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Advantages to YS Activities of Four Synthetic Multi -use Fields <br /> Draft 6/8/99 <br /> 1. YS /City use guaranteed year -round - well in excess of 50% of total time. Use guaranteed <br /> even during Fall season which is the only period of truly intense 4J use. Use will be <br /> governed by an intergovernmental agreement between the City and 4J, and by a user <br /> committee on which there will be youth sport group and City representation, and which, <br /> along with the original agreement, will fully govern the use of the facilities. <br /> 2. Fields will be built for regulation high school football and soccer, with run -offs, resulting <br /> in considerable playing area. <br /> 3. Cameron McCarthy Gilbert has estimated that a synthetic field can be used for <br /> approximately 1575 events per year, Feb. 1 through Dec. 15. CMG estimates that a sand <br /> based grass field would support 312 medium intensity activities and 176 high intensive <br /> traffic activities. For natural grass on native soil the usage falls to 156 and 78, <br /> respectively. Assuming a mix of 1/2 football and '/2 less intense activity, an artificial surface <br /> field would support 1575 events per year in comparison with 244 events per year for sand <br /> based grass and 117 events per year for natural turf The approximate ratio, rounded, is <br /> 15:2.4 :1 (artificial:sand - based grass:turf). <br /> In terms of rough estimates, the capital cost of a (field -turf) synthetic field is $1 million. <br /> Sand -based grass is approximately $500,000 (all costs including construction, state <br /> prevailing wages, permit, fees, architecture fees, contingency, etc.). <br /> An artificial surface field costs about $5,000 per year to maintain. A sand -based grass <br /> field requires about $35,000 per year in maintenance. <br /> 4. The City of Eugene estimates, given good weather, that an artificial surface field can be <br /> used at least four times as much as a sand -based grass field. <br /> 5. Space for additional field development on the SHS, CHS, and CY Middle School <br /> campuses is limited. High usage artificial surface fields will provide more total <br /> opportunities for youth. <br /> 6. The cost of developing an undeveloped site (i.e., Kinney Loop) would be significantly <br /> adversely impacted by the need to bring in infrastructure (not currently available), and to <br /> develop parking, roads, lighting, etc. This cost could potentially equalkxceed the City <br /> Bond "contribution" to the four synthetic surface fields. <br /> 7. All four proposed synthetic surface fields would be made available for youth sports, and <br /> would be governed by the original agreement. The same, or similar user committee would <br /> be established to govern use at NEHS and SEHS. <br />