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16 and that the possibility of locating a BMX bike course to address the action sports interest within the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation (PEMC) easement be reviewed. The Board also asked that the master plan be brought back tonight for adoption, along with some follow up questions from April 14th. All of the items are addressed in the attached staff memo. The staff has made contact with PEMC to talk about the possibility of a bike course within the easement. As a general rule, non-structural facilities are sometimes accommodated within these easements, but more elaboration from Piedmont is needed as to whether this fits into something acceptable. The Board can adopt the plan with the language about a "possible future site"without making a commitment, pending further discussion with PEMC. The concept of using the soccer superfund monies was also mentioned. These funds could be used to help with phase I of the park, which will include two full-sized soccer fields. There has also been an existing commitment at the West Ten Soccer Complex for soccer superfund monies. One concept is the idea of putting $650,000 earmarked to help build the two fields at Twin Creeks and the remaining $375,000 could be earmarked for West Ten Soccer Complex. Regarding phasing of the park, phase I is designed to get "the most bang for the buck" in terms of building facilities closest to the park entry to minimize infrastructure costs. He explained the trails that would be included in phase I. Regarding the CUP application to the Town of Carrboro, staff estimates that once a master plan has been adopted and authorization to prepare the application received, the application can be completed in 7-9 months. In terms of water and sewer costs, the vast majority will be from the schools, when they are built. The first phase will include a well to defer connection to OWASA service to a future phase. The initial need for expansion of OWASA water and sewer on the site would occur with the construction of Elementary School #10. The list of suggestions from Jay Bryan are attached to the memo, along with responses from the staff, as requested by the Board. The staff also identified a few minor modifications to address site utility and safety considerations. The first is to place the tennis courts together. The southernmost parking lot was aligned to the same side of the road as the playing fields so that people using the fields would not have to cross the entry road. Finally, pending further discussions about the possible farmstead buildings, there is a possible parks operations base. The recommendation is in five parts as stated in the abstract. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the estimate of$1.8 million for phase I. He asked if the County Commissioners had seen these estimates and Dave Stancil said that they were mentioned in the staff report in January. Commissioner Halkiotis would like to see specifics because it seems that there is not much for$1.8 million. He asked if it included paving the roadway and parking lots, irrigating the fields, a pumping station, etc. Chair Carey asked about the length of the road and Dave Stancil said approximately'/4 mile. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the issue of Duke as a neighbor and if there should be discussions with them about timber operations. Dave Stancil said that there are several possibilities and one is the connector road that would extend north of Eubanks Road. The alignment brings it along the common boundary of Duke Forest up to Eubanks Road. The Duke Forest representative felt like they would be amenable to doing this, but there have been no formal discussions with Duke. Commissioner Jacobs asked Dave Stancil if he envisioned revisiting the BMX issue. Dave Stancil said that this may not be the only opportunity to address this, but it can be addressed in future phases.