starting, to <br />help meet this pent -up demand. <br />• As part of the MST discussions, a proposed separate "multi -modal <br />trail" connecting Chapel Hill - Carrboro and Hillsborough has come <br />up. The PRC sees this as a concept that needs further assessment, <br />and offers that the biennial joint meeting of the county and municipal <br />parks and recreation boards is slated to occur in spring 2018, and <br />this might be a good vehicle for discussion of this idea. <br />• The joint development of a master plan for Millhouse Road Park is <br />needed, and the PRC requests that the Board seek a response from <br />the Town of Chapel Hill on a concrete schedule for planning this <br />facility. <br />• The PRC proposes to look at the possibility of short -term usage of <br />land- banked future park sites for other interim activities until such <br />time as the parks are built, and develop a report to the Board of <br />Commissioners on this topic during 2018. <br />