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r <br /> 5/ 26/ 99 . <br /> Append ix B <br /> 1998 - Shaping Orande County ' s Future Citizen <br /> Committees Park and Recreation Issues <br /> Through the community visioning effort , .Shaping Orange County 's <br /> Future , eight citizen committees identified qualities valuable to <br /> maintain throughout the county . They also . compiled a list of . qualities <br /> to either change or encourage . A partial list of . these qualities , drawn <br /> from the different committee reports , is - as follows. <br /> Existing Qualities to Maintain : <br /> • Duke Forest and Eno River: State Park as recreational areas <br /> • Existing parks , in Chapel Hill and Carrboro should d ebe. maintained <br /> and enhanced <br /> Qualities to Change or . Encourage : <br /> • Encourage recycling bins at parks . <br /> • Encourage more facilities outside of towns <br /> • Change lack of swimming pools <br /> • Change lack of greenways in Rural Buffer <br /> • Change lack of teen programs at recreational facilities <br /> • Change lack of parkland . north of Hillsborough <br /> Change means of funding parks and recreation facilities <br /> • Change loss of open space ( defined generally as forests * or fields ) . <br /> • Encourage more parks and schools/ parks combinations <br /> • Encourage better intergovernmental cooperation in parks. planning . <br /> • Encourage multi - use paths in utility easements <br /> • Encourage public transportation to parks <br /> Encourage implementation of parks and recreation plans <br /> Encourage use of existing publicly - owned lands for regional parks <br />