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1 ��1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF CONMSSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date_ November 3 , 1999 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT : Creation of a Task Force to Organize a Soccer Symposium <br /> i <br /> DEPARTMENT : Recreation and Parks PUBLIC 1W, LMG; (YIN) No <br /> Economic Development Commission <br /> ATTACRU{EITk1a) INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br /> TELEPHONE NUM 3ERS V <br /> Hillsborough 7324181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 68&7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227 2031 <br /> PURPOSE : To consider establishing a charge for, and appointing a task force to organize and focus <br /> community interest in promoting soccer and soccer facilities. <br /> BACKGROUND : Considerable anecdotal information indicates there is great interest in playing soccer <br /> in Orange County. There are a number of leagues operating within the county, and sporadic . efforts have <br /> been made to secure fields by these leagues. The Board of County Commissioners recently received a <br /> letter from Rick Kennedy, a contended crtmzen and member of the Orange County Board of Education, <br /> . outlining the demand for improved soc= facilities, and earlier this month the Catrboro Board of <br /> Aldermen forwarded a request to the county to address this need. <br /> While the Master Pa <br /> rks and Recreation Plan spoke to general needs, it did not focus on provision of <br /> facilities to matt county demand for specific sports facilities. <br /> Both the co <br /> unty' s Economic Development Cnm,r ; zc; on and the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council <br /> endorse the idea of establishing an organizing committee to promote a meeting of various interest groups <br /> to discuss soccer interest and needs. Among the issues to be explored are what facilities are currently <br /> available, what is needed, where and how much is the demand, what is the possibility of diverse soccer <br /> leagues working together, what sorts of arrangements are required to share usage of fields, and what <br /> private and public funding sources are available. <br /> Since many soccer players must currently leave the county or otherwise travel great distances to <br /> Participate, the possible provision of additional soccer facilities in Orange County is seen as meeting <br /> economic development as wcli as recreational needs. <br />