Lakeville Parks Commission approves summer camps, charity tournaments and a weekday field reservation

The Town of Lakeville Parks Commission on June 26 approved several summer field permits and fee arrangements for camps and tournaments, including a six-week Monday-night football camp, two charity volleyball tournaments (one with a fee waiver) and a weekday field reservation request from the FLAA youth baseball organization.

The actions affect use of Ted Williams/old soccer fields, John Pond Park, and Field 1 at the town complex. Commissioners voted to allow Eric Stanley to run a six-session football camp Mondays from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in July and August and to charge the clinic/tournament rate of $12 per player for that camp. The commission also approved the Looney Legacy Foundation’s memorial “blooper ball” adult charity softball tournament at John Pond Park on Aug. 9 (Aug. 10 rain date) with a waiver of the per-player clinic/tournament fee. Separate action approved a volleyball tournament on Aug. 16 raising funds for cystic fibrosis with a fee waiver; the commission also approved a July 20 adult volleyball tournament and honored the older $2-per-player form for that event.

The commission approved an event on July 27 for a team get-together (estimated ~100 people) organized by a local booster club (identified in the record as Amy, later transcribed as “Amber”), setting a flat reservation/donation fee of $50 when the group asked to reserve/section off park space. The commission noted that public use remains first-come, first-served unless an organizer asks to have an area reserved.

Separately, the commission approved adding Field 1 to FLAA’s weekday field pass for weeknight use (Sundays excluded because of men’s softball play and existing morning use). Commissioners specifically excluded Field 4 from that addition because an existing user (referred to in the record as “Samurai”) pays rent and performs operations/maintenance on Field 4.

Commissioners asked organizers to supply event insurance before events begin and reminded groups that tournament/clinic fees differ for league-approved regular-season play versus one-off events. Several motions passed by voice vote; the minutes record unanimous “all aye” outcomes for the motions listed above.

The commission and staff also reminded permit holders that the Parks Commission will re-evaluate contracts and field passes in the next annual review cycle.

Ending: Staff were directed to follow up on insurance documents and to notify groups of any additional site requirements (porta-potties, field maintenance) prior to the events.