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Mike Hammersly said that the changes came about from the July 21St public meeting. <br />The changes in the concept plan have to do with comments that were made. They located the <br />building further to the south than it was originally and turned it to take advantage of getting <br />closer to the utilities and also to facilitate abilities in the future to put in a grandstand next to <br />the championship field as well as to be able to add on to the building. They also talked about <br />not providing fences between every field but at strategic places to keep the balls in the fields. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she read through the summary of comments of the <br />public meeting and that 11 people attended. There were two coaches from Cedar Ridge, three <br />people from the City of Mebane, one County Commissioner candidate, one representative <br />from Geof Gledhill's office, a citizen, two news reporters, and Chair Jacobs. She asked about <br />the idea of enlarging the facilities. Mike Hammersly said that they did not enlarge them; it is <br />still a 2,000-square foot facility. The idea is the ability to add on to the facility in the future if <br />needed. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that there is a lot of small stuff in the agreement and he <br />suggested that a smaller group review this and come back to the Board. He thinks there will <br />be more economies of scale because of the collaboration, but all of the details cannot be <br />resolved tonight. <br />Rod Visser said that the staff is asking that the six actions be approved tonight. There <br />are other issues that can be resolved later. It is important to stay on schedule. <br />Commissioner Carey said that the actions are consistent with actions the Board has <br />taken on similar projects. He agrees that a work group should be convened to resolve the <br />other issues. <br />The issues for the work group are on page five. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Brown to <br />approve the Manager's recommendation as stated below and to authorize a work group to <br />continue to work on the items on page five and other issues as needed. <br />a. Approve the revised concept plan for the Orange County Schools Middle School #3 <br />and West Ten Soccer Park; <br />b. dedicate to the public the portion of West Ten Road lying within the property owned by <br />the County to be used for the soccer complex to the public for public road purposes; <br />c. accept, for the use of the general public, without maintenance responsibility, the public <br />dedication along West Ten Road of both the Orange County Middle School #3 site and <br />the West Ten soccer center site; <br />d. approve the interlocal agreement between Orange County and the Orange County <br />Board of Education for the joint development and for access and parking easements; <br />e. authorize the Chair and Clerk to execute the interlocal agreement and the easements <br />to the Orange County Board of Education for the access roads; and <br />f. approve the allocation of an additional $347,030 in soccer superfund bond proceeds to <br />cover the County's cost of the pre-grading site work. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she hopes we are only adopting this is in principle <br />because she does not want to send a work group off without a charge. Commissioner Carey <br />said that the issues on the list represent the charge. Other things that need to be addressed <br />can be raised in writing. The members of the work group, besides Commissioner Carey, will <br />be decided at a subsequent meeting. <br />Chair Jacobs would like for the County to reserve the right to name the access road. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Chair Jacobs asked that this be referred to Commissioner Carey and the work group, <br />and Commissioner Carey said to include this in charge. <br />