Maybe one day....
...San Carlos will get its collective act together and figure out how do get some fields built. For now, we can take some learnings from Los Gatos. 3 need turf fields opening within a few months.....Great headline story in the Los Gatos Daily News last weekend.....
Saratoga and school district officials developed a joint agreement for use of Prospect High School's brand new turf field every Sunday during the year in exchange for additional security at the site. The Campbell Union High School District board will vote whether to approve the agreement Nov. 2.
The potential addition of the playing field for youth sports comes in the wake of a unanimous agreement between members of the Kevin Moran Park Task Force last week.
City officials are hoping the fields will help start the healing process for residents after a decades-old battle between its neighborhoods and sports groups over the development of the park.
Director of Public Works John Cherbone announced the agreement at Wednesday's City Council meeting, lauding the agreement as "another great moment forward in terms of the city being able to gather more space for youth sports."
The sports user groups will have access to the field for two years as a trial period for $35 an hour, in exchange for police monitoring of the site over the weekend. The city should not incur any of the cost for the field usage because user groups will pay the city in advance, Cherbone said.
Council members Nick Streit and Kathleen King serve on the ad hoc committee with the city's schools and spent the past five months working to gain access to the new field. The two helped broker a deal with West Valley College officials, giving the city access to two fields at the college next spring.
"We've passed one hurdle, which makes me feel that we can get through other hurdles," King said Friday. "We're on to the next step now. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel."
King believes the city needs to work with Cupertino officials about creating cooperative agreements that would give Saratoga children the same priority for practice fields as if they were Cupertino residents.
"(We need) to share what we have instead of the issue we've had of who's from where," she said.
The new field helps ease some of the congestion around weekend games, but there is still a shortage of weekday practice fields for Saratoga children, soccer supporters said.
As of last year, there were more than 350 children registered with the California Youth Soccer Association in Saratoga. Most of those children practiced on fields in West San Jose and Cupertino, said Laura Watkins, a longtime advocate for more field space in Saratoga.
"One more field is a good thing absolutely. It's a step in the right direction," she said. "It helps solve a game shortage problem, but the issue of practice fields is still the same problem that it's always been."
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Soccer may score another field
Youth soccer scored use of a brand new turf field for games, marking the third game field added for soccer groups in the past three months.Saratoga and school district officials developed a joint agreement for use of Prospect High School's brand new turf field every Sunday during the year in exchange for additional security at the site. The Campbell Union High School District board will vote whether to approve the agreement Nov. 2.
The potential addition of the playing field for youth sports comes in the wake of a unanimous agreement between members of the Kevin Moran Park Task Force last week.
City officials are hoping the fields will help start the healing process for residents after a decades-old battle between its neighborhoods and sports groups over the development of the park.
Director of Public Works John Cherbone announced the agreement at Wednesday's City Council meeting, lauding the agreement as "another great moment forward in terms of the city being able to gather more space for youth sports."
The sports user groups will have access to the field for two years as a trial period for $35 an hour, in exchange for police monitoring of the site over the weekend. The city should not incur any of the cost for the field usage because user groups will pay the city in advance, Cherbone said.
Council members Nick Streit and Kathleen King serve on the ad hoc committee with the city's schools and spent the past five months working to gain access to the new field. The two helped broker a deal with West Valley College officials, giving the city access to two fields at the college next spring.
"We've passed one hurdle, which makes me feel that we can get through other hurdles," King said Friday. "We're on to the next step now. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel."
King believes the city needs to work with Cupertino officials about creating cooperative agreements that would give Saratoga children the same priority for practice fields as if they were Cupertino residents.
"(We need) to share what we have instead of the issue we've had of who's from where," she said.
The new field helps ease some of the congestion around weekend games, but there is still a shortage of weekday practice fields for Saratoga children, soccer supporters said.
As of last year, there were more than 350 children registered with the California Youth Soccer Association in Saratoga. Most of those children practiced on fields in West San Jose and Cupertino, said Laura Watkins, a longtime advocate for more field space in Saratoga.
"One more field is a good thing absolutely. It's a step in the right direction," she said. "It helps solve a game shortage problem, but the issue of practice fields is still the same problem that it's always been."
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