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Volume XII, Issue 36
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Synthetic Turf Design Moves Ahead for Soquel Park
By Linda Fridy
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and redevelopment agency accepted a $191,878 bid to design two synthetic turf soccer fields at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel at its Nov. 24 meeting.

Verde Designs of Santa Clara will handle pre-planning, design, community meetings, permitting and construction documents.

This contract does not include the costs of the actual turf and its installation.

The county agreed to go forward with the artificial surface in August. Parks and recreation asked for the change, noting that the fields use 5 million gallons of water a year at a cost of about $18,000 annually.

Staff noted at the time that the silt-clay soil composition has become compacted and maintaining the grass has proven difficult.


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