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CC Work Session <br />Meeting Date: <br />08/26/2025 <br />Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Connect the community through parks, trails and recreational programming <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Movie in the Park Discussion <br />2. 2. <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Councilmembers Specht and Stewart requested this discussion. Concern was expressed about the city's plan to <br />show a PG-13 rated movie on Friday, September 12, 2025. Specifically, the movie is the horror/comedy 2024 <br />Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. <br />The city is required to purchase rights for movies or music played for the public. For 2025, the city has organized <br />two movies. The first being Moana 2, which played earlier this month. Though historically the movies were <br />geared towards families with younger children, last year staff received requests to show an adult/teen-oriented <br />scary movie. Due to these requests, staff chose to offer a movie to suit the older children crowd this year as our <br />recreation division attempts to offer fun for all ages of the community. The rights to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice have <br />already been purchased. Costs do vary based on the age of the movie, but newer released movies do tend to be <br />hundreds of dollars per showing. <br />For comparison, staff conducted a quick search of what other cities show for their movie ratings and it is not <br />uncommon to find PG-13 rated showings throughout other communities. <br />Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: <br />Staff understand that not everyone in the community may like what is being programmed, but as noted above, <br />attempts are made to offer programming to all ages. Furthermore, if staff were expected to adjust planned <br />programming every time someone disagreed, it would likely be found that challenges would present themselves to <br />find something everyone likes. For example, our weekly concert series provides a wide array of music genres for <br />this very reason. Parents are ultimately responsible for what they allow their children to attend regarding our <br />available programming, and based on the requests received staff feel like this meets the programming desires of <br />this age group of residents. <br />Recommendation: <br />Allow staff to program recreational events based on feedback received by the community. Furthermore, staff <br />monitor attendance levels and seek feedback on what else could be offered. <br />Outcome/Action: <br />Based on council consensus. <br />Attachments <br />No file(s) attached. <br />