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take alternative 2. Lori Taft said that the underlined section, including the schools, was added because the last draft did not include the schools. The last four would not be included in alternate 2. Commissioner Brown made reference to the list of agencies and said that she is unclear why they would want to specify any of these. Lori Taft said that she did not intend to include these in the policy itself. The list was for illustrative purposes. They would not be included in the policy. Commissioner Brown asked what was meant in the Manager's recommendation. John Link said that he is comfortable with the draft, subject to any tweaking. Commissioner Brown said that the whole piece about branching out and becoming a bank for other projects is not really feasible. She is not opposed to putting it together, but it is not something that can be done. She thinks that it should be made clear that there are very limited funds. She said that the fields have to be under the County's management and should not involve any kind of leasing. Public Comment: Pam Hemminger said that she is a member of the Orange County Soccer Alliance, a Rainbow board member, a Rainbow soccer coach, and a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission of Chapel Hill. She said that the community has aver 5,000 participants in organized soccer. Volunteers and non-profit organizations run all of the soccer associations. There are no soccer programs run by the towns or the County. There are only four public soccer fields and they are losing one this year due to overuse. She said that all of the fields are in danger of being overused. She said that Twin Creeks and Southern Community Parks would not be available for another two years. She asked where were the fields they voted for in 2001. She spoke about the importance of the saccer clubs, and said they did not know about the proposed location of this soccer complex and were not consulted. She said, with reference to the location of the saccer superfund complex, that if the soccer fields are built too far away, they will not be used. It takes her 20 minutes to get to this site, and there would be too much traffic during the times when it would be used the most, which is late afternoon and early evening. She does not see this complex getting heavy use during the week. She said that the concentration of players was in the town centers and not near this complex. Commissioner Brown corrected Ms. Hemminger and said that the County does offer saccer programs. Patrick Sullivan from RPAC and Orange County Soccer Alliance said that they are in dire straits for saccer fields. He said that his understanding was that the band money for soccer was to be used for development of facilities and not for the purchase of land. He said that his children are practicing soccer on baseball fields. He said that he believes in the addition of private money. He would like to have a complex, but if it is going to be tied to the building of a new school then he would say no because that is too long. Commissioner Brown said that the school would be built in 2006. Patrick Sullivan said that if they can start building the fields at Twin Creeks Park sooner, that would be great. Commissioner Brown said that is in the Carrboro process. Patrick Sullivan said that he would do whatever it takes to get this process moving. Commissioner Carey said that there are a lot of people that live within 5-10 minutes of the proposed location of the soccer complex. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve the revised draft of the Proposed Soccer Superfund Policy and Guidelines, including the revisions as made above by Commissioner Gordon. VOTE: Ayes, 3; No, 1 (Chair Jacobs) e. Site Plan -Efland Cheeks Park (Phase II) The Board was to consider approving the submittal of a site plan for Phase II of Efland Cheeks Park and authorize staff to submit the site plan for approval. The Board may