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5 / 26 / 99 <br /> ( Appendix 6 <br /> 1 <br /> 1998 now Shaping Orange County " s Future Citizen <br /> Committees ( Park and Recreation Issues ) <br /> Through the community visioning effort , Shaping Orange County 's <br /> Future , eight citizen committees identified qualities valuable to <br /> maintain throughout the county . They also compiled a list of qualities <br /> to either change or encourage . A partial list of these qualities , drawn <br /> from the different committee reports , is as follows . <br /> Existing Qualities to Maintain . <br /> • Duke Forest and Eno River State Park as recreational areas <br /> • Existing parks in Chapel Hill and Carrboro should d be maintained <br /> and enhanced <br /> Qualities to Change or Encourage : <br /> • Encourage recycling bins at parks <br /> • Encourage more facilities outside of towns <br /> • Change lack of swimming pools <br /> • Change lack of greenways in Rural Buffer <br /> • Change lack of teen programs at recreational facilities <br /> • Change lack of parkland north of Hillsborough <br /> • Change means of funding parks and recreation facilities <br /> • Change loss of open space ( defined generally as forests or fields ) <br /> • Encourage more parks and schools/ parks combinations <br /> • Encourage better intergovernmental cooperation in parks planning <br /> • Encourage multi - use paths in utility easements <br /> • Encourage public transportation to parks <br /> • Encourage implementation of parks and recreation plans <br /> • Encourage use of existing publicly - owned lands for regional parks <br /> R <br />