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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-26-86 Agenda & Packet 1 3" ' fir• f d RAMSEY COUNTY,MINNESOTA GATEWAY TO THE NORTH 2401 HIGHWAY 10 MOUNDS VIEW,MINN. 55112 DEPARTME=NT Dr PARKS, 784-3055 RECREATION AND rORF-S1 RY June 25 , 1986 Dear Parks and Recreation Commissioners: Enclosed is your packet of information for the regularly sche- duled June 26 Commission meeting scheduled for 6: 30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. There are basically three items on 1111 the agenda that will be needing formal Commission action: 1 . Establishing park priorities for the long term capital improvement budget. 2 . Establishing priorities for the Herbst sub-division money. 3 . Adopting the policy for residential property abutting park property. Please contact our office directly at 784-3055, ext. #20 should you have any questions regarding the enclosed information or should you be unable to attend the meeting as scheduled. Sincerely, // :-.."-:::7 SCC-< ' �� ruce K. A der. o , Director Parks, Recreati n and Forestry 11111 BKA/sll Enclosure CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION • Thursday, June 26, 1986 AGENDA 6 : 30 p.m. Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers I . CALL TO ORDER / II . REVIEW OF THE MAY 22 , 1986 MEETING MINUTES ✓ III . CHAIRPERSON 'S REPORT IV. COUNCILMEMBER'S REPORT '/ • V. DISCUSSION ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM / OFL'-/ Yr VI . REVIEW OF POSSIBLE PROJECT IDEAS FOR THE HERBST SUB-DIVISION FUNDS VII . ESTABLISH A POLICY FOR SILVER VIEW PARK VIII . STAFF REPORT/ A. ARTS IN THE PARKS B. SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS C . COMMUNITY EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL • D. PARK MAINTENANCE IX. ADJOURNMENT MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW • COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA May 22, 1986 Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers 6 : 30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6: 35 p.m. by Chairperson Wayne Burmeister. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Commissioner Letendre, Silvis , Long , Wuori , Weflen , Linnell and Chairperson Burmeister. Councilmembers present: Councilmember Quick and Mayor Linke Staff present : Parks and Recreation Director Anderson CHAIRPERSON 'S REPORT There was no Chaiperson ' s report. COUNCILMEMBERS REPORT Councilmember Quick stated that the City Council had voted unamimously to request a Spark dedication fee of $527 in addition to the land dedication from the Stanley Fisher sub-division. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Staff informed the Commission that the City Council was in the process of establishing goals and objectives for 1987. Staff distributed cost estimate sheets on each individual park and asked that each Commission member rank the projects in order of priority, and that they would be reviewing them at the June Commission meeting. He also stated that the Commission needs to review the long range capital improvement plan and reprioritize each of the projects. Commissioner Silvis made a motion to table action on the prioritization of the park projects until the June , 1986 meeting . The motion was seconded by Commissioner Weflen . The motion passed unanimously 7 ayes 0 nayes. REVIEW OF POSSIBLE Director Anderson stated that we had not PROJECT IDEAS FOR THE formally received the park dedication fees HERBST SUB-DIVISION from the Herbst Sub-division as of yet , but IIINDS we should be receiving it in the next two weeks. Currently, there is approximately $6 , 000 in the park dedication fund and with the addition of the Herbst money, the fund would total approximately $40 , 000. -2- Director_ Anderson suggested three possible uses for the park dedication funds as follows : 1 . Begin the establishment of a capital • improvement fund with a goal of $500 ,000 , with 75 percent being allocated for long range capital improvements. 2. Tennis courts at Groveland Park. 3. Paving of the Silver View Park parking lot in order to eliminate dust and van- dalism problems. A discussion ensued regarding the above sug- gestions. Councilmember Quick asked staff what kind of vandalism was occurring at Silver View Park. Staff stated that damage had been done to trees and turf from vehicles driving on the berms and other turf areas. Commissioner Wuori asked if free standing cement curbs , similar to those at Greenfield Park, would sufficiently deter people from driving vehicles on park turf area. Staff responded that although it would help, the free standing curbs are quite expensive and would only be a temporary solution and it would be best to permanently end the problem • by paving the parking lot. Commissioner Linnell stated that she thought the paving of Silver View Park was important, but that the Groveland Park Foundation had been working a very long time towards the installation of tennis courts at their park and she ' s feels they should be given first priority. Commissioner Wuori asked if $30 ,000 would be enough to build the tennis courts. Staff indicated that with the addi- tion of the $20 , 000 from the Groveland Park Foundation, there should be enough funds to cover the cost of the soil corrections and tennis court construction. Commissioner Wuori suggested that the long range needs of the park system be considered , and that the establishment of a capital improvement fund may be the best use of the funds. Commissioner Linnell made a motion to make the construction of tennis courts at Grove- land Park the number one priority for use of the Herbst sub-division park dedication fee . The motion was seconded by Commissioner Letendre . The motion failed 3 ayes, 4 nays. -3- Pending more detailed information on park projects, the item was tabled until the June , ID 1986 meeting. DISCUSSION OF Staff gave a brief overview of the develop- ESTABLISHMENT OF ment of the Silver View Park, after which he A POLICY FOR SILVER stated that the Park Commission would be VIEW PARK establishing a written, formal policy regard- ing the use of park property adjacent to residential property. Following a lengthy discussion, staff asked for volunteers to serve on a sub-committee to establish a policy regarding use of park pro- perty adjacent to residential homes. There were five volunteers from the Silver View Park area and two from the Park Commission as follows : Kathy Tacke Laurie Trettel Mary Mitchell Dave Long Rebecca Delmore Diane Wuori Tom McKay STAFF REPORT Staff reviewed an article on solar powered lighting and indicated that it may be useful at Greenfield Park. He also reminded the III Commission of the Arts in the Park program on June 9 and discussed the letter written by youth volunteer coach Frank Mazzacco. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Commissioner Wuori asked when the joint park tour would be . Staff indicated that the it would be June 21 beginning at Roseville ' s Central Park , and that the Commission would be receiving additional information on the tour. The Commission suggested that additional trash recepticles be placed along the trail at Greenfield Park to discourage littering. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Commissioner Long, seconded by Commissioner Wuori to adjourn the meeting at 10 : 05 p.m. Motion passed , 7 ayes, 0 nayes. . :se-ctfully 'sub i ted , r i . ce K A ete so Director arks, Recreatio and Forestry IliKA/s l 1 MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission 4/11 FROM: Staff DATE: June 25 , 1986 RE: Herbst Sub-division Funds This is an item that has been carried over from the May agenda . Ci1" S The Commission had asked for detailed cost analysis of the two proposed projects , i .e . tennis courts at Groveland Park n the construction of the parking lot at,;Silver View Park. `' The de- tailed cost analysis_ for each of the two sites can be found in staff ' s cost breakdowns by park. It should be noted that at this time we have still not received the monies from the Herbst sub-division, but we envision that the dollars will become available within the next six weeks. It has also my understanding that representatives from the Grove- land Park Foundation will be on hand at Thursday evening 's meet- ing to discuss their position regarding the construction of the 1110 Groveland Park tennis courts. RECOMMENDATION: Staff would recommend that the Commission review the project as outlined by staff and attempt to prioritize to provide more specific direction should you desire construction to be completed this year . If there is no specific timeframe as to when project , i .e. parking lot at Silver View Park or tennis courts at Groveland Park , be completed , there is no urgency on this issue . BKA/sll MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Staff 410- DATE: June 25, 1986 RE: Policy for park land use Staff met with representatives from the Silver View Park neigh- borhood on Thursday, June 12, 1986 and discussed the enclosed policy for park land use . The residents basically concurred with the policy and felt that it was fair and was responsive to their respective needs. From staff ' s perspective , the key issue is the development of a landscaping plan for each of the neighborhood parks , which will then dictate the existing and/or future use of the park property. To that end , I have spoken to City Forester Wriskey and he feels confident that we can develop formal park planting master plans for each of the neighborhood parks during the winter months . Specific suggestions and/or recommendations that we discussed with the Silver View Park residents regarding planting were to identify two or three species of large canopy trees that would serve as the main landscaping material between the pond and resi- dential lots. We would also utilize some type of a ground cover or low maintenance planting to help better define the park bound- ary. The residents felt this could be workable but requested • review and/or input in the process. Staff assured them that they would be involved in the process from beginning to end. One of the other items that was addressed at the meeting was staff ' s interest in developing the area with reduced maintenance costs as our number one objective. Their were a number of resi- dents that expressed a strong interest in purchasing park proper- ty, which would obviously reduce the maintance budget completely. Staff ' s position on this issue is that we should not sell park property unless it is deemed surplus and/or not suitable for general public use . I feel that if we were to sell some of the property, which would allow for larger backyards, we would lose the right to control what types of buildings, facilities and/or_ encroachments that would develop on that property. I feel that the one advantage of reduced maintenance costs would not outweigh the many positive advantages of retaining the park property in public ownership. It cannot be stressed enough that Silver View Park , in the next twenty years, will become the major focal point for public and recreational uses for Mounds View residents , as additional facil- ities are developed , and programming of the facility is in- creased . We must continue to be "futurists" as we develop and establish policies for our public lands. 1111 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Park Commission review the enclosed policy and adopt it in a formal form on. June 27 , 1986 and to also take a formal position regarding the sale of park lands. AKA/sll Enclosure MEMO TO: Policy Task Force Committee Members • FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Director Parks, Recreation and Forestry DATE: Jnne Il , 1986 RE: Policy for Park Land Use The following brief policy statements are strictly intended to give us a starting point from which we can begin developing a policy to resolve some of the issues facing us in the Mounds View parks system. It is the policy of the City of Mounds View that all park land within the City belongs to the residents on an equal basis and no priority or special atten- tion will be provided to landowners adjacent to park properties. It is the intent of the City of Mounds View to accommodate residents concerns and/or suggestions whenever possible as long as it does not compromise the general public's access and use of park property. 1. The City of Mounds View will develop a landscaping plan outlining the specific tree and shrubbery placement for each of the City parks which • will he reviewed and adopted by the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Com- mission. This plan will identify future landscaping needs and be priori- tized on an annual basis. 2. The City will continue to abide by the past fencing policy that was adopt- ed in 1983 regarding fencing park perimeters. 3. No permanent or temporary structures will be allowed on park property including, but not limited to gardens, animal houses, bird feeders, and/or other park modifications unless formal approval is granted by the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission. 4. The City of Mounds View willadopt a formal maintenance policy outlining the frequency and type of maintenance that will be provided on park pro- perty and any modifications of the proposed maintenance program must he approved by the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commissiton. 5. The City will allow a one year "grandfather" clause to allow people to conform to the policies as adopted. 111/1 6. The City Park Commission will hold a public hearing whenever the policy of park land use is modified and/or changed. BKA/sll. MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission 1111 FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Director Parks, Recreation and Forestry DATE: June 25, 1985 RE: Monthly staff update - June , 1986 The following issues and programs are outlined to provide the Commission with an overview of our department ' s day to day opera- tion . Each of the listed items are strictly informational and not intended for formal Commission action. 1 . Puppet wagon truck. The City has purchased a new puppet wagon from Care Heating and Air Conditioning. The vehicle is a 1981 one ton step van which will be used during the remainder of the year in the water and sewer department as an emergency vehicle. We are excited about having a new puppet wagon , as the existing vehicle is in extremely poor condi- tion . • 2. "Arts in the Park" . We had our second "Arts in the Park"pro- gram on Tuesday, June 24, 1986 at Silver View Park. The Eclectic Co. performed , and it was attended by approximately 35 - 50 residents. We feel the program is a very positive addition to our existing programming efforts and hope to have this item placed in the budget permanently in 1987. 3. Community Theater project. Enclosed is a flyer outlining the "Music Man" production which we will be doing during the month of July. We have been actively involved in rehearsals during the past six weeks, and are very excited to follow up on our success last year with "Oklahoma" . It is our desire to have the Community Theater program become self-sufficient in 1987 and we are hoping for a positive financial success again so that the group will be able to work on their own without City financial assistance . 4. Park maintenance. We have been fortunate to get eight J. P. T.A. employees once again during the summer of 1986. They began work on Thursday, June 10, 1986 . The program, is working well , and we will be concentrating on three major projects including chipping of the trail at Silver View, painting of the City hockey boards , and installation of new playground equipment. -2- 5. Community Education Advisory Council . I attended a two day 4111 training session at Madden ' s Resort on Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24 which outlined the future role of community education . Staff will be providing a brief verbal update as to the highlights of the meeting. 6. Beach operations. We have been experiencing extremely high attendance at Lakeside Park during the past two weeks due to the warm weather. With the warm weather, we have had pro- blems relating to drinking and drug consumption, along with pool water quality. Based on my conversations with DNR, the poor water has made for increased incidences of swimmer' s itch, as well as higher weed levels which is due to the early freeze we had in the winter of 1985 which did not allow the aquatic growth to complete their normal cycle . 7 . Computer equipment. The City' s new computer system was delivered two weeks ago , and we will be attending staff training sessions the first week in July to learn how to operate it. Our department will have two terminals including a stand alone unit, as well as a terminal that will interface with the mainframe . We are excited about these improvements 4111 and look forward to improved community service as we move into the "computer age" . 8. Budgeting. Staff is currently immersed in the 1987 budgeting process , as we hope to have a rough draft for the City Coun- cil to review at their first meeting in July. It appears that money will be tight once again in the City as Federal revenue sharing funds have been eliminated , and cutbacks in State aid appear to be eminent. BKA/sll Enclosure • III 'X' 1i ; the minnesota �I recreation g park association Dear M.R.P.,A. Members; Enclosed you will find the nomination forms for the Annual M,.R.P,.A. Awards which will be presented at the Fall Conference in Duluth.. The purpose of presenting awards is to recognize outstanding per- formances of people and programs in the recreation profession,. We have a number of people within our state association who, through their hard work and dedication, would be very deserving and certainly qualify for one of the awards You know who these people are,. Please take time to nominate these deserving individuals and to complete the in- formation on the nomination forms for review by the Awards Committee. Those of you who nominated someone for last year's awards, but were unsuccessful, are encouraged to resubmit your candidate for consideration for this year's awards. Last year a new one-step application process was adopted which simply means that all information should be submitted at the time of • nomination; no follow information will be requested. All nominations should be sent to the M„R.P.,A. Office and should be postmarked no later than August 1, 1986 . Sincerely, Committee: Robert E. Burke Leo Rudolph Chairman Fay Miller Awards Committee Bud Korfhage Dennis Maschka Mary Ellen Erlandson nesota Recreation and Park Association • P.O. Box 186 • 9401 Fernbrook Lane • Maple Grove, MN 55369 Phone: 420 6915 800-862-3659 • MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION AWARDS COMMITTEE GOALS AND PURPOSES To recognize members and others for service to the Leisure Services Field. PROGRAM To select recipients for the awards of the Association including: JACK NILES AWARD Award made to a male member of MRPA with fifteen (15) or less years of professional experience and outstanding service to the recreation and park field, and MRPA,. DORTHEA NELSON AWARD Open to any female member of MRPA with fifteen (15) or less years of professional experience and outstanding service to the recreation and park field, and MRPA. BOARD/COMMISSION AWARD Open to any Board of Commission member for outstanding service in the recreation and park field.. OR. GERALD B. FITZGERALD AWARD • An award to a MRPA member for high achievement in research and/or journalistic contribution in the field of leisure and/or leisure education. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD An award to a professional member of MRPA for outstanding service to the recreation and park, and leisure services field, and to MRPA MRPA SPECIAL AWARD When appropriate, special MRPA awards can be made to Minnesota residents for outstanding dedicated leadershipin the recreation, , park and leisure movement at the local, state, national, or international level., Legislator Awards and Citizen Distinguished Service Awards made in 1980. ID MT_NNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION NOMINATING FORM FOR PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AWARD Description of Award: The Board and Commission Award is open to any person who is or has been a member of a park or recreation board or commission in the State of Minnesota and whose primary purpose and mission is that of creating public policy for, and overseeing the planning, development and operation of parks and recreation areas, facilities and programs. Basically, this award is recognition of those individuals who volunteer their time to serve in a community leadership capacity as a park and recreation board member. Years of service by itself is not sufficient for this recognition, but should be coupled with other criteria such as quality of leadership given and results achieved from that leadership. 1 . NOMINEE: Name Address • Phone No. 2. NOMINATOR: Name Address Phone No.. 3. Name of park and recreation board and location of board: 4. Years of service on board: 19 to 19 Total Years: 5. Position or positions held on board: 6. Please describe what outstanding service or services your nominee has done as a park and recreation board member to warrant being nominated. To frame this another way, what has your nominee done as a park and recreation board member that has enriched the lives of the people in your community and how has that contributed to making your community a better place to live., 7. Optional -- if there is other information in your opinion that is relevant, III/1 please include„ INFORMATION SUBMITTED SHOULD NOT BE LONGER THAN FIVE TYPED PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED. isuüDest Route to° 0 CI n executive summary of current news on the leisure and discretionary spending markets. CI Box 27488 Washington, D.C. 20038-7488 Return to: (202) 232-7107 Vol. VI, No. 11 June 16, 1986 TRENDS & OUTLOOK so in the months ahead. Controversy grows around the Senate's tax reform proposals, as news of some Just as it seemed Canada and the U.S. special considerations becomes known, might be negotiating same beneficial and examined by Congress. . .and those new trade rules, the whole package left out. On the list released--which came apart, and new barriers/penalties gives no details of the tax breaks in- were put in place. Among U.S. products volved for the 200 individual companies hit with new tariffs this month are and categories--are several stadiums books/ magazines (which could cost U.S. (in Atlanta, Buffalo, Baltimore, the publishers about $25 million a year) . Superdome, the Phoenix Sports Complex) , The tariff was in reaction to U.S. fees several airlines (Delta, Northwest Or- on Canadian cedar products. ient, Pan Am) , entertainment companies on Canadian cedar products. (Walt Disney, MCA, Viacom, *cable tel- * * * * * * * * evision") , and tourism-industry attrac- tions (Harborplace, the Atlanta Under- ground, ADVERTISING National Parks Historic Sites, New Orleans Riverwalk, Hot Springs Na- tional Park) , and several others. Has creativity gone West? Three award 111/1shows recently (the Effies, the "One Some specifics are known: Carnegie Show" and the Art Directors Club of Hall's renovation is specially favored NY) indicate New York's throne is threa- as is the Astrodome in Houston, and a tened. Ads for Pizza Hut by Chiat/Day $7 million exception for Walt Disney's of LA won the Grand Effie (June 4) --the tax benefits on films already under next day the company lost Nike's busi- production--after Sen. ?ete Wilson of ness, for which it had won an earlier California obtained that break for Dis- ney, he got a blanket exception for all award (N.Y. Times, 6/5) . Last year, films/tv shows in production (NY Times) . the agency won the same award for its The House tax bill contains even more campaign for Apple Computer (and later . transition rules, which would cost $26 lost the account) . billion. The Senate's bill (just under 1,500 pages) would cost $5 billion in At the Art Directors Club awards, only 2 of the 18 golds went to N.Y. agencies tax breaks. one of which, by BBDO for Pepsi, won a Grand Prix at Cannes. Congress has approved a daylight-saving * * * * * * * * bill that would add 3 more weeks in April. A coalition of sports/recrea- By the time a youngster graduates from tion/tourism/leisure interests support- high school, he/she has seen about half ed the added daylight time, which has a million TV commercials. And it's been estimated to produce $4 billion this restless and bored and sophistica- in revenues Consumer confi- ted generation the $96 billion ad indus- 1 dence took its biggest drop in a year try now has to market to, a Washington last month, the Conference Board has Post feature series noted. This market reported. What's disconcerting, says 'of 32 mllion 18-25 year olds is seen Board director Fabian Linden, is that as responding to fast-moving images the economy has been waiting for con- (not words) and music/sex/humor rather sumer spending to boost economic growth than information. Teens spent $49.8 and the consumer isn't planning to do billion last year--one-third more per III IN THIS ISSUE: MUSIC, RECORDS & TAPES 4 ADVERTISING 1 FINANCIAL YARDSTICKS 5 LEISURE TRAVEL 2 MEDIA AND PUBLISHING 6 OUTDOOR RECREATION 3 ATTRACTIONS & PRODUCTIONS 7 TV - MOVIES - VCR 4 THEATERS, AUDS & ARENAS 8 ( , 2 laiSUreibtargeigfteStJune 16, 1986 1 capita than teens spent 10 years before. LEISURE TRAVEL SEE THE U.S A and helping promote • that travel are some big-buck campaigns European travel bookings are beginning from: Missouri, for one, which has a to rebound. They're down from 1985, ° lavish 116-page guide of photos and but about 60% recovery had been noted maps and facts on hunting/fishing/fest- thru the first week of June. British ivals and celebrations Boston and Airways ' London-U.S. reservations were the New England region, in preparation at 52,520 for the week ended June 1-- for what is expected to be a banner yr, that compared to 62,000 a year ago. have launched "America Begins in New Pan Am's "security" campaign was mat- England" aimed at travel planners and ched by stepped-up security by TWA; professionals. (Massport, Ten Park both carriers put a $5 surcharge in Plaza, Boston, MA 02116-3971. 617/973- place. 5600, Patrick Moscaritolo. * * * * * * * * Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia Lower fuel prices for airlines brought battle for more tourist dollars, the on fare war for start of summer travel headline read (Wash Business) . Virgin- season. Airlines lost $600 million in is has brought back its "Virginia Is first quarter, but are projected to for Lovers" slogan and an upbeat new have $1 billion profits for year "Virginia. It's a New World," for use Discounts and fare wars have cut into in a $2.85 million ad campaign to boost travel agents' commissions. They're the $5.4 billion tourism revenues (up now considering set fees. 8% last year over 1984) . Maryland will * * * * * * * * spend $12 million over the next 3 yrs on: "Maryland: more than you can imag- Each attendee at a convention/trade ine." Tourism added $3.8 billion to show generates income of $660 to host the state's economy last year and added commuunity, according to study by the 84,000 jobs in 1984. Those numbers are Intl Assn of Convention & Visitor Bur- expected to rise 17% this year. eaus and Laventhol & Horwath. Last year, 83 cities in U.S. and abroad were Washington, D.C. attracted 17.9 million sampled. Associations spent average of visitors last year and $1.5 billion in $104,500 per show in the 83 cities. revenues. It doesn' t have to spend much to bring in visitors--and doesn't. Only * * * * * * * * about $2.5 million for all convention New York City will open space for thou- and tourism promotion. sands of campers, and close major thru- ways as it prepares for a mammoth 4th of July celebration. The 4th falls on Sports marketing/promotions continue a Friday and the city has budgeted more to grow and expand; the "Goodwill than $5.5 million for the 4-day holiday Games" of Ted Turner, organized for traffic control and assistance to visi- his cable systems, and the Olympic tors. From noon on July 3 to noon on Games in two years are just 2 examples. July 6 camping sites for 5,000 people The Olympics budget has risen 50% over in Queens and 1,200 RV parking sites the 1984 budget--in 1974 it was $7 mil- at Staten Island beaches will be avail- lion; for 1988 it will be $125 million. able. (212) CAMPING is the reserva- • The U.S. Olympic Committee' s quarters tion number. Between 7 and 13 million in Colorado Springs are World War II people are expected for the event, in- structures built for the Air Force. cluding the Statue of Liberty birthday. • The USOC is proposing a "Hall of Fame" Museum in Colorado Springs--they've * * * * * * * * been offered 150 acres outside the The tax reform proposals will not hurt city. Other cities are bidding, too. mortgage deductions on second homes, * * * * * * * * and now that the air has cleared on the uncertainty of the past two years, va- cation home sales are picking up. At present there are about 4.5 million va- LEISURE INDUSTRY DIGEST is published twenty-four times a year by Leisure Industry/ Recreation News. Business and editorial material should be sent to LEISURE INDUSTRY III DIGEST, P.O. Box 27488, Washington, D.C. 20038-7488. Tel: (202) 232-7107. Editor is Marj Jensen. Contributing editors/writers are Jamie Thomas, Ida Simmons, John Michaels, Virginia Foster, K. Langhorne Oliver, Mary Linn Tischer and Robert Trygve Jr. Federal tax I.D. number is 564-44-2861. Subscription price is $95 a year in U.S., Canada and Mexico by first class mail. Overseas air mail price is $140 a year. June 16, 1986 Leisurethamdutagest 3 cation homes (not including timeshare) , Certainly in urban areas, new lands and with interest rates down, more are needed. A PCAO-sponsored "Recrea- than 100,000 will be built this year. tion and the American City" forum had The resale market this year is expected little new to report at its gathering to be the best of the past decade, in two weeks ago except for one thing: part because of the steep climb of the cities are growing again, and so is stock market in the past 18 months. Ski recreational demand. * * * resort and waterfront homes are most * * * * * popular. Most buyers are in the 30s and 40s and earn more than $40,000 a yr. Sales of boats and RVs are set for near- record, or record, growth this summer. * * * * * * * * The boating industry expects its best The cruise industry has booked 60,000 year of the past 15 with 660,000 units more passengers for the Caribbean this representing a 10% increase over 1985, summer than had been anticipated at the according to the National Marine Manu- start of the year, according to Market facturers Assn. Millions of dollars in Scope Inc. , a research firm in Coral sales have been Lost in recent years Gables, Fla. , that conducts special mar- because of a lack of facilities, the keting studies for various cruise lines. Marine Retailers Assn. charges. A sur- The 13%-15% increase means that bargain vey showed that dealers nationally were cruises may have been booked already. reporting average shortages of nearly New ships in service produced a 15% in- 1,500 new slips and overcrowding of crease in capacity, but the surge of launch ramps. Funds from the Wallop- bookings came on top of an added 10% in Breaux legislation a year ago are be- early bookings due to discounts--now at ginning to speed boating fuel tax mon- an end pretty much. ies to the states for new facilities. * * * * * * * * The RV industry expects sales of about Tip income reported by workers on tax 373,000 units this year which compares returns doubled on the 1984 returns, to 359,000 last year. About $8 billion the first year reporting was required. worth of RVs are on the road now. The From 1982 to 1984, the $2.1 billion in industry has been promoting the "RV tips was more than 125% increase. Big- lifestyle" thru cable TV programa and gest growth came from tips in drinking national ads. The rental market is 2 places, up 246% to $22 million. Most to 3 times ahead of last year. tips, $1.6 billion, were reported from restaurants, the IRS study noted. The 35-55 age group that is the largest * * * * * * * buying group for boats and RVs will grow from 70 million now to 105 million by the year 2000. OUTDOOR RECREATION Golf resorts have been booming, from Southern California to the Southeast, The President's Commission on Americans with help from PGA Tour Inc. , which has Outdoors (PCAO) meets in Washington on built 12 new "stadium" type courses to c;- June 25 to review preliminary findings draw TV coverage and crowds. Twelve from the first 10 hearings around the more such courses are planned. The country on recreation issues. Besides first such development at Ponte Vedra, funding difficulties, demands for multi- Florida, by Arvida Corp. sold $75 mil- use of public lands and the need for lion in real estate last year Land the new recreation areas seem to be nation- PGA Tour gained $20 .7 million from all al priorities. Conflicts abound: how real estate deals that year) . to preserve America's heritage for the future runs headlong into overuse of Other golfers and developers have simi- popular areas and deteriorating resour- lar ideas. Robert Trent Jones, noted ces. Finding a balance between these golf course architect, will build three conflicting demands will not be an easy golf courses in Prince William County, task, as the Commission heard in Wyom- Va., about 40 miles from Washington, ing, where public lands are broken up D.C. More than 800 acres are involved by segments of private holdings. in the project which could bring $15 million a year to the county when it 111/1 Farming and mining interests lease pub- is completed in the next 3 years. PGA lic lands, which recreational interests officials are being courted to schedule want to see kept in the public domain, tournaments at the new Lake Manassas while the Reagan Administration con- site. Developers plan 800 'homes, plus siders selling these lands. Alterna- an office park. Over the next 15 years, tives to land purchases are under exam- investment is expected to top $735 mil. ination by the Commission and staff. 4 Leisurerotarglarkftest June 16, 1986 cal pace of late: the May b.o. slumped TV - MOVIES - VCR to lowest level in 5 years for tickets and dollars. Top film was "Top Gun," which also looks big for June. For 5 months, cumulative b.o. gross was low- Record sales of consumer electronics est in 4 years (Variety) . The reces- are expected in manycategories bythe �ores sion began 11/2 years ago (Dec '84) with Electronic Industries Assn. , which now only short 4-month break last December expects factory sales of everything thru March. from color TVs to compact disk players * * * * * * * * to hit $26.1 billion, up 7% from 1985. _ sIm'r predictions came during the Con- sumer MUSIC, RECORDS & TAPES sumer Electronics Show in Chicago this month. Color TVs and VCRs are among those expected to set records, with stereo TVs taking 20% of the color TV The nationwide controversy over porno- market with 3 million sales. VCR sales graphy caught up with Dead Kennedys to dealers would reach a record 12 mil- rock band, in Los Angeles, for includ- lion units this year; home computers ing a "sexually explicit poster" with will have sales of 4.2 million units their album "Frankenchrist." Lead this year. Camcorders (camera-record- singer Jello Biafra is owner of Alter- ers) will have 1 million in sales this native Tentacle Records, a distributor year and 1.5 million in 1987; that com- of the album; he was charged under his pares to 517,000 last year. real name Eric Boucher. The group ap- pears in court July 3; if convicted, Price declines have boosted sales, and maximum sentence is a year in jail and even the rising yen is not seen as a a $2,000 fine. III major factor. Two announced products Also in Los Angeles,not yet in the U.S. market have raised q , a grand jury in- a flap: a VCR from Samsung of South vestigation is just getting underway Korea has two recording capabilities into purported mob links with the rec- built in, so that rented cassettes can ord business. A New Jersey grand jury is said to be close to issuing • be duplicated. The Motion Picture As- indict- sn. of America has said it will sue if ments; another probe in New York also the VCR is sold here; it would have a is just underway. Counterfeiting of "devastating impact' on the $5 billion records is involved, as are sales of home rental/sales market in cassettes "cutout" records and tapes. MCA sued each year. A VCR from JVC Corp. fea- in March, charging a Pennsylvania firm, tures compatibility for the new 8 mm Scorpio Records, with counterfeiting. format and existing VHS cassettes. * * * * * * * * Prince and the Revolution are perform- Ted Turner is keeping the MGM film li- ing "live' again, despite announcements brary and selling the studio to United that tours were out. A surprise con- Artists for $300 million. Turner had cert May 23 in San Francisco pulled a wanted the films, and bought the compa- sellout crowd of 2,175 on two days po- ny in March for $1.4 billion. Lorimar- tice (Amusement Business, 6/7) . Prince Telepictures is buying MGM's 44-acre may tour this summer; his movie has facility and film lab for $190 million; been held off until fall. UA gets the entertainment company. Liberace grossed $529,268 in 8 shows at How much is a film library worth? HBO the Fox Theatre in St. Louis on crowds is signing a $600 million, 5-year con- of 30,878 (possible 37,320) Bill tract with Warner Brothers for rights Cosby did capacity-plus of 9,000 at to about 125 films. Showtime earlier Carolina Coliseum May 17 on the campus had signed a $280 million deal for 180 of the Univ of So Carolina. Gross was films from Cannon Group, Walt Disney $134,325 on ticket price of $16.50. .. . Productions and Atlantic Releasing. The David Copperfield had a sellout of pay-cable already has an exclusive deal 4,60Q at Ottawa's National Arts Centre, with Paramount Pictures. Showtime lost grossing $62,996 (U.S ) about 300,000 subscribers last year; it has about 8.2 million subscribers, with Frank Sinatra led Amusement Business' The Movie Channel. Both are owned by (5/31) f x Boscoreor a one-night sellout Viacom. d • * * * * : * * * crowd of 13,702 at the Providence (RI) Civic Center. Gross was $334,850 Meanwhile, today's films go begging at Judas Priest, billed with Dokken the box office. Memorial Day weekend or Raven, placed 5 times in the top 20 was a sharp pickup from the lackadaisi- of AB's list that week. A sellout at June 16, 1986 Leisurenothoftlftest 5 the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena grossed $9,035. Alaska had the highest, with $323,224 on attendance of 19,917. At $17,756. Connecticut followed closely. Tacoma, Wash. , Dome a similar size at- * * * * * * * * tendance brought gross of $312,464. An SRO crowd of 14,453 at the Oakland-Ala- Restaurants are among the businesses meda County Coliseum grossed $214,710 . with the highest failure rate (only the For the week's tour, the billing brought garment industry is higher) . Other lei- more than $1.1 million. sure industry rates that are rather high include camera/photo stores, sport- * * * * * * * * ing goods, hobby/toy stores, bookstores, This month is a big one for new releas- and gift stores. es by major stars, Billboard reports (6/7) . Eight of the releases are film Failure rate per 10,000 tie-in soundtracks or single cuts, in- Line of business concerns cluding Madonna, Lionel Richie hits Apparel and accessory stores 179.8 "True Blue" and "Say You, Say Me." The Eating and drinking places 157.6 Camera/photographic supply stores 146.6 two artists have sold 23 million copies Sporting goods 126.6 in U.S.' of last two albums. Genesis Furniture/home furnishing stores 122.4 has "Invisible Touch" release; Rod Hobby,toy and game shops 117.2 JewelStewart, Queen, Rick Nelson memorial Stationery 115.6 Stationery stores 102.3 album, and several "greatest hits" are Building materials/garden supply 96.9 on list of releases this month. Food stores 96.1 Book stores 94.3 Luggage and leather goods stores 84.4 Gift,novelty and souvenier shops 78.2 Plans by Japanese manufacturers to in- Automotive dealers/service stations 76.9 troduce "digital audio tape" (DAT) sys- General merchandise stores 75.2 Liquor stores 74.2 tem at the Chicago consumer electronics Sewing/needlework/piece goods 72.0 show this month were squelched by in- Used merchandise stores 43.2 dustry sources concerned of what the Orug and proprietary stores 41.2 Fuel and ice dealers 35.1 newcomer would do to the recording busi- Total retail 112.T ness and compact disks, Variety noted (6/4) . A "summit meeting" of some kind s«,rckDunseradffieet is hoped for--DAT's timing is crucial to survival of .the CD industry. * * * * * * * * Atari couldn't compete in the U.S. with competition from foreign video games-and moved to .FINANCIAL YARDSTICKS Technologyaiwanhangs inn there,ternatinal Reno Band manufactures casino gambling machines. Eastern is hiring attendants again, as The company was hit hard by low-priced traffic increases. Chairman Frank Bor- Japanese machines, and switched to high man is stepping down the end of June, tech video slot machines competitively as the company prepares for takeover by priced, including an exclusive gaming Texas Air Corp Since "scrambling" system called Megabucks, which debuted of TV signals began in January, sal in March in Nevada and is the state's es of satellite dishes have dropped 70%; answer to California's lottery. The the Electronics Industries Assn., which 150 machines statewide should grow to had forecast 700,000 in sales this yr, 500 by the end of the year, says Busi- has revised estimate to 400,000. Even ness Week. IGT is developing new mark- that's considered optimistic, ets in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Australia. * * * * * * * * The Senate is considering a bill that would exempt the beer industry from an- Hearst Corp. is privately held, and its titrust laws and allow wholesale dis- diversified holdings in magazines/radio/ tributors to have a monopoly in region- TV/cable/book publishing is estimated to al marketing. The bill has been around bring in revenue of $1.5 billion a year for several years but a floor debate fi- or more. The company folded its Balti- nally was scheduled, and then dropped. more evening paper last month; last yr Personal income climbed 5.3% it sold its Boston Herald American to 11111 last year to natl average of $13,451 Rupert Murdoch--but the company intends per person; the inflation rate was 3.6%. to keep buying papers. Two years ago. Greatest increases came in Vermont, up it bought several in Texas. The San 7.1%; Massachusetts (+7%) , Nebraska Francisco Examiner does well, but the (+9%) and New Hampshire (+6.9%) . All L.A. Herald-Examiner lags well behind states showed an increase; the lowest the huge L.A. Times. Hearst owns 14 income average is in Mississippi, at newspapers, as well as Avon Books, the 6 tatsurekdoatiNgest June 16, 1986 Wm Morrow publishing house, and Hearst Publishing stocks have become a favor- Books. The company has spent $1 billion ite of Wall Street for several reasons: in the past seven years adding and de- revenues are rising faster than costs, veloping a dozen properties. Last yr, and proposed tax revisions on rates to the company purchased a Boston tv sta- cut the 461 corporate rate to 33% helps tion and now owns 6; it is the second- this industry in which many companies largest owner of network-affiliates are at the maximum level. Gains could (after Westinghouse Broadcasting)_ . run between 20%-25%, according to First * * * * * * * Boston Corp. analyst Kevin Gruneich. On Wall Street, the industry group has in- creased in value 31.6% on Standard & MEDIA AND PUBLISHING Poor's index. * * * * * * * Two big deals last month saw Gannett More than 12,000 stores nationwide have Co. , the largest newspaper group in the stopped selling Playboy; publishers say country, pay $300 million for Louisvil- 1 the stores were coerced by a letter le's Time Company and Courier-Journal; from the Justice Department, and a ma- the Times Mirror Company (L.A. Times) jor First Amendment battle is shaping bought Baltimore's Sun and Evening Sun up. The American Library Assn. , the just as Hearst folded the city's News American Booksellers Assn. , the Maga- American. The Baltimore purchase was zine Publishers Assn. and groups repre- put at $450 million, a record. The Gan- senting distributors have joined Play- nett purchase was about 22 times the boy in its suit against the department 1985 cash flow; the Times Mirror paid and its pornography commission. That about 16 times cash flow. The industry commission's report on its year-long group's price-earnings ratio has been study is to be released next month; about 17 for the past year. drafts now are circulating. The letter * * * * * * * * was sent Feb. 11 by the commission to The Christian Science Monitor Syndicate 23 companies--including 7-11's South- announced late last month that it would land Corp. , People's Drug, Dart Drug, buy an independent tv station in Bosto and other chains. (for $7.5 million) and begin a nightly newscast. The Monitor expanded into Other magazines--such as American Pho- radio 10 years ago with several shows, tographer, Texas Monthly, and Cosmopol- and last year began a monthly TV news itan--also have been taken off news show which goes weekly next month in 60 stands, as the so-called "censorship" cities Intl Thomson Organization movement snowballs. The suit is in paid more than $200 million last month federal court in Washington, D.C. for Cordura Corp. , an L.A. publisher of * * * * * * * * auto-repair manuals. The company moved f The manufacturing clause of the U.S. corporate offices from London to N.Y. copyright law seems to protect foreign last year; U.S. publishing profits of publishing efforts more than U.S. If the publishing/oil/travel concern may hit $90 million this year. an American work is published abroad, , the copyright protection ends. The clause comes up for renewal July 1, and the Senate has a proposal to make the Books on tape sales grew 100% last yr legislation permanent. Adopted almost over 1984; it's still relatively small 100 years ago (1891) , the copyright law as a market, in part because audio con- was modernized 10 years ago to permit tracts have not been part of standard 1 imports of U.S. copyright works. publication rights of publishers. At 9 the American Booksellers convention in * * * * * * * * New Orleans over Memorial Day, a newly Circulation is moving up at The New formed Audio Publishing Assn. held its Yorker since its purchase a year ago first meeting. by the Newhouse publishing company, but There are an estimated 300 million aud- ad pages continue to slump. So far this io cassette players in the U.S. , inclu- year, they are down 16% from 1984--tho that was a good year for magazines gen- ding car tape decks and "Walkmans." A erally, it was not good for TNY. The rare audio cassette will sell 35,000 magazine had not done a major circula- units--Iacocca, however, sold 50,000 i� i tion promotional for 15 years until '85 a few months. * when a direct mail/TV/print ad campaign * * * * * * * picked up 50,000 new subs. The median age was lower than the magazine's 43.4 years of average previous subscriber. June 16, 1986 LehRweladm011ftest7 goal for the 6 months run has jumped el TTRACTIONS & from 13 million to 20 million. PRODUCTIONSThe Superdome's new DomeArena concert area produced 20,000 crowd in brightener A survey for the Intl Assn of Amusement of the Eastman-Kodak Co. benefit tour Parks & Attractions shows that 53% of for the Statue of Liberty, "America Rocks." The company took a "monumental the population plans to visits a park nearly twice before September--the stats loss" (Amusement Business) at box off- from the U.S. Travel Data Center mean a ice in 100 cities for closed-circuit 15% gain in park attendance over last simulcast. Show was poorly advertised year when 200 million visits were re- and poorly organized, with $21 ticket corded. In their vacation projections, for telecast seen as steep. Youthful the Travel Data Center said park visits audience targeted for concert and tix were important in 25% of vacation plans. did not seem responsive to supporting Park attendance is evenly divided be- Statue revitalization thru donations tween male/female and adults/children, tagged on to ticket. * * * * * * * * The purchase of Facility Merchandising Carnegie Hall's massive remake is under- I Inc. by MCA Inc. involves concession way and facility is closed until Decem- sales (not food/drinks, however) at 24 ber in $10 million renovation auds and arenas from Norfolk, Va. Scope Miami finally has given OK to construc- to the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, with tion of $50 million downtown sports Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, the Dal- arena that will seat just under 17,000 . 1 las Reunion Arena and the Inglewood (Ca.) Atlantic City is arguing over Forum in between. merits of closing Bader Field, after * * * * * * * * May 17 crash. Casino execs are espec- { ially concerned. 111/1 The weather notwithstanding at many * * * * * * * * parks (and the much rain-delayed Indy 500) , Memorial Day weekend was a rouser " for a wide sample of surveyedby A prime season in the outdoor market" 1 p parks is the way Amusement Business charac- Amusement Business (6/7) , which are terizes the concert summer ahead. Two looking ahead to the four-day July 4th facilities are under construction in weekend with great eagerness . That southern states; competition abounds, weekend marks the reopening of Lake however. Nederlander organizations ' Compounce amusement park in Hartford, outdoor Riverbend and Timberwolf fa- Conn. , revitalized by Hershey Entertain- cilities in the Cincinnati area are ment & Resort Co. and named Hershey- giving Riverfront Coliseum a run. The Lake Compounce, arena had 15 dates scheduled, as of last month, and recent sellouts inclu- ded Neil Diamond and ZZ Top. The arena Despite a fatality May 9 at EXPO '86 aims at 25 concerts, but must avoid in the Canadian Pavilion, crowds have conflicts with Cincinnati Reds home been surging thru at rates between 100- games. 150,000 a day, and the first full month attendance reached 3.45 million. The Ngo _f � (202) 232-7107 I 1 P.O. Box 27488 Washington, D.C. 20038-7488 Subscription Rates NAM_. $95 a year in COMPANY U.S. - Canada - ADDRESS and Mexico fi 111 CITY STATE $140 a year overseas ZIP TELEPHONE( ) AIR MAIL SIGNATURE i 1 8 June 16, 1986 In the past 10 seasons, average ticket T H EATERS, price has climbed from $9.86 to $29.20 AUDS & ARENAS ' * * * ! # * ' Baltimore is hosting a Theater of Lia- tions festival this month, sponsored po by Broadway's experience parallels what is the United Nations, but its big public- happening at movie box offices, as the ity came from uproar over staging of 1985-86 season that ended June 1 fell Orwell's Animal Farm. Production was to low points on the decade. Variety taken out of "Festival" context and bannered statistics on the "fabulous staged independently the Senate invalid" of Broadway and of the 1980s tax bill proposal has been criticized which it termed "a nightmare from which by performers because it would end de- Broadway can't awaken." Receipts fell ductions for expenses such as pictures, for the 2nd year in a row--to lowest resumes, class/coach fees, union dues, point in 6 years; attendance fell for commissions and out-of-town expenses. 5th consecutive season. * * * * * * * * Box office gross of $190.6 million was AT&T, the largest employer in New Jer- lowest Broadway total in 7 seasons, and sey, is providing $500,000 over 3 yrs was a 8% drop from last season. Since to fund support for 8 arts organizations box office prices have risen, the drop in the state: Crossroads Theatre, the is even more significant. Attendance Garden State Ballet, McCarter Theatre, was down 9% from last year to 6 .5 mil- New Brunswick Cultural Center, the New lion--and was about 40% below the 10.8 Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Newark million attendance of 1980-81 season. Museum, Princeton Ballet and the Whole Tour/road receipts rose for 3rd year to Theater New Jersey ranks 9th $235.6 million, while playing weeks de- in per capita support (thru state con- clined by 10 to 983. Big musicals were tributions) for state arts groups. Its "huge" hits on the road. Straight dra- total of $10.4 million was up 67% over ma has virtually "vanished from the 1985. touring road," Variety noted. Future road stats may suffer, since it's been • 2 years since a hit musical (that was The Lowell, Mass. Memorial Auditorium "La Cage aux Folles") hit Broadway. was never really meant to be a concert hall, but after a two-year shutdown, The ratio of hits is now 1 in 8, with and $6.7 million in renovations, the only 5 shows paying off this season: facility has taken on new life since Benefactors, I'm Not Rappaport, the reopening last October. Community use female cast of The Odd Couple, Tango had been 80% before, and is now about Argentino, and Lily Tomlin's solo 20% with name acts filling dates at Search for Signs. The Mystery of the city-owned hall. Edwin Drood` won 5 Tonys June 1 and could become a big hit. Big River has moved into profit. Leisurek corL • ��r\\i •C ��-~rte'- =�._..✓�' a....___..e.� o Marj Jensen, Editor (202) 232-7107 13 P.O. Box 27488, Washington, D.C. 20038-7488 P >. '-FIRSTHosIDASSIMiL � � � 2401 HwyP410nds View11111 Mounds View, MN 55112 Coming Soon !:'• �, MCIJNDSVIEW COMMUNITY THEATER 'S • PRESENTATION OF Meredith Willson 's e 94 � -; * 3 ; 1_•i ,-' titrte. ,.' + mora f ar,. r„ { h a el . t DATES - JULY 11,12,- 17, 18,19,(20 Mat.) - 24, 25,26 TICKETS -- $ 5.50 Students & Seniors— $4.50 CURTAIN TIME : 7: 30 MATINEE : 3 :00 FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 784- 4836 ' SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE ! MAKE IT "A FAMILY AFFAIR" III IRONDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2425 LONG I.AKE ROAD • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 5511'2