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MEMO TO: Mr. Donald F. Pauley, City_Ad_mi n �tr�t r <br /> FROM: <br /> e Bruce K. Anderson, Director <br /> Parks , Recreation and Fores�ry ,� -;� <br /> DATE: February 19, 198 <br /> 1 <br /> RE: Monthly Report, January, 1981 <br /> After reviewing our departments work schedule for the month <br /> of January, 1981, <br /> we would like to report the following department highlights for <br /> your edification: <br /> Recreation <br /> Winter <br /> Winter skating is the major activity during the month <br /> five rink locations on a 31 hours/week schedule. In addition <br /> warming houses we provided skating lessons a of January as we supervise <br /> ticipating. The Mounds View skatingt three sites witht38scheldrennparhe <br /> program has always been deficient in relation- <br /> ship to surrounding communities due to three major factors : <br /> 1 . Ice quality is not as high due to a greatly understaffed Public <br /> Works Department. <br /> 2. The warming houses are in extremely poor physical condi <br /> to age and general abuse. tion due <br /> • 3. The pay for our warming house attendants is <br /> ly <br /> below surrounding communities and does not even e aleet 10 -minimum m0% <br /> When I asked Program Supervisor Kvalheim what she felt was the <br /> wage. <br /> the greatest problem in <br /> relationship to the skating program she responded: <br /> "The greatest problem I foresee in the skating <br /> of a good, sound, leisure family program is the lack <br /> and behaviors000 of skatingay skating atmosphere. The attitudes <br /> teen- <br /> agers, seems to be one ofpdisrespect sand srudeness ecially the young difficult problem to control both in terms of punishment andg <br /> Rink attendants either have the choice of grinning to bear it very <br /> to control the abusive behavior of troublemakers. This control . <br /> so difficult because, as is well known, rink attendants or try <br /> action is <br /> ly manhandle persons , and to file a conduct report is a enon- <br /> threateningn-ical- <br /> gesture in the eyes of the troublemaker. " <br /> rather Although staff is outlining some of the negative aspects of the <br /> it must be remembered that there were over 12,000 skaters during skating program, <br /> our abbreviated <br /> nine week season. <br /> In addition to the skating program, a full slate of recreation <br /> programs . during January including 17 swimming classes , and 53 <br /> schedule. activities l recreation general recreation <br /> 410 <br />