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Charge to the Athletic Field Study Committee
Background: The Athletic Field Study Committee was established by the Board of Selectmen as an advisory body to study the need for additional athletic field space in the Town and to make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen on how best to address this need. It is a temporary committee.
Composition: The Committee is comprised of six (6) members. It is expected that the Athletic Director, Manager of Buildings and Facilities, and other appropriate staff of the Town will be essential resources to the Committee and will participate in Committee meetings and activities, when requested by the Committee to do so.
Responsibilities: It shall be the responsibility of the Committee to consider and make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen with respect to the need for additional athletic field space in the Town of Belmont. In connection with the Committee's responsibility, it is expected that they shall complete the following tasks:
- Assess the need for additional athletic field space, including an analysis of current and future sports program needs
and existing field space utilization.
- Evaluate land areas within the Town, including both public
and private parcels, that could be used by various sports
programs in the Town of Belmont.
- Evaluate the potential for modifying existing sports fields
in order to better address space needs (e.g., create multi-sport
fields).
- Work collaboratively with officials of the Belmont Hill
School and other similar institutions to develop methods to
share existing or proposed field space.
- Investigate sources of funding, including grants and private
donations, to fund any recommendations of the committee.
- Identify areas of analysis where professional, independent
consulting services would be necessary to supplement the
Committee's work.
- Serve as a conduit to elicit and receive public input
throughout the committee's analysis and deliberations.
- Prepare a formal, written report documenting the Committee's
findings and recommendations (including cost estimates) for
consideration by the Board of Selectmen.
- Make presentations on the Committee's report at Selectmen's
meetings and at other appropriate public forums.
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