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

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5 A request for a meeting to discuss the possibility of the course within the easement has been made,but had not yet occurred at the time of this writing.Any subsequent conversation will be conveyed at the meeting on May 3" 2. Potential Use of Soccer Superfund for Phase I of Park In previous meetings, the Board has briefly discussed the possibility of using Soccer Superfund monies to help augment funding for Phase I of Twin Creeks Park. As noted in December, estimates prepared by a professional construction cost estimating firm in July 2004 reflected a projected cost for Phase I of the park at $1,645,000. These estimates are now 9 months old, and while they did reflect much of the increase in construction costs that began occurring in early 2004, it may be reasonable to add 10%to the estimates—yielding a projected cost of$1.8 million. The 2001 Parks and Open Space Bond allocated $1,200,000 million for Phase I of Twin Creeks Park. There is $1,025,000 remaining in the Soccer Superfund (including some funds projected to come on line in FY 2005-06). As such, the projected funding shortfall to build Phase I is approximately$600,000. The proposed Phase I of the park would include the meadow area, a picnic shelter, trails, 2 lighted full-size soccer fields, and related parking areas and entry road segments. Projected soccer field-related costs for Phase I are likely in the range of $500-650,000, There is another project that has been funded with the Soccer Superfund -- the West Ten Soccer Center on West Ten Road in western Orange County. To date, approximately $975,000 has been appropriated toward the West Ten Soccer Center (this includes funding for land acquisition). The funds expended to date have provided for the land and pre-grading of the Soccer Center,which as designed would include 5 full-size fields and a sixth practice field. With this investment in place,additional funds at West Ten could yield soccer fields that could be constructed in the next few years. A recent cost estimate from the project designers (Corley, Redfoot and Zack) has indicated that two of the soccer fields at West Ten could be constructed and placed in operation for an additional$375,000. However,funding may also be desirable at Twin Creeks,which would be the first County built soccer fields in southern Orange County Splitting the remaining funds between the two projects ($375,000 toward West Ten, $650,000 toward Twin Creeks) would enable two fields at each location to be built and become available for use in subsequent years. 3. Phasing Plan for the Park 1 Carrboro CUP Application As shown in the December 2004 materials,Twin Creeks Park will be a multi-phase facility,which has been acknowledged and reflected by each group that has looked at the design of the site. Staff's proposal for Phase I of the park is designed to get "the most bang for the buck" in terms of building the facilities that are closest to