SOCCER FIELD RENTAL POLICY

1.      Decatur Parks and Recreation may cancel or deny the use agreement of any person or group when it is determined by the City Council, Decatur Parks and Recreation Department or the city’s duly authorized designee that the proposed use of the park and facility will not be in the best interest of the City. The City in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to decline rental of the soccer fields or to cancel rental of the soccer fields.

2.      First Priority Users:
The scheduled use of Decatur soccer fields may be made available without rental charges only to the organizations listed below.  First Priority Users may schedule events one year in advance of the event’s date.
Priorities will be granted in the following order:

a.      Decatur Parks and Recreation

b.      Decatur Youth Soccer Association

c.      Decatur Soccer Council

d.      North Alabama Soccer League

e.      Alabama Youth Soccer Association

f.       Decatur Board of Education
** Please note that all teams or leagues admissible as First Priority Users must belong to an affiliated state or national organization that is responsible for the administration of their sport (examples – Alabama Soccer Association, USSF, USYSA, SAY, AYSO)

3.      Second Priority Users: Second Priority Users may schedule an event three months in advance of the event’s date.  Priorities will be granted in the following order:

a.      Non-profit civic groups whose membership is primarily made up of Decatur residents

b.      Locally organized educational, fraternal, social and religious groups whose membership is primarily made up of Decatur residents

c.      Other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that have been approved by the Decatur Parks and Recreation Department

d.      Decatur businesses and non-affiliated clubs and associations

e.      Non-residents

f.       Others

4.      Soccer fields available for rent are the Wilson Morgan field, the Spirit of America Soccer Complex at Point Mallard, in part or entirety, and Jack Allen Recreation Complex, in part or entirety.

5.      All rental requests must be received a minimum of 30 days prior to use.  A Decatur Parks and Recreation Department representative will contact you in reply to this request.

6.      All Second Priority users must comply with the following requirements:

a.      Provide proof of liability insurance of $1,000,000 per incident with the City of Decatur named co-insured.

b.      Abide by Decatur Parks and Recreation Facility Rules and Regulations

c.      Sign DISCLAIMER & RELEASE

7.      No soccer fields can be rented during the August – November time period without the permission of the Decatur Soccer Council and Decatur Parks and Recreation Department.

8.      Payments must be made at least 7 business days prior to usage date.   This does not include weekends and holidays.

9.      A Security/Damage Deposit must be included with the application.

10.   Decatur Parks and Recreation reserves the right to cancel any activity due to inclement weather.

11.   Under no circumstances will an event be allowed to continue after the designated closing time of the park, facility or field.