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B-5 <br />15. Homestead Park Aquatics Center $3,500,000 <br />• Proposed for location at Homestead Park <br />• Town has $1.315 million toward this facility, , and requests that remaining <br />$855,000 of 1997 County bond for Homestead Park go to this project <br />16.Southern Community Park ~ $2,000,000 <br />• Concept plan underway for park along US 15/501 South, co-located with <br />Scroggs Elementary School <br />• $1 .million of 1997 County parks bond allocated to this project, which could serve <br />needs of~multiple jurisdictions in southern Orange <br />• Balance of playing fields and low-impact recreation expected <br />17. Cedar Grove District Park $1,210,000 <br />• Co-located with Northern Human Services Center on NC 8G north of <br />Hillsborough <br />• Would add one regulation soccer field, one multi-purpose field and a playground, <br />with picnic area and nature trails along 20-acre pond <br />18. Efland Cheeks Community School Park (Phase II) $ 750,000 <br />• Co-located with Efland Cheeks Elementary School in western Orange County <br />• Would add nature trails, parking and athletic field lighting to existing park <br />19. Fairview Community Park $ 850,000 <br />• Existing 42 acre tract <br />• Present park includes a playground and picnic area <br />• Possible Orange County/Hillsborough joint venture to develop this park with <br />picnic shelters, soccer fields, softball fields, basketball courts and other <br />amenities <br />20. Lands Legacy $4,000,000 <br />• County's adopted program for acquisition from willing sellers of important <br />resource lands <br />• Five areas of emphasis: 1) future parklands, 2) identified natural areas, 3).prime <br />or threatened farmland, 4) priority cultural and archaeological sites, and 5) <br />watershed stream buffers <br />• County Open Space Task Force and Lands Legacy Long-Term Priorities reports <br />would guide acquisitions of identified top priorities <br />