Don said yes, He spoke to Frank Bastone and he feels that progress is being made. Jim Franco commented that the fields are way behind schedule and if we issue the permits and move the teams and it falls behind, what do you do then. Don Bogardus said all we re waiting for is the fence guy. We have to cut out some sod, but if gets too close to the time, we ll make it all clay. If it s going to be unsafe to play on time, then the decision will be to pull all the sod out and put clay down and we ll put sod down later for the infield.
Time is of the essence.
Tim Carey asked if we could use the field with the bad backstop without causing a conflict on paying in the future. Don Bogardus said we could play on the field with the bad backstop and Frank Bastone would handle the part with the vendor to repair the bad backstop and there will be no conflict if we played on the field. Al Imbimbio is concerned about the debris, dirt and fence posts that are piled between DPW and Senior Field. Councilman Burke said the need to clean up that pile is a priority and he is working with Dan Wills to work something out. Time Carey asked to make a motion to issue permits for the use of Jefferson Field for men s softball and Veteran s Field for women s softball starting May 1, 2000.