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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett; Commissioners Barten, Sis, Barnes, Bayer.Voting <br />No: None. Absent: Leistico, Shoemaker. <br /> <br />5. COMMISSION BUSINESS <br /> <br />5.01: -2019 Recreation Program Offerings <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated it is important part of its <br />advisory role for the Commission to weigh in on program offerings, to review the prior year, and <br />also forecast the upcoming year. He introduced Recreation Specialist Heather Mohr. <br /> <br />Recreation Specialist Mohr reported on various City programs such as yoga a perennially popular <br />program; line dancing class, which has been very popular; ballroom and salsa dancing, which had <br />less interest; and the third Annual Arts Fair with a great turnout. An archery event is upcoming <br />on Saturday. <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood noted the website and handouts list <br />all of the programming. Formal and informal evaluations are given after each programming <br />event, to be sure each program is meeting the needs of the public. The Recreation Specialist <br />works also closely with concert programming. <br /> <br />Chair Bennett noted he would be very interested in the archery event on Saturday, though he will <br />be out of town. He has heard from residents that yoga events have been appreciated. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sis asked about the marketing program. <br /> <br />Recreation Specialist Mohr responded there are several ways to market for events: Facebook, <br />advertising with the local companies with whom events are co-hosted, special Art Fair signage, <br />and QCTV. <br /> <br />Chair Bennett asked about the most popular events. <br /> <br />Recreation Specialist Mohr responded the biggest turnout is consistently yoga. The newest <br />program with the best turnout has been line dancing. <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood noted that staff has also been <br />experimenting with price points. The Art in the Park had 40-50% registration at The Draw in <br />2019 at $5 dollars per child. This year staff opted to try a zero cost, and the spots quickly filled <br />up, with a wait list. Residents certainly like the program when it is free, and perhaps it may be a <br />little inconvenient to find a $5 registration fee. The Art Fair has traditionally been popular, but <br />this year it was very hot, which depressed attendance. Last year, 700-800 folks attended the fair. <br />It was very low cost, which results in a significant return on investment for the staff time. <br />Another metric staff evaluates for all programs is ROI. Some new programs are modified over <br />time to find the sweet spot and in order to create efficiencies. <br /> <br />Park and Recreation Commission/August 8, 2019 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />