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Margaret Hauth said that they are predominantly looking at fields. There has been a commitment for active fields in Waterstone -both by the developer and in later phases by the Town. She said that a number of years ago she remembers hearing that there was a need for play space and that the County had adequate teams and the ability to generate teams to fill facilities with team play. Mayor Phelps said that their Parks and Recreation Board has started their planning to see what could be put at the park. Margaret Hauth said that there is positive movement from the rail line to get true access to the park under the rail overpass by the river. Mayor Phelps said that they have proceeded further in talking about Gold Park. Regarding Waterstone, the developers will design and develop part of the park and the Town will do the rest at a later date. Commissioner Carey said that he remembers the general comment made by the Board, but he thought it was in the context of Fairview. He thinks this comment was made about ten years ago and a lot of things have changed. He would like to work together with the Town to coordinate some facilities. Commissioner Gering said that it is expensive for their staff to administer and organize facilities Chair Jacobs said that the Board has come up with some guidelines for working with public entities an soccer fields. He asked about the soccer field and if it is just a placeholder until they decide what fits best. Margaret Hauth said that the commitment by the developer was for a children's playground and one soccer field with a dollar figure cap. Town Manager Eric Peterson said that the developers agreed to do the planning and design for the entire 10 acres and pay for that, and then pay far the construction of half of it, which is a soccer field and a children's playground, and then part of the design and planning process would be to determine what would go on the other half. Chair Jacobs said that he agrees with Commissioner Carey. The County is sharing a soccer field with Carrboro and there is joint use. John Link said that they would be glad to share with the Town the agreement they have with Carrboro. He said that we should keep in mind that whatever is done together, it is for a public purpose. 2. Churton Grove Build-out Schedule (Hillsborough) Mayor Phelps thanked the County for the summary from Planning. He said that every year at their budget process, they go through a struggle with their water rates. They want to address this by getting more customers, and with the Churton Grove item, he wanted to bring this up. The reason it was phased in was the Town's limited water capacity when Churton Grove was approved but now they have plenty of water to provide to Churton Grove. They are committed to Churton Grove and they cannot give it to anyone else, no matter how long it takes Churton Grove to build out.