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REQUESTFORCITYCOUNCILAGENDAITEM <br />AgendaDateRequested:April22,2017Appropriation <br />RequestedBy:RosalynEptingSourceofFunds:GeneralFund <br />Department:Parks&RecreationAcctNumber: <br />Report:XResolution:Ordinance:_AmountBudgeted: <br />Exhibits:_________________________________AmountRequested: <br />_________________________________BudgetedItem:YESNO <br />SUMMARY&RECOMMENDATION <br />ThisitemhasbeenplacedontheagendaattherequestofCouncilmanEngelken.Thisrequestistodiscuss <br />concernsaboutthefieldmaintenanceatPecanPark.Theconcernisregardingrainandwhyfieldsare <br />unplayableattimes. <br />Inordertocorrectlyaddressthisissue,thehistoryofthefieldsmustfirstbenoted.Thefieldsopenedin <br />2010onapieceoflandthatusedtobeheavilywooded.Pertheagreement,LaPorte.ƚǤ͸ƭBaseball <br />Association(LPBBA)wastaskedwithmaintainingtheinfields.DuringthetimeLPBBAmaintainedthe <br />infields,multipleproblemsaroseduetotrenchesbeingdug,toomuchsandbeingadded,andpoor <br />draggingtechniquestonameafew.InNovember2016staffbegantoassumealargerroleintheinfield <br />workfromLPBBA. <br />Inthethreemonthsstaffhadtorepairtheinfields,itwasnotedthattherewasanextremeamountof <br />sandandTurfaceQuickDryusedonthefields,bothofwhichcancausedrainageissues.Inaddition, <br />trencheshadtoberepairedandlipsremoved.Staffhasalsobeenworkingtoimprovethedrainageofthe <br />fields.Thesoilhasbeentestedandtwodifferentturfprofessionalslookedatitandindicatedthereisan <br />extremeamountofsandonthefields.TheƦƩƚŅĻƭƭźƚƓğƌ͸ƭsuggestionwastostopaddingsandandcontinue <br />todecreasetheamountofsandbytillinginmorereddirt.Allinall,staffhashadfrommidNovember <br />,PecanParksustained <br />untilFebruary20,2017toimprovetheleveloffieldmaintenanceOntopofthat <br />approximately10.64inchesofraininDecemberandJanuarycombined. <br />TheissueofcomparingLatƚƩƷĻ͸ƭfieldstoothershascomeupmanytimes.Thisisanapplestooranges <br />th <br />comparison.Forexample,onMarch11PecanParkfieldswereclosedduetorain.Otherfieldswere <br />playableinthesurroundingarea.TheMinchenComplexinDeerParkwasdestroyedbecauseoftheplay. <br />ThislocationisassociationmaintainedandDeerParkhadtocomeinduringtheweektorepairextensive <br />damage.Itisimportanttonotethatdifferentorganizationsusedifferentproductsandprefertheirfields <br />atdifferentlevelsofͻƭƚŅƷƓĻƭƭͼ͵Fieldscanbemadetoanylevel,howeverźƷ͸ƭamatterofhowmuchan <br />organizationiswillingtospendonbetterdirt,staffing,andequipment. <br />OptionstohelpimprovePecanParkfields,buttheimprovementalsodependsonweatherpatterns: <br />Reconstructallfields$63,000 <br />Thisprocesswillgivethepropercrownonthefieldsandhelpswiththedrainage.Onheavilyusedfieldsthis <br />wouldbedoneannually.ThishasnotbeendonesincePecanParkopened.Withthecurrentusage,itmight <br /> <br />