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Michele McPherson From: Sent: To: Subject: staff [staff@communityrecreation.com] Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:23 PM MMCpherson@ci.elk-river. mn. us Lions Park Project You had asked if ! had any comments on the administration of this building. I think Community Recreation is well suited to handle the scheduling, rentals, etc. of this facility. We currently do it and I don't believe there are any liability issues with what we do now. I consider the scheduling and collection of rental fees to not be much different than scheduling and collection of registration fees for the classes we offer for the City of Elk River. Through the Joint Powers Agreement I believe we are part of the city, as well as being part of the cities/townships/district that are members of the JPA. We have the software to do the scheduling and have been quite pleased with how it works so far. It does allow the addition of fees so you can generate an "invoice" as needed. In reviewing the information you sent, I do like the non-resident fees, the deposits being required and the additional fee type items like the coffee makers, tables, chairs, linens, TV/VCR, etc. as these will increase the types of uses and the desireability of the facility. I think the other spaces that may be coming to Elk River are so far down the road and this could be done so quickly that it makes this project even more desireable. I also believe that with some landscaping, this could be an attractive building from the outside and with some paint and possibly some small additions like more windows, this could be very nice from the inside as well. I am constantly amazed at some of the uses we see now for these shelters. People have grooms dinners, bridal showers, birthday parties, anniversary parties, etc. at the parks now. This facility would only increase those uses. The boys and Girls Club is a brick/cement building but ~hey painted it and it's not beautiful but it looks fine. I think we could do the same. Lions Park Main Shelter currently has no windows and is made out of cement block and people still use it all the time. On a side note: I would like the council to consider re-adding a deposit in addition to the rental fee for the park shelters for next year's fee schedule. Without it, there is no motivation for someone to return the key to Lions Park promptly and there is no motivation for someone to clean up. This would really be an issue for some of the larger events that may be held at these shelters. I don't know if any of this helps but I just mainly wanted to reiterate some of the things I've said already. I think this is a great project and we would love to be house in it. Michele