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r <br />J <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />• ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 2004 <br />Action Agen a a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Soccer Superfund -Policy and Guidelines <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD, Recreation & Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Draft Policy and Guidelines Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br />Lori Taft, 245-2660 <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />• PURPOSE: To consider a draft policy and set of guidelines for use of the Soccer Su erfund. <br />P <br />BACKGROUND: In November 2001, Orange County voters approved a $20 million bond <br />package for parks and open space. Included in this package was $2 million to create a <br />Soccer Superfund, to fund new soccer fields around Orange County. This concept grew out <br />of the Soccer Symposium Task Force report of 2000, which investigated needs for soccer <br />fields throughout the County. <br />Before any funding can be appropriated from the Soccer Superfund, the Board asked that a <br />policy and guidelines be developed regarding uses of the fund. <br />County staff, in conjunction with Commissioner Jacobs, has developed the attached <br />document in recent months, and it is provided here for the Board's consideration, having <br />received review and feedback. <br />The policy and guidelines address these topics: <br />• Identify the purposes of the Superfund (construction of new fields and, as a <br />secondary use, acquisition of land for new fields) <br />• Outline guidelines for construction of new fields by the County <br />• Create a matching grant option for qualified entities <br />• Develop conditions and criteria for evaluating appropriations from the Superfund <br />• Outline guidelines for use for land acquisitions <br />