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Cabarr'~ County Master t'ar'--l:s ,~nd Rtcr~r..~n Plan Continue with land acquisition ~nd deve]opmen! of a greenway between Lake Concord and Frank Liske Park. Invest $100,000 per year in the ma~ching incentive grant program for community and neighborhood parks. · Provide on-going maintenance improvements to Frank Liske, Bakers Creek, Lake Concord, and Mt. Pleasant Parks, in addition to the greenway system. New trends that will influence recreation programming in the 1990's include: Increase in the elderly population will have an impact on the Special Populations Division; People migrming into Cabarrus County fi.om other urban areas will demand high quality services; Poor families and single parent households are increasing and will need to be addressed in establishing new user fees. There is more awareness on environmental issues resulting in more demand for environmenI.q related programs; There will be increased demands for recreation services with fewer financial resources to conduct them. Guidelines have been prepared to help establish policies for determining future recreation programs for both short and long term needs. The recreation dMsion must create a basic core level of quality service in concert with operating budgets, facilities and staffing capabilities. There will be unmet needs, but quality programs managea:l within the capacity of the dMsion better serves Se community than numerous poorly operated programs. The recreation dMsion must continue to be creative in searching for additional community resources to tap into which can help supplement the core level of sec'ice offered by the department. Joint programming with other leisure ser¥ice agencies, partnerships for sharing facilities or staff, sponsorships with privme indusxry, volunteerism, user fees and contract sen, ices can all help expand recreational opportunities in the community without increasing demand on department resources. Although resource management is essemia], programs will continue to expand over the planning period. New programs should not be added until current programs operme within a quali~y fashion. The first obligation of the recreation division is to ser~,e Cabarrus County residents. There should continue to be an effort to provide for a balanced recreational program with a variety of popular active and passive evems. The county should continue to maintain an on-going internal audit of ~eir existing programs to measure effectiveness and help establish pricing policies. In establishing the core level of ser¥ices, program priorities must be based on current demand. Programs should always be subject ~o change. Programs should be design~ which require a minimum amount of direct supervision from the recreation staff. New program request should be carefully evaluated before adding within the division using specific criteria. Woolfe'rt ES. 7 ?,'overnber IS'PI