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| Football Field Lighting able
to flood up to 40,000 square feet per tower with 25 footcandles to 1/2 mile
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 How a sports park can impact a residential
neighborhood!Hear it See it Aerial View MINUTES OF THE GLENDORA BOARD OF EDUCATION October 28, 2002 Glendora City Council Meeting of Nov 19, 2002 - "The biggest cost is for lights and that cost is not recovered with the current fee schedule. The City is paying for electricity to support general walk-ons, private leagues, travel leagues, Glendora High School girls baseball and softball, etc" Cost of Water may be $300.00 per day for a sports field in Glendora Mt. Vernon Township High School in south-central Illinois EnergyNet, The worst waste of energy was the lighting for the football field. From an economic as well as an environmental viewpoint, the school would be better off having football games on Saturday afternoons. The lighting over the football field causes a tremendous change in billing. If all six posts were turned on at the same time, the kW consumption would put Mt. Vernon in a higher billing category for a whole year Sonoma County California The cost of playing ball on local high school fields will increase in July to help cover increased maintenance costs and compensate for state budget cuts to the schools. "This is long overdue," Analy Principal Marty Webb told the trustees at a recent school board meeting. "We need to charge reasonable fees for the wear and tear of our fields." New typical fees would look like this: Outdoor athletic fields (not football stadium) would be $30 per hour to all non-school groups; Use of football field would be $150 to $275 for day and night use Wheeler said the new fee schedule was based, in part, on comparisons with other nearby districts. District business manager Ifeoma Adams said the new rates were "set on the low side" compared to other districts |
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Upland California January 16, 2004 --The Highlanders' football
field "The water and maintenance costs were significant for the
grass," Upland Athletic Director Jim Drake said. "I think they estimated
they were spending $30,000 in water costs alone just to maintain the field
annually." Copyright 2004 Los Angeles Times --
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| Cedar Hill School District -- Texas --
Exhibit 4-12 CHISD Facility Rental Fees 2001-02 Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts The use of school facilities by community groups is common in Texas school districts and in public school systems across the nation. By allowing community groups to use school facilities, schools and school districts connect with their communities. School district policies and procedures should meet the minimum requirements of state law and the fees to rent facilities to these groups should cover all costs associated with operating the facilities
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| MINUTES OF THE GLENDORA BOARD OF EDUCATION October 28, 2002 Regarding the City of Glendora's proposal to install outdoor lighting on the middle school campuses: On behalf of the Board of Education, Board President Mr. Pousard expressed appreciation for the comments made regarding the lighting. He went on to provide more information regarding the City's request to install outdoor lighting at the middle schools. He noted that the District has a joint powers agreement with the City for the use of school facilities. The City came forth with the proposal to install outdoor lighting at the middle schools. The District has agreed to allow the City to move forward with their proposal with conditions. One of the conditions is that the City follows all required State planning processes. Mr. Pousard stressed that the lighting is a City proposal and that District students/programs will not use the lighting. He noted that the City will hold another public hearing on October 30th and encouraged the citizens to attend. Dr. Mannon commented by responding to a statement made during the public comment period. The statement was that the District did not send out notices to the community regarding the proposed lighting. Dr. Mannon went on to explain that this is true and the reason is that the School District is not required to send public notices because it is not a District project. Dr. Mannon stated that because of the District's longstanding cooperative agreement with the City, the District approved the City's request proposing lighting for its recreation program. However, the Board's approval was contingent on the following conditions: 1) The City follow all required State planning processes including those set by CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act). Dr. Mannon stated that is what is currently taking place. One CEQA requirement is that the City is required to send notices to public residents and to hold public hearings regarding the issue. The other conditions of the agreement are; 2) The City acquires all necessary approvals from the Department of the State Architect's Offices; 3) The City serves as the lead agency for the project and; 4) The City bears all costs associated with this proposal. Dr. Mannon stressed that this is a City project and that no school programs have a need for the lighting or will use the lighting. |
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| Glendora City
Council Meeting of Nov 19, 2002 - "The
biggest cost is for lights and that cost is not recovered with the
current fee schedule. The City is paying for electricity to support general
walk-ons, private leagues, travel leagues, Glendora High School girls
baseball and softball, etc". |
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| The second biggest cost may be water. A
rate increase was implemented in July 2003. Cost for a single
sports complex may be $300.00 per day!
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Glendora Unified School District -- Sept 22, 2003
District enrollment is down 77*
students compared with the same time last year. The
Superintendent stated that the District
receives $4,632.29 per student, and that should the enrollment not increase, the
District will be looking at a reduction of $356,686.33 in the next school year’s
budget. Glendora School District's
income and expense report as filed with the state of California
District enrollment includes the several hundred
students that don't live in Glendora but commute to a Glendora school daily.