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v~~~. <br />a P <br />~~ ~''x.. <br />Orange County \ <br />Recreation & Parks <br />November 27, 2007 <br />ORANGE COUNTY RECREATION & PARKS <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />300 West Tryon Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: 919-245-2660 Fax 919-644-3042 <br />Ms. Anita Jones-McNair, Director <br />Recreation and Parks Department <br />Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. <br />Carrboro, NC 27510 <br />Dear Anita, <br />As you may recall, during discussions with soccer leaders last spring, the idea came up to install <br />artificial surfaces on a soccer field. The soccer leaders identified Smith Community Field as an <br />ideal site. During initial meetings with partners and soccer representatives, Triangle United <br />Soccer Association, Triangle Futbol Club and CHAC Soccer each offered to contribute funds,in <br />support of this project. The potential contributors have requested that, in exchange for their <br />donation toward the project, facility use and lighting fees be waived for their organization. For <br />example, if a club were able to contribute $100,000, they would have free use of the field(s) until <br />$100,000 worth of credit is used. <br />Initially, I had the understanding that you agreed to this proposal and that Carrboro would be <br />willing to absorb this potential loss of revenue, thereby contributing to the project. The County <br />Manager has instructed me to be sure that I am correct in this understanding. Presumably, <br />Carrboro would also consider raising fees if the fields were to be converted to artificial. I believe <br />that a survey would show higher rental fees for this type of field. This might help reduce the <br />impact of this loss of revenue. <br />Available funding for this project is virtually non-existent, and would only be available if the <br />BOCC chooses to divert funds from another project. Current estimates for artificial surfaces on <br />both fields are in the $1.6 - $1.75 million dollar range. In order to reduce potential costs for the <br />Smith project as much as possible, we would also like to request that you inquire as to whether <br />
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