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e e REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Report Department: Parks & Recreation Agenda Date Requested: Requested By: Ste hen L. Barr Resolution Ordinance Exhibits: 1. Ordinance 95- 1645a Amending the Rates for Rental of the Municipal Adult Softball and Soccer Fields at the Little Cedar Bayou Park Complex and the Northside Park Field SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION The Parks & Recreation Department has designated the athletic fields at Little Cedar Bayou Park as adult athletic fields. The City of La Porte has recently completed lighting of the multi-purpose/soccer field at Little Cedar Bayou Park and there is a need to include soccer fields in the ordinance governing rental of adult athletic fields. The lighted softball fields at Little Cedar Bayou Park and the lighted softball/baseball field at Northside Park are currently available for reserved use by adult groups, civic organizations, church groups, business or industrial groups for use at the proposed rate of rental. This proposed amendment to existing Ordinance 1645 adds the soccer fields to the softball fields which are already available for rental under the existing ordinance. The proposed field rental rates cover the cost operation of the facilities, including the cost of a caretaker/groundskeeper, and the cost of electricity for the lighted fields. The two soccer fields and the #3 softball field at Little Cedar Bayou Park and the softball/baseball field at Northside Park are available for practice, without lights, at any time during park operating hours on a first come, first served basis. If a team reserves the field for practice, league play, or tournament play, the reservation takes precedence over the walk-on use of the field or fields. Except for "overflow use" during tournament play, youth groups will be required to pay for use of the Little Cedar Bayou Park adult facilities. Staff recommends the approval of Ordinance 95- 1645a which establishes rental rates for reserved use of the adult softball and soccer fields at Little Cedar Bayou Park and the softball/baseball field at Northside Park. Action Required by Council: Consider approval of Ordinance 95- 1 645a which establishes rental rates for adult softball and soccer fields at Little Cedar Bayou Park and the softball/baseball field at Northside Park. Availability of Funds: General Fund _ Capital Improvement Other Water/Wastewater _ General Revenue Sharing Account Number: Funds Available: N/A YES NO Approved for City Council Agenda: Q~T~ Robert T. Herrera, City Manager q-1-~S Date