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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2003 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT• Options -Maple View Soccer Field <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD /Recreation and Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT <br />1) Staff Memorandum <br />2) Approved Site Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Lori Taft, 245-2660 <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 options for the proposed Maple View Soccer Field. <br />BACKGROUND: On November 11, the Board of Commissioners approved the site design <br />of the proposed Maple View Soccer Field, to be constructed on 6 acres of land leased by <br />Bob and Chris Nutter, owners of Maple View Farm. <br />Following site plan approval in January, construction drawings and documents were prepared <br />and the project was placed for bid in February. Bids were received from three contractors on <br />February 18, with Polovick Construction of Raleigh the low bidder at $251,000. <br />The last projected cost estimate of the field had been $100,000 -revised upward .from an <br />initial 2001 cost estimate of $60,000 which used the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation <br />Cost Estimate Guidebook (soccer field only - no amenities and additional facilities). <br />There are several reasons why the low bid for the project greatly exceeded the cost estimate: <br />1. The State Parks Cost Estimate Guidebook is a general guide and does not take into <br />account additional appurtenances associated with the field or the differential in <br />construction costs from one region to another (the guidebook has just recently been <br />updated) <br />2. The project as eventually approved included significant costs for landscaping, parking, <br />fencing and irrigation/water storage <br />