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03 <br /> Executive Summary <br /> Report of the Joint Master Recreation and Parks <br /> Work Group <br /> June 11 , 1999 <br /> Introduction <br /> On November 19 , 1997 , the Board of Commissioners created a Joint Master <br /> Recreation and Parks Work Group . The Work Group was. developed to follow up <br /> on two reports : a 1996 Assembly of Governments report " Recreation and Parks <br /> Issues in Orange County, NC", and a May 1997 report entitled " Coordination of <br /> Parks and Recreation Services for Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County", <br /> developed by the area Managers . <br /> The charge to the Work Group was to : <br /> "update and modify the Master Recreation and Parks Plan to be a joint long- <br /> range capital facilities plan for Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hiil. . . " <br /> Although ° not listed in the charge, Town of Hillsborough and OWASA <br /> representatives participated in the work group effort . In accomplishing this task <br /> the Work Group was asked to address the following topics : <br /> ➢ An update of recreational facilities countywide <br /> ➢ An update of local recreation and parks needs <br /> ➢ Develop standards for park facilities and design <br /> ➢ Joint siting , design and management of school and park sites <br /> ➢ Tangible and realistic parkland acquisition goals <br /> ➢ Reassess payment- in - lieu of dedication programs (and service area <br /> boundaries for programs) <br /> ➢ Dedication provisions for greenways in the Joint Planning Area <br /> The Work Group began on December 17, 1997 . The group met monthly over the <br /> next 17 months ( including six months of additional subcommittee work) to . <br /> produce a report . While the Work Group reviewing a great deal of research and <br /> discussed a wide variety of topics, a summary of the report may best be <br /> considered in the following six topical categories : <br /> 1 . Where Are We Now? <br /> In evaluating the status of recreation and parks in the County, the Work Group <br /> created two committees . The Resource Inventory Committee worked during the <br /> spring and summer of 1998 to develop * a template for tracking all existing <br /> recreational facilities, and discuss a map or brochure to convey these facilities to <br />