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San Dimas council adopts field allocation changes, establishes no-show penalties
Summary
The city council unanimously adopted Resolution 2024-61 to revise the field allocation policy, shorten the cancellation window and create a three-tier no-show penalty structure; councilmembers and local youth-sports organizers debated fee impacts and scheduling logistics.
San Dimas City Council on Aug. 13 adopted Resolution 2024-61 to revise the city's field allocation policy, shorten the cancellation window for reserved fields and impose a tiered no-show penalty system intended to reduce empty, reserved fields and make more time available to waiting teams.
The action followed public comment from local youth-sports organizers who said proposed fee increases would hurt small nonprofit programs. "Our current attendance rate for residents is 62%," said Bryant Aguilar, president and founder of Spartans Youth Soccer Academy, arguing that higher fees would be "detrimental" to his nonprofit, which subsidizes uniforms and cleats for families that cannot afford them. Javier Hernandez, who runs a nonprofit baseball organization, said the proposed rate…
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