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~~ <br />baseball/softball and practice fields on the backside of the school as part of their middle- <br />school program.. <br />Chip Foushee questioned whether the panting planned for the school would be enough to <br />support the soccer center. He was concerned about the overlapping attendance and <br />questioned whether existing paved pazking would be sufficient. Mike stated that there is <br />plarmed overflow parking in the grass areas, <br />Henry John asked: "How many soccer teams can one field acconunodate?" <br />Lori Tall said it would depend on the age group, Adults would accormnodate 5 games 10 <br />teams per° time slat for the complex. Kids would depend on the age group but at least 2 <br />teams could practice on each field at one time. <br />Cluis Larocca questioned what would happen if the Middle School has something going <br />on at the sanle time? <br />Lori spoke of arrangements to be made with the school system to share the fields. We <br />will need to develop an agreement with the school district, <br />Chip Foushee asked if the road would be widened to accorrunodate turning lanes. It is <br />currently,just a two lane road. <br />Rod spoke of the turn lanes shown on the proposed plan. Mike reviewed the layout of the <br />plan, showing where everything will be built, and giving some dimensions. <br />Henry .lolm asked: "What is the purpose of the fencing around the individual fields?" <br />Mike answered: "To keep the balls within the field." <br />Discussion followed, regarding paved parking. It was stated that there will be panting on <br />the grass if needed. This would not be ideal for every day but would work for overflow <br />parking on occasion.. If parking on grass leads to a problem, we could consider paving <br />certain areas in the future. <br />Henry John asked if the use of the soccer f elds would be year-round or seasonal? <br />Lori spoke of seasonal use. Year-round use would not be possible if a stand of grass is to <br />be maintained. <br />Mike spoke of Carolina Green Company wonting on the project to advise us on the type <br />of grass to be used. Brian Oswald suggested Bermuda grass with a mixture of winter rye. <br />Rod spoke of the general time line: The targeted open day for the middle school is <br />Summer 2006. The Soccer Center is wonting on the same schedule but it remains to be <br />seen how much will get built in the next yeaz and how much will have to be phased <br />