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PREPARED 9/12/06 SOCCER FIELD DEVELOPMENT STATUS • Soccer field development in Orange County is moving forward at an increasing pace now that master planning has taken place and funding has been provided for a variety of projects. • Completed projects involving County funding include: Smith Middle School lighting (2), Efland-Cheeks lighting, Scroggs Elementary, field. • Three fields at Southern Community Park in Chapel Hill will be under construction within the next months. • Projects at Northern Human Services Center and Twin Creeks (4) are in the final design phase. • West Ten Soccer Center (5-6) is planned, but not yet fully funded. • $1,350,000 has been allocated for the West Ten project from the Soccer Superfund, The remaining $650,000 from this fund was set aside for Twin Creeks Park, • An additional $350,000 was allocated from 2/3 net debt reduction bond funding for West Ten. Currently, with expenditures for the purchase of the property, pre-grading and utility improvements to the site, $733,168 remains in the West Ten Soccer Center account. • Recently, staff has been encouraged by initial dialogue with a potential partner entity, with whom apublic/private pilot partnership could be explored. A proposal was submitted to this entity in mid August.. Staff has not received confirmation or further communication on this matter to date, but remains optimistic. • Within the next week, applications will be available for apre-grant application for funds from the lJS Soccer Foundation. Staff is poised to submit necessary materials for this application, The maximum award in this program is $200,000, • Should funding above the current allocation of $733,000 be unavailable in the near term, it would be possible to move forward with the project in an initial phase, Consulting engineers estimate that two fields without lighting could be completed with the funds currently available.