Wong asks about lighting before evening field permits
Wong says lighting problems make evening play impractical and asks whether Parks verifies lights before issuing evening permits. Cerrone says lighting is a priority, Parks ran a summer pilot, and some lights are remote-controlled but older fixtures and bulb replacement require contractors.
to look at the athletic fields and other, you know, activatable spaces within your district and figure out, you know, if there are instances where we've taken away permits from people because they were not using them
for their organized sports.
And if there's specific fields that you have in mind that you want us to focus on, we will absolutely do so and make sure that we're able to figure that part of it out.
Yes, I can provide the information, and please, you can work with my office.
We can identify soccer fields, softball fields that...
Supposedly reserved for a certain event and people never showed up.
And then other groups are like, you know, what's going on?
Why can't we get in?
All right, so thank you.
My second part, my follow-up question is, why should enforcement depend on another leak or resident filing a three-on-one complaint?
Will Parks Department establish a use it or release it system that will automatically make unwanted or repeatedly unused field time available to other organizations?
Thank you for that question as well, Council Member.
We will look at that, and as part of our conversation with the athletic field permitting team in your office, we can look at the fields that are being permitted but not used, and we can also have discussion about what the rules
say or, in this case, don't say with regard to people who may not be.
following through on the permits that they have.
Thank you.
Final question, Chair.
May I?
Do I have time?
Yeah.
When Parks Department cancels or changes a permit, how much notice must it provide, and why isn't the affected organization guaranteed a written explanation and comparable replacement time?
I'm sorry, Council Member.
I'll have to get back to you on that.
I imagine you're talking again about the athletic fields.
Yes.
Yeah, I will have to get back to you on that.
I don't have that information.
Okay, so I'll reach out.
We will reach out to your office.
These are all fair, appropriate, and good questions, and we want to make sure that we're getting you answers.
Apologies if we can't get them to you right now.