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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK CITY OF ,AoORPARK, CALIFORNIA
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FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Director of Community Servic
DATE: October 1, 1998 BY:
SUBJECT: Consider Request for Waiver of Park Rental Fees (Garza)
Background
The City is in receipt of a request from Blanca Garza (Attachment A), who manages a woman's adult
soccer team. Additionally, Ms. Garza's husband manages a men's adult soccer team. Ms. Garza is
requesting that the City waive park rental fees for Peach Hill Park, so that both the woman's and men's
teams can practices.
The teams would like to use the soccer field that is east of the basketball court and north of the softball
field. Ms. Garza is requesting that they be allowed to rent the park facilities on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. During standard time, they also would like to use the lights to help light the
soccer field to that they can practices later into the evening.
Under the City's current park rental fee schedule, the cost to rent a soccer field for a Moorpark resident is
$5.00 an hour, and the use of the softball field lights is $15.00 an hour. The total cost to the adult soccer
teams would be $25.00 per day.
At this time, the City Council has only entered into Use Agreements with the major Moorpark youth sports
organizations. The organizations use the parks for $1 per year, but they are obligated to perform certain
maintenance and repair work and to make improvement at their costs. The use of softball field lights is not
included in any of the use agreements.
Waiving the park rental fee for the adult soccer teams has never been done in the past, and while the
amount to be waived may not be significant, it would set a precedent for other groups and individual teams
that wish to use City parks for practices. Park rental fees serves the purpose of reimbursing a small portion
of the costs the City incurs for the use of its parks. With the lost of the Park Maintenance Assessment
District, this would not appear to be the time to waive rental fees for this type of a purpose.
Recommendation
Decline the request from Ms. Garza to waive park rental fees.
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Juan & Blanca Garza
150 f=ast Los Angeles Avenue, #504
Moorpark, CA 93021
(805) 532 -2038
September 22, 1998
The Honorable City Council
City of Moorpark
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
Dear Honorable City Council:
I'm writing to ask if you would please consider waiving or reducing the fees for the rental
of Peach Hill Park soccer field and lighting, so that the soccer teams we manage may
have a location to conduct our weekly soccer practices. The practices are held twice a
week. Because of the change in daylight, it is necessary for us to find a location with
lighting. We are requesting to formalize a contract to use the facilities on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. at Peach Hill Park. The lights would be needed
from 7:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.
My husband manages "Leon," a team in the Ventura County Soccer League consisting of
men age 18 +. They are currently commencing their sixth season and are a team in
Division Mayor. I manage "Silver Bullets," a team in the Adult Soccer League of 5imi
Valley, consisting of women age 18 +. The team recently formed and is in Division B. This
is the first year "silver Bullets" is playing soccer. Both teams represent Moorpark
throughout the County of Ventura. The majority of the players including my husband and
I, are long time residents of the community of Moorpark.
Thank you for your consideration and your prompt attention to this request.
Sincerely,
Blanca Garza, Manager
5ilver Bullets, Simi Valley League
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