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<br />Agenda Item Background <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C.) ROUTINE ITEMS: <br />C.1) Consider approval of Minutes from 12/14/98 <br /> <br />D.) STAFF REPORTS / INFORMATIONAL UPDATES: <br />D.1) Winter '99 program update: Registration for Winter activities began January <br />9th. The winter activities menu consists of: open gyms, outdoor and indoor skating <br />lessons, gymnastics, cheerleading, down hill skiing and snowboarding opportunities, <br />youth / family cross country skiing, family sleigh rides, Otsego Winterfest, indoor <br />walking, "Smart Start" intro. to athletics programs. These "Smart Start" programs have <br />become very popular. Please find enclosed a program orientation handout that we <br />distribute as part of the "Smart Start" programs. <br /> <br />D.2) Rogers Junior High Community Enhancement Committee: A copy of a past <br />meeting summary and agenda is enclosed to give some background as to the things this <br />committee considers. This "self appointed" committee has been quite effective in getting <br />things accomplished due to good communication and cooperation between school <br />administration, CE staff, Com. Rec. staff and City of Rogers administration. This <br />committee will again be meeting on January 21. <br /> <br />D.3) Dist. 728 Comprehensive Facilities Plan update: As efforts by Dist. officials <br />continue toward gathering input on facility needs, staff from CE, ECFE, Com. Rec., and <br />ECSE have worked on identifying future needs and goals, identifying potential <br />partnerships, grant potential, and other community examples of solutions to similar <br />needs. I will plan to review a summary of our work to date at our meeting. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />D.4) Bright Ideas / Innovations Conference: As mentioned last month, I <br />answered a request to share information about our program at this conference that is <br />planned for early February. Our program was not selected to present, but was invited to <br />set up a display. Please see the enclosed memo from the conference staff. <br /> <br />D.5) Value of Citizen Work Grant: As reported last month the request our <br />programs made was funded - $2000. WE plan to utilize this resource to help us with our <br />continued efforts with program development and collaborations with the various <br />advisory bodies that each of our programs work with. We are busy planning to <br />implement this project. On Monday February 1st we are hosting a joint meeting with <br />staff and advisory representatives from our programs ( including Park and Recreation <br />Commission reps.) Staff are excited about this project and its potential outcomes. <br /> <br />D.6): Miscellaneous article of information: I thought that in principle, this article <br />was interesting, motivating, and encouraging as there seem to be some future . <br />opportunities in this region for us to consider partnerships as well with any type of <br />facility development. <br />