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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE:1/22/01 <br />ITEM NO: F-4 <br />DepartmentApproval: Manager_Reviewed: AgendaSection: <br />' ' �! <br />Reports/Recommendations <br />Item Description: Acceptance of Two Ramsey County Soccer Partners ProgramGrants <br />:� . :• ►� <br />In 1999, Ramsey County initiated a grant program to increase the opportunity for increased <br />soccer play. The program was formulated based on an inventory of available soccerfields <br />in Ramsey County. The analysis demonstrated a shortage of soccer venues. A similar <br />inventory during the process of updating the Roseville Parks and Recreation System Plan <br />also evidenced the shortage of fields in Roseville based on current and projected demand. <br />This is being intensified with the loss of the two fields at the former Roseville Activity <br />Centersite. <br />The grants are from the Ramsey County Soccer Partners Program. The grant approved <br />for Lexington Park is for $50,000 and the grant approved for Rosebrook Park is $92,000. <br />The first grant is for assistance in developing a soccerfield as part of the recently approved <br />Lexington Park Master Plan and development program. This field would be developed in <br />2001. The second grant is for the redevelopment of Rosebrook Park that would include <br />the construction of �ern new soccer fields in replacement of two adult softball fields. These <br />fields would be developed as part of the 2002 PIP. Please see the attached applications. <br />�• •: <br />The grants are consistentwith the policy of leveraging other public and private resources to <br />obtain funding to offset the costs of development. It is also consistent with the Roseville <br />Parksand Recreation System Plan. <br />