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2 Northern Park: The site plan for the park (full master plan) has been approved,, with a condition related to the wastewater system to be resolved before building permits are issued. In order to stay on schedule for construction bid award by June, staff has developed options for Phase I for the park based on new construction estimates -both with and without State grant funds that are pending consideration. If this approach is acceptable, construction drawings and bid documents will be finalized on this basis and construction bids solicited, with a June 26 target date for construction bid award by the Board. This would enable construction to begin this summer. West Ten Soccer Center: To move the project along, steps are currently underway to get the field construction underway on an aggressive timetable. Field construction bids were advertised the week of April 16, with a bid opening proposed for May 1. A Site Plan has also been submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Current plans would have a construction bid award before the Board on May 15. Direction provided by the Board at the worksession would be incorporated into a subsequent decision on the April 24 or May 3 Board agenda. Fairview Park, Phase I: A Request for Proposals for the engineering and plan approval work has been issued. An interview team would be formed to recommend a firm for this work, and a contract for the work is anticipated to come before the Board for action in May. Playground replacement is underway. Twin Creeks Park, Phase 1: With Elementary. School #10 underway on the schools campus portion of this 193-acre site, a staff team and the design/engineering firm have been working to prepare the extensive Conditional Use Permit application materials to submit to the Town of Carrboro far approval of phase I of the park. Several preliminary development meetings have been held with Town staff and attorney, as have discussions with adjacent property owners about shared infrastructure. Carrboro staff has suggested several components to be included in the application, outlined in the attached summary. Updated cost estimates for Phase I of the park have been developed,~however available funding is insufficient to build Phase I at this time. An alternative scenario to continue with the design work and use these funds temporarily toward soccer fields elsewhere is proposed (please see Recommendations below). In addition to the above, updates will be provided on other projects that are in design or pending design phases. FINANCIAL. IMPACT: There are no financial impacts associated with this status report, however, a number of financial decisions are imminent for the projects that are in pre- construction phase. Decisions about facilities to be constructed consistent with available funds will be forthcoming. At this time, the four pre-construction projects have the following funds available (with the budget amount in parentheses): Northern Park ($1.2 million), $1.06 million remains with a $500,000 state grant pending and $150,000 available in payment-in-lieu funds; West Ten Soccer Center ($1.7 million), $0.73 million remaining with $150,000 available in payment-in-lieu funds for either/or this project or Fairview Park. Additionally for West Ten, Board discussions to date related to spring 2007 alternative financing have contemplated issuing an additional $2.267 million in debt funding to complete field development. Fairview Park ($850,000), $805,000 with the potential for $150,000 in payment-in-lieu funds for either/or this project or West Ten Soccer Center; Twin Creeks Park ($1.85 million), $1.6 million with $50,000 in available payment-in-lieu funds.