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Forest Lake commission recommends City Council consider waiving field fees for Special Olympics and charter high school teams
Summary
The commission recommended City Council waive city field-usage fees for Special Olympics practices and for a combined North Lakes Academy/Leila charter high school program, while noting the need for written criteria, liability safeguards and payment of field-prep costs to partner groups.
The Forest Lake Parks and Recreation Commission voted to recommend that City Council approve fee waivers for two local programs seeking field use: a Special Olympics practice group and a charter high school baseball program combining North Lakes Academy and Leila.
Kyle Young, Parks and Recreation coordinator, told the commission the Special Olympics group requested 6–8 practices at Shilling Park and asked staff whether the commission would support waiving city field-usage fees. "They're just looking to know that they would have that dedicated space," Young said, adding the group did not require additional field preparation by city crews.
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