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N <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION X <br />DATE: <br />JITEM NO; f <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Administrator’s Report <br />Item Description: <br />Request for Expanded Use of Bederwood Ball Field <br />Clarifications <br />As the request for expanded use of the Bederwood Ball Field moved through the Park <br />Commission and to the Council, staff was of the understanding that the Girls Softball Association <br />and the OBA were at least affiliated and were jointly bringing the request to the City. It has <br />recently been determined that the representative of the Girls Sottball Association was acting <br />independent of the OBA in the request for additional ball field use. A letter from the OBA <br />clarifying the OBA’s position regarding Bederwood Ball Field is attached. <br />Comparison of Ball Field Availability Across Cities <br />Fields available for use for youth softball and/or baseball <br />Lone Lake <br />Maple Plain <br />Medina <br />Orono <br />Orono Schools <br />- in Maple Plain <br />- in Orono <br />1 <br />4 <br />0 <br />5 (including the 2 new OBA fields) <br />4 <br />9 <br />Addressing the Girls Softball Need <br />The Girls Softball Association has requested the BedeiAVOod Ball Field be programmed tor one <br />additional night of use by the OBA to free up a field at Hollbrook Park for the Girls Softball <br />program. The OBA has suggested the alternative of allowing the Softball Association to use the <br />four fields at the Orono Primary School on Friday nights, a night that is now first come-first <br />served time for all fields and all organizations. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to address the request of the Girls Softball Association for expanded use of the <br />Bederwood Ball Field.