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8/12/96 rogramming: Community Recreation Board Staff Report for 8/19/96 - Current / Recent Activities: The summer programs are nearly complete. Attached you will find a report submitted by Michele with regard to this summers activities. Community Recreation, Community Education and ECFE jointly participated in several events throughout the region this summer. This has been a very worthwhile effort of promoting our programs and providing residents with recreational and other leisure opportunities. 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. This focus group type study took place on March 12th and 15th. 90 Junior High students took part. The report was given on May 30th at our annual meeting by a panel of youth that were involved. The youth are anxious. Comm. ED. And Comm. Rec. hosted a community meeting back on July 16th that had over 60 residents attend to further discuss options/directions to better serve our youth. We are again hosting a follow up meeting on August 22nd. - The Lions activity center has been well received. We have been averaging approx. 15-20 youth participants each evening. Recently the trails have been paved and have been popular. The youth have also painted the picnic tables and have taken on various other tasks to benefit the park. Pam Black of CE has donated a fooseball table, TV and a remnant to the center. Staff are working on keeping the center open on occasion during the school year as well this fall, and in '97 it has been budgeted to open May- Sept. This program could be replicated in other communities as well. Staff believe it has alot of potential. I have worked with the budget and personnel committees much of July. - Planning and development of the Fall program. The brochure left for the printer on August 12th. It will be delivered August 28th. Registration will begin Sept. 7th. The winter brochure will be delivered Jan. 1st '97. - The majority of the outdoor field use by the associations was completed in late July. May June and July are quite busy with managing their use. The fields were maintained very well this year. The maintenance staff responsible worked very hard. - Participated in my annual performance review with the personnel committee and our Human Resource liaison Phyliss Cokely of Otsego. - I have not heard any new information in some time now with regard to the lSD/CE Center office space strategies. - Preliminary research on outdoor pool as asked by leadership at the city of Elk River. - Attended an educational seminar that dealt with creative/positive thinking and how to best motivate yourself and others that you work with. - Visits to several program sites throughout the summer. That is fun!