SWAMPSCOTT – The Athletic Committee presented their recommendations to selectmen Wednesday night in hopes of getting their proposed $1.45 million synthetic turf field at Phillips Park on the 2013 Town Warrant.Chairman Christian Urbano presented the finding of the committee since it had been formed in July 2012 to get the multi-sport field on the Town Warrant for Town Meeting in April. The three-phase plan would need the $1.45 million from the town, as well as grants to cover some of the cost, and then would ask for private donations to provide the $630,000 for the light towers and home stand.In the presentation, Urbano said the committee decided against a natural grass field because of the short life grass experienced with regular wear and tear from the town?s 1,400 youth athletes and the high school athletes. “This field can take 20 years of 10-year-olds running around on it,” he said.The replacement of the fields after 10 years of use would cost just about the same at $500,000 for synthetic turf and $450,000 for grass, said Urbano. But yearly upkeep on the turf would cost $5,000 to $8,000 for an outside company to maintain, compared to the $15,000 the Department of Public Works spends on upkeep for the current football field.The committee had already taken into account the idea of season tickets and increased user fees to pay for the turf?s maintenance. Urbano added that the field could bring in about $15,000 in revenue when rented out.Urbano said it would have only cost $750,000 to build the field at Upper Jackson Park, but the committee decided against it. “We could throw in a cheap field quick, but would it benefit the town?” said Urbano. “There?s no room for a community meeting space.”With the initial presentation to the selectmen done, the committee will move on to the Finance Committee and Capital Improvements before the Board of Selectmen can vote to sponsor the field as a warrant article.Kait Taylor can be reached at [email protected].