County Horse Arena Use

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  March 12, 2018.  Cally Leavitt, County Arena, requested that the Commissioners help in scheduling the two arenas in Randolph.  She noted that many times when people would like to ride in the arena it is scheduled, but no one is there.  Other times, when people are riding in the arena, they are told they must leave because another group has it scheduled.  Leavitt noted that it is difficult sometimes to be able to take advantage of the arena when you are unable to know when it has been scheduled.

The Commissioners discussed the matter trying to determine ways that would allow everyone to know when the arenas are scheduled.  They suggested that the schedule be put on a web site.  They thought that putting a white board up by the gate and having everyone use that to schedule when they would like to use the arena.  Also, it was suggested that perhaps the two arenas should be scheduled separately so that if one group was using one of the arenas, the other may be free.

The suggestion was also made that it would be nice to have some open nights where the public could take advantage of the arena.  A suggested was made that perhaps having those using the large arena, warm up in the smaller one and then leave the smaller one free during their activities in the larger one.

It was also noted that many times, people schedule the area for many times and many hours at a time.  Perhaps there should be a limit to the number of days and hours the areas can be scheduled by certain groups.   

Leavitt thanked the Commissioners for getting the special dirt that has been put into the arenas.  She said that it is nice ground for riding.  She noted that the Commissioners had also bought the machine that is used to work the ground in the arenas and how important it is that the materials get watered daily.  She noted that it wasn’t taken care of quite as well as it could be and asked if someone could be assigned to turn the water on and off on a regular schedule.  The Commissioners thought that maybe a timer could be attached to the sprinkling system so that the water would came on early in the mornings and automatically turn off after a certain amount of time.

Apparently, there are some rain birds on the sprinkling system that need to be repaired or replaced.  There are areas at are not getting wet at all when they do water the arena grounds.

The Commissioners thanked Cally Leavitt and Candy Cornia from bringing this item to their attention.  They said they would work on getting a schedule calendar and look into watering the arenas in the future.  They said they would also work with the County Extension Office to see if they had any ideas and ways to improve how the two arenas are used.