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/:) /10 <br />Law and Finance Committee Meeting <br />May 14, 2014 <br />Consider Market An'+lvsis and Financial Funliity Study for Dennis A Wicker Civic Cuter and <br />Sports Complex — shiMt r1 <br />City Manager Hegwer reminded Council that this issue was discussed at the Council <br />Retreat and there was a follow-up discussion at the InterLocal Committee Meeting with Lee <br />County. <br />Mayor Mann said this proposed 21" Century multi - sports complex project would serve Lee <br />County as a whole and not just Sanford. He said the General Obligation Bonds is an important <br />part of this project, and the general consensus of the Lee County Commissioners and City Council <br />is that this is a great project. He said there would be a walkable area connecting the community <br />college to the O. T. Sloan Park area all the way to the Horner Boulevard corridor. He said the <br />economic benefit is very strong because people would attend tournaments and overnight events. <br />He said the college bond was on the referendum and if it passed, there would be an expansion of <br />the Civic Center that would coordinate with this project, which would create a great quality of life <br />component for this anm Mayor Mann asked Council to consider the necessity for a feasibility <br />study for the multi-sports complex project. <br />Mayor Mann said the college trustees did not want to include the Civic Center project in <br />the feasibility study at this point, and they wanted to address this on their own after their bond has <br />been voted on; therefore, they have requested to withdraw the Civic Center portion of the <br />feasibility study. Mayor Mann asked for authorization for funding for the feasibility study for the <br />multi- sports complex. <br />Mayor Mann said that the area soccer league (SASL) currently occupies space at the Lions <br />Club but none of the fields they use are regulation. He said SASL has a six figure amount they <br />have saved for many years and they had approached him with an interest in participating in the <br />finding ofthis study. He said they were willing to put in $5,000 and were willing to put the finds <br />they had saved into the multi- sports project. He said he hoped the City and the County would <br />consider this and hopefully enter into some type of contract with SASL to manage the soccer <br />portion of the complex. Mr. Mann said he did not have an exact figure for the feasibility study <br />after the Civic Center portion is taken out; however, he believes it would be approximately <br />$30,000. He asked that the City appropriate $ 15,000; SASL will contribute 55,000, and then we <br />would ask Lee County to contribute the remainder of the fiords. <br />Council Member Haire said his concern was using City bond funds for a County -owned <br />facility. Attorney Patterson said according to Bond Counsel, the City could not spend bond money <br />on land which it does not own; however, it can if there is a mechanism in place, under which, <br />operation, control or a long term lease exists. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Williams, Council Members Post, Wyhof, and Gaskins voiced support of <br />the feasibility study. <br />Consider Waiving Fee for Fireworks ' �+lay�ator Training ffzhibit D) <br />City Manager Hal Hegwer said that Central Carolina Community College's Emergency <br />Services Training Center, located off Airport Road, is hosting a fireworks display operators <br />training class. He said our ordinance does not designate what is training versus any other event; <br />23 <br />6 <br />