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• MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Staff DATE: January 25 , 1983 RE: Jugs Baseball Program In response to the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission dir- ective to provide background information regarding the feasibility of establishing a Jugs or pitching machine league for nine year olds during the 1983 baseball season; we have compiled the following report. During the past month , staff has been in contact with the City of Edina Parks and Recreation Department who currently operates a Jugs league, to determine whether or not the program might be feasible for the City of Mounds View. After reviewing the inform- ation that was provided to us by Edina as well as local distributing firms , staff would recommend that a pitching league for nine year old youth be established in Lhe City of Mounds View. In order to initiate a pitching machine league for nine year olds , there would be initial outlay of approximately $2, 610 . 00 which would be used as follows : (Based on a four team league with 60 participants) . 1 . 2 pitching machines at $700 . 00 $1, 400 .00 • 2 . 64 batty helmets at $10 .00/helmet 640 .00 3 . 60 team shirts at $2 . 50/shirt 150 .00 4 . 10 dozen baseballs at $30 .00/dozen 300 .00 5 . 4 sets of bases at $30 .00/set 120 .00 $2 , 610 .00 We would anticipate revenues of $720 . 00 based on 60 youth at: $12 .00 registration fee . As can be denoted , staff would envision an initial program loss of approximately $1 , 900 .00 . We would envision structuring the program similar to the E .B.A. program with the major difference being that we would use volunteer coaches , with two teams sharing one of the pitching machines which would be kept at one of the local parks , probably Lambert and Groveland. The major issue that staff sees as a potential hang up would be the conflict with the Mounds View Athletic Association who current- ly runs a youth baseball or little league program for nine year old children. Staff has spoken with Curt Mathison, President of the Mounds View Athletic Association regarding this issue and they have invited us to attend their M.V.A.A. meeting on Wednesday, February 2 . Our initial contact did prove to be very positive, as they are currently exploring modifications in their nine year old league . Staff will deep the Park Commission informed of the M.V.A.A. feelings on this situation , but feel that some type of direction prior to next Wednesday' s meeting would be beneficial to the M.V.A.A . We will be going to press with our summer baseball programs sometime in