Trustee Jim Love asked the Field Committee if they had a maintenance plan, to which Hollern responded that yes - but it needs funding. Furlong then said that the field would need maintenance almost every day, not someone working one day a week. Roberto Salinas told The Light Monday that the trustees would like to provide for the field's upkeep but will probably not act on the Field Committee's request until the 1996-97 budget is discussed this summer. Patterson noted that the field is used often by the public, so the public users should share in paying to maintain the field. In addition, the Field Committee feels members of the public this past year contributed enormously to the ballfield, not only by restoring it but by donating an electronic scoreboard.
Students have been key beneficiaries, the committee claims.