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Attachment 1 <br />Southern Park <br />Specific proposed park improvements include: <br />Athletics Fields <br />• 1 in-line hockey court <br />• 2 basketball courts <br />• 3 lighted full size athletic fields with bleachers <br />• 1 youth baseball field with bleachers <br /> <br />Playgrounds/Picnic Shelters/Dog ParWMeadows <br />• 1 playground <br />• 1 children's water play area <br />• 2 picnic shelters <br />• 1 dog park with shelter with separate play areas for large and small dogs <br />• 1 meadow area (approximately 1 acre) <br />Pedestrian Paths/Bigycle Facilities <br />• 10' wide asphalt greenway trail between Southern Village and Merritt <br />Drive <br />• Preservation of a portion of an existing natural foot trail <br />• Internal pedestrian network including a walking path/gravel drive around <br />the 3 athletic fields <br />• 4 bicycle racks <br />• 5' sidewalk along the north side of Dogwood Acres Drive <br />Buildings (approximate square footage) <br />• 1 restroom facility (1,000 square feet) <br />• 1 maintenance building (3,000 square feet) <br />• 1 recycling center office (1,000 square feet) <br />Infrastructure <br />• 1 bus shelter <br />• 3 parking lots (229 spaces including 6 spaces at proposed maintenance <br />building) <br />• 4 bio-retention /extended dry stormwater basins <br />• Refuse and recycling containers <br />• Off-site extension of water and sewer lines <br />• Deceleration and turn lanes on US 15-501 and Dogwood Acres Drive <br />• Traffic calming features on Dogwood Acres Drive and on the internal park <br />road <br />Other <br />• Community recycling center (to be constructed and operated by Orange <br />County Solid Waste) <br />• Reservation of a site for a future community center or other recreation <br />facility (construction of this proposed future improvement will require the <br />applicant to submit a separate Special Use Permit at a later date) <br />