Board of Parks meeting summary
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The Board approved multiple park permits for school, youth and community events, waived fees for many school and youth activities, set or adjusted custodial fees for private events and tournaments, amended event times for some bookings, and declined several requests where no representative attended.
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What this means
The Parks Board agreed to let many schools, youth sports groups, and community programs use city parks and fields—often without charging the standard reservation fee. Some private events were approved with custodial or extra-hour charges, and a few requests were declined because no one showed up to represent them. If you use or attend local park events, expect booked fields and reserved pavilion times, and note that organizers may be charged a custodial fee to cover cleanup and staff time.
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- Approved High School Boys Summer Soccer at Cawley Stadium (Lucas Carvalho Soccer Field) with facility staff coverage and waived resident youth fee (motion approved 4-0).
- Amended Raider Flag Football (Lowell Pop Warner) Machado Field times to 3:00–7:00pm and approved custodial fee arrangement totaling $400 (motion approved 4-0).
- Approved Church of CCF Lowell Addiction Awareness vigil on South Common for August 15 with no fee if the date is available (motion approved 5-0).
- Bundled approval of multiple school events and field trips (items 7, 8, 9, and 18) with no fees as school events (motion approved).
- Approved baby shower at Fort Hill Park with no fee (motion approved 5-0) despite an advertised $25 fee on the agenda.
- Accepted Friends of Lowell High car wash fundraiser dates at Cawley Stadium parking lot with custodial fee considerations waived (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved CTI Summer Celebration at Shedd Park with no fee (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved a Sweet 16 pavilion reservation with one extra custodial hour for a total charge of $250 (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved K.I.D.S. baseball dates (June 14 and rain date June 28) with a custodial fee of $200 for one of the dates as proposed (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved marching band rehearsal schedule at Cawley Stadium with fees typically waived and direction to consider rotating locations to rest fields (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved LYBSL tournament at McPherson Park and associated permit fees totaling $1,350 (motion approved 5-0).
- Approved Salsa in the Park (North Common Stage) dates with no fee (motion approved 5-0).
- Several permit requests were declined because no representative attended (including the Lowell Lions Club yard sale and multiple private events listed on the agenda).
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