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Lowell subcommittee backs new tournament fee schedule, adds liability and cleanup rules
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Subcommittee voted 3–0 to adopt a revised tournament fee schedule that sets synthetic-field rents at $1,500 per day and adds custodial, lighting, trash and liability requirements; members said revenue should be used for park maintenance.
The Parks and Recreation Subcommittee of Lowell City approved a revised fee schedule to govern tournament and special-event rentals of city fields, voting 3–0 to recommend the changes to the full council.
The schedule sets a flat additional charge of $1,500 per day for tournaments on synthetic fields and $225 per field per day for non-synthetic fields, Mayor’s subcommittee members were told. The handbook also raises the custodial charge from $150 to $200 per four-hour block, sets a trash-removal/disposal fee of $200 per pack per day (waivable if the renter physically removes the trash), and establishes a lighting fee of $100 per four-hour block in addition to the field rate.
Madam Chair (Speaker 2) told the meeting the fees separate the field rental from add-on costs and are…
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