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lff t0 T0: 8ruce Anderson FROM: Jeff Stottlemyer DATE: February 27, 1980 RE: Skating Rink Season End Report All warming housea have been checked and thoroughly looked at to aee what has disappeared or broken during the course of the skating aeason. One of the problems we had this year was keeping shovels and brooms inside the warming houses, not carefully wa[ching who was using ehem caused a number of shovels to be stolen. Brooms were being used primarily by kids making snow caves or what have you. There was three weeks left in [he program when we bought six new shovels and two brooms. We also had problems with vandalism occuring at a couple of parks so we bought new locks to replace the old ones. Because of the vandalism we had two Mounds View Parks, Recreation 6 Forestry jackets atolen, the sites where they were s[olen from were Lambert and Hillview. WHAT WENT WELL One thing that the attendants did well was [o be friendly and courteous with all skatera. Whenever I vas around which was quite often, the attendants vere helping kids put on their skates for them, talking with parents and even played some games aith the akaters. The attendanta were very firm with the skaters. They did not allov the skaters to get the best of them. It took some encouragement but once it was through to the attendante, they vere keeping the buildings clean. They were good in letting the eupervisor know of. any problems occuring, for example a hockey board isn't ingood condition, accurate accident reporta and anything damnging to [he warming house. The attendants madethe Kid-Naper Activi[y Day at the rink a big success, regard- less of the poor sreather we had. PROBLEMS DURING THE SEASON The problems that occurred aere the cauae of the eupervisoz not streeaing what ehould be done about them at the weekly ataff ineetings. The eupervisor did not use the weekly etaff ineeting the way i[ was supposed to be used. Attendants did not clear the ekating areas during the light snow Fall. Attendan[e did not keep track of their ehovels, acrapers and brooms. Problem for the firet part o£ the eeason vae the uae of our alternates. scheduling being mixed up. The eupervisor not knoving vho worked, when and vhere. Supervisor caught tha[ problem and aoon corrected it. WHAT CHANGES COULD BB MADB Heing ehar thie ia the first year the eupervisor ever ran an !ce ekating rink program, he really couldn't aee any changea needed. Maybe !f he were to be the upervieor for a ca!uple of seaeens, he could aee eome changee to maice,