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J City of Elk fir. River MEMORANDUM TO: Park and Recreation Commission FROM: Michele Bergh, Recreation Manager DATE: January 8, 2003 SUBJECT: Update for December 2002 2002 was a great year for the Recreation Department. It was our first year as an official city department. Throughout the year we had approximately 8,300 registrations compared to approximately 7,500 registrations in 2001 for Elk River programs(total registrations in 2001 were 9,100 for programs in Elk River, Otsego, and Rogers). We took 705 registrations for November and December. Some of our highlights are as follows: U Pass Wellness Program We have been offering adult wellness programs for about one year now. In November 2002 we began our U Pass program,which allows participants to buy a pass to attend any class on the schedule they want. With our busy schedules,this really helps those who may not be able to attend the same class each week due to schedule conflicts. We have 81 participants for the first sessions and had classes that averaged 8-10 during the day and about 15 at night. These are great class sizes and it was exciting to see many people attending more than one class in a day as well as attending more than once a week. The program also includes a kick off event,which was a sampling of classes,personal training consultations,door prizes,and more for November and December. We had approximately / of those who purchased a pass attend this event. For January and February,our kick off event was a 2-hour workshop on yoga presented by the Director and Owner of the Yoga Center of Minneapolis. We have also added discounts on other wellness related programs for adults to those who purchase a pass to allow a more well-rounded wellness program. Discounts for City Employees Beginning in 2003,city employees who work at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis as defined by the employee manual are able to participate in all adult wellness programs offered by our department at a discounted rate of'h the resident fee. This encourages employees to participate in our programs as part of the opportunities offered by the Wellness Committee.