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component of the soccer park; and 3) to work with the Manager and Attorney to develop and enter into an interlocal agreement between OCS and the County that formalizes the outcome of this collaborative effort. Rod Visser said that this evening the consultants from the firm Corley, Redfoot, and Zack are in attendance to present the pre-concept plan. This will be adjacent to the third middle school and is between Buckhorn and Mt. Willing Roads on West Ten Road. The staff is asking the Board to approve several procedures that will allow the County to keep the planning process and the development of the property in sync with the development of the middle school site. They are trying to keep these two projects on a parallel course in order to achieve some dollar savings. Mike Hammersley, with the firm, pointed out the site on a map and where the roadway and parking would be located. The soccer fields are full size and there is a junior-sized field with a practice field next to it. The fields are laid out in a larger arrangement so they can be used in different configurations such as a tournament. The fields will have irrigation and there can be lighting provided. The idea is to do things as needed through time. Chair Jacobs said that Parks and Recreation Director Lori Taft is in attendance. Commissioner Gordan asked for ballpark cost estimates. Mike Hammersley said that, to do everything on this plan would cost around $2 million for construction. This is a rough estimate. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they stopped at the upper field. He said that he has been on this land and it is a horrific example of the lack of attention an the part of the State and the Forestry Service on how to treat the earth. He thinks it is a mess. He asked if they were proposing that the County allow that the northern most pieces would regenerate itself, or would money be put aside for plantings, etc. He said that he would not wait 35 years for nature to restore that which man destroyed. Mike Hammersley said that right now they are calling it a future expansion area of the park or the soccer center, depending on what the County Commissioners would see as a good fit there. The area is 10-12 acres and would accommodate two more full sized fields if it were developed all the way out. Commissioner Carey asked some clarifying questions that were answered by Mike Hammersley. Commissioner Brown asked about the price quote and if the six soccer fields and the two junior fields, and the building, and the road, etc. would be constructed for approximately $2 million. She asked if this included the lighting and irrigation. Mike Hammersley said no. There may not be a need to have a lot of lighting. They would do earth work and build the road. Commissioner Brown said she has visited the site and she assumes that it will be fairly inexpensive to set it up because the area is flat. Mike Hammersley said that they are looking at the four fields being on a similar elevation, which is hard to do. Chair Jacobs said that the Board limited the amount of the soccer superfund that could be applied to the soccer complex to be no more than half. Lori Taft read a sentence, "The Board of County Commissioners may reserve approximately one half of the total fund for a soccer park of at least six fields." Chair Jacobs asked if there would be wells and Mike Hammersley said yes. Chair Jacobs pointed out that this is apre-concept plan and the next step would be a public meeting with the consultant and staff to talk about the proposal. Chair Jacobs said that the County has been pursuing another property in the southern part of the County that would also apply for soccer use. He said that he received a phone call from Chris LaRocca, who runs the soccer program at Orange High School for boys and girls, who was thrilled that all of the people participating in soccer in the central and northern part of the County would have a facility to work on soccer that is nearby.