Recreation Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2024 06 24

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Recreation Advisory Board Minutes May 20, 2024 Page 2 of 3 2025 Recreation Fee Proposal — Kathy Martin • The biannual budget process includes determination of fees for the coming year. To provide background, Kathy reported that most local rec centers are not going to increase fees. Our fees are the highest in the area, but our rec center is considered one of the best. • Kathy presented the different possible percentage increases, as included in the agenda. Another possibility would be a daily admission fee that is the same for everyone. A high percentage of new patrons are non-residents. The new rates will start in January. • Board members favored raising the resident rate less than the non-resident rate. Resolved: The Rec Center should raise Resident fees by 3% and Non -Resident fees by 7%. Motion: Dick Friedson Second: Lisa Norgard The motion was approved unanimously. Golf Updates — David Baril • The Golf Course is moving forward with the plan to replace the current golf carts, powered by lead acid batteries, with refurbished golf carts powered by lithium batteries. The lifetime of the lithium batteries is almost twice as long and they require far less maintenance. David hopes to replace them at the end of the year. RAB members will work on a Memo to City Council to show support for this proposal. • The Golf Course will close early on July 18 so that the parking lot can be resurfaced during the night. Dick Friedson requested a better plan for striping the lot, so that more cars would be able to park. He asked for a survey to scale, so that he could present alternative ideas, such as diagonal parking and one-way driving routes. • David reported that the Golf Course is close to making a deal with a different company for software for point of sale, booking, and marketing. The new program will have texting capability. The potential timeline is: sign the contract in June, start transformation in October, and go live in January. David has a meeting with the City Finance Director in June. • Top Tracer technical people came to the range on the week of May 13. They replaced multiple components with higher -level equipment. Top Tracer is working better. • Michele Van Pelt asked if the tables on the patio could be replaced. David responded that the restaurant is responsible for replacing the tables, but the new tables would become property of the City. There is little incentive for the restaurant management to replace the tables. • Michele asked about the slow recovery of the greens after aeration. David explained that the greens were poorly rebuilt after the flood. Instead of four