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Home My WebLink About2003-12-01 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes , ' � 1 Parks 8 Recreation Advisory Committee � ' Minutes of December 1, 2003 � Members Present: Councilor Green, Thomas Hickey, � Louise Shindler, Thomas Civiello, Matt Watkins r . Staff Present: Frank Comeau, Tracy Willette, Joe Nelson � Directo�'s Report: � Le4ters will go out shortly to Adopt-A-Park sponsors informing them of the changes in the program that will take r effect July 1, 2004. The name will change to Park Sponsorship Program; the sign will be smaller 24" x 30" and more esthetically ' pleasing to the eye. In addition to the signs, sponsors will be recognized on the city's web page and two or three months a � year on Bangor's public access television channel. New program flyers were distributed to members. The new signs will be installed as sponsors renew their sponsorships. f Work on the swimming pool is progressing, tile is scheduled � to be installed this week. Work continues on the deck and slide. The security fencing should be installed in a couple of weeks and the pool should be filled with water in about three weeks. The � contractors will continue work on the building through January. The Director displayed the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race � logo that was designed by Packard & Judd LLC. The race � i i � Advisory Committee Minutes Page two. � � committee will meet in a few weeks to decide if they want to � change the logo that has been part of the race since its inception. � Pro�ram Report• � Instructional Basketball for grades K, 7, 2 will conclude this � Saturday. The Youth Basketball League for grades 3, 4, 5 will have an organizational day this Saturday, with games starting jDecember 73"'. All coaches are required to be certified through the National Alliance for Youth Sports. The Little Reckees I Program for pre-schoolers ages 3 and 4 is going well. Basic skills are taught in basketball, volleyball and pillo polo. ' Registrations are being accepted for ski and snowboard lessons at Hermon Mountain that begins January 6"'. , Once again this year the Bangor Noontime Kiwanis Club will assist us with the North Pole Calling Program the week of � December 8en. � The Pre-School Tot Time Program, a form of open gym for pre-schoolers five momings a week, continues to be well- attended with 35-40 a day. � Adult Open Gym for basketball is offered at Cohen School � on Monday evenings. Volleyball is offered at the Rec Cen4er on Monday and Wednesday evenings. � Sawyer Arena Report: ' The Arena opened for business on October 20`" and will be open seven days a week through March. Public Skating is � offered Monday through Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Sunday from � ' ' Advisory Committee Minutes � Page three. � 4:00-5:30 p.m. The Sunday session is very popular. Figure � Skating is offered Monday through Friday 1:30-2:20 p.m. The remainder of the time is utilized for hockey with Bangor Youth � Hockey being the largest user. The rink is home to Bangor and John Bapst High Schools for games and practices. Dover- Foxcroft Academy utilizes the rink for its home games while they � practice at other arenas. Other groups renting ice time on a regular basis are the , Penobscot Figure Skating Club, Adult Women's Hockey Team, Alpha One and occasionally the University of Maine men's and � women's 4eams. Now that the high school season has started the weekday ' eariy morning hours are utilized four or five days a week. , Weekends are very busy. The Learn to Skate Program will begin this Sunday. � Other Business: � The Director requested that the committee revisit the � swimming pool fees that were recommended at the October meeting. He felt that since all other programs have a differential in non-resident fees the daily youth swim fee should also have � one. It was the consensus of the committee that the non- resident youth fee should be 52 and the non-resident adult fee � �4. It was the feeling of the committee that most people will elect to purchase a season pass. , � � 1 ' Advisory Committee Minutes � Page four. , The following pool fees will go before the Government Operations Committee in the near future: � Daily Swims � Youth Resident: S1 Non-Resident: �2 (76 and under) , Adults Resident: S2 Non-Resident: S4 ' (17 and over) Season Passes � Youth Resident: S10 Non-Resident: �20 � (16 8 under) Adult Resident: $20 Non-Resident: S40 ' (77 and over) � Family Resident: S50 Non-Resident: $75 � Meeting adjoumed at 4:50 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled , for January 5, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. ' t � r �