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Hermosa commissioners press staff for plan to restore limited hoops at Clark Field after liability review
Summary
Risk staff told the commission the small west-side Clark Field courts present increased liability due to narrow buffers and nearby hard surfaces; residents and youth clubs urged retaining kid-height hoops, and the commission asked staff to return in March with a mitigation and reinstallation plan.
The Parks & Recreation Commission heard a risk-manager assessment on the nonstandard basketball hoops west of Clark Field and directed staff to return in March with options to restore limited kid-focused hoops and mitigation measures.
Acting Risk Program Manager Boyd Horan told the commission the site is constrained: retaining walls and a ball-field fence sit within a few feet of play areas, buffer zones are below best-practice dimensions, and resurfacing alone would not address collision or pedestrian-conflict hazards. He cited provisions of state law (Government Code section 835 and Gov. Code 831.7) that can limit public-entity liability for…
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