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Mr. Sullivan asked if the first feet of the entire Sports Park was replaced with new soil? Mr. Wolfe said that it would be the same type of clay soil. He noted that there are several differences between the Sports Park and this project. The Sports Park is not a school site and staff has the ability to work on the turf areas from morning until mid-afternoon when the sports groups utilize the fields. City staff has certain advantages that the School District does not in terms of maintaining the turf. The School District's primary use of fields is for school purposes. Mr. Sullivan was under the impression that people would park in the school parking lot if the fence was built and then have to walk through the school to get to the fields. Mr. Wolfe said that was correct. At the initial meeting to review the plan, the DonlonNal Vista neighbors were concerned about the amount of traffic on Payne Road and Denker Drive and potential parking impacts to neighbors. If the fence was built, Mr. Sullivan wanted to be sure the intent was not to keep the fences closed unless the School or the Little League is using the fields. Mr. Wolfe said the School District recognizes that they would not lock the fences to access the fields. Again, the idea of the fencing is to discourage parking on Payne Road and Denker Drive and not to preclude use of the field area. Mr. Sullivan asked for the number of responses related to fencing versus no fencing. Mr. Wolfe said that initially, the responses were 80 percent opposed to the fencing. It has since evened out to about an even split for fencing versus no fencing. He noted that the majority of the responses in opposition to no fencing are coming from the neighbors that live on Payne Road, as well as from neighbors that live at the south end of the site. These residents like the open