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their preliminary estimate of about $1,080,000 for the pre-grading work, The actual low bid is nearly a quarter of a million dollars lower than this preliminary estimate. While the entire amount under the preliminary estimate should not be attributed solely to the success of the joint bidding venture, it is fair to say that it is a strong contributing factor and mare than justifies the approach endorsed by the Board. Orange County voters approved $75 million in general obligation bonds in November 2001 that included an earmarking of $2 million fora "Soccer 5uperfund" that would fund the development of new soccer fields throughout Orange County. The BOCC adopted "Soccer Superfund Policy and Guidelines" (Attachment 4) that would help guide the use of these funds, Pursuant to the BOCC's directive at their meeting of June 23, 2004, and in keeping with the Soccer Superfund policy provision regarding public review and comment about any proposed soccer field development, staff conducted a public input meeting regarding the West Ten Soccer Complex on July 21, 2004. A summary (Attachment 5) of the discussion from that meeting is included with this agenda item. Also attached is a revised concept plan (Attachment 6) for the soccer complex, prepared by CRZ to reflect feedback from the public input meeting, CRZ representatives will point out the changes in the concept plan that have been posted following that public input meeting, The policy also provides that approximately half of the soccer superfund money may be spent for a complex of six or more fields somewhere in Orange County, To date, the Board has appropriated by capital project ordinance $1.5 million of the $2 million in November 2001 bonds for soccer.. Of this appropriation, $508,500 was earmarked for property acquisition and $119,000 for professional design/engineering fees, If the Board approves the staff recommendation that a further $347,030 in bond proceeds be allocated to cover the County's share of the pre-grading costs, the total soccer superfund earmarking would increase to about $975,000. Conservation Easement As contemplated in March 2004 and as reflected in the .June 2004 action on the special use permit, the County Attorney and the School Board Attorney are working on a conservation easement for the approximately 25 acres of the school site lying to the north of the athletic fields which will not be developed, This area of the 66+ acres making up the school site has upland wetlands and upland forest areas worthy of protection. The Orange County Planning Board, in its deliberations on the school SUP, urged the protection of these areas, It is expected that the conservation easement would be drawn such that the impervious surface far the 25 acres would remain with the balance of the school property, all other development rights would be extinguished, and the 25 acres would be available to the public far some passive Gounty- managed recreation uses, probably in conjunction with future development of the northern portion of the West Ten Soccer site, The decision to authorize the school to spend $775,000 for the purchase of this middle school site had with it the expectation that the County might buy from the Board of Education the portion of the 66 acres not needed for the school facilities and a corresponding reduction of the land cost portion of the school construction standards budget for this school, That can still be accomplished, in whole or in part, by the County either purchasing the conservation easement in question from the Board of Education or giving the same dollar amount in credit to the Board of Education in the land cost portion of the school budget for the middle school.