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TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Michele Bergh, Recreation Manager <br /> <br />March I I, 2002 <br /> <br />City Recreation Update <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />;.5 <br /> <br />For January and February 2001, we brought in $34,804 for Elk River programming including <br />arena programs. This year we have brought in over $67,000. This is in part due the spring <br />Breakaway Hockey League run through the arena where revenue has been collected earlier <br />than it was last year. Our projected revenue for 2002 averaged $6,700/month for programs <br />excluding the arena. We are at $20,000 for the first two months of the year. This is a <br />significant increase over last year and much higher than anticipated. Our programs are doing <br />well and we are very busy with registrations. <br /> <br />We are programming for summer and the brochure goes to the printer on March 13th. Our <br />programs include playground programs, t-ball, tennis, tumbling, adult fitness, entertainment <br />in the park and much more. Some of our new programs include kickboxing, lacrosse, an <br />afternoon playground program and entertainment in the park geared more for adults. We <br />will not be doing summer strength and speed or the football camp this summer as the high <br />school coaches will be doing them on their own. <br /> <br />We have moved and are operating out of Lions Park Center. Response has been very <br />positive about the new facility and we love it. We are working out some of the last minute <br />details and look forward to landscaping and completion of the project this spring. We have <br />reserved 498 hours of use so far in the new facility for a variety of programs including rec <br />programs, senior dance classes, support group meetings, brownie troops, Chamber <br />luncheons, Operation ER meetings, and a wedding. While most of the use has been for <br />local non-profit groups, we are seeing some uses coming through that include a fee, which is <br />needed to cover the operational expenses. <br /> <br />We are now officially at full staff in our office. Lana started on March 6th and we are als0 <br />working on staffing summer programs. We will need to hire staff for our joint programming <br />with the YMCA as well as our other programs. We will be running an ad in the newspaper <br />and hope to have staffing completed by mid-April. <br /> <br /> <br />