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CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION�/FORS
AGENDA TITLE: Woodlake Little League Proposal — Implication Regarding Joint -Use Agreement
Between Lodi Unified School District and City of Lodi
MEETING DATE: September 17, 1997
PREPARED BY: Parks and Recreation Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council not support the request of Mr. Bill Spencer to develop
a long term agreement for use of Woodbridge Middle School and the
creation of Woodlake Little League with the Lodi Unified School District.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Lodi Unified School District (LUSD) contacted City staff to
apprise the City of a proposal from the Woodlake Little League to
improve the grounds a Woodbridge Middle School. Subsequently,
the School Board agreed to defer final decision on this matter
pending an evaluation of the impact on the Booster of Boys/Girls Sports (BOBS) program and
general City use of the facilities. The BOBS and the Parks and Recreation Commission met on
Wednesday, September 10, 1997 to discuss the potential impact of the proposal.
Both the BOBS (16-0 vote) and Parks and Recreation Commission (5-0 vote) recommend that the City
Council not support Mr. Bill Spencer's proposal to create a long term agreement of property use at
Woodbridge Middle School and the development of the Woodlake Little League.
BOBS and Parks and Recreation Commission sited the following:
• This proposal would significantly impact already severely crowded practice and game facilities at
both school and city facilities.
• The concept by LUSD of creating a maintenance program that would pull school facilities out of use
for rest periods, thereby further impacting available facilities for youth sport programs seeking
practice and game sites.
• The need to address current and past joint -use agreements between LUSD and City of Lodi,
improvement of facilities for both parties, and sound working relationships without interrupting priority
uses of City and School District properties.
• The need to support long standing City programs that offer across-the-board unrestricted
participation and opportunities for all children within the LUSD boundaries.
APPROVED:
H. Dixon Flynn -- City Manager
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Implication Regarding Joint Use Agreement
Between Lodi Unified School District and City of Lodi
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The need to continually support BOBS willingness to put in thousands of hours of volunteer
services by over 1,000 active volunteers; their Board of Directors which oversees an annual
operating budget of $300,000, fundraising efforts which generate $100,000+ each year;
programs and their sponsors which serve 4,000 participants annually. It should be noted
that neither the BOBS nor City staff were approached in 1997 with a need to form a national
little league program.
• To realize that, as understood by BOBS, the National Little League Baseball District Eight
(Morada, Kennedy, and Foothill leagues) serves the LUSD boundaries. Any young person
currently residing within the LUSD boundaries wishing to play in the National Little League
organization has an opportunity to do so without the need to create another league in the
Lodi area.
FUNDING: None.
Ron Williamson
Parks and Recreation Director
RW/sb
cc: Parks and Recreation Commission
Booster of Boys/Girls Sports
Tom Alexander, Recreation Supervisor