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RJR Stadium Proposal

Role of the Staff of the WSFCS

Remain neutral and protect the interest of the

district

Listen to both sides Advise Home Field Advantage on details as

though WSFCS were developing the site.

Along the way…..

This project has received a lot of media attention There has been a joint community meeting There have been meetings involving Home Field

Advantage and Save Hanes Park (Multiple)

There have been meetings with:

RJR School Staff Save Hanes Park Operations Staff, B/G Chairman and Superintendent City County Planning

So what came out of those meetings?

From operations perspective on every project there

are compelling and non-compelling reasons for each site.

Both groups are passionate and truly care Home Field Advantage compromised and reduced

the size of their project. There are four variations of this project.

Save Hanes Park is not against RJR having their

• wn stadium, it is the location.

Home Field Advantage to meet with Legal (Ali) to

discuss (501- 3c status, and other details)

Home Field Advantage: Costs They Are Responsible For….

New stadium and associated site work New Wiley (shared) gym Demolition of both Wiley & RJR Girls Gym Bryson Gym improvements enabling women's

PE & sports programs to meet regulations, including shared unisex training room

(this is not a complete renovation of Bryson Gym)

Design, permit expenses, inspections & misc.

expenses to complete a functional campus

School District Costs

Locate a new central yellow bus staging lot or

cover increased deadheading of yellow buses (may minimize that by only relocating buses

• n Friday game nights)

Construction program oversight &

management to insure the project meets district guidelines

Site Plan Comparison

June Plan Sept Plan

Capacity

4,500 3,000

Parking Req.

1,125 750

Linear feet wall

1,800 382

Site plan 6-8-2012

Latest Site Plan 9-5-2012

Comparison Side by Side

Visibility from Park & Northwest Blvd

Field Cross Section

Looking from Bryson to Wiley

Northwest Blvd 819.6 +/- Field elevation 25 ft below N.W. Blvd. 794 +/- Tennis Court 782 +/- Top of Court Fence 792 +/- Wiley Gym Roof Same Top Stands 806 +/- 13 ft Below N. W .Blvd. 12 ft Above Field

Visiting Stands Tennis Court Maintenance Building

View From Lower Park Field

Buses Parked

Site Rendering

Brunson Elem. RJR High

Elevations & Perspectives

Street Level Toward New Wiley Gym & Concessions Area

Looking from Bryson Toward Wiley

Available Event Parking

Paved only Restriped Existing

RJR H.S.

449 419

Wiley M.S.

84 71

Wiley/RJR w/cars 102

w/Bus park 60

Brunson E.S.

118 82 Total 753 610

Northwest Blvd 130

130

Green Grass

200 200

Lets Discuss Joint Use

• f New Wiley Gym

Wiley Shared Gym features include:

Dedicated middle school locker rooms Two wood practice courts (PE) for daily use

(one middle- one high)

Upper level indoor track One game court with 400-450 foldout bleachers Concession areas for stadium & gym Separate public restrooms (for gym or stadium) One set of public restrooms double as separate

high school locker areas

Air conditioned gym and new boiler-mech room

New Shared Wiley Gym

Bryson Gym Evaluation

Bryson gym overall has available athletic and

PE sq footage comparable to new schools. (Walkertown, Reagan, Atkins)

Women's PE & Sports spaces can be

retrofitted in older locker spaces before the girls gym is demolished

Unisex training room and weight room

centrally located to men's and women's common areas

Bryson Gym Retrofit

Bryson Gym Compared to District Standard

Wiley & RJR - During Construction

When schools are renovated or upgraded;

Gyms, athletic and PE spaces are periodically placed out of

service as necessary. PE may be outside only.

Some sports seasons may be scheduled as “away games”

RJR - Women's PE & Sports spaces can be retrofitted in older

locker spaces before the Girls gym is demolished.

Wiley - Will have to use alternate changing space and restrooms

for on site PE & sports.

RJR - Some sports will require offsite location coordination or

be scheduled as away games.

Wiley - Sports will require coordination for high school locations,

located offsite, or scheduled as away games

Site Considerations - Con

• Will have to find a new center city bus staging lot for 47 Yellow buses

and 10 activity buses for varsity football game nights

• Wiley site will become smaller for outdoor PE (11.9 acres including

RJR girls and boys gyms)

• Wiley will have limited growth potential. The students will have to be

housed within the existing buildings (no mobiles or pods)

• Increase in traffic around the schools & parking for large game day

events

• Proposed text amendment may require two public hearings for stadium

parking & traffic

• Just like other projects at conceptual stage, there is not an approved

site plan – We should consider more issues may surface to be worked

• ut as plans are finalized.

Site Considerations - Pro

Greatly reduces high school student travel to other sites for

practice and all but a few games

High school students have more school ownership with an on

campus field

Middle school receives a safer off street pickup-drop-off from

existing on street pickup-drop-off

Deaton-Thompson could have open dates for other events or

Parkland could have sole use

Deaton-Thompson could be smaller with future repair plans Should we close Bolton soccer stadium, providing more site

flexibility for buildings, pickup drop-off and buses when Bolton is renovated

Site Considerations - NEUTRAL

Large varsity football games will have to be scheduled at a larger

stadium

Turf field will require a fund setup for replacement at the end of

it’s 12-15 year life. An opportunity to try turf before installing in existing stadiums.

Demolition of the RJR girls gym:

With girls PE & locker improvements in Bryson, there should

be no Title 9 issues

By using 1/2 of the new Wiley gym, RJR can do everything

that is done in the girls gym now

District will have 15,000 sq ft less to maintain, but will have a

stadium to maintain

Wiley Middle gets a new gym/locker, but must share with the

high school

Next Steps

After tonight and once a few more details are

completed….

It will come back to the board for discussion.