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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS <br />FROM: MARY SAARION, DIRECTOR <br />PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY <br />DATE: MAY 15, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: GREENFIELD PARK BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS <br />Listed below are improvement options with estimated prices for improving Greenfield <br />Park baseball field. <br />Improvement <br />Expand the fencing <br />Install warning track <br />Re -fabric backstop <br />Add backstop and side netting <br />(100 feet/side and 15 feet high) <br />Sprinkling system with pit, pump and timer <br />Sod <br />Seed <br />Fill in ditch <br />Construction of dug outs <br />Equipment shed with concrete slab <br />Total estimations are ...................... <br />Estimated Price <br />$5,000 - $9,000 <br />$ 2,000.00 <br />$ 1,000.00 <br />$ 1,500.00 <br />$14,000.00 <br />$ 4,850.00 <br />$ 2,400.00 <br />$26,000.00 <br />$ 8,000.00 <br />$ 750.00 <br />$65,500 - $69,500 <br />In discussing improving the field, the Mounds View Athletic Association has indicated <br />to me that their top priority in field expansion by extending the fence and bringing <br />back the backstop. <br />Two options are available for right field expansion. One is to expand into the ditch <br />area. The other is to provide a higher barrier making home runs more difficult to <br />clear the barrier. <br />The backstop can be set back 10 - 12 feet to allow more playing area around <br />homeplate. This would require realignment of the sidelines fencing. If the backstop is <br />brought back, the hood will not "catch" foul balls and therefore, netting must be <br />placed covering homeplate and adjoining sides to alleviate foul balls infiltrating private <br />property or hitting spectators. <br />