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Proposal Orange County, with its new program and Land Resources Manager, could take the lead in site assessment and identification , working closely with the Town staffs . This arrangement could be similar to that of County Economic Development staff in years past . The combination of County and Town GIS coverages would allow for adequate land analysis to identify possible park sites and eventually explore acquisition . Although there are many ways a coordinated park land - banking arrangement might work, one approach might be the following . • The Master Recreation and Parks Work Group report is completed in May, 1999, including park needs and criteria for future acquisition and siting . • As planned , the criteria from this report are incorporated into the County's Land Resource Acquisition Program . • The local elected boards receive the report and authorize Managers and staff to meet to explore land - banking for long -term parks needs • Managers and staffs from the Towns and County Parks and Recreation departments meet with County Environment and Resource Conservation staff ( Parks and Resource Lands Council staff team ) to review recommendations for park location criteria and identified needs . • Parks and Resource Lands Council agrees on countywide park standards, differentiated by jurisdiction where needed . • County uses GIS to take criteria and identify possible sites with a preliminary site evaluation (working closely with all Parks and Recreation Directors) • Possible park sites are matched against County/Town - identified needs, both for active and passive ( low- impact) recreation • Assessment of potential for joint park meeting individual jurisdiction is made by staff team for each site • Land Resources Manager conducts thorough evaluation of sites and projects land acquisition costs • Joint meeting of CIP personnel from each jurisdiction to discuss long -term funding sources, methods of coordinating funds timewise, and processes to allocate funds based on needs and site availability • Staff team prioritizes and ranks identified sites, and assesses each identified site for short-term park needs and/or long -term land - banking for future park • Site identification and prioritization reviewed by advisory and elected boards • Recommend a parkland purchase plan and CIP funding mechanism to the Parks and Resource Lands Council • After feedback, coordinated parkland purchase plan and CIP funding mechanism to advisory and elected boards • Implement program through CIP's as recommended • County's Land Resources Manager negotiates acquisition with interjurisdictional staff team providing direction