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Assembly of Governments . The conclusions drawn forth involve three specific actions and they are : • Standardize recreation sections of land use ordinance across jurisdictions . • Employ joint siting, designing, and management of school and parks sites across jurisdictions . • Use public/private partnerships across jurisdictions . The major bulk of the context of this report provides documentation of the Recreation and Park Work Group ' s deliberations . The last section provides specific recommendations on the tasks assigned . Recommendations to be considered at this juncture include the following: • Set standards based on ranking with other Triangle Area counties . Determine type of park and recreation facilities to be surveyed . Develop mechanism for annual review of park and facilities standards by all jurisdictions . • Although the three jurisdictions use different formulae to define their recreation and park requirements within . their Land Use Ordinances, the philosophy and intent of all are the same . It is recommended that the three Planning Departments consider developing a most preferred set of recreation requirements that could be included in all three jurisdictions ' Land Use Ordinances . • It is recommended that all new school sites be - planned to include park facilities and that existing school sites be improved. with recreation and park amenities where it is mutually . beneficial to the school system = and governmental jurisdictions) to do so . • Standardize all documents used by the three jurisdictions when contracting with private recreation providers . (Personnel; Facilities , Program Management) • That Orzige County publish and update annually the listing of private recreation vendors and facilities on the new information referral network currently being developed in Orange County . Also , include models of existing, successful public/private partnerships , i . e . Triangle Sportsplex, Chapel Hill Senior Center, etc , • Establish a bi- annual meeting or forum for private and public recreation providers for information sharing and establishing new public/private initiatives . In addition, the Recreation and Park Work Group felt that it was important to add to the recommendation section a "Future . Directions/Trends " listing that is inclusive of ideas ot Page 2