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• 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 251"annual Carrboro Music Festival (First time the performers were compensated) <br /> • November 18-20t"Carrboro Film Festival <br /> • October 16t" 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 291"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 <br />