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Advantages: <br /> ► Adult softball games can be moved to Freedom Park and played under the <br /> lights. <br /> ► Softball fencing etc. can be removed by city forces this fall at no out of <br /> pocket costs. <br /> ► The field can be made useable for soccer at an out of pocket cost of about <br /> $2,500.00. <br /> • Driftwood Park has adequate parking, permanent rest rooms, emergency <br /> phones, and well drained established turf. <br /> ► Driftwood Park has been heavily used for active sports since the park was <br /> established so neighborhood resistance should be minimal if any. <br /> ► If soccer needs decline or a replacement facility is found and developed, <br /> Driftwood can easily be converted back to a softball field. <br /> Disadvantages: <br /> ► The field is somewhat under sized 75 x 100 yds while the optimum size is <br /> 80 x 110 yds. <br /> Expansion of the field to the desired size would involve relocating a <br /> section of pathway system and a significant amount of fill and turf work, <br /> • estimated cost $10,000. <br /> ► Permanent soccer use would require installation of an irrigation system <br /> estimated cost $12,000. <br /> Recommendation <br /> To request Council approval of a two year commitment of Driftwood as a soccer <br /> facility, with a 1996 expenditure not to exceed $3,000 and that the Commission agrees <br /> in the summer of 1997 to review the needs for soccer and make a recommendation <br /> regarding Driftwood as a permanent soccer field with the associated costs. <br /> G:1WP\PB961SOCCER.MEM <br /> • <br />