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year when they are fully operational (and are throughout the region and country), <br />is not an accurate depiction of needs. Further, knowing that there are year -round <br />sports, noting that no sports are traditional in the winter and summer months is a <br />missed opportunity to start to evolve with the landscape. At a minimum, if soccer is <br />deemed a traditional fall sport, it should be noted that our fall competitive leagues <br />are in full operation through mid-December, and noting that the fall season goes <br />through November does not align with our reality. <br /> <br />A: We understand that many sports clubs have evolved into year -round <br />competitive schedules. However, our Pleasanton co-sponsored group consists <br />largely of organizations that schedule a strong traditional season, with a much <br />smaller off-season or no off-season. These groups include baseball, softball, boys <br />lacrosse, girls lacrosse, and football. <br /> <br />Sports seasons are necessary to provide inclusive and equitable field space for all <br />user groups. Similar to high school sports seasons, the City aims to provide all <br />user groups the field time their sport needs based on their traditional season. <br /> <br />For the winter season, fall sports have concluded and spring sports have not yet <br />started. The short winter season also coincides with our field closures for <br />maintenance and repair. This past fall 2023 season, soccer league games were <br />accommodated according to the game schedules provided. <br /> <br />5. Q: The document outlines that priority allocations go to both tryouts and traditional <br />season sports. Please note that this is a contradiction as tryouts virtually always <br />take place outside of the city’s defined traditional season, for multiple sports. In the <br />past, tryouts took priority regardless as they are vital to an organization's <br />operations and it always worked. This needs to be clarified. <br /> <br />A: You are correct- tryouts still have the highest priority, as outlined on page 7 <br />under the Field Allocation Process section. Tryouts have the highest priority <br />regardless of whether the group is in-season or not. We will add a clarifier to this <br />section to make it clearer that tryouts for in-season and out-season groups have <br />the highest priority. Of note, applications for tryouts must be submitted by the <br />submittal timeframe in order to be considered for priority allocation. <br /> <br />6. Q: Field closure schedule: The existing process allows for: “Leagues are required <br />to condense field use beginning the second week of November and use as few <br />fields as possible to allow for off-season maintenance practices to begin.” This <br />phased process has been used for at least 20 years, is realistic to the fact that <br />Park staff cannot start the maintenance process on every single field <br />simultaneously, and has always prioritized safety. RAGE and BUSC staff had <br />historically met with Parks staff and walked the fields to discuss any problem or <br />concern areas. Again, we play year-round and our Fall leagues go through mid <br />December. Both clubs recently met with Pam Ott and Heidi Murphy and they <br />shared that they were not aware of this previous practice/current policy and shared