Laserfiche WebLink
A_aenda Item Detail <br /> <br />B.1) Zimmerman Notice of Intent tO Withdraw' Please find enclosed a letter from Zimmerman of their intent and also <br />please find a newspaper article from the 1/1/97 edition of the Zimmerman Frontier. This action has numerous implications <br />for our consideration. They are as follows: <br />1. How does the Board prefer to respond/acknowledge their concept? <br />2. We will still serve the residents of Livonia using District property. According to policy, our program will receive facility <br />scheduling priority over this independent program. We need to make certain this is supported by the Distdct in regard <br />tour our Joint Powers agreement with them. <br />3. Livonia will become the "host" community and will become the employer of those staff who work a local Livonia <br />program. <br />4. We will need to review the economic impact to the budget. I will have some data available at our meeting. <br />5. Z. immerman residents will pay higher fees. We need to consider a policy that does not accept any fee assistance for <br />programs from non-member community residents. <br />6. Several youth associations rely on our office for support. One service in particular has to do with managing the outdoor <br />restroom needs and coordinating field usage in the Zimmerman area. With out any administrative support from <br />Zimmerman, staff will not be able to afford that time required. <br /> <br />B.2Personnel / payroll administration update: At the November and December meetings, we had discussion regarding our <br />fiscal agency functions and how we could make that process more efficient. JA was asked to identify and review the <br />options. Considering other issues have surfaced, it may be best at this time to "do nothing" and re-visit the matter later <br />this year along with our budget consideration for 1998. <br /> <br />B.3~ Field Development / Regional Planning: At our September and October meetings we began to revisit our 1995 Long <br />Range Planning goal that dealt with this area. At the September meeting you were presented with an inventory of <br />community athletic fields in the Distdct 728 area. Some of our individual communities have had experience with planning, <br />developing, maintaining, etc. these facilities while other communities with respect to rapid and expected growth are just <br />beginning their planning and dealing with their new found responsibilities associated with these types of facilities. <br /> <br />At our October meeting we identified that the Community Recreation Board could and should be the vehicle in which join, <br />partnerships be established between any number of communities or entities to cooperatively plan, develop, and manage <br />these types of facilities. It was also suggested that these types of relationships with respect to developing facilities are <br />usually top candidates when seeking grant funding. <br /> <br />Since the October meeting I have learned that approximately $15-$20K would allow us to have a professional <br />development consultant weave all existing recreational and park plans together and create one master plan for the <br />region. This concept has been quite popular and history suggests that concepts such as this are good candidates for <br />planning and implementation funding support. 1 am beginning to investigate possible funding sources. <br /> <br />Additionally, with the recent school bond passing it appears that this is also a good time to get involved with the District to <br />consider any partnerships with development of the recreational facilities associated with those schools. <br /> <br />Please find enclosed a "MENU" of potential for consideration of developing the "Scope of Work". I will plan to review <br />this at our meeting. <br /> <br />B.4) Consideration of Program Development Committee objectives and operation: At the November meeting JA was <br />asked to bring this matter back for further consideration. Please find enclosed an outline of the objectives, benefits and <br />operation. Please also find enclosed an article that further describes the benefit of these types of citizen bodies. I will <br />also plan to give you an overview of our current program planning practice to help illustrate the benefit as staff view them. <br /> <br />B.5~ Officer and Committee Appointments: <br />Chair - Roger Holmgren <br />Vice Chair - Roy Johnson <br />Secretary - Staff <br /> <br />The current positions are: <br /> <br />Budget Committee: Gary Eitel & Doug Thompson <br />Personnel Committee: Roger Holmgren & Gary Eitel <br />Transportation: Vern Heidner & Doug Thompson <br /> <br /> <br />