Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010

Gentlemen:

Heading into next season, we still have a potential situation regarding
ball players parking in the neighboring sub-division on streets like Ryder
Crescent, Tiller St. and Boyd Crescent. Last week, a few members of the
Executive attended a meeting with town officials, which also included Derek
Hannan, Manager of By-law Services. We were informed that residents
of Ryder Cres. signed a petition (with over 100 signatures) which was
presented to city council expressing their concern over cars parking on
their streets. This constitutes the majority of residents as Ryder only has 70
homes. Over the course of the summer, Derek and his team had over
50 hrs. of surveillance on Ryder Cres. observing and documenting all
occurrences. (Not to mention ticketing numerous cars for parking violations)
All of which, by the way, occurred while AMSA had permits issued for the
Sportsplex. Although, there was a vast improvement towards the end of
the summer (which the town expressed to city council as well) there is still
much concern. The town has made it abundantly clear that the residents
come first before permit holders. As a league, we have been put on
notice that if this continues, the town will revoke our permits. The
Town has requested and we will be preparing documentation for the town
outlining our past attempts as well as our future plans to stop the undesirable
conduct of our membership. Therefore, to further prevent and alleviate the
situation next year, the AMSA will also monitor this location and any player
caught parking on Ryder Cres. or any of the surrounding streets will be
automatically expelled from the league (with the exception of documented
residents only). This will be a ZERO TOLERANCE policy! The AMSA
has over 650 players, and to jeopardize our permits over the actions of a few
players will not be tolerated.

The league looks forward to your continued co-operation.

Thank you
AMSA Executive.