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

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8 6. Proposed Staff Master Plan Modifications for Site Utility and Safety Staff has identified,over the past few months,some minor modifications to the Master Plan that address the utility of the site's facilities and the safety of park users. One of the proposed modifications carne up at discussion of the recent Twin Creeks Work Group,but because it was outside of the charge of the Work Group, this was not included in their report or proposed Master Plan map. Staff proposes to make the following changes to the Master Plan recommended by the Work Group: • As noted by the Work Group,the four tennis courts (Future Phases,near the baseball/softball fields)might function better(and offer tournament play possibilities)if grouped together rather than the current symmetrical 2-and-2 design. Sta FF agrees with this,and proposes to locate all four courts together at the location of the eastern-most set (please see proposed Master Plan Map 5-3-05). • It was noted that safety issues could exist with the lower parking lot proposed for Phase I,in that the lot is located across the park entry road from the playing fields. The proposed plan (5-3-05)would relocate the lot to the same side as the soccer fields. This would also serve to move the parking area further from Jones Creek • A park operation base was assumed as a given in previous designs and was not physically shown on the map.It may be possible for this activity to be located within the farmstead complex,but the eventual disposition of the farmstead buildings has not been determined and will involve structural assessment and historic building considerations. To provide for a location for the operation base,a site has been reflected on the 5-3-05 master planto the northeast of the playing fields. 7. Other Considerations • Lake Hogan Farm Road Extension:Most of this required Carrboro connector road would be built in conjunction with future schools construction. One segment would likely be required to be built in the second phase of Town Creeks Park. Preliminary discussions were held in 2003 with the Duke representative on the CHATPEC Work Group about the potential of the road traversing the boundary between County and Duke Forest land, and it appeared at that time that an arrangement of this type might be acceptable to Duke.Duke Forest is the adjoining landowner to the northeast, and the section of Duke Forest that is adjacent was recently cut over as part of forest management activity in 2004.The Board may wish to consider whether(and when) to more formally discuss this matter with Duke officials. • Jones Creek Greenway: Carrboro's land use plan shows a greenway along the.Jones Creek corridor,which cuts across the Twin Creeks site.