Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/11/2018

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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Group One: Demographic Needs Assessment 5 Pamela Sonnek, Courtney Simonson, Ellen Jones, Mike McGreal Group Two: Existing Recreational Facilities 13 Ryan 0-Neill, Steven Lorbiecki, Alex Wolter, and Tyler Anderson -Wright Group Three: Public -Private Partnerships 23 Hayden Wegener, Carter Nelson & Matthew Brigadier Group Four: Decentralized Community Models -Coordination and Marketing...............................33 Tyler Atchison, Jae Young Choi, David Christensen, and Andrew Stieber INTRODUCTION This report is a compilation of the work from four student groups enrolled in SMGT 3881: Senior Seminar in Sports Management, taught by Associate Professor Lisa Kihl during the spring semester of 2018 at the University of Minnesota. The student work was part of a project for the City of Ramsey/Resilient Communities Project partnership for the 2017-2018 academic year called for "A Gathering Place for Community — Community Center Plan". In order to help the City of Ramsey develop a long-term vision and strategy for a community center and its associated programming, this project focused on assessing the needs of the community, investigating community -center and community -programming models in peer cities, and exploring concept options for a community center in Ramsey. There is strong resident interest in a community and the idea has been generally discussed by the Ramsey City Council over the years but no in-depth planning, budgeting, or community engagement has been done. Students worked in teams of 3-4 to answer these questions. What are the recreation needs of the community? What recreation opportunities already exist in Ramsey and nearby communities? What models of public -private community center/recreation facility partners exist? What models of operation for decentralized community centers exist? Their goals were to identify what recreation facilities are required to meet the need identified by residents and what recreation facilities available to Ramsey residents within and around the City of Ramsey. As well as to recommend a public/private partnership model of operation that would be most feasible and a decentralized community center model that would be most feasible in Ramsey. 16