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MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Kim Stephan DATE: April 2, 2009 SUBJECT: Centennial Soccer Club's Request for Use of the Soccer Fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park for 2009 Season The Centennial Soccer Club has requested the use of the soccer fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park in an email from Mr. Spencer Garrett, Field Coordinator, dated April 1,2009. There are two parts to the request: 1. Requesting two fields, 25 x 40 yard open spaces, located east of the parking lot and bound by the bike path, for the U2 - U8 age group, for games only. This request is for Monday - Friday from 4 p.m. to dusk, April (weather permitting) through June 30, 2009. The Centennial Soccer Club will set up goals and manage a reservation system to assign teams to specific dates and times for games. 2. Requesting one field, 70 x 60 yard open space, located south of the skate park, for the un - U12 age group, for practice only. This request is for Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. to dusk, Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to dusk, April (weather permitting) through October 30, 2009. The Centennial Soccer Club will set up goals and manage a reservation system to assign teams to specific dates and times for practices. In the past years the committee has discussed how when football season starts in August there will be no place for the local youth teams to practice jf all the fields are committed to the Centennial Soccer Club every day of the week from April through October. The committee's concern with this was that the football association has not asked for time or fields and the Soccer Club has. It was suggested the football representatives be made aware they should be requesting time. In discussing this request however, some of the committee members felt the fields should have some time left open for the public's use for such activities as softball, frisbee and football. Overall, the committee felt a compromise would be to reduce the days in request #2. Motion was made by Vice-Chairperson Amundsen, seconded by Committee Member Selander to recommend to City Council approving the Centennial Soccer Club's request for dedicated use of the soccer fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park as stated above in request #1, but recommend amending the request in request #2 to the foUowing days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with the hours as requested. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously.