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18 <br /> Efland-Cheeks School Park <br /> The northern most parking lot will provide parking for the environmental <br /> interpretive area. The other two lots provide parking for the proposed midget <br /> soccer field and the first two basketball courts as well as the community center. <br /> The second parking area is accessed off of the Bus Access Road. This parking is <br /> provided for the shelter, the second two basketball courts and the soccer field. In <br /> all cases the parking will be installed to take advantage of any specimen plant <br /> materials that can be saved. The lot designs and the access roads are placed to be <br /> sensitive to the existing terrain while providing a minimum impact on the site. <br /> Park identification signage will be at both entrances. <br /> • Active recreation is located in two locations of the park. The first area is the <br /> development of a midget soccer field along with two groupings of basketball <br /> courts in the southwestern pan of the site. This location for the active recreation <br /> facilities will allow for easy access and monitoring of the spaces from both access <br /> roads and parking lots. This area is complimented by a shelter and playground. <br /> The second area of active recreation is the combined multi-purpose fields that <br /> includes a softball field with a midget soccer field overlaying the outfield of the <br /> softball field. This area will need to be regraded to provide for positive drainage <br /> allowing for a dryer playing surface. The exposed rock will also need to be dealt <br /> with in the planning of the new field layout. <br /> • The service access to the elementary school is relocated under this concept to <br /> allow for the expansion of the tot play area on the southwest corner of the school. <br /> Mounds have been placed to screen the play area from the maintenance access <br /> road. This play area design includes the expansion of the current play equipment <br /> and a sand play area. <br /> • The existing outdoor amphitheater south of the cafeteria is removed in this <br /> concept. The handicapped access has already removed a portion of the seating <br /> areas. The new design will include an outdoor plaza with seating for the <br /> enjoyment by students and adults. Screening from the a handicapped ramp and <br /> the maintenance parking area is also provided. <br /> • An environmental interpretive area is again included in this concept. It will be <br /> developed in the northwestern portion of the park. This area will take full <br /> advantage of the interesting wetland areas by providing walking trails and an <br /> instructional shelter area combined with a raised deck and boardwalk areas over <br /> the sensitive wetland areas. This area will be primarily for educative purposes. <br /> This area as in Concept-A will be easily accessible from both the elementary <br /> school and the community center. <br /> • A series of trails are provided throughout the park to allow for access to the <br /> many areas of the park. No major loop trails are provided but measured walking <br /> can be done on the meandering trails throughout the park. The surface treatment <br /> for all of the trails will be a combination of asphalt, wood chips and natural <br /> surfaces. The natural and wood chip surfaces will be located in the environmental <br /> area. <br /> • Shelters are provided in the central core of the park. Two shelters are located in <br /> the wooded areas and one in the elementary school play area . All three shelters <br /> Woolpert Park Master Plan April 1997 <br />