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January13,1997 To: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Cabarrus County Manager Steve L. Little, Director Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Department Subject: North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grant Application for W.W. Flowe Park As noted in the Annual Reports for Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Department, the athletic programs and park utilization have experienced a tremendous growth in the last several years. An example of this large growth is in the area of the youth and adult athletic programs of 4,720 participants in FY 1986-87 compared to 9,692 participants in FY 1995-96. This huge 105°/'o increase in number of athletic participants shows a good example of the demand for quality recreation opportunities by the general public. On January 16, 1996 the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners approved a proposal to construct a four baseball/softball and two soccer field athletic complex at W.W. Flowe Park. In the Fiscal Year 1996-97 budget, the Board of Commissioners approved $140,000 in funds for the following proposed elements of this project: grading, turfing, backstops, team benches, picnic tables, and gravel trails. The proposed plans were to submit a matching State of North Carolina grant for $70,000 for the project. The proposed plans are to utilize Cabarrus County Landfill/Property Maintenance equipment and employees in the ground clearing, rough grading, fine grading, and turfing of these proposed athletic facilities. By utilizing Cabarrus County equipment and manpower, Cabarrus County will save over $210,000 in contract costs. Contract costs will be required for the following: limited survey staking, erosion/storm drainage elements, and transportation of landfill equipment. Attached is a sheet with comparison of outside contract price versus in-house equipment and manpower. In August 1996, the State of North Carolina announced the preliminary date for awarding grants has been moved to late May 1997. State officials also announced that local government with an active PARTF grant are ineligible to apply for PARTF assistance until their active project is completed and closed out. This proposed regulation would make Cabarrus County ineligible to apply for State Park trust funds in FY 1997-98. On November 22, 1996, Cabarms County Manager Frank Clifton approved for the Director to prepare a N.C. PARTF Grant for the maximum level of reimbursable State matching funds of $250,000, or for a $500,000 project at W.W. Flowe Athletic Park. The proposed facilities include the following: grading/turfing of four baseball/softball fields and two soccer fields, fencing, dugouts, bleachers, field lights (4 fields), soccer goals, restrooms/concession building, landscaping, signage, utilities, gravel parking lots, pit gravel trails, and picnic table sites.