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local school teams , after- school and summer programs at the Orange County and Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro systems schools eliminate much of the availability of school recreation <br /> facilities for programs for public programs . The Recreation and Park Work Group was <br /> more concerned with the uniqueness of UNC - CH and the impact of their. recreation <br /> facilities on the development of standards . <br /> rmined that in applying standards to the population of Orange <br /> The work Group dete <br /> County, that 11 , 000 (students living in dormitories and fraternitieslsoronties) . people <br /> could be subtracted from population totals in deriving park acreage needs . ' The <br /> assumption underlying this adjustment is that these students reside on campus and have <br /> their recreation needs met wholly by UNC - CH, while others in the towns and county rely <br /> largely on the three jurisdictions ' facilities . <br /> • Again, the standards for public park and recreation facilities adopted by each jurisdiction <br /> are very similar. Standards for both park types and recreation facilities might be difficult <br /> to make generic for an entire county . Often, urban and rural perceived needs of the <br /> number of parks and facilities differ in that the urban demand is usually greater . <br /> • Orange County has a " Master Recreation and Park Plan " that was adopted in July 1988 , <br /> Chapel Hill established standards as part of their " Community Facilities Report " updated <br /> and adopted in June of 1989 . Carrboro adopted a " Comprehensive Recreation and Parks <br /> Master Plan " in March of 1995 . <br /> Population has been the . most widely recognized deternunant in developing standards : <br /> The following chart represents population projections for Carrboro , Chapel i -M. and <br /> Orange County through year 2010 . <br /> • : POPULATION PROJECTION <br /> 1980 1990 1995 2000 2005 [1131 , 747 <br /> 2010 <br /> Cha ell=hill 32 , 038 38 , 87 ? 46 , 4X9 53 , 810 62 , 38172 , 317 <br /> Carrboro 71336 12 , 136 14 , 505 167874 20139623 , 917 <br /> Coun 77 , 066 93 , 861 106 , 585 1151066 123 , 574 <br /> Source : 'NC Office of State Planning, Towns of Chapel Hill and CxTboro Planning Departments <br /> Due to the proximity of Eno State Park, Umstead State Park, Jordan and Falls Lakes , it <br /> can be assumed that Orange County is served well on the regional , state level . Therefore <br /> regional parks are not discussed m this report . <br /> Page 5 <br />