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11/14/96 Community Recreation Board Staff Report for 11/18/96 Programming: " - Current / Recent Activities: The fall program is well underway. Gymnastics has been very popular. The exposure to gymnastics from the summer olympics has benefitted our gymnastic programs. The fall hayride and fun house that was held in Otsego was very popular. Over 220 people participated. This event this year was co-sponsored with ECFE and CE. A sampling of this Falls opportunities that we administer are: Mens volleyball, Women's volleyball, adult basketball, adult flag football, Jr. and Sr. High volleyball and Flag football, open gyms, gymnastics, hayride, a haunted fun house, pumpkin patch scavenger hunt, pillo-polo, start smart, indoor walking programs, plus various special events planned in cooperation with the CE and ECFE programs. The skatepark in Elk River was very popular. Elk river is considering the development of a permanent park. Other cities may want to consider this as well. The police chief in Elk River has reported that since the development of this temporary skatepark[ark, his officers have not encountered one incident in the community related to skteboarding. Prior to the park, it was a routine matter they were forced to deal with. We are beginning to finalize plan for this Winters activities. Michele has outlined the various programs in her report. Miscellaneous Updates: - Youth Needs: The "Youth Initiatives" process is very exciting. We continue to meet and have good meeting attendance. Our next meeting is Tuesday. December 3rd 7:00 pm at Salk Jr. High. Atta~qched with this me_etings agenda packet you will find a Trifold brochure that Michele developed to help explain this endeavor. We had the opportunity to exhibit this 'pr~oce~"s at the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association conference that recently took place. - I still have not heard any new information in some time now with regard to the lSD/CE Center office space strategies. With the passing of the school bond levy, this issue may again begin to receive some attention. - Marketing efforts: CE, ECFE and Recreation have been working closely on improving and developing our market efforts. Jointly we have developed a banner that has thus far been very useful, signage to promote registration and special events, and shared advertising through a vadety of sources, (theatre, grocery bags, parades, newspaper) Marketing of our programs and services is crucial. We recently were at the Business Expo. and took the opportunity to survey the participants. Please find the results of this survey with today's packet. - Ongoing research to accomplish what is needed for the personnel committee related to developing a policy and wage manual for administrative personnel. Alexandria has a program structure similar to ours and I have been in contact with them to learn how they handle their personnel related systems. - Michele and I attended the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association annual conference on Nov. 6-8 in Duluth. -- Will once again begin meeting regularly with the leaders of the youth athletic associations to evaluate their past season and begin preparing for 1997. Our next meeting is Nov. 21st. - Met with various leaders associated to youth service to consider methods of better sharing planning and working together to promote activities. This was determined to be a good start and encouraged by those who have been part of the "Youth Initiative" meetings. Our next meeting is November 19th. - The city of Elk River has asked that I (Jeff Asfahl) serve on the Ice Arena Advisory Commission. I have been working with the Ice Arena manager to develop community use programs at the arena. The arena was formerly managed by the Youth Hockey Association and it is now being managed by the city. - The city of Elk River continues to consider a relationship with the MSF (an amateur sports organization) to construct a 50+ thousand square foot sports center. This project has potential community use benefit for recreational purposes.