Unauthorized use of city sports fields resulted in damage
Published 3:01 pm Sunday, November 8, 2015
Washington’s City Council, during its meeting Monday, is expected to consider amending the City Code to prevent unauthorized use of playing fields at the Susiegray McConnell Sports Complex and other city sports facilities from damaging those facilities.
“Over the last several weeks, what appears to be (a) semi-organized adult soccer league has been using the soccer fields at the Susiegray McConnell Sports Complex. They used 3 fields after excessive rain and ruined the field,” wrote Allen Lewis, the city’s public-works director, in a memorandum to the mayor and council members.
The issue was discussed with the city’s Recreation Advisory Committee, which recommends the city erect signs on the complex that announce the prohibition of “non-programmable sports that are not rented/reserved with the City Parks and Recreation Department,” according to the memorandum. The committee recommends the signs be written in English and Spanish.
Currently, the City Code prohibits individual practices on any city sports facilities unless pre-approved by the director of the city’s parks and recreation facilities or his or her designee. The proposed amendment would prohibit individual practices or games on any city sports facilities unless pre-approved by the director of the city’s parks and recreation facilities or his or her designee.
In other business, presentations of the 2015 Rena K. Terrell Awards are scheduled to be made to recipients in three categories. The award recognizes outstanding efforts in historic preservation.
Those being honored include Mary Anne Nunnally Foy (commercial category) for her work on the Coffee Caboose, Don Stroud (good neighbor) for his work as chairman of the Washington Area Historic Foundation, serving on the Washington Historic Preservation Commission and to restore the Potts-Burgaw House on East Second Street and Chuck and Jenna Davis (residential property) for the work on restoring their home on East Main Street.
The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building, 102 E. Second St. To view the council’s agenda for a specific meeting, visit the city’s website at www.washingtonnc.gov, click “Government” then “City Council” heading, then click “Meeting Agendas” on the menu to the right. Then click on the date for the appropriate agenda.