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Commissioner Jacobs said that when the park plan was done, the community prioritized the different components. He suggested replicating the priority list. He agreed with Commissioner Gordon about the walking track. Dave Stancil said that, with the current timetable, construction could begin this summer. Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to see the answer to the question about the priority list prepared by the community and see how it tracks with the options. Dave Stancil said that the priorities were already reflected in option 1. Commissioner Jacobs said that if the walking trail is the only thing missing and it is only $40,OQ0, then it could be included anyway. This will come back for approval on April 24tH West Ten Soccer Center To move the project along, steps are currently underway to get the field construction underway on an aggressive timetable. Field construction bids will be advertised soon, with a bid opening proposed for May Stn. A Site Plan has also been submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Current plans would have a construction bid award before the Board on May 15tH Direction provided by the Board at the work session would be incorporated into a subsequent decision on the April 24tH or May 3~d Board agenda. Recreation and Parks Director Lori Taft said that the projection is that the field surfaces would be finished in August. Commissioner Nelson said that there is some concern from the soccer community that this has morphed into a larger facility with a bigger scope (buildings, bathrooms, etc.), and there were questions about eliminating some of the items like bleachers and a scoreboard and moving the money toward fields at Twin Creeks, turfing the field at Smith, or fields at Southern Community Park. He asked for input on this. Laura Blackmon said that the estimate for the building was $700,Q00. Same of the building will have to be built because there must be some equipment storage. She said that the direction she got from the Board was to do West Ten. The initial concern right now is the fields and getting them done in time for them to grow. The approval for the funding is on the April 24tH agenda. Commissioner Gordon said that she is a little disappointed that mare of an effort was not made to coordinate with Gravelly Hill Middle School, because there are adjacent facilities which could also be used, thereby reducing the need to construct them for the soccer center. She said that she was also concerned that the bond shaved soccer fields that would be dispersed around the County. She thinks that there are transportation and emission issues with this complex. She made reference to an email from a citizen to Lori Taft that was copied to her about where the sanctioned soccer players are. It shows that there area about 10 times as many of these players in the southern part of the county. She said that she thinks that the County should be maximizing the number of soccer fields and that they should be near the players. She agrees with building same fields at West Ten, but she is skeptical about a complex. She made reference to a letter from Triangle United Soccer about the possibility of a public/private partnership. She asked if there has been any discussion with Triangle United Soccer about this. Lori Taft said that she spoke with same representatives. Commissioner Jacobs said that this is a decision item at the next meeting, and this debate should be postponed to that meeting. Fairview Park, Phase A Request far Proposals for the engineering and plan approval work has been issued. An interview team would be formed to recommend a firm for this work, and a contract for the work is anticipated to came before the Board for action in May. Playground replacement is underway.