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JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL <br /> This site, on 4 -J property between Graham Field and the school <br /> track, currently is layed out for 3 youth sized soccer fields. <br /> To accommodate softball, one field would have to be eliminated or <br /> a replacement field created on a different side of the school. <br /> The three fields are currently of such poor quality that they are <br /> not fully utilized by the school. <br /> The advantage of this site is that restrooms are present, and <br /> that lighting expansion might be more acceptable to neighbors <br /> since it would be seen as an expansion of Graham Field. The <br /> complex is accessed by arterial streets. The lighting components <br /> from Ascot should be sufficient to light this smaller complex, <br /> with possibly some components remaining for a future project. <br /> The disadvantages are that the two remaining soccer fields would <br /> be about 15% short in both length and width for adult sized <br /> fields (still suitable for Kidsports), and only one lighted <br /> softball field is added; there is already insufficient parking, <br /> with much of it deemed hazardous as it occurs on the arterial <br /> streets. The soils are very poor, requiring the Cambridge <br /> drainage system in order to create a sufficiently long season and <br /> durability. <br /> Costs to develop it to the standard of the adjacent Graham Field <br /> are: <br /> Construct diamond $22,000 <br /> Cambridge drainage system (3.3 acres at $30,000) 100,000 <br /> 3" Topsoil 16,000 <br /> Turf seed and fertilizer 12,000 <br /> Off - street parking - -80 cars 100,000 <br /> Subtotal $250,000 <br /> Engineering and contingency at 20% 50,000 <br /> Total Cost $300,000 <br /> CENTURY - AMAZON FIELD <br /> This soccer field lies parallel to Amazon Creek, south of the <br /> Roosevelt Middle School soccer fields at 24th Avenue. It has an <br /> overlapping softball diamond. <br /> The advantages of this site are its off - street parking at either <br /> Roosevelt School or Amazon Pool; it already benefits from the <br /> Cambridge drainage system; access is from arterial streets; and <br /> 4 <br />