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1 <br />i <br />I.PROPOSAL <br />The Orono Baseball Association (which serves the youth <br />of Orono, Maple Plain and Lone, lake) propose building <br />a ’’regulation" Little League Baseball Field at <br />Bederwood Park on Stubbs Bay Road in Orono. <br />The area to be utilized would be the current baseball <br />field on the south side of the park. The layout ot <br />the field would remain as is with home plate in the <br />northeast corner of the field and left field adjacent <br />to the Luce Line right-of-way. <br />II.HISTORY <br />In 1987, the Orono Baseball Association (OBA) decided <br />to affiliate itself with Little ^egue, Inc. This <br />means that those youth included in T-Ball (ages 5, 6 <br />and 7), Instructional League (age 8), and Little <br />League (boys ages 9 thru 12) now come under the Little <br />League ’’umbrella". <br />1987 OBA forms three (3) "major league" teams <br />(ages 10-12). These three teams join five (5) <br />Mound teams '■o form Upper Tonka Little League <br />(UTLL). <br />OBA forms nine (9) team "minor league" system <br />(ages 9-12). Games played at sites throughout <br />Maple Plain, Long Lake and- Orono. <br />1.08 As number of participants rapidly increases, <br />OBA forms a 4th Major League team. OBA’s <br />four (4) teams and Mound’s six (6) teams <br />forms ten (10) team UTLL. Playing facilities <br />(Wolner field in Mound and Holbrook Park in <br />Long Lake) are now being utilized to their <br />fullest. <br />OBA expands minor league system to ten (10) <br />teams. Now using fields in Maple Plain and at <br />Orono Schools. <br />T-Ball and Instructional teams continue to <br />expand. <br />D)1989 Major League continues with 4 teams. <br />Minor League expands to eleven (11) teams <br />T-Ball and Instructional expands by 15%. <br />I <br />♦