Rosenberg City Council on Tuesday postponed consideration of a staff recommendation to decline renewal of a facility use agreement with Rosenberg Football Club, after players, coaches and club founders urged the council to preserve the club’s access to city parks.

The item under consideration was a resolution authorizing the city manager to terminate the facility use agreement between the city and Rosenberg Football Club, which staff said was set to expire Sept. 30, 2025, and which allowed the club priority use at designated fields including Garcia Park, Sunset Park, Travis Park and Seabourn Creek Park. City staff told council the agreement included an option for two additional two‑year renewal periods but recommended not exercising the renewal “due to the demand of the field usage by other organizations and individuals.”

In public comment, Shay Sweeney, who identified herself as a Rosenberg FC coach and parent, asked council not to “shatter” local children’s opportunities by removing practice space, saying the club begins its season in September. Dr. Hector Weir, who described himself as a Rosenberg FC coach and director of a youth program, said the club provides lower‑cost programming that many families could not afford to move to other cities. Founder Rafael Benitez and former Rosenberg resident Craig Raider and others described investments the club said it has made in parks — goals and nets, lighting, a pedestrian bridge at Garcia Park, tree relocation and routine field maintenance — and warned a loss of the agreement would leave a gap in affordable youth programming.

Club representatives told council they pay registration fees to the city and that the club spends an estimated $33,000 a year on mowing and field preparation; they also said the club had in some years been late meeting payment obligations. City staff told council the club had not consistently provided a detailed schedule of field use and that staff had trouble renting fields when the agreement indicated the club had reserved them.

After discussion, a councilmember moved to postpone the item to the upcoming council workshop; the motion carried and council instructed staff to meet with the club and provide answers to questions about fees, resident vs. nonresident usage, scheduling documentation and outstanding payments. Council requested both sides maintain communication; the council set no final decision date other than the workshop on Aug. 26, 2025.

The postponement preserves the club’s ability to reserve city fields through the standard park rental process in the short term but leaves the future of the multi‑park agreement undecided until staff returns with additional information and recommendations.