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$18,600 from the County) to cover the cost of ageo-technical investigation and an initial environmental analysis of the property. On January 20, 2000, the BOCC approved a professional services contract with Trigon Engineering Consultants, Inc. for the geo-technical investigation and a Phase I and preliminary Phase II environmental investigation at the Fairview Park Landfill and the adjacent Town of Hillsborough tract. This investigation includes the area used by the Fairview community for a ball field. At the BOCC joint meeting with the Town of Hillsborough Board of Commissioners on January 31, 2000, the Board expressed concern regarding the expected lack of a ball field available for use by the Fairview community during CY 2000. The Board asked the County Manager and staff to explore various options to provide the Fairview community with a useable ball field for CY 2000. Based on initial discussions by staff, four potential options were developed for investigation and consideration. The four initial options were as follow: 1) Use of the Existing Fairview Park Ball Field 2) Use of the Hillsborough Elementary School Field 3) Use of the Central Elementary School Field 4) Construction of a New Field at an Appropriate Location at Fairview Park on County Property or Town of Hillsborough Property OPTION #1 : Use of the Existing Fairview Park Ball Field Prior to considering options that would involve the relocation of the Fairview community's sports activities to an alternate site, it is worth acknowledging that the current ball field may be available for use by residents for CY 2000. As noted in the attached memorandum by Paul Thames, environmental testing of the ball field should be completed within the next month and a half. The county has requested expedited testing of the ball field area, and this would mean that the testing and laboratory work for the ball field should be complete by mid-March. If this testing can be completed and the results prove the field environmentally safe, the ball field could be available for use as early as April 1, 2000. It should be noted, however, that the addition of a dirt cover one foo# in depth to the field and associated grading mac be necessary before actual play could begin. This could possibly delay the availability of the field until May 1, 2000. The cost for this grading and fill work, according to Paul Thames, could total as much as approximately $30,000. It should also be noted that this scenario would dictate the development of an agreement between anon-profit and the county for the non-profit to direct use and oversight of the Fairview ball field. Even with these requirements, it is expected that this alternative would provide the least disruption and confusion for the Fairview community's recreational activities for CY 2000. A secondary consideration under this option would entail the county becoming the lead coordinator of activities involving the Fairview ball field. This would, of course, also require an environmentally safe finding as part of the geo-technical investigation. The county would then begin analyzing areas for improvement necessary to upgrade the ball field and its secondary facilities to county specifications. These upgrades as well as the additional responsibilities