Twin Creeks District Park and Educational Campus Master Plan - 5-3-2005, Item 9a

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2 3, A phasing plan for the park, and information about the pending Carrboro CUP application; 4. The breakdown of water and sewer costs between park and campus; 5. Staffs review of recommendations submitted by an area citizen; and 6, Some minor staff-recommended modifications to the master plan to address site utility and safety issues. The primary action needed at this time is the adoption of a Master Plan and authorization for staff to proceed with a Conditional Use Permit application to Carrboro. As shown in the attached timetable, the preparation of the Conditional Use Permit application to Carrboro is intensive and is expected to take 4-6 months, due to the level of detail needed for the application and the need for contracted engineering drawings. Subsequent review and consideration of the CUP has been estimated by Town staff to take approximately one year. However, the Board may wish to consider asking the Town to expedite the review timetable, as was recently done for the CHCCS high school #3. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no cost associated with adoption of the Master Plan. The proposed Phase I of the park is estimated to cost in the range of$1.6-$2.0 million, depending on future construction costs and the amount of pre-grading that is done for future fields as part of Phase I.. A total of $1.2 million is available from the 2001 Parks and Open Space bond toward this project. In terms of other possible funding sources, the Board has previously briefly discussed the Soccer Superfund as a possibility ($1,025,000 remaining). Recent discussions with the designer for the West Ten Soccer Center have indicated that $375,000 would yield the construction of two soccer fields at that site. The Board may wish to consider allocating the remaining $650,000 toward Twin Greeks and the two new fields in Phase I of the park. Other possible funding sources might include the Chapel Hill District Park payment-in-lieu fund (around $20,000), and a potential N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant application (a grant of up to $500,000 can be submitted in January 2006). RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1, Adopt the proposed Master Plan (including the staff-recommended utility and safety modifications) dated May 3, 2005; 2. Authorize staff to begin the process of preparing the Conditional Use Permit application to the Town of Carrboro, utilizing the proposed Phase I as shown in the Master Plan (pending further discussion at the time of CUP application completion later this year); 3. Authorize the Chair to send a letter to the Town of Carrboro asking that the CUP application review process for phase I of Twin Creeks Park be expedited; 4. Agree to earmark $650,000 from the Soccer Superfund to help construct Phase I of the park, and authorize staff to submit an application to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund in January 2006 (in an amount up to $500,000 to be determined later); 5. Take under advisement the citizen comments received and staffs review of those comments, for action at the appropriate time when park construction and future phases are discussed and approved..