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Field Usage <br />Soccer fields need to be managed cazefully in order to find the balance between satisfying <br />the needs of the playing community and protecting the county's ulveshnent in providing <br />a safe and playable surface for years to come. If properly managed, fields should not <br />require major renovation every few years. However, without appropriate usage policy <br />and enforcement in place, they will. While field lighting adds to the opportunity for <br />scheduled use, it also increases the wear and teaz on the field by virtue of extending the <br />amount of time fields are used. <br />Best practice requires the closure of fields to all use during the months of December <br />through Mazch, Scheduled play should be allowed only five of seven days per week.. <br />Fields with a heavy night schedule (lights) should be rested fliree days per week. <br />Security measures need to be in place to insure compliance, and guard against vandalism <br />and unauthorized use. The county will need to develop a sense of "ownership" by the <br />soccer community in order to promote self-policing for inappropriate or unauthorized <br />use. <br />Fields developed in the spring, if sprigged by April, could optimally, be ready for play in <br />September, Sodded fields require only a month or less to knit. Seeded fields need a <br />minimum of a year, more likely two and a half years to become established, <br /> <br />