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Inquiry on playground basketball courts usage
1:35:12
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Council Member Brewer inquires about the potential use of playground basketball courts to alleviate pressure on current park facilities and requests data on court usage.
- Asks about the number and size of basketball courts in playgrounds suitable for PSAL games
- Requests information from IBO and Trust for Public Land on playground usage statistics
- Suggests using playground courts could help address field time shortages
Gale A. Brewer
1:35:12
And then, my other question is on the playgrounds, it seems to me, and I wonder if IBO may know this or trust, is that if you are asking, and we all are, for more field time, in the playgrounds that I know of, there are gazillion basketball and quality basketball courts.
1:35:31
And, in some cases, the appropriate size so you could actually have PSAL games.
1:35:39
So my question would be for IBO, maybe you didn't look at this, but how to alleviate some of the pressure on current basketball in parks would be to have the playgrounds.
1:35:48
And I don't think I'd be able to look to see what is a actual, appropriate size for PSAL.
1:35:55
But do you have some sense of how many of those are basketball or other kinds of playgrounds?
1:36:00
It may not have been in your report.
Shekar Krishnan
1:36:02
If IBO can come back and TPL, this is also a question for TPL, but if you both wanna come back and
Gale A. Brewer
1:36:07
We can follow-up.
1:36:08
We can follow-up.
Shekar Krishnan
1:36:08
Okay.
Gale A. Brewer
1:36:09
But Trust for Public Land, do you have some sense of how populated your playgrounds are or how many people use them?
1:36:17
I mean, believe it's pretty constant.
Sophia Stelboum
1:36:20
Thank you for your question.
1:36:21
I don't know if I have that information with me at this time for a precise answer, but I'd be happy to follow-up and get back to you on that.
1:36:28
Thank you.
Gale A. Brewer
1:36:29
Thank you, Chair.
Shekar Krishnan
1:36:30
Thank you, Councillor Brewer.