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• If one accepts the standards that have been previously adopted and that population can <br /> determine the number of park types and facilities needed; then, population projections can <br /> determine the number of parks and facilities required to serve the recreation and <br /> park needs at any given future year . <br /> • For".:purposes of the following. calculations for the "Park Type " chart below, Carrboro <br /> standards will be used since they are the most recently revised . <br /> • The NC Office of State Planning certifies the population of counties and municipalities on <br /> July 1 for the past fiscal year . The following chart represents the most updated <br /> information on present population in Orange County . <br /> STATE .OF NC. . CERTIFIED POPULATION <br /> July 1 , 1992 July 1 , . July <br /> 1 , 1994 <br /> 1993 <br /> Chapel Hill 411524 42 , 918 44, 470 <br /> Crarboro 1277861113 , 052 1403 <br /> Coun 99 , 67.4, 101 , 599 66868Source : NC Office of State Planning <br /> • Orange County had a total population of 104 , 668 in 1994 . Discounting the 11 , 000 <br /> student residents on the UN&CH campus would bring this total down to 93 , 668 . A brief <br /> evaluation of need by park types (Appendix 1 ) based on Cauboro ' s standards for this <br /> population follows : <br /> Park Type Acreage Needed to Existing <br /> Meet Standard Acres <br /> District Parks - 46.8 0 <br /> Communi Parks 749 398 <br /> Neighborhood Parks 187 86 <br /> Mini Parks 23 45 <br /> TOTAL 11427 529 <br /> • The above chart reflects approximately . how far the entire County is behind in maintaining <br /> a rninum nu standard of park types . The "Existing Acres " column includes both <br /> developed and undeveloped park properties presently owned by the three jurisdictions . <br /> Page 6 <br />