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• <br /> MEMO TO: Mr. Donald F. Pauley, City Admin;istrit r <br /> FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Director , ,Parks , Recreation and Forestry� .1 <br /> DATE: February 19, 1981 <br /> RE: Monthly Report, January, 1981 <br /> After reviewing our departments work schedule for the month of January, 1981, <br /> we would like to report the following department highlights for your edification : <br /> Recreation <br /> Winter skating is the major activity during the month of January as we supervise <br /> five rink locations on a 31 hours/week schedule. In addition to supervising the <br /> warming houses we provided skating lessons at three sites with 38 children par- <br /> ticipating. The Mounds View skating 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 condition due <br /> to age and general abuse. <br /> 3. The pay for our warming house attendants is generally 10 - 20% <br /> below surrounding communities and does not even meet minimum wage. <br /> When I asked Program Supervisor Kvalheim what she felt was the greatest problem in <br /> relationship to the skating program she responded: <br /> "The greatest problem I foresee in the skating program is the lack <br /> of a good, sound, leisure family skating atmosphere. The attitudes <br /> and behaviors of skating participants , especially the young teen- <br /> agers, seems to be one of disrespect and rudeness . a very <br /> difficult problem to control both in terms of punishment and control . <br /> Rink attendants either have the choice of grinning to bear it or try <br /> to control the abusive behavior of troublemakers. This action is <br /> so difficult because , as is well known, rink attendants cannot physical- <br /> ly manhandle persons , and to file a conduct report is a rather non- <br /> threatening gesture in the eyes of the troublemaker. " <br /> Although staff is outlining some of the negative aspects of the skating program, <br /> it must be remembered that there were over 12,000 skaters during our abbreviated <br /> nine week season. <br /> In addition to the skating program, a full slate of recreation activities were <br /> scheduled during January including 17 swimmingclasses, and 53general <br /> programs . recreation <br />