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there is a lack of residential use within 500 feet. The site is <br /> already under city scheduling and maintenance management. <br /> The disadvantages include the fact that half as many fields would <br /> be illuminated as are proposed for Ascot. Restrooms are provided <br /> by the Amazon Softball fields, but at 1200 feet (three blocks) <br /> away, across 24th Avenue and out of sight, they are of minimal <br /> value. <br /> Costs associated with lighting the area described might decrease <br /> to the extent that they would offset the conduit, pull boxes and <br /> labor already applied to Ascot. Restrooms are seen as the main <br /> deficiency. <br /> In a related matter, there is also a restroom deficiency <br /> associated with the Amazon playground and picnic area to the <br /> southeast. A restroom might be located at a point 500 feet north <br /> of the playground and 650 feet southeast of the soccer field that <br /> would serve both needs. <br /> CENTURY - AMAZON (Future Expansion) <br /> This facility would involve upgrading existing fields and <br /> constructing a new field on Amazon Park property. They would be <br /> the equal of Westmoreland's Graham Field or the Ascot fields <br /> proposed for lighting. Except for a larger restroom to serve <br /> more than athletic needs in the park, costs are estimated to be <br /> identical to the Churchill /Kennedy facility described below. <br /> A possible disadvantage is that parking needs might compete with <br /> swimming pool parking needs, suggesting that either additional <br /> parking might be required, or that no games be scheduled at peak <br /> swimming hours (daytime on summer weekends) . <br /> CHURCHILL /KENNEDY <br /> This site was the top rated location according to the Soccer <br /> Study Committee that considered where the best soccer complex <br /> would be to serve primarily 4 -J needs. A location exists with <br /> two softball diamonds existing and two soccer fields, which with <br /> slight repositioning would allow a lightable complex. <br /> The Churchill site has the advantage of having the same number of <br /> fields being lit as Ascot, good parking, substantial distance <br /> from the nearest residences (325 feet), and access by arterial <br /> streets. <br /> The disadvantages include a layout that covers a slightly larger <br /> acreage (more maintenance costs), the lack of restrooms, a <br /> possible parking problem if many events are in progress <br /> 5 <br />