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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 4, 2004 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Authorization to Contract with Corley Redfoot Zack (CRZ) for Design Services far <br />West Ten Soccer Park <br />DEPAR'iMENT: Purchasing and Central Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y!N) No <br />Recreation and Parks <br />Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Vicinity Map <br />Subject Property Map <br />Scope of Services <br />CRZ Proposal Cover Letter <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, ext, 2652 <br />Lori Taft, ext. 2673 <br />Craig N.. Benedict, ext, 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider authorizing a contract with Corley Redfoot Zack (CRZ) for design services <br />of the 34-acre West Ten Road Soccer Park, <br />BACKGROUND: In June 2003, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) appropriated funding <br />that enabled the Orange County Board of Education to obtain options to purchase several parcels <br />of property on West Ten Road approximately, 1 mile between Mt, Willing and Buckhorn Roads, <br />south of I-85/I-40 (see attached Map). The property, totaling slightly more than 100 acres, was <br />being considered for use by the Orange County Schools (OCS) as the site of a planned new middle <br />school, and possibly other uses, <br />In subsequent months, the Board of Education determined that it would not need for the middle <br />school the 33+ acre Euliss property that was part of the overall 100 acres. In March 2004, the <br />Board of Education purchased the remaining 67 acres, and Orange County purchased the Euliss <br />property with the intent of using it primarily as the site of a soccer complex. <br />In recognition of previously adopted resolutions that establish a policy of pursuing County/Schools <br />coordinated and joint use facility planning when it is feasible to do so, County and OCS staff and <br />the middle school architects have held discussions about how the adjacent locations of the middle <br />school and soccer park sites might lead to economies of scale during design and construction and <br />could possibly lead to many "smart growth"' cost savings in both projects. <br />County staff developed a team to investigate the feasibility of using the existing middle school <br />design firm of Corley Redfoot Zack (CRZ) for the soccer park design, The team included Rod <br />