Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 03/15/1984

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I I ! I i I I I I I I I I i I I I March 5 Quad City Rec. Board Meeting Page Five for their seventh grade football program. They use the Anoka Castle Field as their home field for the soccer programs. Mr. Rouse commented that they do have to rely very heavily on Anoka and Champlin to provide the facilities for the RYAA Program. They do have a number of softball fields located at the Dayton Elementary School which they do use very heavily, but are not in a caliber of play the same as John Ward, Sunny Acres or Clyde Andrews Park. Steve Schwarze from the AYAA then asked Ted from the RYAA that if Anoka was to charge for the use of their fields if he thought it would benefit or hinder the operation of the RYAA. Ted Rouse commented he believes they should be supporting and paying for their participation in these programs, but he also feels the majority of the people may not be interested in paying fees. Ted Rouse also commented that they do have a problem in that a number of the participants go to Elk River to play and participate in some of their pro- grams. Fritz Anderson from Community Schools then explained his function and how he relates and works with the different communities and organizations. Mr. Anderson is in charge of all adult athletic programs. He does the scheduling for the youth programs and puts together all the information and publication for the different associations. He does not do the youth scheduling of the CDAA program, except for football and basketball. Fritz Anderson works with any'community that does not have a director of organized recreation. He stated that this year he did the scheduling for the hockey associations. He said that once the registrations are done he works with the organizations to establish the schedules of the playoffs and contacts the communities to re- serve fields as necessary to provide for these organizations. Steve Schwarze stated that he will get the information on the participation numbers for Jim Schrantz in Andover. The next meeting is scheduled for April 9 at 7:30 P.M. at the City of Anoka. The primary item for this meeting is that each member of the Board is asked to make a statement regarding the costs associated for non-resident fees, whether or not they should be es- tablished, or if not what alternatives can best help the entire recreation program for the participants involved in this area. Respectfully submitted, Butch Brandenburg Superintendent of Parks, Recreation and Maintenance cc: Jerry Dulgar Mayor Hostetler City Council Park Board Mark Lenz Patricia Lindquist Daniel Hartman Carol Carlson