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Parks advisory board moves to relocate portable restroom to Harvest Park for soccer season
Summary
Wellington Town Parks Advisory Board approved a motion to relocate a portable restroom from the WCP tennis-court area to Harvest Park for soccer programming contingent on opening a permanent restroom at WCP; the board also reviewed field layouts and parking plans for the April season opener.
The Wellington Town Parks Advisory Board voted to move a portable restroom from the tennis-court area at WCP to Harvest Park for the upcoming youth soccer season, contingent on the opening of a permanent restroom at WCP.
Board staff presented a field layout for Harvest Park that places 7U and 12U matches in the large bowl and 9U and 5U in an upper area. Staff said the site offers better activation of fields and playground access but raises parking concerns. To address that, staff described an experimental painted/gravel parking area expected to yield roughly 45–60 spaces, including six to eight ADA spots, and one-way traffic flow controlled with cones and a fire-department-approved lane.
The restroom budget was a central part of the discussion. Staff reported the town’s annual budget line for portable restrooms is approximately $30,700 and said adding a unit at Harvest Park would increase that line (staff estimated the incremental cost but did not provide a final contract price at the meeting). Options discussed included temporarily relocating a unit from Centennial or WCP during peak weekends, renting an additional unit for the first soccer months, or investing in permanent restroom infrastructure when feasible.
On a motion to "move the restroom outside of the tennis courts at WCP to Harvest Park for soccer programming upon the permanent restroom opening at WCP," the board moved, seconded and voted in favor. The transcript records the motion, a second, and members answering in the affirmative; no formal roll-call tally by name was recorded in the minutes provided.
Board members and staff said they will monitor the first weekend (April 11) as an experiment for parking and staffing, and that extra staff/field representatives will be assigned to manage circulation. If parking or restroom arrangements prove inadequate, staff said they will reassess and return to the board with cost figures and alternatives.
The board also discussed long-term options: permanent restroom structures (noting utility and ADA requirements and higher upfront costs) and strategic use of the town’s existing portable units to avoid overextending the recurring portable-restroom budget.
The board’s decision is procedural and contingent on the WCP permanent restroom opening; staff will provide cost estimates and implementation details to the board at a future meeting.
