5.5. SR 12-09-2002MEMORANDUM
Item 5.5
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor and City Council
Pat Klaers, City Administrator/~
December 9, 2002
Consider City Recreation Use of Boys & Girls Club
Councilmember Dietz has requested that this issue return to the City Council for further
discussion and consideration. The issue of the city renting gymnasium space at the Boys &
Girls Club was discussed on October 28, 2002. Due to budget concerns, the City Council
elected to not pursue this recreation opportunity.
Use of the gymnasium space at the Boys & Girls Club will expand the City Recreation
programming opportunities. City Recreation programs being run at the Boys & Girls Club
gymnasium will be an additional city expense. Use of this space will not replace current
expenditures for such things as rental of school gymnasiums. Some programs will more than
cover the expenses for instructors, supervisors, and supplies, but not too much additional
revenue is anticipated.
The proposal before the City Council is the same as it was on October 28. This proposal is to
rent the gymnasium space for $15,000 per year with a minimum commitment of three years.
The city will have access to the gymnasium all 52 weekends of the year and on school days
before 2 p.m. The city will not have use of the gymnasium during the weekdays during the
summer or when school was out of session. The $15,000 expenditure will have to come from
the City Council contingency fund and be transferred into the recreation budget in 2003. This
expenditure equates to renting the gymnasium for about $289 per week.
Establishing recreation programs at the gymnasium may start off slowly, but ultimately would
be a great addition to the City Recreation program offerings (See attachment from Recreation
Manager Michele Bergh). This partnership with the Boys & Girls Club would be a
continuation of an existing relationship and should strengthen our long-term commitment to
each other. The use of the facility as noted above should be viewed as a minimum and there
may be other times or other spaces that we mutually agree are available for use by the city (i.e.:
maybe the gym could be available on Wednesday evenings or maybe City Recreation could
also use the multipurpose-room on weekends).
This recreational use of the Boys & Girls Club gymnasium is an opportunity to increase City
Recreation programming. This opportunity will come at the expense of the City Council
contingency fund in 2003 and must be balanced again by the city needs.
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Klaers, Pat
From: Bergh, Michele
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:57 PM
To: Klaers, Pat
Subject: Boys and Girls Club
Programs for Boys and Girls Club
Seniors
Additional senior programming
Saturdays
Pee Wee Sports*
Tumbling*
Tot Open Gym
Girl Power
Just 4 Girls
Daytime programs during the week
Preschool and Toddler Fun and Fitness*
Preschool Tumbling*
Kiddie Karnival
Homeschool opportunities
Evening and Weekend Hours
Off Ice Training
Safety Classes
Ski Wax Clinic
Special events for preteens and teens*
Small leagues on Sunday*
Non-School Days
Joint programming possibilities for all day programs or 3fi day programming until club opens at
2:30pm
All day programming alone if preferred
Current Opportunities
Open Gyms Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
12/4/02