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POver <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and Council <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />March 22, 2004 <br /> <br />Consider Lions Park Center Building Changes <br /> <br />Item 5.9. <br /> <br />Following the City Council discussion on March 15, 2004 on the proposed improvements to <br />Lions Park Center (LPC) and the officing of the park and recreation director at LPC, I <br />visited with the Mayor on this topic. The Mayor and I agreed that there is additional <br />information that needs to be presented and discussed with the City Council regarding this <br />issue. With the Mayor's approval, this item is again on the City Council agenda for further <br />discussion. <br /> <br />From my point of view there are some significant benefits to having the director located at <br />LPC. Discussion points for the City Council to consider in their deliberations, and ~vhich <br />will be elaborated on at the March 22 meeting, include the following: <br /> <br />The remodeling of LPC alloxvs for the consolidation of the park and recreation staff <br />at one location (except Rich) for the frrst time.., this leads to much better <br />communication, fewer misunderstandings, and better coordination of services and <br />programs. <br /> <br />The director needs to be officed at LPC to observe direcdy and learn first hand the <br />City Recreation operation, the customer service expectations, and the public <br />involvement in our programs. <br /> <br />In order to best supervise the recreation manager and the recreation staff it is <br />imperative that the director be officed where his/her employees are located. The <br />department organizational chart calls for the director to supervise the customer <br />service (front desk) staff and this would be nearly impossible if the director is officed <br />at City Hall. <br /> <br />S: \Council\Pat~2004\lpcchanges2.doc <br /> <br /> <br />