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55 <br />4:00 pm -10:00 pm Sports Boosters youth softball, youth baseball, and youth soccer teams <br />utilize the field (no adult recreation softball use is scheduled on <br />Central Park's fields). <br />Fall (August—October) <br />7:45 am - 2:40 pm High School/ Middle School Physical Education classes utilize the <br />fields for classes; <br />3:00 pm- 6:00 pm High School/ Middle School football, soccer programs, fall school <br />baseball and fall school softball utilize all fields; <br />6:00 pm -10:00 pm Sports Boosters football, soccer, fall youth baseball and fall softball <br />utilize all fields; <br />Saturdays/Sundays: Sports Boosters soccer, Sunday youth baseball/ softball leagues and <br />non -structured time for cornmunity use. <br />Wilshire Park's facilities at issue in this project currently host tee -ball and softball nearly <br />every evening from April until August, and the single soccer field hosts soccer on <br />weeknights and Saturday mornings from May through October. It is anticipated, <br />though, that the addition of new soccer fields to Wilshire Park will substantially <br />alleviate the stress on the baseball and softball fields in Central Park, while giving <br />soccer programs a dedicated facility in which to play from April through October <br />without interference from football, baseball or softball programs. This will increase <br />usage to youth athletics by enabling young athletes to have access to local fields without <br />having to allocate time to other sports needing to participate on the same field — as well <br />as having dedicated soccer fields open during the day for recreational play during the <br />summers. Since St. Anthony does not have a community recreation department, there <br />are no adult soccer teams that would be authorized to use any field as their own—the <br />fields would be entirely reserved for youth or scholastic play. <br />Usage for all fields in Central Park and Wilshire Park, together with all City and School <br />District recreational activities, is managed by ISD #282, who provides scheduling <br />services for Sports Boosters, High School activities, and any community usage— <br />including the City of St. Anthony—as desired. This arrangement has been in place for <br />over 30 years and has a long history of being a successful relationship. This unique <br />joint responsibility is helpful to users as it provides a single, centralized location for <br />scheduling of facilities (instead of needing to contact one office to utilize a school <br />facility and another to utilize a city facility). In these cases, priority has always been <br />given to School or City purposes first, then Sports Boosters and other youth sports next. <br />If no entity has reserved a facility, the fields are open for St. Anthony city residents to <br />use their Park for recreational endeavors. <br />39 <br />