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Medlin, Johnny From: Etter, John To: CEEXPCN Cc: Medlin, Johnny; Johnson, Jim (RIS1); Post, Doug (RIS1) Subject: RE: lights at Ascot Park Date: Friday, October 15, 1993 8:58AM We are working on assembling a variety of information to help answer your 6 questions and more. To preview that information in response to your questions: 1. The community parks listed in the Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan are Ascot and Sheldon. The undeveloped Crescent Park, while listed as a neighborhood park, is large enough that we have always considered that part of it would be developed with community scale athletic fields in conjunction with an adjacent school, so you could say there are three sites north of the river.. 2. Community parks south of the river include Amazon and Westmoreland. The Plan proposes another community park in the Willow Creek area. West of the river (Bethel Area) is Petersen Park, which contains one soccer and one softball field in a non - overlapping arrangement. The configuration of that park doesn't lend itself to more fields without major park reconfiguration. Lots of homes adjoin the park. The City developed a community athletic facility at Shasta Middle School —four softball fields, three of which are lighted, back in '74. 3. Sheldon/Meadowlark school grounds were not considered for the following reasons: 1. The present layout accommodates 4 -J needs. This includes one baseball field, a high school track, a grade school track, which overlaps one of three small softball diamonds. None of the diamonds are large enough for adult league play. Some major relocation (build new fields in better configurations) would allow an Ascot scale of lighting to be added that could be less impacting on surrounding neighbors. 2. We assumed 4-J would be more awkward to work with in terms of non - school uses conflicting with school P.E. needs. However, after the comment about the Measure 5 impact on their athletic programs, this may not be the issue we thought it was. 4. We are studying the number of homes in proximity to various sites. We got started using different distances, however, and will continue. They are 100 feet (because the manufacturer has the capacity to predict the candlelight at 100 feet and some houses are infact within 100 feet), 200 feet and 500 feet. 5. My guess is that there may not be enough fields elsewhere to move the adult games. I will ask the question of the recreation staff. If it were just Kidsports in the evening hours, they probably would not even run until 10:00 p.m.— closer to 9:30 in summer, and 8:30 while school is in session. 6. My initial thoughts are that fees be increased to cover litter pick -up, restroom opening and maintenance. For undesirable behaviors, a probationary condition might be established during which certain standards must be met or play is terminated. Again this is a recreation question, and I will pass this on them. I hope to have further answers and information to you by Tuesday afternoon so that you can make the decisions you want to concerning any Council involvement. From: CEEXPCN Subject: lights at Ascot Park Date: Thursday, October 14, 1993 2:34PM FROM: RIS1(CEEXPCN) TO: EUG001(CERMJFE) DATE: 10 -14 -93 TIME: 14:36 CC: Page 1