
{"id":10147,"date":"2010-04-22T12:35:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=10147"},"modified":"2010-04-22T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:35:04","slug":"county-funds-cedar-falls-soccer-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/04\/22\/county-funds-cedar-falls-soccer-field\/","title":{"rendered":"County funds Cedar Falls soccer field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY SUSAN DICKSON<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Staff Writer<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nThe Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a partnership with Chapel Hill that would allocate county soccer funds for the construction of an artificial-turf soccer field at Cedar Falls Park. <\/p>\n<p>Orange County voters approved a Parks and Open Space Bond in 2001 that included funding for the location and construction of new soccer fields in the county. In 2005, the board appropriated $650,000 of the funds for soccer fields at Twin Creeks Park north of Carrboro, but due to high construction costs the allocation was insufficient and the county chose not to pursue the soccer project at the park. <\/p>\n<p>About $620,000 remains in the soccer fund, which will support improvements to a large field at Cedar Falls Park, located off Weaver Dairy Road near East Chapel Hill High School. <\/p>\n<p>Butch Kisiah, director of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation, said the field is used for a variety of sports, including soccer, lacrosse and rugby. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s loved to death, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our problem,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kisiah said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We literally wear it out.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>With the artificial turf, the field\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life will be extended to four times that of a traditional grass field. The field will include enough space for two full-sized soccer pitches and will be available for use during winter months, when grass is often unsuitable for play. <\/p>\n<p>The funding also will enable the installment of field lighting, parking improvements and renovations to the park\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s restroom facility. <\/p>\n<p>Board members said they supported the proposed project. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It does put use to county funds that we probably wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to do much with,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Commissioner Pam Hemminger said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a very exciting proposal, and I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great location because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s accessible to many people.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>In other county business, the board approved revisions to the reduction in force (RIF) section of the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personnel ordinance. The RIF section of the ordinance had not been revised since its adoption in 1985, and the revisions update the language to reflect changes in the law and provide a system for implementing a reduction in force, should one become necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my hope we never have to do a reduction in force, but if we do, we want to do it in a structured format,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d county manager Frank Clifton said. <\/p>\n<p>The board voted earlier this month to eliminate 21 vacant positions, and officials have warned that further reductions in staffing may become necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a partnership with Chapel Hill that would allocate county soccer funds for the construction of an artificial-turf soccer field at Cedar Falls Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10148,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions\/10148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}