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asked how these could be coordinated with usage. The County paid extra for this soccer field, because it is not a normal component of an elementary school. Jim Ward said that there is a superior need for soccer fields. He said that there is a challenge working with all of the entities to coordinate usage of the fields. The location of the third field at Southern Park has not been sited yet. Commissioner Brown said that it would be interesting to see another configuration of the fields. The proposed area for the third field is the only natural area and buffer for this park. She would like to hold this in reserve and maintain the natural area and work with the soccer fund to try and find sites that will not tear out a natural area. Mayor Foy said that they are going to be investing a lot of effort in the design and they might agree on making the field fit along 15/501. Commissioner Gordon said that it depends on the type of soccer fields you plan because the ones at the schools only serve after school hours and if you are thinking of adults coming in there to play during school hours, it will not work. Kathryn Spatz said that they programmed this field Monday-Friday from 5:00 p.m. on and all weekends. Diana McDuffee said that 5:00 p.m. on is quite a bit after school and cuts in to the weekday play that the soccer groups are running. She thinks there is an issue with the utility of a field that is primarily there for the schools. She agrees with sharing the fields, but there are problems with it. Chair Jacobs said that they will be discussing this at a BOCC Work Session on November 11`h and can respond to the concerns of the Chapel Hill Town Council. 3. Issuance Plan for 2001 County Bonds and Alternative Financing Assistant County Manager Rod Visser said that he wanted to make sure all understood the County's first sale of 2001 voter approved bonds and alternative financing that goes along with it. He made reference to attachment three in the packet. There are $19.175 million in bonds, and $3.475 in private placements. 4. Regional Transportation Issues Craig Benedict distributed handouts that had to do with two resolutions and the transportation planning process. Resolution A has to do with some projects within Orange County (in the Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro Long Range Transportation Plan). This is the recommendation to the preferred option of the Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro long-range transportation plan. The LRTP serves as a 20-year plan and looks at initiatives over the long term. You are supposed to match your transportation improvement plan with the LRTP. Then the Federal Highway Administration is able to bring funding forward for the different programs within the MPO. The timeframe is critical in order to receive federal funding. Resolution B has to do with an option 7. There was a NE/NW loop that was put on the map in the late 80's that extended from eastern Durham to northern Durham, past US 70 and 1-85 and on to 1-40. This was not recommended for inclusion in the 1989 long-range plans, but a version has come up more recently. Option 7 is the NE segment of the proposed loop. There is no continuation of this loop into Orange County and the Hillsborough area. There is a question of where it will go in the future. Commissioner Gordon referred to Resolution B and she explained the history of the loop. In the past there have been proposals to extend a road west of Roxboro Road. She said that the reason Orange County is concerned about option 7 is that Snow Hill Road eventually turns into St. Mary's Road, which goes into Hillsborough. The troubling thing is the process because this has surfaced after the TAC had voted down Eno Drive.