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7 <br />facilities was also reflected in the 1997 referendum. The Lands Legacy program is <br />striving to make land-banking and preservation of critical resource lands a reality. <br />Another important component that guided the work in this report was the 1997 Parks <br />band and the noteworthy projects that have been accomplished from that bond. A total of <br />five new soccer fields have been constructed or will soon be available for County <br />citizens, accomplished with proceeds from that bond. The bond and the reports of pazks <br />work groups in the past four yeazs has greatly advanced our ability to work together <br />Countywide far pazks and open space needs. The Boazd's adopted criteria for joint parks <br />projects cleazly azticulates the ways that joint pazks projects could be pursued by multiple <br />jurisdictions. <br />B. Goals far Parks, Open Space and Resource Lands <br />The projects recommended in this report were selected with the following goals in mind: <br />1. Work toward completion of projects in the 1988 County Master Recreation and Pazks <br />Plan <br />2. Work towazd completion of projects (land acquisition and facilities development) <br />suggested in the 1999 Joint Master Recreation and Pazks (:TMRP) Work Group report <br />3. Promote appropriate joint parks and open space projects between Town and County, <br />consistent with adopted criteria <br />4. Acquire Tap Priority Identified Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat and Prime Forests <br />5. Acquire conservation easements on top priority Prime and Threatened Farmland in <br />Water Supply Watersheds <br />6. Aggressively pursue grants and partnerships with other local governments and <br />associations <br />The current report lays out the short term and longer-term priorities that we see from the <br />identified needs. The short-term projects are needs that we anticipate will be most <br />critical for the next five years, while the longer-term needs are projects that, while <br />extremely important, may require activity and funding in the 6-10 yeaz timeframe. <br />The issues discussed in this current report are timely because of the ongoing work of the <br />Capital Needs Advisory Task Force. The short-term priorities in the report aze the Task <br />Force's best estimate of the projects that might be feasible for the November bond <br />referendum, and aze also provided to serve as a starting point for Boazd discussion of <br />pazks and open space needs. <br />2 <br />