Martinez Council Backs AYSO's $1.3M Private Rebuild of Field 5
City Council • MartinezOctober 7, 2026
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Martinez can't afford to fix its own parks, so a youth soccer club has offered to do it. On Oct. 7, the City Council unanimously directed staff to keep negotiating with AYSO United on a roughly $1.3M privately funded turf and lighting rebuild of Waterfront Park's Field 5. The council also approved $5.45M in water projects and secured downtown parking from the county. Across the night, members pushed back on staff decisions that reached them late or not at all.
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Why it matters: Gopher holes drove a youth soccer league off Field 5 this year over safety concerns. That cost the city about $17,000 in rentals this fiscal year and $20,000 a year going forward, according to Assistant City Manager Lauren Segayan. The coming parks master plan has no funding source, and no park bond is planned. That makes this deal a test case for paying for parks another way.
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