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Commissioner Brown said that we should clarify the project committee, which should have two Commissioners, the Parks Director, David Stancil, and maybe Pam Jones, and two town board members instead of three. b. Park Facility Planning Process David Stancil said that this deals with just County parks. He said that they have tried to prepare some basic operating principles, which are on page 11. He explained what was on the summary sheets for each project. Regarding Cedar Grove Park, there is a pre-concept plan that the Board looked at but did not adopt as part of the Northern Human Services Center. The Board would need to turn the pre-concept plan into a concept plan to design the park. The possible opening would be Fall 2004. Commissioner Halkiotis said that this group has not met in a long time. He asked who would coordinate the meeting of this next group because there are a lot of issues regarding septic field areas, water, parking, etc. John Link said that the problem is the septic field and he asked when this would have to be addressed. David Stancil said that it would have to be addressed in the concept plan process. Commissioner Brown said that the key could be the beginning of some kind of design of the land. She said that if there was a preliminary concept plan they could put some soccer fields in. Chair Jacobs said that there needs to be a way to figure out how the soccer component will fit in. He also thinks that more than two or three people from the community need to be on the committee. Commissioner Brown suggested having a nature trail at this site with some good signage. Chair Jacobs suggested using phases for the project. Commissioner Gordon said that we should mention somewhere about the septic problems in a report and make this known to the public so they can see why it takes so long to get this done. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the schools are the only things that get built the fastest. He said that the septic problem is why this is a long process, but the public probably does not understand why it is taking so long. Commissioner Brown asked David Stancil to set up another meeting for the Cedar Grove Park. David Stancil said that the next item is Phase I of Chapel Hill Township Park. This process is underway and the committee is going to start meeting. The concept plan will come back to the Board in June 2003. Construction may be able to start in February 2004. This is another project that could be phased. Commissioner Brown said that we need to make sure that the recreational needs of the school are combined as much as possible with the recreation piece of the park. David Stancil said that he has set up a trip to look at a similar park/school design in Richmond. David Stancil said that Efland —Cheeks Phase I has been completed. The key question from citizens is what we do with the $250,000 for Phase 11. He asked if the Board would like to revisit the concept plan since it is a few years old. He recommends that the concept plan be reviewed to see what could be done.