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RecreationandParkCommission | 2018-04-12 | 6 | Exhibit 2 Written communication received in October 2017 and included as requested by Commissioners From: Vanessa Yingling <yingling.vanessa@gmail.com> Subject: Alameda Point Basketball Court Time Allocation Date: September 30, 2017 at 1:47:46 PM PDT To: Ron <relimoges@gmail.com>, Bill Delaney <bdelaneyca@yahoo.com>, Ruben <rtilos@yahoo.com>, <mchenpersonal@gmail.com>,1 tspencer@alamedaca.gov, mvella@alamedaca.gov, mezzyashcraft@alamedaca.gov, fmatarrese@alamedaca.gov, joddie@alamedaca.gov, lwarmerdam@alamedaca.gov Cc: Vanessa Yingling <yingling.vanessa@gmail.com> Dear ARPD Commissioners, City Council Members, and other interested parties, I am very concerned about the process and actual allocation of basketball court time at the Alameda Point Gym. My son participates in both AYB basketball and Vipers basketball and I volunteer as a Board Member for AYB. I recently learned that AYB's court time at the Point Gym has been reduced for the coming period of November 2017 to May 2018, and is virtually non-existent for Vipers, because of the out-dated process of prioritizing private religious schools before our local 501.3.c non-profit youth sports programs. Due to such a flawed policy, the continued health of these Alameda programs has been threatened, and our Alameda families will have to pay fee increases as our "non-profit" teams will have to seek court time at much more expensive private facilities the surrounding areas, IF such options are found. In addition, my son is unable to practice in the local public Point Gym that my tax dollars fund. I moved to Alameda due to the access to many physical activity opportunities for my family and the ease of transportation for young kids (bikes and walking). I support all physical activity opportunities for kids on the Island but the distribution of court time must be more equitable. As a concerned tax paying Alameda citizen I am writing to support the revision of the the Point Gym Public Facility rental policy so that it is more equitable to all Alameda families. Vanessa Yingling, Concerned Alameda Resident Vanessa R. Yingling, Ph.D. FACSM Associate Professor Co-Chair ACSM BONE-Interest Group California State University, East Bay Department of Kinesiology 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard | RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf |