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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item 5.5 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Administrator/~ <br />December 9, 2002 <br /> <br />Consider City Recreation Use of Boys & Girls Club <br /> <br />Councilmember Dietz has requested that this issue return to the City Council for further <br />discussion and consideration. The issue of the city renting gymnasium space at the Boys & <br />Girls Club was discussed on October 28, 2002. Due to budget concerns, the City Council <br />elected to not pursue this recreation opportunity. <br /> <br />Use of the gymnasium space at the Boys & Girls Club will expand the City Recreation <br />programming opportunities. City Recreation programs being run at the Boys & Girls Club <br />gymnasium will be an additional city expense. Use of this space will not replace current <br />expenditures for such things as rental of school gymnasiums. Some programs will more than <br />cover the expenses for instructors, supervisors, and supplies, but not too much additional <br />revenue is anticipated. <br /> <br />The proposal before the City Council is the same as it was on October 28. This proposal is to <br />rent the gymnasium space for $15,000 per year with a minimum commitment of three years. <br />The city will have access to the gymnasium all 52 weekends of the year and on school days <br />before 2 p.m. The city will not have use of the gymnasium during the weekdays during the <br />summer or when school was out of session. The $15,000 expenditure will have to come from <br />the City Council contingency fund and be transferred into the recreation budget in 2003. This <br />expenditure equates to renting the gymnasium for about $289 per week. <br /> <br />Establishing recreation programs at the gymnasium may start off slowly, but ultimately would <br />be a great addition to the City Recreation program offerings (See attachment from Recreation <br />Manager Michele Bergh). This partnership with the Boys & Girls Club would be a <br />continuation of an existing relationship and should strengthen our long-term commitment to <br />each other. The use of the facility as noted above should be viewed as a minimum and there <br />may be other times or other spaces that we mutually agree are available for use by the city (i.e.: <br />maybe the gym could be available on Wednesday evenings or maybe City Recreation could <br />also use the multipurpose-room on weekends). <br /> <br /> <br />