City scrutinizes Fenway maintenance
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Photo courtesy of Google Maps Fenway Park’s maintenance was recently discussed by the Forest Lake Parks, Trails and Lakes Commission after complaints about the condition of baseball Field 5 (far right).

The city of Forest Lake has stepped in fix some problems that have contributed to the deterioration of one of Fenway Park’s baseball fields only a few years after it was remodeled, but the city’s Parks, Trails, and Lakes Commission and the Forest Lake Baseball Association are looking for a long-term solution – potentially one that doesn’t involve the Forest Lake Area Athletic Association, which is currently responsible for managing Fenway.

The commission held a special meeting Aug. 30 to discuss the conditions of Fenway fields, particularly baseball Fenway Field 5, after some turf experts had visited the park earlier in the month. In a memo sent to Parks and Recreation Director Jamie Muscha, a representative of the Minnesota Sodding Company assessed the quality of the fields and found them overall to be lacking. Though the memo put particular focus on bad conditions at Field 5 and the football and lacrosse fields – “It looks more like a weed arboretum then (sic) a healthy stand of turf,” the memo reads regarding Field 5’s infield and sideline – it also devotes plenty of space to what the MSC representative viewed as poor field conditions throughout the park.

  
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