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1VLINUTCS CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 2G, 19)8 BALL R'I~I~D The Parl<s & Recreation Director presented the Council with a proposed USAGE po(icy ~overning the use oFb~~ill fieltl 'fticilities in Pioneer P2~1< and POLICY Spooner P~rl< ('or tourn~inent us~~be. Sc~lze pointed out that~ she has reviewed the 1995 Community Survey results relatinb Co fhis topic. The survey asl<ed how residents felt about the rent~ing or leasing of City b~llfields to ouYSide groups which r~in Cournaments for ~ prol~it. Seventy-ei~ht percent of respondents replied that they eitf~er sCrongly 1'~avorecl or somewh~t f~voretl this anan~ement. Supporters were t~l~en asi<ed if they would sYill flvor it if ~Icoholic bever~ges wouid be solcl aY the tournament, 46% o{'respondents replied thlt they would favor, while 49% indiclted that they would be opposed. Sc~Ize further pointed out that Canadi~n llays and LCRA conduct tournaments at which alcohol is served. While she was not o~~osed to the contimi~~Cion of this pr~etice, Scal~e intlicated th~t based ou the results of the sw'vey, she did noC support the s~le of alc~hol at toin'naments ~ut o^ by ouCSide g~'o~ips. Morel~in and ~ahey indicaCed that the survey res~ilts indicate that 50% of the respundents clo not support the sale of alcohol, while 46% woidcl still favor Cournaments even if aicohol is served. Sc~lze dis~greed ~,vith the 50% tigure and pointed out that the questioi~ ~bouY ~Icohol w~s posed to the 78% who ttivorecl renttil of ball6elds for tournaments. OPthat 7b%, 49%opposed tournaments where ~Icohol was servetl and 46% favoretl tournaments even if alcoho( was served. Theretore, it w~s Sc~lze's contention that only 36% of residents supported the rental ot ball Fieltl Eacilities for tournaments if alcol~ol w1s being served. LaV~~iile pointed ouf that~ Che CiYy parl< syst~em was developed for the resi~lents ~f Little Canatla. Therefore, he questioned the leasing of these 1'acilities for outside Yournaments. Fal~ey disa~reecl with Scalze's ~n~lysis th~t oniy 36% of residents s~ipported the renral of'~ball field f'acilities for Cournaments if aleohol was bein~ served, flnd ~~ain stated that the percent~age w1s closer to 50%. Sc~lze disa~reed ~~vith 1=ahey's 50% Pigure, anci ~gain explained her analysis of the City survey results. ~~hey indicatcd that he clid not have ~ problem with s~llowin~ 1lcohol to be sold at tourn~ments, pointing uut that this w~ts 1 policy iss~ie for tl~e Council to tlecide. l=~~hey pointed out that LCR~ and C<u~adian Days sell alcohol at tournamei~ts, and there have been no signilicant problems as a result. 7