HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 03/26/2001 (16) . RECEIVED
.. . , APi: 0,2 20.01' --
•
• PAMELA TUFT
_ ' Apri12,.2001 -
Petaluma.City'Council
'11 ,English Street -
I,
Petaluma, California 94952 • .
• RE: AGENDA:BILL 1 PURCHASE,OF:GRANGE`PROPERTY •
. ' : . .. Dear Mayor Thompson,and Council Members` , -.. • . •
I
` Please support staffs:request to purchase`the Grange propertyto implement the River Access and ' '
i Enhancement Plan and to•provide recreational op portunitiesfor Petaluma burgeoning number of youth
soccer players: • ' •
;
' - Given the si ificantenvironmentalconstraintsondevelopmentofthisproperty,itspurchaseforpublicuse
L as river access and youth soccer field Will benefit thecommumtysignificantly: Oui-preliminary.reviewof -.•'r ` - °-`
• •• boundary aid information indicates thatthe approxitrtately 3:S acre site can accommodate at '
• '' least one field`andpublic access:requirements. •
I'know.the Cityis•experienctng;difficultftscal times;but we'll,probably always face thischallenge. _ ;
Unfortunately,.our children'srecreattonalneeds cannot wait any:longer...As Council Member Moynihan '
' • can tell you(our children playlogelher in PYSL),'there are no more youth:fields left on the west side of • ' -
town: We all commute over to east side fields'which'are being-loved to death as our numbers increase • • •_•
every year.- ' • - -
•Staffhas done a great job ofidentifyinga grant for.purchase of the site.•Possibly Zone 2A funds could also•
be utilized for thiS-pin-po-se,of cotildbe.applied to theremaining parcels between the subjeci property and •
! Corona Road:Tlnsgreaterlandareawouldaddmoreroomforadditionalfieldsridacoessimprovements. '
Please support.staffs;recommendatton and,support;,youth,soccer to boot!
I. Poorly punnin , . _
g
.J.T. is - .. -
';e .luma Youth Socdermeague -
1
1 cc: Kevin McDonnell,.President, Petaluma Y:outh Soccer League
. .
._ FWA-Pet\I dt DlfVfW)py;63 haze wpd; - - . -
r{
i
J