Belmont City Council
April 9, 2024

ATHLETIC & MULTIUSE FIELD UPDATE
City Council, April 9, 2024
2 Fields in Belmont
Athletic Field Use Policy
Field Maintenance
Challenges
Solutions
Agenda
Fields in Belmont
3 • Sports Complex
• North Field
• South Field
• Marina Field
• Multi Use Fields
• McDougal
(shared with Charles
Armstrong School)
• Cipriani
• Barrett
• Alexander
• BRSSD Joint Use
Agreement
(M-F, 4 or 7pm to dusk and
weekends; summer weeks)
• Central
• Nesbit
• Ralston
• Fox
• CSUS Joint Use
Agreement
(Saturdays only; 3 summer
weeks)
• Field allocation
• Managed by Parks and Recreation
• Discussed at semiannual meetings
• Seasonal prioritization addressed
• Fees
• Per player registration fees
• Hourly lighting fee for North Field
• Closures
• Seasonal grass recovery closures
• Closures for inclement weather,
saturation, safety concerns
• Last updated July 2020
Athletic & Multi Use Field Use Policy
4 • Parks & Facilities staff maintain City and BRSSD fields • Commitment to safe playing fields
• Irrigation maintenance and repairs
• Annual reseeding, grading, and grooming
• Storm recovery
• General maintenance
• Outsource mowing and
gopher control
• Major repairs completed
by field owner (City or BRSSD)
Field Maintenance
5 • Weather!
• 2023 and 2024 wetter than average
• Droughts come and go: 1986–1992,
2007–2009, 2011–2017, 2020–2022
• Equitable allocation
• Aging fields and infrastructure
• Multiuse spaces
• Increased demand
• Access to Koret Field
Challenges
6 Challenges (Cont.)
7 • Already in place
• Synthetic turf at North Field since November 2020
 Over 80 hours/week of new playing time in the winter season  Over 20%+ of playing time continues during spring
season despite inclement weather
• Additional solutions
• Work with leagues to reset spring
expectations for field access
• Implement PROS Plan
recommendations for additional
all-weather fields
• Regain access to Koret Field
Solutions
8 Thank you
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