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NEWPORT BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE
1280 Bison Avenue, Suite B9 -491
Newport Beach, California 92660
(714) 668 -6210
December 14, 2000
Via Facsimile (949) 644 -3155
Mr.Darin Loughrey
Senior Recreation Manager
Community Services Department
The City of Newport Beach
3300 Newport Boulevard
Newport Beach, California 92660
Dear Darin:
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Re: Friday Night and Saturday Night Field U
for the 2001 Season
Friday y, Evenings. Field Light Request
On behalf of the Newport Beach Little League and pursuant
to your request, I hereby make our yearly request to the PB &R
Commission and the Community Services Department to use the fields at
Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 until 9:45 p.m. from February 9, 2001 through
the third week in June 2001 for games and practices.
As you and the members of the PB &R Commission are aware,
this is not a new request. The Newport Beach Little League has been
playing night games at Lincoln on Friday evenings for at least the last 5
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years. This season our need is as compelling as lost year because
without scheduling night games on Fridays, we simply do not have the
fields to accommodate the number of players at the AA, AAA and
Major Division levels. We already have scheduled games on every
available field at every available time Monday through Saturday, leaving
only Sundays for practice. Without the Friday night games and
occasional Friday night practices, we cannot make it.
Request
to use
the Lights
on
a Limited
Basis on Saturday
Early Evening Prior
to the
Start
of Daylight
Sovinas
Time.
As noted above, we have scheduled games on every available
field on Saturdays. For our Upper Division, our games at Lincoln 1 and
Lincoln 2 are scheduled at 8:30 a. m., 11:00 0. M., 1:30 p.m. and 4:00
p.m. For years, we have been struggling to complete the 4:00 P.M. game
on Saturdays before Daylight Savings Time begins. At times, we are
playing in the dark because games get backed up: sometimes because of
ties, other times because of field problems or umpires not being on
time.
Accordingly, we request that from Saturday, February 17,
2001 through and including Saturday, March 31, 2001, the Newport
Beach Little League be allowed to use the lights on Saturdays until 7 :00
p.m., the maximum time that we generally use the fields on Saturdays
during Daylight Savings Time. Of course, if the 4:00 p.m. games on
Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 are over before that time, we would not need to
use the lights until 7:00 P.M. and we would commit to turn them off.
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As the PB &R Commission is aware, we have been self -
funding field improvements for years. We understand that budgets are
tight; however, we respectfully request that the PB &R Commission and
the Department of Community Services consider allocating available
funds to assist our organization to improve the parks which we use. We
recognize and thank you for your yearly allocation of brick dust to us
for use on all of the fields at Lincoln, Buffalo Hills, Andersen and San
Miguel. Although we would be receptive to funds for any purposes that
you or the PB &R Commission deems appropriate, we call your attention to
the following three projects which we would like to discuss with you:
1. Snack Bar at the "Banana Fields." This project is
• important to both Newport Beach Little League and Soccer.
2, Handicap Access walkway at Lincoln Athletic Fields.
We have constructed the walkway from behind home plate at Lincoln 2
to the end of the batting cages. We need funds to complete the link to
the kindergarden play yard at Lincoln. In connection with securing the
permission from the Division of the State Architect to install the
electronic scoreboard at Lincoln 2, we secured permission to build such a
walkway at Lincoln 2. Perhaps the City could assist us in obtaining
Federal Grant Funds for this worthwhile project. Again, this project
would also benefit AYSO because it would provide handicap access to
their fields as well.
3. Portable Snack Bar at Lincoln 2. Our former trailer
had to be replaced because of wear and tear. We are in the process of
purchasing a new trailer similar to the old one.
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Please place each of these matters on the first available
PB &R Commission Agenda. As you can see, our 2001 season is fast
approaching and we need to come to closure on these issues in January
2001. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Please call me with the date and time of the next PB &R
Commission Meeting so that I may attend. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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John F. Della Grotto,
Director, NBLL
W. Mr. Rex Jones, President, NBLL
Mr. Bill Wheatley, Chairman, NBLL
Mr. Jay Palchikoff, scheduling Director, NBLL
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