09-21>9-23-2001 City Council Retreat

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• Some of the new fields built at Westside Park would be larger than the existing fields Fairmont Park, thereby better meeting the needs of the Pony League age group. • Could be accomplished fairly quickly because we already own the land. Disadvantages: • Divides the youth baseball facilities, by providing at two sites. This will cause some problems for parents who have participants at both sites. • Could cause some logistics problems for tournaments and other special uses. Estimated Costa The estimated cost for five to six fields, including parking, concession and restroom facilities, utility service, etc. is approximately $2 million (estimate provided by Randall -Porterfield Architects, Inc.). Option 2 Staff believes the area southeast of Fairmont Parkway and SH 146 will begin development in the near future. When it does, there will be a need for detention areas for each of the parcels of land that will be developed. This proposal calls for consolidation of the detention areas into a single, twenty -acre site. This detention area could then be used for youth baseball facilities. Preliminary talks have begun with Mr. . Haynesworth regarding the possible consolidation of detention for this area, and use of some of his undeveloped land for this purpose. Advantages: • Since the land development standards require detention areas, this dual use would be of benefit to both the developers as well as the City. • Mr. Haynesworth could get a tax write-off for donation of the land at parkland value rather than at detention area value... should he choose to donate the land to the City. • All of the advantages listed in Option 1 apply here except that we do not own the land. Disadvantages: • As stated above, we do not own the land. This option may take somewhat longer to accomplish. • If the land has to be purchased, the cost of development as youth baseball complex goes up. • Disadvantages for Option 1 also apply here. Estimated Cost: The estimated cost for five to six fields, including parking, concession and restroom facilities, utility service, etc. is approximately $2 million (estimate • provided by Randall -Porterfield Architects, Inc.), plus the possibility of land purchase if an agreement cannot be reached for donation. 13.2