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2 <br />playground. The co-location with Gravelly Hill Middle School was designed to provide for shared <br />access to parking for the two facilities, and this is represented in the approved conditions of the <br />middle school's special use permit (SUP). This facility sharing would be put in place via cross <br />access easements in a Joint Use Agreement between the Orange County Schools and the <br />County that would reflect the SUP conditions. <br />Addition of these potential future facilities to the master plan also has the effect of expanding the <br />scope of the West Ten Soccer Center by adding other active recreation facilities. In doing so, it <br />may be possible to meet a need identified in the 1988 Recreation and Parks Element of the <br />Comprehensive Plan for a Cheeks District Park. Staff has suggested that the combination of <br />expanded active recreation facilities (allowing concurrent multi-generational use) at West Ten <br />Soccer Center -combined with a future Seven-Mile Creek Preserve Public Access Area with <br />low-impact recreation located nearby -would work in tandem to meet the needs of the Cheeks <br />District Park, functioning as a split-site park. Designating the two sites as a split-site district park <br />for the Cheeks District (which also contains the existing Efland-Cheeks Community Park) would <br />appear to meet the needs in the Plan. <br />Both the adopted master plan and the proposed revised master plan with the suggested <br />additions are attached. A vicinity map showing the location of the potential split-site park is also <br />provided. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no cost associated with revising the master plan. However, the <br />eventual construction of the unbudgeted additional facilities would cost an estimated $500- <br />600,000 (in 2007 dollars). <br />RECOMMEN®ATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board review the master plan, <br />discuss the potential additions to the master plan, and adopt the revised version, if desired. If <br />the master plan is revised, it is also recommended that this facility operate in conjunction with <br />planned future low-impact recreation at Seven-Mile Creek to officially meet the needs of the <br />proposed Cheeks District Park in the Comprehensive Plan. <br />