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Pratt asked if that would be where the County could facilitate or provide some assistance in developing trails? Stancil added that he has talked to Kate Dixon, executive director of TLC about coordination in that area. Stancil added that the Master Recreation & Parks Group has expanded its scope in a few areas . One is re-visiting the payment- in- lieu program , where new developments have the option to dedicate land for recreation purposes based on a formula, or paying a fee in lieu . Which is then put into a pot of money for a certain geographic area and is held for acquisition in that area. After twelve years a total of about $400 , 000 countywide has been accumulated which isn ' t going to buy much land . There is a lot of interest in re-visiting how that program works : is it better to change some of the standards or, is it better to take dedication of land? The Recreation & Parks Advisory Council advises the board on this . Stancil continued that larger developments may put more emphasis in taking the dedication . On a twelve-acre subdivision, the County might get a quarter to half of an acre, while on a five hundred-acre development it ' s a different story . The work group has a partial draft of a plan that they are going to be recommending including an open facilities policy (included in the agenda packet) . Possible recommendations include . A . Standardized Parks and recreation requirements among jurisdictions. B . Joint siting, design, and management of school and park sites . C . Public/private partnerships across jurisdictions . D . Joint Capital Facilities Plan for Parks and Recreation . Which relates very much to the Resource Acquisition Program . The new Land Resource position would help negotiate the acquisition of lands for Recreation and Parks and well as for Natural Resource Preservation , E. Standing "Joint Recreation and Parks Council " A new council would be created a group that ' s going to meet every few months to address any future follow-up and to maintain a database . An inventory has been created of all recreational facilities in the county . A brochure and map will be developed at the end of this , to be available to citizens of all Recreation & Park Facilities in the County and indicate the kind of activities that are permitted . This group would also be the coordinating group for any future bond proposals . F. Open Facilities Policy . To ensure that an Orange County resident can go to a Carrboro park and vice versa and be able to use it. The group had talked about using the CIP to recommend acquisition / joint acquisition methods and Paymentmmn lieu . A report is expected by the end of May to go the elected boards and school boards . A draft copy will be in the CFE agenda packet next month . Kohorn and Stancil will be going to the next meeting on April 28th . Price asked if there is any integration between this plan and the bikeway plan ? Stancil added that there is no linkage yet. At the previous County Commissioners meeting , the Commissioners did adopt the bicycle plan component to the Comprehensive Plan . Commissioner Jacobs asked if there had been any integration of the bike plan efforts into this project. The two groups have been on their own tracks and not looking into these areas . It is not likely that there will be in the MRP work group because there is a big push to be finished in May . However, at the implementation level after this MRP plan is approved, then, the bike plan would be considered and where they mesh . Jurgelski asked about coordination of school and park siting, and whether it is desirable to locate a park where a school can use it for athletic facilities . Stancil noted that it is that plus to acquire all the land at one time and possibly locate ball fields with lights . To try to put them in places that already have intensive activity might be easier than to locate a park with lights adjacent to an existing neighborhood . VIII. CFE OBJECTIVES CFE Objectives January for 19994une 2000 were discussed as follows . Stancil started by explaining that he had taken the list of High, Medium and Low Priority objectives that the CFE identified in January, and listed the objectives and some staff thoughts on timing . He noted that the Commission should feel free to agree with or toss out as it sees fit . This was developed with the BOCC goals comparing them to the staff that will be working on these objectives and figuring out how they might fit into the overall scheme of things . A copy of the objectives is attachment C to these minutes . Jurgelski asked if the Biological Resources Committee had the draft Resource Acquisition Program outline ? Stancil replied that it was handed out in a meeting or two ago in outline form . Stancil reviewed the proposed objectives . Jurgelski asked who pays for water reclamation and what do they have to do -put down a whole new section of parallel pipes ? Stancil indicated that in Durham ' s case it ' s only on pilot basis and he assumed that city water customers are paying for it through their rate schedule and impact and acreage fees on new taps . Okun had previously suggested using Finley Golf course and Meadowmount as test cases . G :\CAROL\CFEMIN\CFE4 = 12 . DOC 3