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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us • October 1, 2003 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director SUBJECT: Review Proposed Objectives When Allocating Fields to Youth Sports Associations One of the responsibilities instilled upon the Parks and Recreation Department is to ensure that the park facilities are utilized and maintained in an appropriate manner. The current budget crisis has made the proper allocation of athletic fields even more critical. Currently, the city provides and maintains athletic fields for several youth sports associations including Centennial Soccer Club, Centennial Lakes Little League, Forest Lake Area Athletic Association, and Centennial /AAU Babe Ruth Baseball Staff is proposing that the city provide the youth sports associations game and practice fields in proportion to the number of Lino Lakes residents participating in their program. For example, if 75 percent of a youth sports associations participants reside in Lino Lakes, then the City of Lino Lakes will provide fields for 75 percent of the games and practices. When allocating fields, we also need to consider the long term condition and quality of the fields. There are several fields within our park system that have been over -used and are at the point of creating potential safety issues. This new policy may allow us to take a field out of commission periodically for renovation. Attached is a draft letter to the Centennial Soccer Club. If the Park Board is comfortable with our approach, we hope to send this letter out so we have adequate time to analyze our soccer field allocation for spring, 2004. It is our intent to address our allocation of athletic field with each youth sports association we currently serve. sw /parkbrd /meeting information /Review Proposed Objectives When Allocating Fields to Youth Sports Associations.com