Roseville Area Schools Athletic Fields

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Roseville Area SchoolsAthletic Fields

• Jenny Loeck
• RAHS Activities Director

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• Parkview
• 9-12 Boys Soccer Practice (no games)
• City of Roseville / Youth Baseball
• Heavy Community Soccer Use
• Parkview Physical Education

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• RAMS
• Physical Education
• 8th grade Softball Baseball
• Practice Games
• 7th 8th grade Track practice
• 7th 8th grade Soccer
• Practice Games
• 7th 8th grade Football
• Practice Games
• Lost a RAMS Baseball Field in the sale of land
  to St. Judes

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• RAMS High School Usage
• 9-12 Girls Soccer Practice
• 9th, B, JV Home
  Boys Girls Soccer Games
• JV Varsity Boys Girls Lacrosse Practice
• JV Home Boys Girls Lacrosse Games
• 9th 10th Football Games
• Lower-level Lacrosse (community)

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• Heavy Community Soccer Use
• Adult Soccer
• NSSA City of Roseville
• Youth Soccer Practice Games

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• Fairview
• 9th grade Baseball practice games
• City of Roseville / Youth Baseball

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Current 7-12 Roseville Athletic Fields

• RAHS
• JV Varsity Baseball Practice Games
• 9-12 Boys Girls Track Practice Meets
• 7th 8th grade Track Meets
• Varsity-only Boys Girls Soccer Games
• JV Varsity Football Games
• One 9th grade and one 10th grade FB game
• Varsity-only Boys Girls Lacrosse Games

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Community Demand (Serving Arden Hills, Falcon
Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood,
Roseville, Shoreview)

• City of Roseville
• Parkview
• RAMS
• Fairview
• RAHS
• Brimhall / Evergreen Park
• Lake Owasso Baseball Fields

• Roseville Schools
• Central Park Softball Fields
• Dale St. / Legion Baseball Field
• Shared Agreements
• - Roseville Gymnastics Center
• - Brimhall Central Park Elementary Gymnasiums

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Limited Stadium Use

• RAHS Stadium
• Stadium Turf Significant Limited Use due to
  extensive wear tear of field
• Currently No Lower-Level Play, RAHS Physical
  Education, or Youth / Community Use Allowed
• NO summer use
• Track Needs to be rebuilt resurfaced (cracks
  beyond repair)
• No longer a premier track in the area / SEC

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Stadium Need Vs. Actual Use

• Needs
• 22 Football Games
• 9th-12th plus one 7th 8th
• 32 Soccer Games
• All Varsity plus distribution of lower level
  games
• 20 Lacrosse Games
• All Varsity plus distribution of lower level
  games
• Daily Physical Education
• Community Use
• Evenings, Weekends, Summer

• Actual Use
• 10 Football Games
• 14 Soccer Games
• 10 Lacrosse Games
• 0 Physical Education
• 1 Youth Football Day
• 0 Youth Soccer
• 0 Community Use
• 0 Summer Use

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Potential RAHS Stadium Project

• Artificial Turf
• Physical Education, Soccer, Football, Lacrosse,
  Track, Softball, Baseball, others
• Resurface 8 lane track
• Recondition stadium fencing
• Press Box upgrades
• Sound System upgrades
• Bleacher upgrades
• Possible upgrades to current storage, tickets,
  and concessions buildings

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One Possibility
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Why Turf?

• Artificial Turf Stadium
• PE Class (daily use during the fall spring)
• Every lower-level (7-12) team will be allowed at
  least one game on the stadium field. (soccer,
  football, lacrosse)
• HS teams now limited will have increased access
  to stadium field
• Baseball, Softball Lacrosse will have access
  for training when fields are out of play
  (weather)
• Community Access / Rental through Roseville
  Schools Community Ed Department

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Roseville Area High School

• Currently is situated on 40 acres
• Minimum acreage for new HS 100 acres
• Stadium Field should serve / represent a minimum
  of 3 full athletic fields

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Area Schools w/Artificial Turf

• Suburban East Schools
• Mounds View
• Park of Cottage Grove
• Woodbury
• East Ridge
• Spring Lake Park
• St. Paul Central
• St. Paul Humboldt
• St. Paul Highland Park
• Robbinsdale Armstrong
• Robbinsdale Cooper

• Edina
• Eden Prairie
• Hopkins
• Minnetonka
• Macalester College
• University of St. Thomas
• Augsburg
• Hamline
• Irondale
• Osseo Schools (3)

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Why Now?

• Community Need
• Partnership with Community Organizations
• Keep Facilities / Stadium Competitive
  First Class (Pride in our Schools)
• Best Pricing Available / Construction
• Environmentally safe
• Our Stadium Field should be for ALL students (not
  only athletes)

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Environmentally Safe

• Doesnt require water, fertilizer, or pesticides
• Research has shown artificial turf to be safe in
  terms of lead and rubber exposure
• Artificial turf has resulted in 47-55 fewer
  neural and cranial injuries artificial turf
  injuries have been shown to be less severe in
  general with a quicker recovery time

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Sale of School District Property

• Sale of 623 Land to St. Judes Medical
• Loss of Athletic Field
• Reinvestment in our Grounds / Facilities
• Money is required by law to be spent on Capitol
  Expenditures re-invested into our schools.
• No Taxpayer dollars

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Financial Considerations

• Cost Savings
• Labor
• Water
• Fertilizer
• Seed
• Fuel
• Maintenance
• Field sits unused for recovery purposes no
  return on the investment

• Revenue
• Lease Agreements / Hourly Rental
• Community Groups
• Youth Athletic Associations
• City of Roseville
• Area Schools
• Area Colleges / Universities

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Revenue Potential

• Total Current Maintenance Cost (natural grass)
  40,000 per year
• Note Stadium Field is not currently used
  during June, July, and August.
• Estimated cost of maintaining artificial turf
  field 5,000 per year
• Comparative Rental Revenue Analysis of SEC
  Members
• South Washington County Schools (3 Artificial
  Turf Fields)
• 35 per hour volunteer / non profit
• 200 per hour commercial use
• Mounds View Schools (2 Artificial Turf Fields)
• 25 per hour youth rate
• 65 per hour non-resident
• 100 per hour commercial

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Revenue Potential

• Potential Revenue - Artificial Turf Stadium at
  RAHS
• Spring Rental Potential
• 3 Evenings per week (15 hours)
• Weekend Use (12 hours per day 24 hours)
• 10 weeks (April 1st June 10th)
• Total Spring 39 hours x 10 weeks 390 hours
• Summer Rental Potential
• 7 days per week x 12 hours per day 84 hours per
  week
• 10 weeks (June 10th Aug. 20th)
• Total Summer 84 hours x 10 weeks 840 hours
• Fall Rental Potential
• 1 Evening per week (5 hours)
• Weekend Use (12 hours per day 24 hours)
• 10 weeks (Sept. 1 Nov. 15th)
• Total Fall 29 hours x 10 weeks 290 hours

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Revenue Potential

• Yearly Total Revenue Potential
• 1520 hours x 35 per hour 53,200
• 1520 hours x 50 per hour 76,000
• 1520 hours x 75 per hour 114,000
• 80 Occupancy Rate
• 35 42,560
• 50 60,800
• 75 91,200
• 60 Occupancy Rate
• 35 31,920
• 50 45,600
• 75 68,400

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• Continued Partnership into the future
• Work together as the needs of the community
  change and grow
• Wonderful Community
• Shared Vision for this
  partnership

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• Premier School District
• We offer Quality Teaching Learning for All
• 1.) Activities
• Achievement

• Decades of research prove that students who
  participate in high school activities tend to
  have
• higher grade-point averages
• better attendance records
• lower dropout rates
• fewer discipline problems than non-participating
  students.
• National studies repeatedly report that high
  school activities
• build character
• increase self-confidence
• relieve tension
• support classroom learning by generating school
  pride, a sense of community, and by nurturing a
  feeling of belonging that makes students want to
  achieve.
• -(www.mshsl.org) 1.22.09

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