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Memorandum <br />To: Parks and Recreation Commission <br />From: Jeff Shelby, Parks and Recreation Manager <br />Date: February 12, 2025 <br />Subject: Parks and Recreation Staff Report <br />This report is a monthly highlight of department activities related to recent collaborations, strategic planning, staff <br />changes/developments, and park operations. <br />Events Registration <br />Registration is open for community garden plots. The plots will each cost $30. <br />Winter Walks <br />Great participation this season. It is always great to hear from people who are visiting the park or winter walk trails <br />for the first time. <br />Senior Activity Center <br />As of 2/3/25, we currently have 425 members. Our January attendance averaged 80 people attending per day. Last <br />January we were averaging 68 people attending per day. On February 6 staff from the Senior Center will attend the <br />Farmers Market to promote the Senior Center and sell memberships. <br />Staff received concerns from some members, and we are currently working through the issues we are able to <br />address. We’ll be changing both bathrooms in the center to be unisex rather than gender specific, so that there is <br />more restroom availability to the users. There were also concerns about parking and signage and staff will continue <br />to explore ways to improve those things for the members. <br />Winter Sports <br />Ice Rinks: Handke was able to maintain skateable ice during the warm weather we recently had with no disruptions <br />to the warming house being open. The Spectrum rink and warming house were closed during the warm weather but <br />re-opened on February 4. Park staff will continue to flood and maintain as long as we have cold weather. We will <br />share participation numbers during staffed hours at the March meeting. <br />Adult Leagues- Women's volleyball, co-ed volleyball and men’s basketball league are full and there are several teams <br />on the waiting list. Adult summer softball registration is now open, and we anticipate the season to start around <br />April 22. <br /> <br />Youth Leagues- The Breakaway Hockey League registration is open for another week before we create teams and a <br />final schedule. <br />Page 27 of 33