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<br /> <br />• What kind of restrooms will the park have? Answer: “The park is in the rural buffer so all we could <br />provide are vault toilets” <br />5. What’s on the Horizon? / Park Plans and Local Updates <br />Mebane - Aaron Davis: <br />• Parks Master Plan is ongoing <br />Chapel Hill - Phil Fleischmann <br />• Hopeful to receive 2.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds for parks. For things like an <br />adaptive playground, a splash pad, Form a public private partnership for pickleball courts; repairs at <br />the teen center <br />• Feasibility study for slash pads and inclusive playgrounds <br />• Resurfacing the four tennis courts at Ephesus Park <br />• Family fun day and book back give away <br />• Outdoor Venture Program Summit <br />• Planning to host the Joint Advisory Board meeting <br />Carrboro – Charles Harrington <br />• Also hopeful to receive American Rescue Plan Act fund <br />• Working on Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan <br />• Feasibility study for a community center with some type of pool or water feature <br />• Just completed a new sidewalk to increase accessibility to Baldwin Park <br />• Getting ready to resurfacing the tennis courts at Anderson Park <br />• Town information kiosks have been installed in lower income neighborhoods to help with <br />communication <br />• Just finished the 25th annual Carrboro Music Festival (First time the performers were compensated) <br />• November 18-20th Carrboro Film Festival <br />• October 16th Kidical Mass Bike Event <br />Hillsborough - Stephanie Trueblood <br />• Parks and Rec Board is continuing to work on the Master Plan for Gold Park <br />• Contracted with Fifth Pocket Skate Parks to design a park in Kate's Creek Park and will host some <br />design workshops with local skaters in the area <br />• Our new Greenway has a name; Ridge Walk. It will connect downtown Hillsborough to the future <br />train station property behind Collins Ridge and over interstate eighty-five into Beckett's Ridge <br />Waterstone and eventually linking up to Kate's Creek Park. <br />• Also still working on a Sustainability Plan <br />• Doing some multi modal corridor studies to look at adding pedestrian friendly facilities <br />• There are lots of events happening in October that can be found on the towns Master Calendar <br />Orange County – Dave Stancil <br />• October 29th annual Halloween Event; outdoors on the field behind Central Recreation <br />• Development of a mountain bike skills course at Little River Regional Park <br />• Started planning for a mini park for the Perry Hills Community <br />• Resurfacing of some of our courts <br />• Added pickle ball striping to the courts at Fairview Park <br />• Replacement of the basketball goals at Central Recreation <br />• Repairs to the ice rink at the Sportsplex <br />• Hiring 2 Parks Coordinator positions <br />• Adding a youth delegate to the Parks and Recreation Council <br />OC Department On Aging- Myra Austin