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MEMO TO: PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS FROM: MARY SAARION, DIRECTOR PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY DATE: JANUARY 17, 1994 SUBJECT: LLLL FIELD IMPROVEMENT DONATION I wish to inform you of a joint venture that the City of Mounds View will be undertaking with the Little Lakes Little League. One of the board members approached us with an offer of donating $470.00 for a contribution for installing safety fencing for the players benches at Oakwood Park field, the field scheduled for use by LLLL. Forty-seven players from the City of Mounds View participated in the LLLL in 1993. As part of LLLL registration fee is $10 for capital improvements. Each facility used by LLLL is evaluated and priorities are made for improvements. Oakwood Park field needs a safety fence to ward off foul balls that could potentially go into the players bench areas hitting participants. Therefore the LLLL is offering the $470 as a contribution to the improvement. I think that this is a real advancement into cooperative activities with youth athletic associations who typically have had an attitude that the Cities should provide the facilities without contribution from the associations even though the associations receive fees from participants. I propose that we accept the proposal and contribution and put in the safety fencing. This is the beginning of a good joint cooperative with the LLLL, one that we can possibly use as an example with other youth athletic associations including the IBA and MVAA who traditionally provide no contributions to the City, but continue to gripe about the facilities and allocation of city funding for improvements. I wish to discuss this further at the meeting. Come with your thoughts and suggestions.