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MINUTES Parks & Recreation Commission November 3, 1994 Johnson asked for a "ballpark" figure the City could charge for use of the park by outside groups. The Director stated depending on what type of services that the City provides, $500 for a weekend tournament would not be out of line. The Director stated that he does not have any requests for use of the park at this time, but he would like the flexibility to offer use of the park if a request was received. He stated that other cities have changed their policies on field usage yearly as the need dictates. Hartmann felt that when Pioneer park was first talked about, the residents in the area were promised that tournaments would not be held. The Director stated that he felt the City Council did not officially make that promise. Hartmann disagreed stating that he remembered the Council making that promise. Wehrle stated that Costa Lane was not there when the park was developed. Hartmann stated that the residents on Desoto were there. Hartmann stated that he, as a resident of the area, would be against outside use of the park for tournaments. He felt that the fields and playground areas are not used enough by Little Canada residents. However, if the Little Canada Recreation Association wanted to hold more tournaments, Hartmann would not be opposed to that idea. The Director stated that he wished the LCRA was interested in running more tournaments at Pioneer Park. However, right now they are not interested in doing so. The Director stated that in the meantime, he sees the ball fields sitting empty on the weekends most of the year when they could be used more often. He felt the number of tournaments could be limited on a yearly basis. Wehrle stated that the City has not received many outside requests to use the ball fields. He felt that this discussion may be premature until the City has a problem with outside requests. The Director felt that the discussion may be premature, but it stemmed from the one request that was received this year. However, that request was withdrawn. Johnson asked what our current policy on field usage was. The Director stated there is no formal policy. Remerowski stated that the reason the LCRA does not want to take on more tournaments is that there are only a certain number of people who actually run the tournaments and these people are getting burned out. He suggested the possibility of letting outside groups run tournaments with the stipulation that they split their profits with the LCRA. The Director stated that it could be a possibility. -6- Page 69