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Memo <br /> TO: Jeff Lankston <br /> FROM: Andrea Riner <br /> Teri Higgins <br /> Renee Grube <br /> Tim Rhay <br /> DATE: November 7, 2000 <br /> RE: Youth Sports Parks <br /> Contingency Funds <br /> Members of the Youth Sports Park Design Committee (City staff only) discussed the following <br /> priorities for spending any available City contingency funds (estimates are preliminary): <br /> • Providing park signage at Cal Young, Sheldon, and Churchill Youth Sports Parks <br /> ($10,000); <br /> • Developing a vehicle drop - off adjacent to the basketball court and skatepark at Cal <br /> Young Youth Sports Park ($30,000); <br /> • Resurfacing the existing tennis courts at Sheldon and Churchill ($30,000); <br /> • Widening the pathways from 5' to 8' ($25,000); and <br /> • Purchasing 10 year replacement bulbs for the field lighting ($24,000). <br /> The committee expressed strong support for using contingency funds to enhance the budget for <br /> the POS- funded athletic field upgrade at Jefferson Middle School. Current funding allows <br /> only minimal maintenance upgrades at this site. With additional funds (approx. $100,000) the <br /> City would be able to provide two full -sized soccer fields with sand - channel drainage. This <br /> would increase our overall inventory and allow for improved maintenance by providing fields <br /> which can be rotated to reduce field wear patterns. Since this would be an improvement to a <br /> youth athletic facility on 4j property, the committee felt that the intent of the funding would be <br /> met. <br /> Other proposals for providing additional Youth Sports Park improvements included: <br /> • Improving skate park safety, such as increasing the fence height to 4' in some locations; <br /> • Providing additional bollards at Cal Young and Sheldon Youth Sports Parks to deter <br /> vehicles from driving into the site; <br /> • Replacing paper towel dispensers with electric hand dryers in restrooms at all three sites <br /> (this is being done); <br /> • Increasing path lighting as may be needed to ensure pedestrian safety; <br /> • Replacing fencing around the Cal Young channel and providing mow strip; <br /> • Completing finish work around an electrical vault at Cal Young; and <br /> • Providing additional site amenities as may be needed, i.e., trash cans, benches, picnic <br /> tables, etc. <br />