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64 <br /> Draft <br /> 3 / 24/ 99 <br /> Be Payments - in - Lieu Collected : January 1 , 1988 - <br /> December 31 , 1998 <br /> Township Amount <br /> 1 . Little -River $ 74, 719 <br /> 2 . Cedar Grove $ 611552 <br /> 3 . Cheeks $ 87 , 753 <br /> 4 . Hillsborough $ 21 , 376 <br /> 5 . Eno $ 56 , 615 <br /> 6 . Bingham $ 39 , 458 <br /> 7 . Chapel Hill $ 79 , 476 <br /> Unknown Twp $ 41966 <br /> GRAND TOTAL $ 425 , 915 <br /> ALL TWPS <br /> ( from Carrboro ) <br /> Total of Payment in Lieu Funds <br /> $ 453 , 684 <br /> ♦ Dedication and Payment Provisions <br /> Population growth over the past thirty years has forced a <br /> reassessment of the traditional means of acquiring public park <br /> and recreation areas . Increasing pressures on funds generated <br /> from traditional property tax levy and bond referendums have <br /> challenged fundamental ideas on paying for parks and <br /> recreation , encouraging public officials to consider alternatives <br /> to the negotiated purchase of park land and solely . relying on <br /> the property tax base and bond funds . The Work Group has <br /> recognized that all local government jurisdictions in Orange <br /> County have recreation requirements in their Subdivision or <br /> Land Use Ordinances which mandate that land be dedicated , <br /> private recreation facilities provided or combination thereof <br /> under their statutory regulatory / police authority to protect the <br /> health , safety and welfare of their communities . These <br /> recreation requirements are legally acceptable under this <br /> authority the same as roads, utilities and other public <br /> improvements required as conditions for subdivision approval . <br /> The North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed this authority in <br /> Messer v . Town of Chapel Hill , 297 S . E . 2d 632 ( 1982 ) , in <br /> sustaining that the Town ordinance, within the statutory <br /> 20 <br />