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3/4/97 Community Recreation Board <br /> J. Asfahl - Staff Report for 3/10/97 <br />Programming: <br />- Current / Recent Activities: Many winter programs continue. Past issues at open gyms and intramurals have <br />been curtailed due to our proactive approaches. Numerous spring programs will begin soon. We are planning <br />for summer and expect to continue our efforts for Junior High aged youth along with CE and what we learn <br />from the Youth Initiatives work. <br /> <br />Youth baseball, girls softball, and youth soccer, have been recently conducting their program registration. Our <br />office assists this process in various ways; from flyer distribution, to facility arrangements, and handling a <br />significant amount of phone calls about their programs. <br /> <br />Miscellaneous Updates: <br /> <br />- Youth Initiatives: The "Youth Initiatives" process continues. We continue to meet and have good meeting <br />attendance. We have been meeting regularly since July. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 11th. Future <br />meetings are planned to take place at Elk River city hall and will be videotaped for broadcast on cable <br />television. <br /> <br />- Mayor Duitsman and I will be meeting later this month with the Sherbume County Fair Board to begin <br />exploring our use of their buildings and property. <br /> <br />- Along with CE staff, we have again met with advocates of persons with disabilities to determine any program <br />services that we could help to provide. Several of our existing offerings can serve this population and there are <br />several other programs that could be developed with them. We hosted a meeting on Jan. 21 to begin <br />considering and building a support network for possible development of a Special Olympics program. This <br />meeting was well attended and good support was indicated. We are now looking to develop a local <br />management team that would be responsible. Our programs will play a role, but we will not be totally <br />responsible, we are seeking to develop a strong broad based management team. <br />Several individuals have stepped forward to serve on the management team. It looks possible that this <br />program will begin this summer. <br /> <br />- Working closely with youth advocates and the city of Elk River on development considerations of a <br />permanent skatepark. <br /> <br />- Working with the Otsego park Commission on adopting field use policy and procedures for proper <br />management of the ball fields. <br /> <br />- Working with the associations gearing up for their programs that will begin using outdoor facilities mid - late <br />April. <br /> <br />- Working with the city of Rogers on implementing a maintenance program to better serve youth baseball, <br />soccer and youth softball programs. We have been successful in Elk River with a good system and it is <br />replicable for any community. <br /> <br />- Served on the Rogers Junior High community planning committee. I have also along with several of the youth <br />associations forwarded suggestions on the Zimmerman site plan. <br /> <br />- Dealt with player and team ejections from the adult basketball league. <br /> <br />- Had first Ice Arena CommiSsion meeting on Tuesday March 4th. <br /> <br /> <br />