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5.4. SR 11-18-1996.ty of 'vel' ITEM 5.4. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Adl~.in~is/trator DATE: November 18, 1996 SUBJECT: Community Recreation Board Update Councilmember Roger Holmgren is the city representative on the Community Recreation Board. The Community Recreation Board is scheduled to meet the afternoon of November 18, 1996. At the City Council meeting on November 18, 1996, Roger is scheduled to give an update on recent Community Recreation Board activities. Attached for your information and review is part of the November 18, 1996 Community Recreation Board agenda packet. s:Xcouncil\comrecud.doc 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 Community Recreation Board Notice of Meeting Monday November 18, 1996 - 11:45 am Natures Hideaway - Rogers, Mn. Located east of highway 101 on county road 144 Your attendance is always important! If you cannot make the meeting please arrange to send an alternate or notify me at 241-3523 that you will not be in attendance. Thank you! AGENDA A. Routine Matters: 1.) Approval of past minutes 2.) Changes or additions to agenda 3.) Staff reports & updates: 3.A) Review staff reports 3.B) Youth Initiatives Update 3.C) Elk River Ice Arena B. Items of Information / Discussion: 1 .) Field Development/Regional Planning 2.) Personnel Committee Update 3.) Discuss: consideration of establishing a Program Development Commission C. Other Business: - Set next meeting date: Consider December 16th. - Reminder of Thursday January 9, 1997 - 7:00 pm joint meeting with CE and ECFE Advisory Councils. - Other D. Adjourn Please see the reverse side for explanation of the Agenda items, Aaenda Item Detail ~3.1~ Field Develooment / Reaional Planning; At our September and October meetings we began to revisit our 1995 Long Range Planning goal that dealt with this area. At the September meeting you were presented with an inventory of community athletic fields in the District 728 area. Some of our individual communities have had experience with planning, developing, maintaining, etc. these facilities while other communities with respect to rapid and expected growth are just beginning their planning and dealing with their new found responsibilities associated with these types of facilities. At our October meeting we identified that the Community Recreation Board could and should be the vehicle in which joint partnerships be established between any number of communities or entities to cooperatively plan, develop, and manage these types of facilities. It was also suggested that these types of relationships with respect to developing facilities are usually top candidates when seeking grant funding. Since the October meeting I have learned that approximately $15-$20K would allow us to have a professional development consultant weave all existing recreational and park plans together and create one master plan for the region. This concept has been quite popular and history suggests that concepts such as this are good candidates for planning and implementation funding support. I am beginning to investigate possible funding sources. Additionally, with the recent school bond passing it appears that this is also a good time to get involved with the District to consider any partnerships with development of the recreational facilities associated with those schools. I believe that the Recreation Board should formally approve this strategy and set some goals and timeliness. B.2Personnel Committee Uodate; The committee has been researching methods that would add more cladty and unity' the administration of our program. Much of this work is still in progress. According to feedback thus far about managing our personnel costs, the committee is researching and comparing job responsibilities and will utilize this information to consider implementing a single administrative policy and wage manual. JA will explain the status of this research and optimal timeline for implementation. Recently issues associated with payroll paperwork compliance have surfaced that are becoming time consuming for our office due to the number different potential payroll agents. Our current system is becoming increasingly more "unfriendly" for our office and the employees that work in our various programs. Along with this agenda you will find an overview of requirements that we are now required to follow. Below is an outline of our research areas. 1 ) Overview of current fiscal agency roles & associated issues: - lSD operates on a fiscal year, (July - June) and all municipalities and townships operate on a calendar year. As do we. - JA is on lSD payroll and benefits structure while all other admin, personnel are on city payroll and benefit structure - all recreation program staff become an employee of the host city of the activity. This lends itself to duplication of: work comp., payroll management, & confuses the issue of liability/work comp. issues. - requires lSD stationary checks, which are confusing to our identity. 2~ ExPloration of uniting fi~;cal agencv- ¢0n~iderations: a) admin staff payroll and benefits: it would be possible to develop our own and set policy that covers all admin personnel payroll and benes. b) recreation program personnel: It could be designed to have all program personnel represent our organization and receive a check from us rather than potentially from 4 different sources as current structure allows. c) accounts payable / receivable: lSD currently performs this. Current format for line items is dgid due to educational requirements that a municipality would not be bound by. lSD fiscal agency is prohibitive to our identity, if our own were d~veloped, it could be customized to suit our specific financial management needs. (3.3~ Consideration of establishing a Program Oevelqpment Commission: Michele and I have been discussing the ~,enefits of this type of commission. We believe that this body would be very helpful in the following manner:. Increased ideas, local knowledge and support, eliminate potential program duplication between communities, assist us with marketing, potential volunteer base for support with vadous activities. We envision this group being mad of individuals that are existing Park and Recreation Commission representatives from :heir respective communities. would appreciate your input and consideration. ! 1/11/96 COMMUNITY RECREATION BOARD Minutes Fr. 10/21/96 Attendance: J. Asfahl- Comm. Rec., Doug Thompson o Hassan, S. Borders - City of Dayton, G. Eitel - City of Rogers, Vern Heidner - City of Otsego, R. Johnson - Livonia, C. McNaughton-Commers - CE Representatives absent: Zimmerman, Elk River, lSD 728 The meeting was called to order at 12:00 by Vice-Chair Roy Johnson. Roy asked that Jeff facilitate the meeting from this point. A. Routine matters: 1 .) Approval of [~ast minutes: The minutes from 9/20/96 were approved on a motion by Vern Heidner, seconded by Gary Eitet. Motion Carried. 2.) Agenda changes/additions: None 3.) Staff Reports: JA reviewed the staff reports as presented with the agenda packets. There were no questions. B. Items of Information / Discussion: B.1) Joint meeting with CE and ECFE advisory councils: JA reported that this meeting has been set for Thursday January 9, 1997 - 7:00 pm. Please mark your calendars. JA reported that staff are currently determining the format and are seeking input. JA suggested that this same evening could serve as our regular meeting as well if we met 30-45 minutes beforehand. We will play it by ear according to pending business. All present felt comfortable with staffs determination of the meeting format. B. 2) Field Development / Regional Planning Responsibilities: JA reviewed last months consensus that dealt with the need/desire for shared facilities planning. The following strategy was suggested for us to begin towards this endeavor, - inventory all current and planned facilities - identify all individual comprehensive plans - seek funding to underwrite a professional comprehensive plan that weaves all plans within the region into one. We must include the School District as well. - potential for a later phase to include grant funding to assist implementation of the plan according to this master regional plan. All present felt this was a good start. JA will continue down this path. More thoughts and discussion will be required. B. 3) Healthy Communities / Building Community Assets: JA introduced several different pieces of information that all related to "Community Assets". JA mentioned that the Asset Model is not necessarily a program but rather a philosophy and personal commitment by all segments of a community individually, organizationally, etc. This model is gaining widespread support and work will be ongoing in educating and informing the community. The Community Recreation Board should continue to stay current with these activities. B.4) Personnel Committee Report: No discussion. Motion to adjourn. Motion at 1:15 pm to adjourn by Roy Johnson, seconded by Gary EiteL Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, ~.~ Next Meeting to take place on: November 18th. - 11:45. Natures Hideaway - Rogers Mn. 11/14/96 Community Recreation Board Staff Report for 11/18/96 Programming: " - Current / Recent Activities: The fall program is well underway. Gymnastics has been very popular. The exposure to gymnastics from the summer olympics has benefitted our gymnastic programs. The fall hayride and fun house that was held in Otsego was very popular. Over 220 people participated. This event this year was co-sponsored with ECFE and CE. A sampling of this Falls opportunities that we administer are: Mens volleyball, Women's volleyball, adult basketball, adult flag football, Jr. and Sr. High volleyball and Flag football, open gyms, gymnastics, hayride, a haunted fun house, pumpkin patch scavenger hunt, pillo-polo, start smart, indoor walking programs, plus various special events planned in cooperation with the CE and ECFE programs. The skatepark in Elk River was very popular. Elk river is considering the development of a permanent park. Other cities may want to consider this as well. The police chief in Elk River has reported that since the development of this temporary skatepark[ark, his officers have not encountered one incident in the community related to skteboarding. Prior to the park, it was a routine matter they were forced to deal with. We are beginning to finalize plan for this Winters activities. Michele has outlined the various programs in her report. Miscellaneous Updates: - Youth Needs: The "Youth Initiatives" process is very exciting. We continue to meet and have good meeting attendance. Our next meeting is Tuesday. December 3rd 7:00 pm at Salk Jr. High. Atta~qched with this me_etings agenda packet you will find a Trifold brochure that Michele developed to help explain this endeavor. We had the opportunity to exhibit this 'pr~oce~"s at the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association conference that recently took place. - I still have not heard any new information in some time now with regard to the lSD/CE Center office space strategies. With the passing of the school bond levy, this issue may again begin to receive some attention. - Marketing efforts: CE, ECFE and Recreation have been working closely on improving and developing our market efforts. Jointly we have developed a banner that has thus far been very useful, signage to promote registration and special events, and shared advertising through a vadety of sources, (theatre, grocery bags, parades, newspaper) Marketing of our programs and services is crucial. We recently were at the Business Expo. and took the opportunity to survey the participants. Please find the results of this survey with today's packet. - Ongoing research to accomplish what is needed for the personnel committee related to developing a policy and wage manual for administrative personnel. Alexandria has a program structure similar to ours and I have been in contact with them to learn how they handle their personnel related systems. - Michele and I attended the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association annual conference on Nov. 6-8 in Duluth. -- Will once again begin meeting regularly with the leaders of the youth athletic associations to evaluate their past season and begin preparing for 1997. Our next meeting is Nov. 21st. - Met with various leaders associated to youth service to consider methods of better sharing planning and working together to promote activities. This was determined to be a good start and encouraged by those who have been part of the "Youth Initiative" meetings. Our next meeting is November 19th. - The city of Elk River has asked that I (Jeff Asfahl) serve on the Ice Arena Advisory Commission. I have been working with the Ice Arena manager to develop community use programs at the arena. The arena was formerly managed by the Youth Hockey Association and it is now being managed by the city. - The city of Elk River continues to consider a relationship with the MSF (an amateur sports organization) to construct a 50+ thousand square foot sports center. This project has potential community use benefit for recreational purposes. - Along with CE and ECFE we have met with some a(~vocates for persons with disabilities and have identified some areas that we can better serve this ccmmunity and those certain needs. In particular I learned that there is a need for a Special Olympics program in this region. We are meeting with a committee of regional experts to continue work towards being able to best serve this population. This committee may help us to develop a needs assessment survey. November Program Report-Michele Bergh Jeff and I just attended the annual MRPA conference in Duluth. We attended some good workshops and also had a chance to share some of our accomplishments with youth programs at the conference's "Hall of Ideas". We also got to visit with other organizations to see what kind of programs they offer and got some good ideas. One of the programs we liked was from Hibbing where they had a van and went to the area parks with activities for kids. We thought this might be a positive direction for the Ride the Rec program. I have just begun staffing for the Warming House Attendant positions available. It looks like we will have several returning staff members. We are looking at making some improvements to our gymnastics program. This is in the initial steps, but we are looking at changing the criteria and steps and possibly becoming a part of the USGF organization. Jeff and I met with Lauren from the City of Elk River last week regarding payroll and our meeting has raised some issues that have caused some concerns. We are continuing to collect information so we'll know how to proceed from here. Some of the issues are with new State guidelines that make it difficult for us with our current payroll setup. Jeff and I have been tossing around the idea of establishing a Program Development Commission for Community Recreation. If each of the Park Commissions appointed a representative to assist with programming and marketing, it would eliminate duplicate efforts and allow some collaboration between communities. Overall, things are going very well. We are working hard to collaborate with Community Ed and ECFE. We are currently planning the Winter/Spring season and I am very excited about some of our new offerings. Our Winter/Spring offerings are as follows: Gymnastics Mens Basketball Intramural Boot Hockey Start Smart Open Gyms Cheerleading Clinic Winter Fun Fest Outing for Timberwolves game with Pam? Youth Volleyball Bike Rodeo and Ride - Collaberative Outdoor Skating Lessons/Clinic Santa Letters Ice Arena Curling Club Broom Ball Concerts Open In Line Skating 3 vs 3 Floor Hockey Womens and Mens Volleyball Intramural Basketball Outdoor Skating Lessons Pillo Polo Indoor Walking Dash n Splash Try Its Rollerblade Outing with Pam? Transportation Fair Family Skating and Sledding Event - Collaberative Coaches Training 30+ Open Hockey In Line Hockey League Skating Lessons Floor Hockey Open In Line Skating m 1996 Business Expo SURVEY RESPONSES 191 responses returned Your gender: Male = 35 Female = 150 Unknown = 6 Your age: Under 18 = 14 18-25 = 6 25-50 = 128 Over 50 = 40 Unknown = 3 My immediate family household includes: (Not everyone responded. Often the Adult section was not checl(ed - only the children's ages were indicated.) Infant = 15 Preschooler = 25 Elementary = 80 Junior High = 63 Adult = 115 Senior Citizen = 25 Senior High = 45 Check the services in District 728 of which you are aware. Learning Readiness = 65 Scheduling Use of Schools = 77 E.C.F.E. = 120 Adult Basic Education = 112 Family Learning = 61 Community Recreation = 135 Adult Enrichment = 97 Youth Enrichment = 71 Parent Involvement = 79 Early Childhood Screening = 112 Senior Citizen Programming = 59 Adult Recreational Leagues = 66 Have you or your family members participated in any class/activity provided by: Community Education Yes = 133 No = 44 Community Recreation Yes = 100 No = 51 E.C.F.E. Yes = 60 No = 86 If you answered no, please check a reason(s) unaware = 24 cost = 7 too busy = 20 childcare concerns = 2 did not get/read brochure = 5 nothing interests me = 6 not offered at a good time = 10 other = 29 transportation = 3 new in town: 9 Do you get the Community Education brochure? Yes = 157 No = 18 ? = 16 Is transportation to or from activities a problem for you or your family? Yes = 20 No = 153 ? = 16 Sometimes = 2 If yes, in what community do you live? Otsego = 2 Elk River = 3 Albertville = 2 Big Lake = 2 Rogers = 3 Zimmerman = 1 Senior High Rise = 1 What classes, activities or services would you like to see offered for you or your family in the future? Keep doing what you are doing. Need some place for young people to go. Yoga. Dog classes. Kids' responsibility. None that I know of. More building classes with children's projects. Web page. Art. After school activities for teens! More gymnastics. More classes for ADHD children. Arthritis. More junior high dance. More stuff for junior and senior high kids. Snowshoe making class. Outdoor activities. Homework Helpline open longer. Community Center. I liked seeing the parenting classes. I was disappointed that there wasn't enough interest in the "How to Stay Cool" parent/child class. I hope you will try to run that one again. Energy info classes. Safety, physical fitness. Line dancing. Computer. More swimming. More swimming classes. Arts. More offered in Rogers. Sign language class for families. Manners. Skateboarding. Language. Aerobics. Maybe a band or marching band for all ages of people in our community. Language classes. Classes not as expensive. Craft classes. A place for young people to attend. More computer. Rocketry. Photography. Knitting class - machine. Art classes. Dance classes (variety such as Country Western). Music - voice. Senior bus trips. Good selection now. Art - such as drawing, watercolor, etc. More outings for toddlers. Stock classes. Trips. Cooking. Anything for people over "50". All offered. Use of a computer. More Saturday classes. Day trip to Dayton's Christmas display. Parenting classes for parents with children in school. More adult craft and hobbies. Computer. More gymnastics. Children's volleyball. More good gym times for youth basketball. An alternative day of the week for gun training. Just more of any classes so more people have an opportunity to attend, it's too limited, especially with the population growing as it is. Bus activities to the Timberwolves. More youth activities - middle school age. Aqua aerobics, Iow impact aerobics eady pm or Saturday. More sports. Karate. Decorative art - painting. Languages. Pre-schooler fitness class. More "couples" classes that aren't only for ECFE families. Even parents of high schoolers like to strengthen relationships. What do you consider to be the number one problem in your community? Young people with too much free time. Crime. Not enough activities in area for students. Children getting in trouble because they seem "bored". Not enough activity locations for kids. No place for the kids to hang out. Teenagers need a place to go. Rapid growth and school overcrowding. Good things for teens to do! Not enough summer activities Youth enrichment. Crime. Too much time on teens' hands. Not enough evening items for kids. Junior and senior high activities; skateboarding park is one idea. Too busy of families - no time for relationships. Drugs. Crime. 10-15 year olds lack of interest, or transportation if interested, in these for programs. Rise in crime. No place for older kids to go to have fun. School space. Activities for teenagers. Violence and hatefulness. Parent participation in child's development. Kids. Over crowded schools. Space for kids. Not enough Iow income housing. Sports competition. Activities for preschoolers offered in evenings instead of daytime. Transportation to events. Things for children to do if not in sports. Overcrowded classrooms. Not enough for kids to do. Kids don't have anything to do. No where for the youth to go. Theft and drug with youth. Youth mentors. Need youth center. Traffic. A lot of people. Lack of youth activities. Drugs. There is not much to do - like rollerskating, public pool and stuff like that is needed. Juvenile crime. Crime. Kids need a place to go to. Over crowded schools. Over crowding of schools. Keeping taxes down. Attitude toward schools, authority, self. Schools. Teens. No place for kids' entertainment. Not enough room and teachers in the schools; esp. the senior high. High school over crowding. Juvenile crime. School space. Non-sports activities for kids. No public bus transportation. Kids (junior-senior high school) not getting involved in activities. Schools. Lack of activities for youth, other than sports. Not enough to keep young people occupied. Our young people don't have a place to have fun at. Activities for teens or a place for them to be. Crowded schools. Youth/teenager activities, hang outs. Something for youth to do and a place to go. Spending over our budget. Something for teens. Preschool. Supervised, inexpensive entertainment for kids 10-16. No place for children play in winter. Need of a community center/complex. Overcrowded schools. Lack of respect of children for adults. Need more for youth to do, a place. Not enough good things for teens to do at Iow cost. Not enough activities for teenagers. Teen rec alternatives. No bridge crossing over 169. Not enough for the children after school. Not enough youth activities. No place for children to meet. Need things for kids to do. Growing population. No place for kids to go for activities. Nothing for high school students to do, Not enough for kids to do. Activities for junior high kids. Would you or someone you know consider teaching a class? Laura Mevissen 19320 Dodge Street Elk River 441-6691 Joni Cragoe -"1 would help." 11134 193rd Ave NW Elk River 441-0678 Jan Ouellette 19741 Ulysses Elk River 441-5062 Dale Brown 13192 192nd Ave NW Elk River 441-2519 Shirley Kostzewski- "maybe" 18233 Nowthen 753-5405 Vance Zehringer Elk River 441-6536 Jill Stalpes - Aerobics 624-5142 Patti Wahlroos 13742 189th Ave NW Elk River 241-0572 Jimmy Stevens 7972 O'day Ave NE Otsego 441-3293 R. Williams P O Box 446 Otsego 441-0346 Tom Humphrey 1845 Wand Elk River 241-1184, 441-7504 C. Kryzer- "maybe" 21708 Cty Rd 15 Elk River 263-3716 Would you be interested in serving on an Advisory Council for Community Education or ECFE? Laura Mevissen 19320 Dodge Street Elk River 441-6691 Joni Cragoe -"1 would help." 11134 193rd Ave NW Elk River 441-0678 Sandy Mevissen 441-6691 Rose Anderson 12812 189th Ave Elk River 441-6661 Dale Brown 13192 192nd Ave NW Elk River 441-2519 Jane Lindenfelser 11348 202nd Ave Elk River 441-1655 Patti Packer 15518 95th St NE Otsego 241-9086 Shad Pikkaraine 9638 181st Ave NW Elk River 441-4800 Patti Wahlroos - "maybe" 13742 189th Ave NW Elk River 241-0572 R. Williams P O Box 446 Otsego 441-0346 Tom Humphrey 1845 Wand Elk River 241-1184, 441-7504 C. Kryzer 21708 Cty Rd 15 Elk River 263-3716 11/11/96 ~', Jar Youth Advocate: Please be reminded that the next meeting regarding the "Youth Initiatives" is scheduled for Tuesday December 3, 1996 at 7:00pm at Satk Junior High Room 206. Please enter door S on the east side of the building. Hope to see you there! 7'he following infcrmation is a summary of the discussion from the last meeting held on October 29th. Study of existing facilities -Continuous use at schools is ok, but equipment cannot be stored (use is encouraged district wide) -After school activities "Afterctass" offered by Community Ed - slow start, some success, lots of ~otential. Desire funding to help keep cost down -Extended "Lions Den" in 1997 has been budgeted -Indoor skate park? (fairgrounds as a possible use should be investigated) * Watz Up Cafe Club -Conducting focus groups -Collecting furniture and equipment -Have looked at the old "Play It Again" as possible site but may be to small -Looked into Lee's Riverside Auto (expensive - $670K) Questionable location -Working with a builder to consider construction costs -ts it possible to locate near an eventual skate park site? -Working on fund raising Youth Process/Empowerment -Exposure to the press about this process -Considering how to get a youth board going (Cafe club should rely on this) -Should this sub-committee meet again? What about adult advisors? -Suggested to just "get going,. This committee is likely to meet again soon Mentoring/lntergenerational Mixing -Contact made with WCCO regarding their mentoring program, WCCO can arrange to send a representative to our community to share this information further -Suggested that an in-service of mentors be offered via Community Ed. Annette Watz is willing to train with experience from Target. She would like to connect with a professional counselor/psychiatrist -Pat Felt has started a group called "Men in Harmony". Meets weekly before school with youth Communication Clearing House -~let with area youth leaders on October 8, meeting again November 19 -Searching for methods to increase awareness and sharo plans and how to promote.The following concepts were listed: -phone line/web site -community billboard -information boxes similar to drop off utilities payment concept -use of the school calendar -develop activity schedules -intemet -develop a "how to" list for consistent promotional methods -use of the press, for the support of regular publishing of data (there is a new paper called the Citizen) Other/Next Steps -Youth skate park enthusiasts to meet with Elk River Park Commission at their November 13 meeting -Ask the ER Park Commission to appoint a representative to the Youth Initiatives process meetings - Get flyers for youth promoting the next meeting -Send meeting information to teachers via Steve Vevea NEXT MEETING TUESDAY DECEMBER 3, 1996 AT 7:00PM Oti._r Areas of Growth *Better communication between community service organizations and youth *More collaborative efforts*Youth empowerment & involvement *Increased mentoring*Modeling assets as developed by the Search Institute Youth Initiatives Partners Teens Community Recreation Board District 728 Community Education Community Youth Task Force Local Churches Private Business Local Government School District It takes an entire community to make things happen! YOUTH INITIATIVES BOARD ~DISTRICT 728 ~ I ommuplty Education Community Youth orce Th~. ~listory of the Youth Initiatives Process History Continued... P rogra _m_s__Resu!tin_g_ p__m_t_he Youth Initiatives Process In November, 1995 the Mayor of Elk River asked the local joint powers Community Recreation Board for their support in developing increased leisure time opportunities for the area youth. The mayor suggested, for starters that the Community Recreation Board, District 728 Community Education and the Community Youth Task Force work together to develop new leisure time opportunities. Hence, "Youth Initiatives". Staff representatives first began meeting in December, 1995 and determined that some focus study work with youth would be a good start. We arranged to study 90 junior high students and have the focus group be facilitated by senior high aged students. We then trained 24 senior high aged students on how to effectively facilitate a focus group. Our focus revolved around an all-too-familiar phrase of: "There's nothing to do". The selection of the focus group participants was based on their interests and where they lived. The region that we serve (District 728) includes 14 local governments and 5 counties. This "Youth Summit" took place in March, 1996 and the findings were reported to the community and to the leadership of the region's local government in May, 1996. We then determined that more dialogue needed to take place with the whole community. On July 16, 1996 we hosted our first meeting to begin facilitating a community- wide discussion. There were approximately 65 individuals at this meeting. This meeting process has continued and has met monthly with about 30 individuals (adult and youth) attending. Throughout these meetings, we have identified and have been working towards the following four key goals: 1) Investigate existing facilities/buildings for potential use for a youth center. 2) Youth Empowerment / Process. 3) Shared communication / clearinghouse. 4) Mentoring / intergenerational mixing. This has been an exciting experience thus far and we believe that as it continues even more opportunities will develop. Some Programs Available Prior to the Youth Initiatives Process Intramural Sports Open Gyms Basketball Camps Cheerleading Clinic Various Enrichment Classes Outings/Traveling Tuesdays Seasonal Youth Dances, Junior High and Upper Elementary Summer Youth Center Youth Advisory Council 3 on 3 Basketball Tournaments The Lion's Den - Park shelter was staffed and open for youth Monday- Friday throughout the summer with planned activities, special events and people to talk to. Sand Volleyball Leagues Oak Knoll Skate Park - Parking lot made available to youth for skateboarding, bmx-style biking and rollerblading. Area was barricaded and participants were allowed to leave their ramps and equipment at the park. Non-School Day Carnival Try Its - A mentoring opportunity for high school students to show youth what types of clubs and activities are available to them at the senior high age level. Skateboard Demo AfterClass ~ classes al~d a place to hang out provided to youth at the Junior highs after school. Sumo Summer Kickoff ~ Special event to kick off summer activities. Wild on Wednesdays ~ A place to hang out, swim and play games on Wednesdays during the summer.