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Recreation Advisory Board <br />Minutes <br />DATE <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />• The hoped -for self-sustaining financing of the Golf Course and the <br />Recreation Center was updated. <br />Golf Dashboard and Staff Update <br />• Rich Bradfield and Michele Van Pelt suggested modeling the strategic <br />plan after the city plan. The current funding plan should be compared with <br />an aspirational plan. <br />• The cost of golf course water and the impacts of various resulting <br />scenarios on the self-sustaining goal for Golf Course finances were <br />presented. <br />• The Golf Expo was successful. There was positive feedback regarding <br />packages sold and reaction by golfers. Christen Heuston offered <br />suggestions for new, even more appealing and competitive packages. <br />Discussion Items for Next Meeting <br />• Review of Fit Zone programming <br />• Finance and Golf Subcommittees <br />• Punch list feedback <br />• Gene Kutscher's Senior Center and racket sport thoughts <br />• Annual work plan update <br />Adjourn — The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 <br />Motion: Shoulders <br />Second: Kutscher. <br />Addendum: <br />• The following was presented verbally to the Board by Gene Kutscher <br />SENIORS AND THE RECREATION / SENIOR CENTER <br />Background: 2017 census: 21,128 people in Louisville, 2019 the estimate is 2896 <br />seniors = 13.7%. In a 2014 survey (CASOA), 51 % of seniors said "They didn't <br />know what services are available to older adults." <br />Questions: <br />1. Are seniors living in dedicated facilities (e.g., Balfour) included in these <br />numbers? <br />2. What percent of Louisville seniors used the recreation and/or Senior <br />Center last year? <br />3. What steps can we take to reach out to those who did not? <br />a. Wider dissemination of the Recreation Center bulletins <br />b. Invitation phone calls and/or letters? <br />4 <br />