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County Corn Meeting 12/15/98 DL Costa — P &R Chair What is there left to do? In 1999 the other park amenities currently approved by the Council will come on line: - In February -March the playground structure should be complete. The current budget is $60,000 for playground equipment. Bids will be opened December 16, 1998 for the equipment and installation. Work should begin in January or February. - In April -May the skateboard park should be finished. At this time we have completed the slab, fencing, and lights. The restroom/concession building is almost finished. The skateboard committee has almost finished its work on designing the ramps. Once a design has been completed we need to secure insurance and then construct the ramps. - In September two 300' softball fields and two full size soccer fields with irrigation and lights should be ready for use. The approach to establishing field turf has not been determined. The staff is still considering various options such as sprigging, sodding and/or importation of additional soils. - In October - November the batting cage complex should be complete. At its September 28, 1998, meeting the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted the P &R Commission's proposal for the allocation of $200,000 in Town park bonds for development of batting cage project. Staff is currently working with the architectural firm that designed the park to develop a conceptual plan for the batting cage. The next step will be engineering drawings, which will be followed by requests for construction bids. Aquatic Facility /Community Center: For several years citizens of the Town have requested expanded or new aquatic facilities for public use. The 1996 bond of $5M was passed by the Town's citizens to provide for the development of NCP, including the building of a community center and indoor pool. The high bids on NCP, anticipated higher construction costs in the Triangle, and the need to use some funds ($428 K) for the completion of Northside (Hargraves) Gym has left insufficient funds from the bond to complete the pool and community center. However, the Town Council and the P &R Commission are committed to fully develop the NCP project. In fact, in an effort to get ahead of the process — having learned from the Southern Village Gym proposal of 1996 - the P &R Commission has had initial discussions with members of the CH- Carrboro School Committee and Superintendent Neil Peterson to explore how we could better leverage P &R and school construction funds to provide for mutual needs. Obvious areas of common interest are fields, and facilities — notably, in our minds would be the aquatic facility. Without funding to provide funds for pools at each high school, the teams are in need of practice pool - time...right now provided by P &R at the Estes Rd. CC. Perhaps, joint efforts in the future can be productive for the schools and community at large. For the moment ... at its September 28, 1998, meeting the Town Council appropriated $53,000 from FY98 -99 budget for a conceptual plan process for an aquatic facility /community center. Staff anticipates developing a bid process for conceptual