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5 / 18 / 99 Orange County Payments - inomUeu . Total Accumulated ( as of 4/ 99 ) : $ 533 , 000 Spent as of 4/ 99 45 000 District Amount 1 - Northern Orange $ 102 , 332 2 - Cheeks/ $ 171 , 296 Hillsborough 31m Bingham 65 003 4 - Chapel Hill Tw 149 317 GRAND TOTAL - $ 487 , 952 ALL TWPS Town of Carrboro Payments - in - Lieu to date : $ 453 , 684 D. Difficulties with Payment-in -,Lieu Programs Zn reviewing payment-in -lieu programs, the Work Group heard from local practitioners, attorneys, and an expert from the Institute of Government. Zt is clear that several difficulties exist in effectively providing recreation facilities using payment-in -lieu programs. Both Carrboro and Orange County have funds that remain to be matched and spent. Chapel Hill has consistently used its fund, yet the same restrictions do not necessarily apply since its system of individual negotiations does not fit under the definition of a payment-in -lieu program . Several problems with the current systems are highlighted below, and proposals for changes to the means of providing and funding recreation lands will be suggested in Section VIZ, the recommendations section of this report, . Difficulties • Payment-in -lieu is not intended to fund facilities of countywide significance • Fees must be geographically earmarked and spent on areas within the immediate area • Fees must be spent within a reasonable period of time • Fees must be supplemented with matching funds for use The requirements for the distribution of payment-in -lieu fees complicate potential solutions that would pool funds and inter- jurisdictional cooperation . Zn order for any of these ventures to occur, an analysis of park use as related to population growth and location may be needed, helping to prove the requisite "reasonable relationship " between the collected fee and benefited populace. Through its special legislation, Orange 33