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The other two improvements shown are a district park and a community park. A district park is proposed to be 200 acres or greater and include a lake or creek. The district park near this area is slated for Lake Concord and it is recommended in the Master Plan that it be a top priority. Recommended scheduling indicates the park would open between 1996 and the year 2000. The second proposed park is a Kannapolis District Park along Cold Water Creek. Size of a district park is not indicated, but the intended role is service to the residents of the municipalities. The County's emphasis will be on the larger district parks and greenways, and it is intended that community parks be developed by the municipalities. UTILITY RECOMMENDATIONS Utility recommendations for this area mostly relate to general policies and procedures. There are limited parts of this area that are recommended for utility system expansion due to need, demand, and physical factors. Current development does not, for the most part, warrant or require extension of water and sewer services, and residents are not requesting extensions. Since sewer lines follow basins, much of this area would be difficult to impossible to provide public sewer service. The area where the combined planning staffs of Kannapolis, Concord and Cabarrus County have recommended sewer line extensions is at the upper end of the existing Cold Water Creek line. These extensions are made necessary by the needs to the urban type development occurring on the east side of Kannapolis in South Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. Expanded seQer service in this area, also offers economic development opportunities along 1-85, particularly at the Lane Street interchange. The recommendations of the planning staff were made to the Water and Sewer Authority and it is further recommended that they adopt a priority plan. Indication by the Authority of sewer extension priorities, in combination with policies concerning municipal and private extension, will permit more effective long range planning for the County as a whole. It is also recommended that policies be developed for the use of private treatment plants. While no private plants have been proposed for the North Central Area, the lack of public service could lead to their use. Following the long range plan for low density residential development where public service is not available should be the most effective deterrent to use of private plants. The final two recommendations deal with utilities in general and with cable television specifically, the first is that utility right-of-ways and easements be managed in such a way to cause the least disruption to an area, and also that new utilities be 20