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.� expansion area, is a fairly large shelter in Brauer' s opinion to place in the area that is petitioned for this use. The half- court basketball ties into the comprehensive plan standards. The volley ball court also fits into these standards . The ballfield is positioned and has been modified to make the other park elements work, such as the trail to the south of left field. The distance from the property line to the north of the backstop is about 65 feet. The other side is about 75 feet. We need enough room for a trail in this area. It has been a general policy to keep trails as far away from property lines as possible when we can. The definition of Informal playfield is defined in our Comprehensive Plan on page 4-26. Pleas refer to enclosed copy of this page. I would prefer to not move this backstop since it is already installed, and in order to maintain enough distance for people, trail and landscaping: I would prefer to seek some additional soil for the left outfield area to make this area more playable. A skinned infield (aglime) has no bearing on the status of formal or informal use; rather the classification is tied to the need to provide city residents an area for unstructured pick-up games and neighborhood type get-togethers, and other uses as defined in section 4-26. Informal fields can be either aglime or grass . Based on the criteria set forth in the comprehensive plan, this up to the discretion of the Park Board. However if there are any questions that come up that cannot be answered, the matter should be deferred and researched, with the exception of the question of MUSA land expansion.