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to occur with on-site wastewater treatment facilities and there was no connection to municipal sewer service until sewer was extended all the way to Eubanks Road as a part of school construction, sewer construction costs assigned to the park project would be much reduced. However, if nearly half of the sewer costs were assigned to the park project (regardless of its location) sewer construction costs assigned to the school project would be much (approximately 50%) reduced. It should be noted that sewer extension costs would be a much greater share of the park budget than the schools budget. As the school will require the extension of a 10" to 12" waterline to accommodate fire suppression demands, costs associated with the extension of water service to the school is nearly the same (approximately $100,000 to $120,000), regardless of its location on either the northern or southern parcels (the school would be located approximately 1700 feet east of the existing 16" OWASA waterline on Old NC 86). However, providing water service via a 3" waterline (with no fire suppression provisions) to the park located on the southern parcel would cost only in the $50,000 to $75,000 range (if an automatic flushing device were required), Locating the park on the northern parcel would have the same water extension cost ($100-$120,000) as that for the school. This occurs because the extension of the 3" main to serve the park on the southern parcel would be a simple service extension (connection of a service line to an existing, though inactive, water main), while extension of water to the northern site would require a system extension (no existing water main on Eubanks Road) Additional Information on Action Sports At the December 6"' Board meeting, several citizens spoke in favor of including an "action sports" component at Twin Creeks Park In 2002-03, the 23-member citizen work group charges with developing a master plan for the pant considered a wide variety of uses, including solicitation of facilities from each of the Town and County parks advisory boards and a work group list of possible uses which was later pared down to the eventual facilities shown in the master plan. A roller hockey facility is shown as part of the Master Plans (both Master Plan #1 from 2003 and Alternative Scenario Design #2 from 2004), and there are a number of proposed hiking trails that could also include a cross-country course, but the type of action sports facilities proposed by the speakers on December 6"' were not identified as a priority and not discussed. The type of facilities that are being proposed, as staff understands it, would include: • BMX bike course with mounds and other obstacles • Skateboarding facility The existing Designs #1 and #2 do provide for a roller hockey facility in future phases of the park, which could perhaps be converted to meet skateboarding activity, if desired. Staff from ERC:D and Recreation and Parks made a site visit to an action sports facility in Greenville, NC. on ianuary 21", and pictures of this visit will be handed out at the meeting. No information was received from proponents of these facilities by the time of the agenda distribution, If the Board would like to pursue the inclusion of some facilities in this vein, some components of the park site will need to go through at least a limited- scope redesign