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PART iV P ROGRA~.! NAP~I~T 1V £ 1. Objectives and Need for Assistance The proposed project, the Bakers Creek Community Park, is located in a densely populated area of North Carolina along the Northern Cabarrus and Southern Rowan County border. The project's potential service area includes the Kannapolis and Euochvllle census designated place(CDP), the City of Landis and the City of China Grove. The total service area for the proposed project is approximately 43,000 persons, according to the 1980 census survey. Moreover, the proposed project is located in the heart of the newest incorporated city in the State of North Carolina, Kannapolis. The project has several very unique features. First, this is the first time in the State of North Carolina that two county units of government have elected to participte in a joint leisure related project. The local cost of development and operation will be shared on a percentage basis based on the population within a five mile radius of the project site. The project will operate under the auspices of the Cabarrus-Rowan Park Commission, a policy commission established by joint resolution of the Cabarrus and Rowan Boards of Commissioners in January of 1980. The Park Commission is comprised of four members from Cabarrus County and four members from Rowan County appointed respectively by the Cabarrus and Rowan Boards of County Commissions. A second unique feature of this proposed project is the fact that the site is located contiguous to a proposed recreation facility being constructed by Cannon Mills owner, David M. Murdock, in Cabarrus County. The proposed Village Park, located directly on the Cabarrus-Rowan County borderline is a $500,000 park de- velopment program initiated by Cannon Mills Company and will primarily ~e a passive recreation facility. Moreover, Cannon fHlls Company is the owner of a water and sewer easement that will link the Village Park to the North Kannapolis Community Park by a Greenway System. Once complete, the entire facility will encompass approximately ?0 acres, and will be open to the public. Also, on a 'site directly adjacent to the Village Park, Cannon Mills Company is currently constructing a 5,500 square foot Senior Citizens Service Building. i'In the same general area, Cannon Mills Company has offered available laud to the Cannon Memorial YMCA for the purposes of constructing a new YMCA Building whJch will include an outdoor and indoor pool complex. The entire complex will provide quality recreation opportunities for all age groups ranging from the youth to the elderly. Moreover, all proposed facilities will be accessible to the handi- capped and provisions will be made to serve citizens from all socio-economical backgrounds. The projectts principle service area, the Kannapolis/Enochville CDP has gross deficiencies in the availability of public recreation facilities. Based on State and local approved standards, there is a current need for 560 acres of public recreation space. Only 90 acres of public recreation space currently exists and this is located primarily at public education property and is available only on a limited basis. Therefore, a deficiency of 470 acres of recreation space exists in the Kannapolis/Enochville CDP.