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<br />Option A - Proceed with Current Master Plans, with Limited Scope Changes <br />The "status quo" option would proceed with one of the basic design configuration as <br />shown (Design #1 or #2), but would accommodate some limited modifications to the <br />plan within a short timeframe, if desired. An example of a limited-scope modification <br />would be the change in location (or addition/deletion) of one or two small facilities <br />that do not have significant site impacts on the larger design, and do not alter the <br />site's functional synergy. <br />Process: This option would allow for the project to proceed without arty f urther committee or format <br />processes. <br />Approval of a Master Plan in this approach could occur as soon as the Board is ready, <br />or within approximately 1-2 months, if limited scope changes were made. <br />Option B - Intermediate Scope Redesign <br />An option that expands on a limited redesign approach would be an effort based on a <br />limited and fixed set of parameters and principles. This could be similar in some <br />respects to each of the options listed above. It would retain the basic premises and <br />site layout of the Master Plan in Designs #1 and #2, but provide for some aspects to <br />be reconsidered. For example, a moderate-scope redesign might include things such <br />as: <br />• Considering whether locating Elementary School #10 on the southeastern <br />portion of the property (east of Jones Creek and closer to existing <br />neighborhoods, in Designs #1 and 2, the area identified as "future educational <br />facility") would meet some of the interests in Plan #3? <br />• Consideration of moving a few park facilities to the northern portion of the <br />site in exchange for creating room for a school footprint in the southern <br />(park) portion of the site? <br />• A look at realigning the proposed connector road on the edge of the property ? <br />• Moving the stadium field to the south side of Jones Creek, closer to the park? <br />There may also be other moderate redesign components to be reviewed. At some point, <br />the redesign effort would become large enough that a full-scale redesign (a la Option C <br />below) would be just as efficient. However, if only a few major changes were desired - <br />and those changes could be accommodated in a manner that works within the site <br />constraints and does not require a full rethinking of design principles - this type of <br />redesign could accomplish some of the ideas in Plan #3 in a fashion that preserves the <br />Master Plan concepts in the first two designs. <br />Process: An intermediate scope redesign could be accomplished with a small ad hoc workgroup of 6 <br />members (2 commissioners, 2 school board members, and 2 recreation and park representatives), <br />working with staff, and perhaps utilizing a public input session before completing work, There may <br />also be other possibilities for process. <br />This intermediate scope redesign might be accomplished over a period of 3-4 months