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5/9/96 Community Recreation Board Staff Report 5/13/96 Programming: - Current / Recent Activities: The winter program is complete and the spring time opportunities aro in progress. By the end of this springs program we will have served 1200 registered participants over the winter spring season The summer brochure was delivered to all aroa household on Wed. May 8th. Registration begins in Rogers and Zimmerman on May 16th and in Elk River on May 18th. The phone lines have already been busy enquiring about the events as planned. The following is a peak at what we are planning for this summer as similar to past offerings: "Ride the Rec Bus", SPORT, Short SPORT, pro-school fun, basketball camps, tennis, football camp, youth golf, track and field, soccer camp, strength conditioning, open gyms, gymnastics, entertainment in parks, safety camp, Twins game outings, T-ball. The following aro new programs that we aro planning to implement as a part of this summers activities: Termite T-ball, T- ball offerings in Dayton and Otsego, Soccer camps in Rogers and Elk River aroa, Activity in conjunction with entertainment in the park programming, special events at Vandenberge for access to the pool and possible concession arrangements, 3 on 3 basketball for teens, late night open gyms, youth sand volleyball clinics / league, and Start Smart & Pillo Polo (two new programs recently implemented that have been well received ) We are also planning with several community festival organizing committee's, assisting with planning and supporting events as part of those festivals. This summers program that offers transportation service has been expanded and will be involving a Community Education component as well. Together CE and Comm. Rec. have solicited approx. $3500 from a vadety of community service organizations to help underwrite the cost of transportation. We have been busy recruiting summer staff. We expect to be employing approx. 30 staff persons who will conclusively serve approx. 2500 hours. Miscellaneous Updates: - Youth Needs: As reported the past several months, the Elk River Mayor is interested in having the Community Recreation Board program work with the Community Youth Task Force (Rita Johnson), and Pam Black (a teen program specialist with Comm. Ed. ) to develop a plan to increase opportunities for teens ( specifically grades 6-9). This committee has been meeting regularly since December. Current status of our work has us planning a youth "summit" to meet with them to get their perspective. This focus group type study took place on March 12th and 15th. 90 Junior High students took part. Planning is on-going for the report of the findings from the "Youth Summit" that will be given at our Annual Meeting on May 30th. - Youth Association CO-op: Their seasons are underway. Our office is quite busy with managing the scheduled use and maintenance requirements. - The 1995 annual report is complete and has thus far been presented to the City of Elk River and to the Community Youth Task Force. I will be presenting the report to all participating communities in the coming weeks. - The past weeks have been busy meeting with community organizations soliciting funding support for the Ride the Rec program. We have raised nearly $3500. - I have been continuing to work with the city of Elk River and the youth associations on their planning for some athletic field developments slated to begin construction this spring. This project is attempting to involve the associations as partners in helping to raise funds to develop. - Assisting the city of Elk River with the prospect of a cooperative project with a private amateur sports organization looking to build a 48,000 square foot indoor sports arena. This prospect is still in progress. Our office has been relied on as part of understanding how the "whole Community" could benefit from this proposal as a recreational resource to the