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Sandburg Middle School. She also explained that the community education program had filed for some grants for an art program and has received some monies from that. Councilmember Hardin inquired of Ms. Prall if the fee charged for the classes basically covers the cost of the class to which Ms. Prall stated yes. She stated that money is needed to cover administration costs and overhead. Councilmember Hardin then inquired if the biggest problem appeared to be time, to which Ms. Prall stated yes, four hours a day was not enough time to get everything done dealing with the community education program for Ramsey. Ms. Larson informed the Committee that Andover, in the summer, has a place for teens to go for structural activity for about three hours a day. Mayor Gilbertson arrived. Councilmember Peterson stated that the issue is the question of funding. The City currently does not fund Sandburg or Elk River. Councilmember Hardin suggested that thought should be given to how to streamline the program and also suggested using volunteers. Councilmember Beyer felt that the days of the true volunteer is over. She stated that the bottom line is we have to come up with more money. Councilmember Peterson inquired if maybe someone could be hired for minimum wage to answer the phone. Ms. Prall stated that she has someone come in one night to help out with the phones and photocopying. Ms. Hart stated that the numbers shown in the 1995 proposed budget were provided by Steve Kerr and do not show any changes at all. Ms. Larson stated that she and Jill were present to let the Committee know there will be some future concerns. Case #2: Review Proposed Changes to the Facility Use and Rental Policies (Municipal Center and Park Center) Finance Officer Hart stated that, based on discussion surrounding facility use, a policy has been drafted for the Committee's review. The policy mirrors the original resolution that established the policies in 1988, but has been updated. References to specific levels of fees have been changed to say that these will be established by Council resolution periodically; allowances have been made for groups who wish to lease a facility for a 12-month time frame. Those groups would receive a 50 percent reduction of the normal event rate. References to "designated" smoking areas have been eliminated and refer to the "non- smoking" status of the facilities. She stated that this policy deals only with the Municipal Center and the Park Center and will not change any policies currently in place for use of other park facilities or fields. Ms. Hart reminded the Commission that the Women of Today had requested the policy be reviewed. She stated that she had spoken with a representative for Women of Today and that they are more comfortable with this proposed policy, however, they wish the fee would be waived completely. Finance Committee/September 27, 1994 Page 2 of 4