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*interoffice MEMORANDUM to: Chuck Whiting, Adminstrator from: Mary Saarion, Director of Parks and Recreation ‘1.\, subject: Suggestions for Community Center management date: July 31, 1997 Yesterday you requested that I put together ideas on possibilities of managing the Community Center. I have called several communities that have community centers to gain information regarding management and operations. The Communities that I called include Shoreview, New Brighton, Columbia Heights, St. Anthony, Crystal, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie, Maplewood, North St. Paul and Maple Grove. All ten community centers listed above house their Parks and Recreation Department at the Community Center building. All the above use Parks and Recreation Department office staff as facility managers, monitoring and scheduling use and security of the community center building. All the above community Parks and Recreation Departments plan and implement activities at the community center facilities. • It is my recommendation that the City of Mounds View Parks and Recreation staff move to offices at the Community Center and be given the responsibility of monitoring and scheduling use of the community center. Daytime hours from 8a.m. -4:30 p.m. would be taken care of without any additional personnel. Arrangements for after school and evening activity supervision would need to be arranged through fee-subsidized instruction programs for programs such as basketball leagues, volunteer pool for programs such as teen open gyms and perhaps a joint agreement with the School District for after-school activities including intramurals, which would be a fee subsidized program as well. Weekend activities would be similar. However, it is suggested that a part time person be employed for Saturday and Sunday afternoon hours where activities in the community center can be offered to the community at no cost. This would be perhaps 8 hours/ week(4 hours on Sat and 4 hours on Sun) for 52 weeks at $8/hr wage equalling approximately $3,328 in wages plus approximately $300 in minimal benefits. In addition, this person could be the person that would monitor rental use of the building for weddings, reunions, conferences, etc. Time spent by the building supervisor would be paid for by fees required by renters. This is a common practice and one that we participate in with the school district. Therefore, supervision of the building during rentals would be paid for by the fees charged to the renters. In believe that the above is a very workable management program for the community center. Custodial services will be needed. The City has several options including extending the services • which are currently required for City Hall. Hiring a separate custodial contract for the Community Center, which would be a joint partnership with the School District and Children's Home Society. Another choice would be to hire an employee for this job. All these choices will