List of 10 items.

• Why does the school need field lights?

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   The proposal is driven by a lack of field space on the MC campus. Student participation in our sports programs continues to grow, particularly with the rise in female field sports, particularly our womens’ lacrosse program and a new womens’ flag football team being started by MCAL. To meet the student demand for these different sports, lights on the stadium field would provide necessary field access for these various teams to practice and compete.

  
  
  

• How is this different from previous MC proposals for field lights?

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  In previous discussions regarding lights, MC proposed light usage throughout the week until 9pm for practices. We are reducing the scope in direct response to neighbor concerns regarding the hours of light usage. As a result, the vast majority of practices will end by 7:00pm (except for the months of November and February – when there is a brief overlap in sport seasons). This change represents a ~30% reduction in light usage from the last proposal.

  
  
  

• Will this increase the intensity of the field usage?

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  No, the athletic teams will not increase their use of the fields. The lights will allow the school to spread out the times of existing practices and games on campus. 

  
  
  

• Will this create glare or light pollution?

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  No, the LED light system offers high quality light control that is focused solely on the field of play.  There is zero glare or spillover into the neighborhood. These lighting systems have been implemented in countless areas with a recent local example being at San Marin High School. 

  
  
  

• How many light structures will be installed?

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  Four around the perimeter of the stadium field. By comparison, San Marin High has 8 and San Rafael High has 6.

• Will outside groups be able to use the field under the lights?

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  No, the proposal is intentionally limited.

• Will this increase noise in the neighborhood?

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  Noise levels will be comparable to the current practices and games on campus. We do not anticipate increased noise during weekday practices or soccer and lacrosse games given the lower attendance. For select games with larger attendance, like football, this means that the noise from game days would shift from Saturday afternoons to Friday evenings.

• How does this benefit students not attending MC?

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  Countless student athletes from Marin’s local schools compete on our field. By moving MC-hosted games later, it allows visiting student athletes to attend a full-day of school – rather than leaving class earlier to fit in a game during the sunlight. As an example, MC students benefit in this way from playing AWAY games at San Marin High and San Rafael High. The net effect is that more students will be able to complete a full day of school.

• How does this impact traffic?

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  Field lights would allow the school to modify the schedule of existing practices and home games. Some practices and games would start later and Saturday football games would shift to Friday evenings. Parametrix, the County’s leading transportation consultant and local school expert, conducted a transportation study which verified that this change would be “less than significant.” In addition to creating more field time, a benefit of the lights is that some sports would not have to travel offsite for practices, which lessens car trips during peak traffic times.

• Does the project include lights at the baseball field?

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  No, the field lighting is only proposed at the stadium field.