"Committee studying soccer complex reaches impasse"

From Gary Glancy at the Times-News:

A special-committee meeting of Flat Rock residents Monday brought both sides no closer to compromise on a proposed soccer complex at the site of Highland Lake Golf Course, village Councilman Jim Wert said Tuesday. The fate of the project now rests once again with the Village Council....

Wert, chairman of the committee, said there was also a good mix of supporters at Monday's meeting who made strong points in favor of the project, but the "preponderance" of representatives were those who objected to it.

"We really couldn't accomplish a whole lot because the two positions were so far away — i.e., no soccer fields versus no fewer than seven," Wert said. "It really didn't lend itself to a negotiated compromise."

The Village Council plans to meet formally Monday to hear a report from Wert on what information was gleaned from the meeting, and to place the matter on the agenda for a vote during the council's monthly meeting Dec. 8....

County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Edney said the board awaits Flat Rock's official position and likely will discuss the village's decision at its Dec. 21 meeting — which may be moved to another date to accommodate public hearings on other matters.

"Once Flat Rock makes a determination on how they want to see this go, then we'll get together and talk about it," Edney said. "If they're giving us an indication up front that they're not going to support it, then everybody just needs to change gears and go in a different direction."...

[Henderson County Soccer Association president Clement] Riddle declined to comment yet about what the soccer association's plans are if the Highland Lake deal falls through, though Edney said "we're keeping all our options open."...

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