HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006 07 10 Informational 502 Seminole County Youth Football League
COMMISSION AGENDA
July 10,2006
Regular Meeting
Consent
Informational X
Public Hearing
Regular
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Authorization
ITEM 502
REQUEST:
The Parks and Recreation Department would like to inform the City
Commission on the status of the Seminole County Youth Football League in
regard to usage of city fields.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this item is to clarify the status of the Seminole County Youth
Football League field usage request.
CONSIDERA TIONS:
· The Parks and Recreation Department staff began communicating with Seminole County
Youth Football League representatives in April 2006 regarding City field usage.
· Parks and Recreation notified the Seminole County Youth Football League that we could
not meet their request for a football field for practice 3 times per week from 6:00 PM -
8:00 PM from August 1 through November 25 and for games every Saturday from 10:00
AM to 3:00 PM. For 7 teams (154 players plus cheerleaders) from all over Seminole
County
· Parks and Recreation current practice field usage is provided for Two Soccer Leagues, the
Winter Springs Grizzlies, and the Lacrosse League as follows:
Fall Season
Football! Soccer! Lacrosse Teams
Practice Field Usage
Trotwood Park 121 Teams
CWP Expansion 76 Teams
Wincey Property 36 Teams
233 Teams
Practice on these fields 1 to 3 times per week.
Consent Agenda Item 502
July 10, 2006
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· At the June 12,2006, City Commission Meeting Commissioner McGinnis asked the staff
to bring back information.
· Parks and Recreation Staff met with Mr. Shawn Sullivan Football Director of the
Seminole County Youth Football League on June 29, 2006. He informed us that he had
secured a game site at Soldiers Creek Park, and several practice sites in the county. All he
was in need of was a practice site for one team made up of primarily Winter Springs
players.
· Parks and Recreation staff supported providing the Torcaso Park Football Field as a field
rental for a practice site three times per week for the football season. Mr. Sullivan
indicated that this would meet their need.
· However, he asked us to reconsider the $ 19.00 per hour and the $ 12.00 per week field
striping fee per Resolution 2002-31. Staff follows the Resolution in regards to all entities
that schedule city field usage.
· Parks and Recreation Schedules only limited team field usage at Torcaso Park because
the CDBG Grant requires that the public (low and moderate income) have reasonable and
sufficient hours of usage.
· Parks and Recreation staff also suggested other possible sites for future usage including
Winter Springs Golf Course, the soccer field area on Shepard Road near 17/92, and Jetta
Pointe Park.
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