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Development of field sports facilities for the City of Kingston
Published by Jonathan Hulse on May 14, 2009
Petition for the development of Soccer Facilities in Kingston
To; The Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Members of Council of the City of Kingston
Soccer has the highest level of participation of any other sport in Canada. It is a year round sport with approximately 5000 youth and 1500 adult players registered in the City of Kingston. As a result of the increasing demand many of the current facilities are now significantly overused and are in poor condition.
Therefore, we the undersigned citizens of Kingston hereby petition the City to commit, over the next one to three years, to:
• Provide an artificial pitch for each high school in Kingston that will be available both to school and community use for all field sports,
• Initiate immediately the development of an artificial sports field for community and school use at the Invista Centre,
• Include in the plans for the Memorial Centre grounds an artificial sports field for community use,
• Provide for the City a first class track and field facility,
• Provide immediate support to build the soccer fields planned in the East end of the City at the St Lawrence Business Park, (Machin Park) using the monies set aside from the Pittsburgh Benefit Fund,
• Provide grants to each primary school in the Kingston area to allow them to upgrade their sports fields, and as a condition for them to be shared under user agreements with the community sports organizations.
• Through a City capital program or a public-private partnerships ensure the development of additional indoor purpose built sports facilities for use by all field sports and user groups.
User access agreements will be developed with the community sports organizations that will allow cost recovery towards the capital, operating and maintenance costs of these facilities.
To; The Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Members of Council of the City of Kingston
Soccer has the highest level of participation of any other sport in Canada. It is a year round sport with approximately 5000 youth and 1500 adult players registered in the City of Kingston. As a result of the increasing demand many of the current facilities are now significantly overused and are in poor condition.
Therefore, we the undersigned citizens of Kingston hereby petition the City to commit, over the next one to three years, to:
• Provide an artificial pitch for each high school in Kingston that will be available both to school and community use for all field sports,
• Initiate immediately the development of an artificial sports field for community and school use at the Invista Centre,
• Include in the plans for the Memorial Centre grounds an artificial sports field for community use,
• Provide for the City a first class track and field facility,
• Provide immediate support to build the soccer fields planned in the East end of the City at the St Lawrence Business Park, (Machin Park) using the monies set aside from the Pittsburgh Benefit Fund,
• Provide grants to each primary school in the Kingston area to allow them to upgrade their sports fields, and as a condition for them to be shared under user agreements with the community sports organizations.
• Through a City capital program or a public-private partnerships ensure the development of additional indoor purpose built sports facilities for use by all field sports and user groups.
User access agreements will be developed with the community sports organizations that will allow cost recovery towards the capital, operating and maintenance costs of these facilities.
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