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To: Assembly of Govenunents Meeting
From: Lori Taft, Orange County Recreation and Parks Director
Date: Apri122, 2005
Re: SOLiTHERN COMMUNITY PARK UPDATE
Current Status: Nearing end of Special Use Permit process
Design Firm: OBS Landscape Architects
The Southern Community Pazk will be a 70-acre park located south of Southern Village
and west of 15-501.. The master indicates that the site will be over 50% natural. Most of
the developed portions of the site are located adjacent to Highway 15-501.
The Town submitted a Special Use Permit application in June of 2004. The review
schedule is as follows:
• Town Council -Tentatively scheduled for May 9, 2005, 7:00 p,m., Town Hall,
Council Chambers.
On April 11, the Council took the following two important actions:
t. Authorized the Manager to amend the Special User Permit to add 60 spaces to the
Dogwood Acres Drive parking lot.
2. Approved a phasing plan for the initial phase of construction. The following
elements will be constructed in the first phase assuming that bids are within
budget. All other park elements would be built once additional funds are secured:
• Parking lot with 125 spaces on Dogwood Acres Drive
• All sewer and water extensions, restrooms, sidewalks, traffic calming,
landscape buffers along US 15-501, dry detention basins, constructed
wetland basins
• Extension of Fan Branch Greenway Trail to the dog park
• Public art
• Athletic/soccer fields (3) (This option would not include athletic lights.
Lights would be added in a future phase although we would provide all
conduits in this phase to make future installation easier)
• Children's play area (1)
• Picnic Shelters (1 large, 1 small)
• Dog pazk
• Meadow/grass play area
• Disk golf course