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REVISED 04/18/05 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 19, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. Q--G SUBJECT: Potential Maple View Soccer Field Project DEPARTMENT: ERCD /Recreation and Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT 1) March 2004 Staff Report 2) Soccer Superfund Guidelines 3) 2003 Approved Site Plan INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stancil, 245-2590 Lori Taft, 245-2660 Craig Benedict, 245-2585 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider action regarding a proposed soccer field on land leased at Maple View Farm. BACKGROUND: In March 2002, the County entered into a lease agreement with the Nutter Family Limited Partnership III for use of a six-acre parcel of land along Rocky Ridge Road as a potential soccer field. The Nutter family, owners of Maple View Farm, leased the property for $1/year to the County to create a location for a possible soccer field for daytime use to help mitigate the lack of soccer fields in the County highlighted by the 2000 Soccer Symposium Task Force report. In November 2002, the Board approved a site design of the proposed Maple View Soccer Field, and the site plan was submitted and approved in ~)anuary 2003. Construction drawings and documents were prepared, and the project was placed for bid in February 2003. Bids were received from three contractors on Febn~ary 18, 2003, with the low bidder at $251,000. In the spring of 2003, staff worked with the existing bid to identify changes to lower the projected cast. Because of the higher-than-expected cost of construction, the County undertook an evaluation of the potential project. In March of 2004, a report from staff in ERCD, Recreation and Parks and Planning was generated (attached) which identified four potential options for the project.