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SHASTA.FLD Page 1 For December 3, 1993 Council Newsletter Update on Ballfield Selection Process to Install Lighting as a Replacement for Kincaid Field, and Ballfield Lighting Rehabilitation Proiect Scheduled for Shasta Ballfield Following Council directions, LRCS Recreation Division and Public Works Parks Planning are working on the public process needed to develop recommendations for where the ballfield lighting previously planned for Ascot Field will be relocated. During the October 25th, Council meeting it was suggested that Amazon's Century Ballfield and the soccer /softball field immediately to the west may be the preferred location. Parks Planning has the development of a park general plan for Amazon Park on its future workplan. Staff feel that the public review process for adding lights at this location and the development of the Amazon Park General Plan need to be performed simultaneously. Doing this would be the most efficient way to insure we avoid conflicting uses and obtain the full range of public comment needed for a successful project. The first step of this process will be to prepare a public involvement proposal and general plan project schedule for review by the Citizens Involvement Committee. An approximate estimate of elapsed time for this process would be eight to twelve months starting with the CIC process approval in early 1994. The initial reason for the ballfield lighting rehabilitation projects was the extensive deterioration of the wooden poles found at the various fields. The consultant study conducted identified severe problems of rot existing in many of the poles and cross arms at each ballfield. Last winter a light fixture fell from a pole at Kincaid due to rot in the cross arm. When the poles were removed this September from Kincaid and Graham Ballfields the severity noted in the consultant report was confirmed. The rot observed in the base of some the poles involved the majority of the cross sectional area. The public input and decision making process for determining an appropriate site to install lights to replace those intended for Ascot Ballfield will take approximately a year. Staff propose that instead of storing the materials which were already purchased for Ascot Ballfield, we continue to mitigate our liability exposure by using these to replace poles at the three lighted ballfields at Shasta. Assuming we perform the replacement this winter, the lighting at Shasta Ballfields is expected to be operational prior to the start of the 1994 spring /summer softball season. Moving the Shasta Field project up a year will free up the FY -95 capital funds identified for this project. These funds could then be used for lights at Century Ballfield and the soccer /softball field immediately to the west or any other alternate ballfield identified through the public process. If you have any concerns regarding moving ahead with this proposal or a need for more information please contact Johnny Medlin of OW Maintenance at 687 -5220 or Doug Post of LRCS Recreation Division at 687 -5333.