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Parks Board recommends council adopt measures to improve public access to ball fields
Summary
The Austin Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously Sept. 29 to send a package of recommendations to City Council aimed at making public ball fields easier to find, reserve and use by community groups and adult leagues.
The Austin Parks and Recreation Board on Sept. 29 voted to recommend that City Council adopt a set of measures intended to improve public access to municipal ball fields, including centralized information, standardized contracts, a revised youth sports organization (YSO) agreements framework and changes to related city ordinances.
Board members said the recommendations respond to months of community input and a city auditors report that flagged confusion and uneven access. The boards action moves the package to Council for consideration.
The proposal asks the city to create a centralized public information source and a robust online reservation system, standardize contract language to protect public access when city funds support private fields, revise youth sports…
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