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MINUTE5 <br />CITY COUNCIL AND PARK & RECREATION <br />J~NUARY 24, 1996 <br />Morelan felt that a good, solid youth program that gets <br />kids participating is the best crime prevention proqram <br />a city could have. <br />Fahey pointed out that no one disaqrees with the <br />comments being made, but stated that the problem,is <br />defining the program. Fahey suggested that the <br />Commission brainstorm for ideas. Fahey sugqested a new <br />name for the Commission could be the <br />Parks/Recreation/Cultural Commission. Fahey felt the <br />City should be forward-thinking and should look at what <br />other offerings could be made. The Commission should <br />also try and determine how many people would be <br />interested. Fahey suggested that a way to do this may <br />be to conduct a survey of residents. The survey could <br />indicated that the City is considering expanding the <br />staff in order to provide additional programs, and ask <br />what programs people would be interested in and at what <br />cost. Fahey comments that it does no good to add staf£ <br />if there is not interest in additional programs. <br />Pedersen suggested that there may be programs that <br />could be offered cooperatively with the school <br />district. <br />DeBace pointed out that an example of this is the <br />walking club. DeBace reported that the school district <br />has expressed interest in cooperative programs at the <br />elementary school. However, she has not gone forward <br />because of time constraints. <br />Johnson suggested that there are a lot of possibilities <br />for programs at the middle school, pointing out that <br />there is a whole population of children at this school <br />who do not have a lot to do. <br />Ables pointed out that the school district has the same <br />problem as the City. That is, not a lot of money for <br />programs. <br />The Director stated that there are a lot of communities <br />encouraging local parks and recreation departments to <br />work cooperatively and undertake joint efforts to make <br />things happen. <br />Holm felt that the Commission's focus was out of <br />balance between park issues and recreation issues. <br />There has not been a lot of concern expressed in <br />7 <br />