8.0. PRSR 05-08-2002 •
Item # 8.
ifk
River
MEMORANDUM
TO: Park and Recreation Commission
FROM: Michele Bergh, Manager
DATE: April 29, 2002
SUBJECT: May 2002 Staff Report
We have just completed our final list of offerings for this summer. Some of the additions
which will be in the brochure delivered June 5th are pee wee sports in the evening as well as
safety related classes such as first aid, CPR, firearm safety and more. Last year had 71
classes offered in Elk River for the summer compared to over 100 this year. Many classes
are full. Summer Staffing is almost complete. We have a couple of small openings yet to fill
and I am hoping to have that done within the week.
Emporium will have its last concert of the season on May 10`h. We will be doing some
concerts on a smaller scale at the band shell and these begin the last weekend in May.
Lions Park Center is continuing to be busy. We have reserved another 100 hours of use
during the last month bringing the total hours reserved so far to over 500. We will be
updating the policy for this as well as the park shelters for non-profit groups soon. I am
open to any suggestions and will try to bring some possible policies to the meeting for your
review.
Field use is under way this season. The master schedule for all sports is complete. We held
a coaches training last month for Girls Fastpitch Softball where we also scheduled their
practices for the season. We also held a meeting for Baseball to schedule their practices and
review our policies. The meeting was well attended and we are in the process of sending out
confirmations to everyone. We continue to work on an updated field use policy and hope to
have one for review in June or July.
The concession stand at the Orono complex opened the last week in April. We have been
very busy preparing for this and it's nice to finally be in business. We were open Monday-
Wednesday the first week and will add Thursdays once Girls Fastpitch begins using the
• complex for their games.
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