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Permitting process for various sizes of park spaces
1:09:24
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Council Member Krishnan asks about the differences in the permitting process for groups using entire sports fields versus those using smaller spaces within parks. The Parks Department representative explains their approach to different types of use.
- Parks Department encourages leagues and organized sports to use the athletic field permit process
- Smaller spaces (e.g., 20x20 patches) are typically permitted through the special events process for activities like birthday parties
- Parks is working to accommodate groups offering clinics or similar activities by exploring ways to divide up permittable spaces within the athletic field system
- The goal is to prevent overutilization of non-athletic park spaces for sports play
Shekar Krishnan
1:09:24
it.
1:09:25
Okay.
1:09:25
And how does the process differ for groups that use entire sports fields versus groups that use smaller spaces within the park?
1:09:34
It's like a 20 by 20 patch of grass for structured play or sports related activities.
1:09:40
Are you all having different processes for how much field you're using?
Margaret Nelson
1:09:44
Sure.
1:09:45
You know, we're really encouraging, especially leagues or organized sports play to be using the athletic field permit process and to be permitting those spaces.
1:10:01
The 20 by 20, you know, is more for a birthday party or, you know, some very small group of people but we really don't want that to be we don't want other park spaces to start to get over utilized for sports play.
1:10:15
That's not what the special events permitting process is really made for.
Shekar Krishnan
1:10:19
So for those smaller instances that come up?
Margaret Nelson
1:10:23
So, you know, I think we're working with some groups that want to offer, you know, clinics or things like that, you know, parts of fields and figuring out how we can divide up some of these permittable spaces in our athletic field system as opposed to doing it on other parkland.
Shekar Krishnan
1:10:42
Got it.