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http://www.keyetv.com/ The plug is being pulled on the lights for some Austin baseball fields.The City of Austin is phasing out utility subsidies for sports fields built on private property. The change impacts teams from north to South Austin.It's a shame, said Stephen Bega, president of the Oak Hill Youth Sports Association (OHYSA). The fear is we're going to lose families who can't afford to play out here anymore.Pretend you're watching a pop fly and you'll see the reason why.By far the largest expense out here is the use of the lights, said Bega.Right now when the sun sets on a game the City of Austin pays to power the lights. The subsidy is $4,300 per year, per field. It adds up to about $40,000 for the Oak Hill baseball and softball complex.It is a lot of money, said Bega. And, it's not just an Oak Hill problem. It's a youth association problem across all of Austin, said Bega.In addition to OHYSA, the West Austin Youth Association (WAYA), Balcones Youth Sports and the North Austin Optimists are having their utility subsidies phased out. They'll be cut 20 percent a year for four more years.The city says they're making the change because the youth sports complexes sit on private land, not public property.The department is looking to maximize its resources, said Kimberly McNeeley, assistant director of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.Currently four of the 18 youth sports groups in Austin play ball on private property. They can rent the fields, set fees and host more tournaments than those on city-owned land.People who are on private land do not have any cap or any restrictions on the number of tournaments or fundraising events they are allowed to have. But, if you're on public land we cap that because of the public access issue, said McNeeley.We're making the best attempt we can to level the playing field and utilize our resources in the best way possible to serve the most children possible, said McNeeley.But Oak Hill says there are no city-owned fields in their area and the shrinking subsidy could bench some of the 1,200 kids who typically fill the dugouts.Any night of the week you're going to see games being played under the lights and that's because of the number of teams that we've got. If we can't host night games we're not going to be able to accommodate that many players, said Bega.The president of OHYSA says to stop the subsidies completely and to make the youth groups pay up to $40,000 for utilities is going to be difficult.The youth sports organizations are meeting with the city to try to come up with solutions that won't require raising fees or serving fewer players.By Bettie Cross