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r been attending Saturday Morning Open Gym for numerous years and feels that it is a great environment for kids to come run around and develop their skills. Having a back ground in finance Greyton is recommending that we try lowering the fee to see if we can get more participants. Greyton also added • that for some families three dollars can be steep when they are paying per child and then for themselves to have family enjoyment. Harris asked if there could be any other factor that could be affecting attendance. Greyton responded that he knew of some families that came from towns miles away so with the increased gas prices, they may not be attending this year. Hoag and Mielke also responded with the fact that most of the basketball associations or traveling teams have their games on Saturday Mornings during the time of Open Gym. Along with that, Hoag stated Hockey as well as other sports usually has games or practices on Saturday. Harris then asked about changing the days and time of the program in hopes to get more participants. Harris also suggested looking at Roseville's Family Open Gym that currently meets on Sunday's and how their numbers compare to Falcon Heights. Mielke reported that the Lion's Club has subsidized the program in the past and should look to them for help or if they will continue to help out. Kuhens then made a motion to drop the fee for them remaining 6 weeks to $1.50 for youth and $2.00 for adults. Dolan seconded the motion. This change in fee will be in effect as of 2/18/2006. Review Summer Program Fees Anderson provided fee comparison sheet with summer programs that are similar to those we currently offer to show what other cities are charging for the program. Hoag then reported that the city is taking on a new web server • which would give us the opportunity to provide online transactions for program registrations. This however, would come with a convenience fee attached with the service. Instead of having the customer pay the extra fee to do an online transaction, Hoag is recommending that we add that in to our program fees along with the three percent increase for cost of living. Each year we would then raise program fees only three percent each year instead of a big increase every few years. The Commission agreed that two dollar increase would be appropriate for 2006, and a three percent increase as a guideline each year. 5. Staff Report Dead of Winter Anderson reported that the Dead of Winter Inspirational event had an average turn out but not as good of one compared to past years. Anderson thought that this could be due to the number of Super bowl parties this year and also the cold weather. The event did receive $775 in donations from local businesses and will use the excess money for the summer Ice Cream Social. Anderson had composed thank you letters that will be sent to them for their donation to the event. Anderson recommended the Commission set some time in the future to discuss next year's event, the date and possibly a name change for the event. .