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Resident urges Corona to add lights at outdoor basketball courts to lower youth costs
Summary
A Corona resident representing dozens of youth teams told the commission that about 10 parks lack basketball lighting; families pay for indoor rentals (example: $500 per season) and upgraded lighting would reduce a winter-season access barrier for roughly 500 kids, the speaker said.
At the public comment portion of the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, Christie Lehi Key, a Corona resident who said she represents about 87 youth basketball teams and roughly 500 players in the Corona-Norco area, urged the city to audit outdoor basketball-court lighting and upgrade roughly 10 parks that lack evening lighting.
"Our youth are being pushed off the basketball courts not by a lack of interest, but a lack of light," Christie said, describing a personal audit of 14 parks that found only four with sufficient evening lighting. She said local baseball, soccer and tennis courts are lit but many basketball courts are dark, forcing leagues to rent indoor gyms. Christie gave a concrete example: her daughter's third- and fourth-grade team paid about $500 for two-and-a-half months of practices, which she calculated as roughly $72 per player.
Christie asked the commission and Parks and Recreation staff to evaluate lighting at remaining parks and to ensure new City Park basketball courts include lights. Staff thanked her and noted the comment for follow-up; commissioners did not take immediate action during the meeting but expressed appreciation for the data and advocacy.
Provenance: public comment transcript (topic intro SEG 203; topic finish SEG 266).
