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Item No: 11B3 Meeting Date: April 13, 2009 Type of Business: Reports Administrator Review : ___ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Clerk - Administrator Item Title/Subject: Administrator Reports 1. YMCA Advisory Committee Meeting The committee got together Monday, April 6, to review operations, programs, facility maintenance and other issues. Public Works Director Nick DeBar joined us so that he could meet the MVCC – YMCA staff such as Pat Prindle, Kirk Erickson and Matt Baumann. Also attending were Pat Riemersma, Steve Dazenski and Council member Hull. Matt Baumann provided an update on events in the banquet center, almost every Saturday for the rest of the year is booked and they are working on Fridays and Sundays. We will be replacing the four older non-commercial ceiling fans in the banquet center with six commercial fans and we are researching furniture options to replace the chairs in the banquet center and the upholstered furniture in the lobby, all of which is in poor condition. Pat P. reports that registrations for the summer parks programs are lagging behind last year’s rate, probably due to the hefty fee increase this year. We are learning that despite the increase, the MVCC summer parks programs are still priced better than other options. There will be a Pitch, Hit and Run event at Silverview on May 16th. Kirk reports that they have been coordinating some programs with the Mounds View Library. The MVCC will be holding a 5k fun run again this summer in conjunction with the Festival. Medtronic will be providing a number of volunteers. Many new programs, some geared toward our senior residents, are being added. There have been some complaints about the work being done by the people contracted to clean the MVCC so we will monitor that and follow up as needed. Steve and Matt discussed painting options for the walls around the banquet center, which seem to always be in need of touch-ups. The next Advisory Committee meeting date is May 4, 2009. 2. Public Works Director Nick Debar will have completed his second week of work by the time you read this report. While being sensitive to not overwhelming him with too much information, we have kept him fairly busy with in an effort to get him up to speed on the various projects in the works. Joe Rhein has been very helpful during this time, however as Nick becomes more familiar with the projects at hand, Joe’s role will gradually diminish. The key, naturally, is to ensure as smooth a transition as possible. Nick has been very eager to learn the ropes, get to know his crew, assess individuals’ function and become more familiar with the operations. Nick attended the pre-construction meeting for the 2009-2010 street and utility improvement project on and reports that everything is on track with the exception of Xcel, who had been planning on replacing the natural gas distribution lines in the project area. Apparently Xcel will not be starting right away which could adversely impact the timing of the rest of the project. Nick will work with Bonestroo to ensure the project moves forward on schedule.