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. . TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council Memben FROM: Kim Stephan SUBJECT: Centennial Soccer Club Requested Usage of Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park's Soccer Fields DATE: December 8, 2005 The following neolDmeDdation was made by the Parks " Recreation Committee at the December 7, 2005 regularly scheduled committee meeting. Mr. Jay Peterson, Centennial Soccer Club, made an appearance to request a change in the usage of the soccer fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. Currently the fields are set up as U13, UI0 and U9, which are bigger fields used for older teams. These fields are used for practice fields and are not dedicated specifically to the Centennial Soccer Club. Mr. Jay Peterson stated what the club would like to do is to turn the one field closest to the parking lot into two (2) micro-fields for U8 and U6 teams, which are 6-8 year olds. The dimensions of the current field, which runs north & south, would fit the two fields at 20 x 30 yards or maximum of 25 x 40 yards running east & west. The club would provide goals and nets which would be smaller at 4' x 6' and they would remove the larger nets to utilize elsewhere. The Centennial Soccer Club has the same area as the Centennial School District and of the 1,600 participants, approximately 300 are from Centerville. Mr. Jay Peterson has been making appearances at other Cities in the district and has also met with the school district regarding use of additional fields. The City of Lino Lakes is used heavily for soccer and the city is encouraging the Centennial Soccer. Club to utilize the other City's parks in addition to the ones used in Lino Lakes. Some parks are only sufficient for practice, not games. The fields don't have to be as groomed for the younger groups of players. The Centennial Soccer Club would like to request dedicated time Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to dusk beginning early in May 2006 through mid-July. Committee Member Peil questioned whether the soccer fields would interfere with the outfield for the Little League ball fields to which Chairperson Peterson replied it would not interfere with the ball fields. The Centennial Soccer Club would be responsible for laying the field out, striping it and scheduling the usage. Committee Member Amundsen questioned whether the additional cars in the parking lot would cause problems with Little League parking. Mr. Jay Peterson stated there are about 12 players on each team with two teams who play for an hour. Chairperson Peterson said the parking lot is designed for either 96 or 112 parking spots and parking should not be a problem. Chairperson Peterson stated another representative from.' the Centennial Soccer Club made an appearance at Parks & Recreation a year or so ago regarding the possibility of the club installing an irrigation system on the Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park soccer fields with the idea of improving the turf 2/0