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Summary of discussions with YMCA <br />I. YMCA providing after school programming and summer day camps <br />The YMCA expressed an interest in providing programming for after school programming and <br />summer day camps. For after school programming, the preliminary proposal would be for <br />programming from 2:30 to 6:00 on school days. Staffing would depending upon the success of the <br />programming, but initially, a staffing of one to two individuals was proposed. Staffing costs would <br />be in the range of $6.75 to $7.50 per hour. Assuming 180 school days, the maximum staff cost <br />would be $10,000. The YMCA would be willing to split the cost 50/50 with the City, therefore, the <br />maximum City cost would be $5,000. The Y would propose some type of daily / monthly pass to <br />participate; while no dollar amount was specified, it would be at least $1 per day. In addition, the <br />Y indicated that it would like to purpose obtaining community support to offset some of the <br />program costs from organizations such as the Lions Club and from businesses. Overall, this would <br />reduce the City's share of program; a realistic range would be $2,000. <br />JD ano <br />Programming on weekends would also be possible under a similar proposal. <br />Day Camps. The YMCA was also interested in summer day camps. The indicated that they have <br />worked with other Cities in providing such camps. In these other Cities, it has taken several years <br />for the camps to break even, then they have generated a small surplus. The surpluses have been <br />split 50/50 with the participating Cities. The day camps would be fee based. UL4at aSis� <br />(I <br />Computer /Internet classes. <br />For after school programming, day camps, and general programming, the Y expressed an interesst n <br />working with the City, Community Education, the business community, and other organizations to <br />see if a computer lab with approximately six computers could be established. In the after school <br />programming, children would then have another option in addition to other programming and <br />athletics. <br />� _ � <br />II. YMCA provtd g al4ecreat'on programming. <br />The YMCA appeared very excited about the possibility to provide all the recreation programming <br />for the City. They provided some insight into how the YMCA functions that may be useful. In <br />general, the YMCA in the metro area is comprised of two separate organizations, the Minneapolis <br />YMCA serving Minneapolis and the western suburbs and the St. Paul YMCA serving St. Paul and <br />the eastern suburbs. The St. Paul YMCA has several facilities, the closest being in Shoreview, <br />which submitted the proposal. <br />The St. Paul YMCA is structured so that each facility is governed by its own Board of Directors <br />which makes most decisions for operating that facility. One or two members from the board of <br />each facility then form the Board of Directors for the umbrella St. Paul YMCA. The Y indicated <br />that they would like community involvement in operating the Community Center. They indicated <br />