2026-09-21 - Recreational Advisory Board

00:03Good evening everybody. We are here uh

00:06at the Rogers Recreation Center. Always

00:09love Kanye

00:11and a great job over here.

00:14More stuff in a little bit. Let's take

00:17the role.

00:17>> Chairman,

00:19>> vice chair Sanchez.

00:21>> Councilwoman Vargas is absent. Jenna

00:23Lafayette.

00:25Kenneth Phillips is absent. We have

00:26three present and two absent.

00:30Monday, September 21st. Um, this is a

00:33meeting, a regular meeting of the

00:35director advisory board. Um, so again,

00:42you know, always excited here. Uh,

00:47he had not had a chance to

00:50obviously a lot happened summer. Uh this

00:53is the federal report updates that stuff

00:57about temporary fall and the winter

00:59programming. Um

01:02uh facilities updates last night

01:07still back online um and programming

01:11expansion

01:13tech chair over here. There's added

01:15money budget for the recreation

01:17department.

01:19As you all know that goes a long way

01:22for that

01:28to the director here to tell us what's

01:30going on. Uh again, those of you in

01:35thank you and your staff for all

01:59but thank you all for coming. Um,

02:02um, we're very excited to get uh, our

02:05four program started be starting uh,

02:08sometime next week. Um, the summer was

02:11very busy for us. Um, I was kind of uh,

02:14at wits end because I wasn't sure if we

02:17were going to be busy with the

02:19construction going on. Um, I thought we

02:21would miss a beat on that, but uh, the

02:24numbers were outrageous over the summer.

02:26Uh we have a lot of uh summer

02:28programming.

02:29Very good. The pools is busy as it's

02:32ever been. So um you know we look very

02:35great for that uh that

02:38uh we have core with the fall

02:41programming and um we got a lot of stuff

02:42going on. Um we have our art club, craft

02:46club, our fashion club, we have baking

02:50club, um maker space club,

02:54uh our garden club. We got a beautiful

02:55garden out there. Um we were grateful to

02:59get a new addition to the um center

03:01which

03:03um and it brought in some very good

03:05members summer. We also do have the uh

03:08we also

03:12block away.

03:17>> Yep. So we uh we st that as well. Um and

03:20both the water pots even pulled up very

03:22very

03:24um throughout the summer. Uh

03:26>> it was a hot one.

03:27>> It was hot. It was hot. Um, you know,

03:30luckily we didn't have too many defended

03:32games, but we did have a few, but um, we

03:35uh, we got we got very we have very good

03:38numbers for summer. Um, I mean, I think

03:40our uh, off the top of my dome, I know

03:42Jasmine's uh, done a very good job at

03:45the numbers and I got Jason from the uh,

03:48main office

03:50camp numbers like attendance wise. We

03:52did over 13 almost 1,400 uh, seconds.

03:58And so we were very busy with that. Our

04:01food got about 3,000 I think it was

04:03like,800

04:04to be exact. Um as far as community

04:10store

04:12um water box um Chad Brown put over a

04:14thousand and this one here over 2,000.

04:18We did very very well. Very very very So

04:22we're excited to like I said to get um

04:25ball program going and women programming

04:27going. Um as you know uh we have our

04:30basketball getting ready to start which

04:32was very good. Um and yes Kennedy again.

04:37[laughter]

04:38>> So uh that was that's um

04:40>> I don't know I don't see many up.

04:43[laughter]

04:47So uh that's [laughter] that's very

04:48good. You have a girls um in boys 10 and

04:5314. So um this year we're adding uh we

04:57cheering squads for our young ones which

05:00is good. um how much hand. So um you

05:03know

05:08we do have a lot of fields coming also

05:18field trips um in the past

05:22so we can go to our state house before

05:24um girls trip where our staff chose to

05:27go to the fall. We really like our

05:29shopping bags

05:32from here. We did a lot of fun. So

05:37before

05:44we did

05:46this

05:51community around here

06:05I wanted

06:15>> So just a question about your your

06:18program. So I know sorry people does

06:20like an adult swim and sometimes you

06:22guys have you guys

06:25doing swim this year and we also swim

06:27lessons twice.

06:32Great. How'd that go?

06:34>> Anyway, um it started in the morning

06:37about 10 o'clock in the morning before

06:39the public came in. So, we had 10 to 12

06:44and then for anybody who had us already

06:47in the pool after 12:00, so we

06:52so it went over very well. Um we also do

06:55have um a couple of programs starting

06:58with Councilwoman Alia um want to do a

07:01bingo night. It'll be tireless. So

07:05something here that's in the works. That

07:07should happen within the next couple of

07:08weeks. So, uh, we're just trying to add,

07:11you know, different things that we

07:13haven't tried before just to give us.

07:19How did that

07:20>> I mean, we didn't get as many numbers as

07:22we thought we would. Um, and I may want

07:26to say that

07:28structure

07:31had all that problem. Um, so it was

07:35I don't want to blame on that, but you

07:36know, we had numbers, but we didn't have

07:41silly. You didn't get more parking.

07:45Does the parking lot have this this

07:47whole side?

07:49>> You're only going to go so far. This

07:50whole side,

07:52>> the other side's always been an issue.

07:56>> Correct. Yeah, we've always had that

07:58parking lot, but we've always used

08:01parking lot.

08:03I think that's still going to happen.

08:05But this whole side

08:09and the other side will be bus turn

08:10around this one way actually turning

08:14going the opposite way. So we'll be

08:16coming down

08:18and that's probably going to happen

08:19within the next I say couple weeks. So

08:22I've been um you know on the spectrum

08:30I didn't want some stuff like that just

08:32to make sure they were on the same page

08:36yesterday.

08:36>> What hours um were you doing?

08:40>> Uh we we tried that morning as well. Uh

08:4310:00 in the morning.

08:45We didn't want to go swim after

08:51that program.

08:54>> And now the experience

09:01of resources.

09:03>> We just use the resources.

09:07after night. Um we always I would always

09:10have the left class anyway in the

09:12morning. So I can't get in before

09:21us.

09:27>> Anybody else?

09:30>> The fashion club. I'm wondering if the

09:33teacher considering that all of you

09:35match perfectly and your uniform listen

09:38are you the instructor of the

09:42>> it should be

09:44[laughter] listen

09:45>> I think it's I think it's my

09:47>> and I didn't call him and tell him

09:48anything that was happen

09:51I didn't tell him this was happening

09:52today and I'm like oh everybody

09:58why don't you suggest Matt you know he's

10:01Oh, and um

10:02>> Mike is Mike Sneak is magic.

10:05>> Also the I mean we've done a lot in the

10:07main office this summer. Um been great.

10:10Anything that we needed to the whole

10:13office we'll see um as you see she does

10:16a lot of the photo stuff

10:18lot of support from the main office. So

10:22without that you know that

10:27spot. So they're very good. I talk to

10:29you guys.

10:35All

10:39right.

11:00>> Well, I I can say we haven't tried it

11:03yet. Uh I know

11:06here um and we go a lot of girls after

11:10co because

11:12we're trying to expand that and get more

11:14girls.

11:15I'm hoping that this will help

11:19I know Jackie's been doing quite some

11:21time. I think it's greatation for

11:24females and families with that.

11:28So my daughter cheerlead

11:30you guys have like

11:34you like

11:37>> we don't but it's funny you say that

11:39because you look around I just have

11:43>> and u

11:47and we have a lot of fun right now

11:52donations I think we're around somewhere

11:54like 134,000.

11:57Um, so I'm excited to be able to use

12:00some of that

12:05recordings.

12:11>> Thank you guys.

12:18discussion.

12:22>> Actually, before I let him go, I want to

12:24thank Mike and his team for great work

12:26they do. Um, obviously Rogers holds a

12:30special place in my heart because it's

12:31where I cut my teeth, somewhat of a

12:33homecoming for me uh when I started with

12:36the wreck. But they certainly do a great

12:38job and uh appreciate you guys.

12:42Thank you.

12:44>> Thank you guys.

12:48Hi everyone. My name is Lucy. I'm the

12:50media content special project manager

12:52for the rec department. I'm just going

12:53to go over some of the summer

12:55programming that we have. Uh so as part

12:57of our summer camp, we did a camp fun

13:00day which uh the rec department used to

13:02do a few years ago before co we brought

13:04it back this year. We had every single

13:06camper from every single wreck show up

13:08to the Visini fields and we held sort of

13:11an Olympic style course um for them and

13:16we had a cookout. We had inflatables.

13:18The kids were able to decorate their own

13:22um banners for the event and cheer for

13:24their teams. We did it a little

13:26different. So all the teams were made up

13:27of every single rec center. So the kids

13:29got a chance to meet different kids from

13:30different rec centers. Uh we also did a

13:34departmentwide road trip to United

13:36States. We split the wrecks in half. Um

13:38but half the wreck one day, half on the

13:40other day. The kids really love that. Uh

13:43all the wrecks also had their end of

13:44summer cookouts which are always a hit.

13:46The families come out, wear the events,

13:48their games, uh face painting, a lot of

13:50stuff going on. They love that mural. Uh

13:53this year we also hosted the mayor's cup

13:55for baseball bunks. I don't know if you

13:57guys want to talk a little bit about

13:58that.

13:59>> Yeah.

14:01No, you could.

14:02>> Yeah. I mean, again, thankful to uh the

14:06little league again for hosting

14:07backtoback years.

14:09>> You can hear me.

14:10>> So, yeah, just want to echo.

14:13>> I know that the the Hback is definitely

14:16covering some uh some sounds there, but

14:18um you know, just want to thank the uh

14:20little league for hosting that event for

14:22another year. Um we were able to get a

14:25good amount of little lev involved in

14:26that. Again, I know sometimes it's

14:27usually tough to match up our cow

14:29lifting leagues with our little league

14:31because their rules and their formats,

14:32but we have a lot of great leadership

14:34out there when it comes to these uh

14:36youth youth little leagues and um we put

14:38the right brains together to put

14:39something like this together and it

14:41really was a success. Um I know the the

14:43mayor was able to come out there and see

14:45some of our our council folks were able

14:46to come and support that throughout that

14:48weekend. Um just a really good

14:49tournament to bring some kids together

14:51from different parts of the city and

14:52play some ball.

14:54>> Sweet. So, we also hosted our annual

14:56swim meet which

14:57>> my favorite event of the year [laughter]

15:01>> participate this year actually Vincent

15:04Brown who doesn't have a pool uh teamed

15:06up with West End to put a team together.

15:08Vincent Brown gets to leave the YMCA the

15:10pool at the YMCA. So, their kids got a

15:12little bit of practice there and they

15:15get to participate. They love that. That

15:16was a great event. We also have our

15:18Province College Clinic which we've been

15:20doing for a few years. kids got to meet

15:22some of the players and do some skills

15:24and drills with them. We also had a

15:26friend of Friars's basketball clinic um

15:29which was I think it's alumni from the

15:31basketball team who

15:33>> alumni alumni come in and they do enjoy

15:36with our kids as well.

15:43Yeah.

15:45>> Um, we also did swim lessons for our

15:48campers and the public this year over

15:49the summer. And we also put together

15:52some municipal exploration days. So, the

15:54kids got to visit or they received a

15:56visit from sustainability or the zoo and

15:58they got to learn about different job

16:00opportunities within city. Um, they got

16:02to visit the real-time crime center

16:04which they thought was super cool. They

16:06got to see a drone footage of some of

16:08the the police officers responding to a

16:11call. They really enjoyed that. And then

16:12they had a visit from the Providence

16:14Fire Department and they got to do a

16:16drill. Um they brought their little

16:18camper with a kitchen in the bedroom and

16:20they did a fake fire with the smoke lump

16:23jumping out the window. That was super

16:25fun. Uh we also do programming with

16:27Proidence uh partnership with Province

16:30Park 3. Uh we had art club, baking club,

16:33garden club. We had farm visits at a few

16:36of our centers. You can see right here.

16:38Um, and then they had some field trips

16:40to the clay studio, museum van,

16:41kayaking, and then we also got to work

16:44with the province ring to do some sports

16:47related activities over the summer. So,

16:48the kids got to learn volleyball, pickle

16:51ball, bags, which are kind of things

16:53that we don't really get at the

16:54recreation.

16:56And that was most of the programming

16:57that we did over the summer. Anybody

16:59have any questions?

17:02Yeah.

17:09>> Oh yeah.

17:14>> Lson International

17:20>> last three years. Um with a lot of um

17:24teams from various municipalities,

17:27firefighters, police officers, state

17:29police. So, it's a good way to make a

17:32connection to all the different

17:33municipalities. Um, and it's friendly

17:36competition and it's held right over on

17:38on Spru Street under SP Street right on

17:41the back on Federal Hill.

17:43>> Yeah.

17:43>> So, that was on Saturdays, I believe,

17:4610:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon all summer.

17:49>> It's good that you're bringing that up

17:50too, Mike. Um I know um speaking of

17:53Bachi, West End had now has a Bachi

17:55court at their location. So that's

17:57another that's picked up in the spring

17:58as opposed to the summer, but um

18:00something that they also got to do as

18:01well throughout the summertime at their

18:02campus and some some other recy got to

18:05go over there and see their botchi court

18:07and just compete with them. Um but it's

18:10good to have someone like that of sport,

18:12something different for the kids to

18:14compete in. Um and it's it's a great

18:16facility um on top of what's at federal

18:18over there as

18:20>> it's inexpensive.

18:21>> Yeah,

18:22>> you don't need much.

18:25>> How did the scheduling go for the PBD

18:27break? Was that like just a couple of

18:29days or thing or

18:31>> they actually coordinated the complete

18:33breed and we were able to get a few

18:35centers to schedule so they could know

18:36every single week. So like on Mondays it

18:39would be volleyball would be able to do

18:41that and every day would be a different

18:42activity and then the rider that signed

18:44up for that specific activity.

18:47>> That's really cool. I mean I you know

18:48downtown programming have kids utilizing

18:52the downtown resources

18:55down there.

18:57>> Yeah, I think I got to go to a few of

18:59them and take the pictures and the kids

19:01really like it. They love the the shade

19:03that's up there. They think it's super

19:05cool. um and just getting to experience

19:07different things like the bat mitten and

19:09pickle ball when they have the

19:11opportunity really to learn those type

19:12of things. So I think the kids really

19:13enjoyed it. Do we um we coordinate with

19:17springtime bring the kids down?

19:21Um,

19:22sure.

19:27>> In the past.

19:29>> Yeah.

19:33It'll be good. I think

19:56no one has any other questions. I'm

19:57going to pass it off to David about

20:00>> Yeah. Um, so again, Lucy got through the

20:03fun part of it all. You guys can see the

20:05program, the kids running around. Um, so

20:08we'll go into some of the data pieces

20:09that uh we kind of gathered here

20:11throughout the summer, just looking at

20:13some yeartoear things um when it comes

20:15to our hiring um and even just our

20:18programs, right? We talked about day

20:19camps, pools, water parks, how all those

20:22are visited. I know Mike kind of talked

20:23a little bit about what's going on at

20:24Rogers, but this some this information

20:26will kind of give you a little bit about

20:27what's going on across um the department

20:30with all of our across all of our pools

20:33and all of our daycarees. Um

20:35specifically, this slide is is always

20:37cool to look at, right? Look at the

20:39impact that we have with the father's

20:41youth. Uh the kids that are past 13 and

20:44can start working and getting a job,

20:46getting their first paycheck off their

20:48first time sheet. Um it is cool to look

20:50at how we're able to impact people um

20:52when it comes to hiring. So this summer

20:55we were able to hire a total of 543

20:58new um new folks when it comes to uh

21:01these positions that are listed here. Um

21:03it doesn't necessarily always tell the

21:05full story when it comes to who we're

21:07able to pull together, who's able to

21:08support these programs. um some of our

21:10wreck aids like you see here and

21:14watch persons, gym coordinators, pool

21:17pool and water park attendees, they

21:18really are some special people because

21:20when we have to operate in summertime,

21:22you guys know what it is. It's it's a

21:24lot. It's also all all hands- on deck uh

21:26experience and we need folks that are

21:28able to kind of play multiple ads and

21:29really do get the luxury of getting some

21:31kids and some staff that are willing to

21:33kind of just step up to the plate when

21:34we need them. Uh but again, 543 people

21:37were able to hire this summer. Uh but

21:39from last year, we're at 470. So you see

21:41a 15% increase there. Um how many people

21:44were able to hire throughout the summer

21:45time.

21:46>> And where was the

21:48where was the increase in what most of

21:50the positions?

21:51>> Uh it would it was definitely be our our

21:53records. I think our records were in

21:54we're in the 300s. Um and that that

21:57number definitely cooped up.

21:59Hopefully we're going to do more. um as

22:02>> oh never mind water.

22:07>> Yep. Yeah. So again, those those folks

22:10can kind of put multiple hats if we need

22:12if we need coverage. They can step in as

22:14a pool or water park attendant um if

22:16they meet the age requirement. So it's

22:18it really is it's a special thing to

22:20have folks that are willing to come in

22:21each and every day, give back to these

22:23kids, and then just step up in in a city

22:25capacity, right? Um go ahead. Um, so

22:30with like the 15% increase, do you think

22:32that was just specific to the summer or

22:34you think that's a more comfortable

22:35number for summer employment

22:37opportunities going forward?

22:39>> Um, I I mean I don't know if you want to

22:41want to chime in on that question,

22:42please, Sean.

22:43>> I think there would be some other

22:44barriers and coming in place with that.

22:48Um,

22:50>> so like you think like for next year

22:51like we'll hire another like 540 or you

22:54think we'll go back down or anything?

22:58I I would always like to see an

23:00increase. I I think that we could get

23:02more youth involved. Um not all of these

23:06individuals are youth though that hired,

23:08but I would like to see an increase.

23:10Certainly that decrease.

23:14>> I would like to get to the point just so

23:16everyone's aware of saying that any

23:17youth in the city of Province that wants

23:19a job were able to figure something out.

23:22>> Well, that that would be amazing. And I

23:25think we do uh pretty close to that. I

23:28think most people that do apply to end

23:30up getting uh placed somewhere. Um I do

23:35want to take the this opportunity to

23:36highlight one of the positions listed up

23:38there which I think is very critical to

23:41the safety of our our summer and that

23:44being the the watch person. It's not the

23:47most glorious job that's up there. Um,

23:50however, that plays a that individual

23:52plays a critical

23:55role at each center. It has a pool. Uh,

23:58but we need to watch it throughout the

24:00evening, throughout the night to make

24:02sure that their safety is maintained.

24:04>> Oh, so that's like somebody

24:07>> overnight 6 to 12:00.

24:12>> So, it's a it's a grind.

24:20So it's not a it's not a glorified job,

24:22but it's one that's very

24:25>> new this year.

24:26>> Yeah.

24:27>> No, watch always.

24:28>> They've always been

24:30>> I think I think in previous years we

24:32we've tried to third party the um and

24:35have a contract with somebody to oversee

24:37these pools. And I mean Jackie probably

24:39talk tell you about the history of that.

24:41It I don't know if it went the best. I

24:43think kind of working through and hiring

24:45our own folks, training them up and

24:46having them understand the expectation

24:48has been a better solution. Uh I don't

24:51know if you have any other points you

24:52want to add to that.

24:53>> Yeah. So there was a time it was very

24:55difficult to get more persons. Um the

24:58salary is minimum wage. So if it's any

25:01money can be found, we could use it.

25:04Especially I mean it's a like Sean David

25:06said, it's a very important uh position

25:09overnight um for the safety of the

25:12community. But there was a time where a

25:14lot of people didn't want to do that

25:16shift because it was only minimum wage.

25:18So we at one time we went to a third

25:21party. We um hired a firm, a security

25:24firm to oversee it just on the weekends,

25:26Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Um,

25:29unfortunately the firm didn't hold up

25:31their end of the bargain as far as

25:33consistency in attendance. So we gave

25:36them gave them plenty of opportunities

25:38and uh it just didn't work out

25:40unfortunately. And the concept was good

25:43in theory but it didn't work out you

25:46know. Um

25:49>> are are the internal watch persons are

25:52they Monday through Sunday or those who

25:55>> Monday through Sunday?

25:58So, so Monday through Friday the watch

26:00person shift will typically be 6:00 p

26:02p.m. to midnight, midnight to 6:00 a.m.

26:046:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

26:06>> On Sundays, 24 hours.

26:09>> So, when the pool is open, we won't need

26:11a washroom. But when the pool's closed,

26:14um it's pretty much almost that the

26:17pool's open 12 to 5, you're talking

26:20about 9 million hours a day for a watch

26:23person, give or take, because sometimes

26:25staffers say a little bit extra for the

26:27water person depending on their

26:28availability, but definitely overnight.

26:31It's um it's a long shift. I've done it.

26:34We've all done it.

26:35>> You have four

26:37six five bill. So we don't need to watch

26:42the game.

26:45>> Okay.

26:45>> Um since I was probably like when did um

26:50has this position always been

26:52>> Yeah.

26:54>> been there for years for years.

26:57>> Yeah. As long as

27:01>> Yeah.

27:03Does every city in town that have public

27:05pools do? like everyone has to be.

27:08>> But it does make sense.

27:11>> Very teenager.

27:13>> There's been a lot of

27:18>> Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah, I'm sure we can

27:19ask collectors that have pros and you'll

27:21probably hear a bunch of stories of what

27:23they found and who got in at, you know,

27:25at seven or six when they when they

27:26walked in. It's

27:28>> I think we actually have we had one this

27:29summer, you know, with uh when the pools

27:32got filled.

27:33>> So, it's it's it's it happens. It

27:35definitely does happen.

27:37>> That's that's only when a watch person

27:40either doesn't show up or is not paying

27:42attention.

27:43>> Yeah.

27:43>> Because you want to be proactive and we

27:45require them to wear right, you know,

27:48safely yellow. So if someone is thinking

27:51about doing something, you know, um

27:53against our rules, so to speak, they may

27:55think twice the present time of that. If

27:57they didn't see a present time of that,

27:59then that's when they start becoming

28:01mischievous. I mean, we have everything

28:03from stuff thrown in the pools,

28:05chemicals, paint, people trying to go in

28:08swimming after hours with and we also

28:11have signs in addition, too. So, we have

28:13two safety measures. Signs alone won't

28:16work. So, and even though we have

28:17cameras with signs,

28:20you're not. It's good to have security.

28:25It's it's worth every

28:27>> Oh, yeah. Good to see.

28:29>> But even the much more shift that we

28:31were talking about midnight the minimum

28:33wage that might be happen if if there's

28:36possibility for that to be revisited. I

28:38think it would be money well spent for

28:40tough

28:44>> We certainly offer an open invitation if

28:46you want to experience the sh

28:50[laughter]

28:52>> right around 4 a.m. he starts getting to

28:55[laughter]

28:56>> 12 to 3:30. Not too bad.

28:58>> Are there other slides, Dave?

28:59>> Yeah. Yeah, that's good.

29:02>> And so for the next three slides, we'll

29:04get into more so the attendance uh and

29:07enrollment comparisons for our summer

29:09day camps. Um this slide here gives you

29:11a cumulative look at how we did

29:14departmentwide. Um so after 2024 is when

29:17we switched the model to a week-toeek

29:20registration. And so that's where you

29:22saw a lower amount of enrollment numbers

29:25in 2025. and um and lower I guess lower

29:28than usual attendance numbers in 2025 as

29:30well. But um one thing we have noticed

29:33is and you'll see in the next slide the

29:35actual trend line we have seen the uh

29:37attendance rate increase. So what that

29:39means to us is more people in seats

29:41every single day at camp which is the

29:43most important thing. Um if you want to

29:45go back to that

29:47we talked about that a lot before where

29:49somebody signs up just for the sake of

29:51signing up doesn't show up right

29:53>> you should give those opportunities to

29:54other kids. So we want to go week by

29:56week registration you can sign up for

29:59week one week two I'm going to be away

30:03here

30:05>> and again it's gotten it's gotten a lot

30:07of good feedback from from parents too

30:09when you're talking about customizing

30:10your own summer camp experience um if

30:13you if you're a kid who does sports camp

30:15right you may be able to do two weeks at

30:16a day camp one week at a sports camp

30:18come back to day camp or whatever other

30:20camp or vacation you have planned for

30:22the summer um so it does give some

30:24flexibility there and also So again,

30:25keeps people in the seats, which is

30:27what's most important for us.

30:29>> Um, but again, that orange number that

30:31you see there, what that is is again

30:33because we allow a week- toeek

30:35registration or enrollment, sorry, it

30:38doesn't necessarily capture the total

30:40enrollment because you could be a child

30:42that registers for one one group of camp

30:44and that's it. And your counter is our

30:46total enrollment. What we did is we took

30:47the average of each each week to week

30:51for the Rex. So for example, Rogers week

30:53one through seven. You make their

30:55average number and we do that across all

30:5711 centers. And that's your average that

30:58you see there. That's 66.

31:00>> So I'm sorry. So this number is for a

31:03center.

31:04>> No, that's it's departmentwide. So each

31:06center has an average enrollment number.

31:09>> Yeah.

31:10>> Because again, you may have a total

31:11enrollment of 70 kids, but week one you

31:14may have 62 enrolled. You may have 66

31:17enrolled the next week, 67, 68, for

31:19example. when you take the average of

31:21those numbers and then do that across

31:23all 11 centers to get you an average

31:24number.

31:26That's pretty much that's the average

31:27citywide.

31:28>> Yep. That's average citywide. And then

31:30that bottom number in bluehead.

31:33So Roger Rex.

31:35>> Yep.

31:35>> So the average that attended here was

31:38656. Is that right?

31:40>> So that we're going to go into a slide

31:42that shows you the average city.

31:45>> Citywide all day camp.

31:46>> Five people here. No, that type of

31:49place, right?

31:49>> Sorry, can we just one more time?

31:51>> No, it's confusing in the fact that so

31:53you say 66 is the average attendance.

31:56>> Yep.

31:56>> Average enrollment. 49 is the average.

31:5949 is the average. So that's that's got

32:02to be close.

32:03>> That's citywide.

32:04>> No,

32:05>> I have. So the breakdown you want to go

32:07to the next slide, Lucy?

32:08>> No, only because you get more than 49

32:10people in the camp for a day across the

32:12city.

32:14>> So if you're looking at these at these

32:16average Yeah. So that's the breakdown

32:18percentage and so an average of these

32:20gives you that that attendance.

32:22>> That's that's what I was

32:24>> sorry if that was confusing too.

32:26>> Um so yeah this is a breakdown by

32:28center. So you see the average um

32:30average of a total registrance for the

32:33sevenwe period and then you also see the

32:35average basically took those averages

32:37and came up with this correct

32:39>> right.

32:40>> Okay.

32:40>> And then you can see the trend line in

32:41the in previous slide l you want to go

32:43to that.

32:44>> So you see that increase there.

32:46Yeah, next year I number higher because

32:49all of our open

32:52that's that's the plan

32:54for space right because we hire 15% more

32:57staff

33:00more and more

33:08>> ahead

33:24the West is like our highest.

33:27>> Yeah.

33:31Yeah. Sack kept a lot of kills and seats

33:32which is great.

33:42We could send this out to you guys.

33:45>> No, but it's it's

33:48>> you find the ones with pools to higher

33:50attendance.

33:52>> Um I don't know if it necessarily

33:53relates to that because again has an

33:55indoor pool so that that could that

33:58could also vary there too. I don't know

33:59if it's necessarily direct correlation.

34:01Um but we do have we do have information

34:04on the pool as well in the in the next

34:06slides. Um but again it is good to look

34:09at these numbers when we're talking

34:11about the average um enrollment per

34:14seven. Um and just looking at how we did

34:17in the week toe format versus applying

34:20for seven seven weeks cumulatively. Um

34:23again really creating that that ease for

34:26parents when it comes to creating their

34:27schedules and then keeping more seats

34:29more kids in seats throughout the summer

34:32registers.

34:34>> Um is that a capacity like I know we

34:38have limited space right so let's say a

34:41good example of that right so the

34:43average registrance was 67

34:47how many how many are right by are we

34:49limited on how many basically

34:54How many slots per week?

34:58>> Would you repeat that? Sorry. So, yeah,

35:02so

35:04it says the average total entrance is

35:0667.

35:07>> Yep.

35:08>> How many slots do we have available for

35:10people to sign up for? Any

35:14>> um I think they they were at around any

35:17given week. I believe they were at 70. I

35:19I would have to look into what their

35:20total um enrollment was for the entire

35:24summer camp, but this is just their

35:25average number, but I can look at that

35:26and get that

35:28>> and then like

35:30I guess my question would be are we so

35:33registered at full capacity for all of

35:36these weeks?

35:37>> Yes.

35:37>> Like are we meeting the demand that's

35:39that's out there? Yeah, I mean I you can

35:42ask Mike there's there's there's

35:44requests that come throughout even when

35:45we start camp where parents are are

35:47asking to get their kids enrolled. It's

35:49not always the easiest thing for us to

35:51turn people away but we definitely

35:54>> have we had to turn people away or is

35:55there a waiting list?

35:56>> Yes.

35:57>> Yeah. There's always

35:59>> Oh, really? How big is that?

36:01>> Um it varies but I but I don't have an

36:04ad number. I can definitely get you.

36:08Yeah, that's that's actually

36:22look at my activity.

36:24>> Yeah.

36:25>> So, it's tough to 68

36:3342. But um kind of weird that number

36:39on any given um week we had some of

36:42those

36:46specialized

36:5642 45 those kids.

36:59>> No, I'm not saying the numbers don't

37:00look good. I'm trying to throw that

37:02down. Do we have enough space? And like

37:06so let's just

37:08get Rogers maybe isn't there a but kids

37:13that we have on the waiting list here

37:16you know we give them options well

37:19there's space there

37:22like do we do that as kind of shuffle

37:25around or is it just person

37:27>> no there's there's definitely there's

37:29definitely folks that reach out and are

37:30requesting to necessary we may reach out

37:33to Mike and say hey we have

37:35maxed out. So that

37:37>> happens.

37:50>> Yeah.

37:52>> Yeah. Yeah, I mean I just go back to

37:53your point of like you know turn kids

37:56tips away that

37:59kind of drill down on that pulling say

38:03okay maybe pull this center but you can

38:05go to

38:06>> absolutely west end doesn't take 5

38:08minutes over here they're not

38:12>> sometimes sometimes that doesn't

38:13necessarily always work because you know

38:15when it comes to families bringing their

38:16kids across yeah no that definitely does

38:26CTA.

38:47And did we change our policy on

38:49attendance this year? So if somebody,

38:51you know, signed up, paid the $5,

38:56it's $5, right?

38:59>> Yeah.$5.

39:00>> So um so like let's just say students

39:03signed up and then three days go by in

39:06the first showed up parents. What's our

39:10what's our policy on making that seat

39:12available for somebody else on the

39:14waiting list?

39:14>> Yeah. I mean, how how long do you guys

39:16list? two two or three weeks you guys

39:18can make phone calls.

39:19>> No, we'll call before that. We'll call

39:21after the first week if there's no

39:22communication from the parents because

39:24we don't like to know what's going on.

39:26And to your point, some of the parents

39:27will hold spots to the kids.

39:29>> Oh yeah. Because at $5 a week, even if

39:34you lose a dollar a day, really they'll

39:36call to secure it. They're very smart,

39:38but that I mean it's it's a good move.

39:40Um but we'll we're in communication the

39:42whole time. Sometimes unexpected and and

39:45unexpected. family trip may come up and

39:47they're not here for a week where our

39:49camp councils and and my camp

39:51coordinator will call and say, "Hey, you

39:53guys could, you know, haven't seen you,

39:55whatever it may be."

39:56>> Well, that makes total sense. Yeah. I

39:58just again, we're always dealing with

40:00limited resources. So, we're kind of

40:02waiting for somebody to see,

40:06>> you know, they just preserve the spot

40:07for the network.

40:09>> I think those numbers kind of reflect

40:10that somewhat

40:14spot.

40:14>> Absolutely. But some of those numbers

40:15may reflect that as well where we

40:18registered a family and they opted not

40:21to just show up for a week or two here

40:23or there. Most of the parents will

40:24communicate that with you. Uh the

40:26parents are pretty good when it comes to

40:27that. Um but that's a pretty concerted

40:31effort to try to place somebody. We

40:34notice somebody's looking for a spot and

40:36they can't get into the original

40:38>> uh camp that they wanted to go to.

40:40There's a an effort to follow around and

40:42see who else may have space. But but

40:45another scenario may be if someone's on

40:47a wait list, we'll give them the option

40:49of saying are you willing to come in and

40:51for example in weeks three, four or six

40:55three weeks are still better than none

40:56even though we're at capacity and

40:58they'll say absolutely we'll take at

41:00this point for five hours a week

41:01whatever we can whatever we forget. We

41:03understand you know that was at capacity

41:05but there's a way to fit anyone in at a

41:07certain time without training in the way

41:09so to speak.

41:12>> Sure. Um just a question. Do families

41:15pay up front for like for summer like

41:17how does like

41:22because again when when registration

41:23happens um when they go into estimate

41:28your application again because

41:29customizable um it may not be 35 weeks

41:33that you're paying for that you're for a

41:35certain amount of camps or certain

41:36amount of weeks you may pay that through

41:38that form but some parents will bring a

41:40medical check or a money order directly

41:42to the website for for

41:45the seed change.

41:47That's usually positive stuff. Yeah.

41:50>> So, keep in mind it's $35 for those.

41:53>> I know.

41:54>> Well, that's why I was asking because

41:55it's so I mean for $35 make a

41:58reservation somewhere show up and not

42:00worry about that $35 $3

42:04>> which we should be doing. It's great for

42:06kids.

42:08>> A good way for somebody to hold the spot

42:12never show up. that that's a lot of work

42:17for me

42:19for five hours because I have a bunch of

42:22kids before. So I really

42:26pay for each one

42:29before [laughter]

42:31so you know how little money to pay for

42:35each one.

42:38But I really love it.

42:42the budget for that and also put the

42:46kids

42:50>> and

42:52you know to see I know for the kids in

42:56the program

43:00and then people go and they don't

43:05want to go there and are ready to

43:12more weeks

43:19down in August.

43:20>> Second week of August. I think we we

43:22kept we kept the water parks open later

43:24this year than we normally do.

43:25>> Yeah.

43:26>> To try to accommodate that in August. We

43:30closed out the remainder of August.

43:32>> Citywide bus program.

43:36Um,

43:38off top of my head,

43:47>> just out of curiosity, you know,

44:05>> did We'll open June 29th through August

44:0815th. So it's usually all of our

44:11programs are seven week periods, a seven

44:13seven week program. Um but like they

44:16said these water bottles open an extra

44:19an extra week and I believe we open next

44:21week on the front end and the back end.

44:23So prior to it and again it's sometimes

44:26it's weather driven. You have a 90

44:29degree day on the day

44:3260°ree rainy day. We had quite a few.

44:35>> Oh yeah. So like if the incoming mayor

44:39looked at it and said

44:42next week,

44:45>> right?

44:52>> I know quite often we get a message like

44:54schools are closed with ratings, right?

44:56Do you still have to pay staff that end?

44:58>> Yeah.

44:59>> Or could you do the five or that

45:02question? There might be five for those

45:05add

45:06>> the only I'm sorry

45:09the only staff we do pay is the camp the

45:11camp staff and the camp councils if

45:13that's in bill the outside staff the um

45:17guards the pool attendants and the water

45:20dependants are not wash but watch person

45:24is up there. Yes. Uh

45:28>> rain or shine or shine or shine.

45:31>> All right. You want to go to the next

45:32slide?

45:33>> Yeah. Yeah, there's more.

45:35>> Yeah.

45:36>> For me,

45:38>> I think the last question

45:40>> my goal as I keep it, you know, for me

45:43my goal was I say what to have the the

45:46whole year in my area.

45:50Why I say that? So many movies don't

45:53have nothing to you know play sometime

45:56with the reparations.

45:59So they can't do anything. So I went to

46:02another recreation or another

46:08for me.

46:19>> Yeah. Well, we do have bad esteem

46:21poolings. Yeah. year round and we are

46:24that is one of the programming items

46:26when we get to that talk about then

46:28we're going to increase our swim

46:30program.

46:31>> Let's move to the next slide.

46:33>> Yeah, some more some more more more data

46:35for you guys. Um so this here is just

46:38again looking at our You want to go to

46:40the next slide, Lucy? You can. Um again,

46:42just full edge average attendance for

46:44our pools. Um, so we're looking at

46:46regular hours, which is our 12 to 5, and

46:50then our, um, extended hours, which is

46:51usually a 5 to 7 time frame for those

46:54really hot days. Um, it's just good for

46:56us to kind of track some information.

46:57We're looking at decisions on whether we

46:59extend hours. I know we're talking

47:00about, you know, keeping that the pool

47:02open for a longer time frame, either,

47:04you know, from a week period perspective

47:07or just dayto day keeping that open. Um,

47:10it is good for us to look at the the

47:12averages for how many people actually

47:14show up to the pools and water parks

47:15when we do extend the hours. So, it's

47:17just a graphic of that. I think we have

47:19another graphic that shows

47:22that

47:25construction.

47:59are are all the outside pools like the

48:02same capacity wise

48:05>> some bigger

48:06>> Yeah, there's definitely some that are

48:07bigger. I think we'll rock. Yeah, you

48:08guys have been covering the biggest

48:21>> I think West End has it.

48:25It's really cool to see us have the swim

48:27meet there. Um I don't know if we've had

48:29a swim meet at West End before, but this

48:30year is able to be hosted at West. Uh

48:33Tony, I know you're able to come out and

48:35see that. So, um goodness.

48:41So again, this is total pool visits. Um

48:43some of these are obviously our leak

48:45heaters, but again, we're looking at

48:46just total touch points with the pools,

48:48total touch points with the water parks

48:51um across some loop period.

48:54And this graphic here shows water park

48:56averages um across all of our

49:00our splash pads. So Fox Point was down

49:02this year because of construction. Uh

49:04but again, regular hours versus extended

49:06hours at at water parks. How how many

49:09people are showing up to these to these

49:10places even when we when we extend the

49:12offer kind of

49:14>> where

49:17absolutely

49:19some and some of our centers have have

49:20crew that are that are very close to a

49:22water park. So they get to kind of use

49:24that shared space especially for the

49:26little ones, right? Like for our

49:27toddlers, they get to utilize that

49:28splash pad, run around. They don't need

49:30meet the height or uh or age requirement

49:32for our pools.

49:35water parks need to be attended. Is it

49:36to physically turn on the water or like

49:39>> No, that's actually

49:40>> other cities like East Province where

49:41you can like button and you get

49:44>> Yeah. So that that uh the water parks

49:46are controlled by our our great partners

49:48over at parks. They're on a program and

49:51then they're pushed to start. But um

49:53again, there is some safety precautions

49:54that we want to make sure that we can

49:56quickly respond to as well at some of

49:57these water parks because as you guys

49:59are seeing there's maybe some rocks on

50:01the water park. there's a lot of water

50:02around so somebody does get hurt is it

50:04is good for us to have some staff around

50:06there as well as some other operational

50:08things that we need to kind of make sure

50:09we're we're on top of the cors

50:13and just just to add to that just rules

50:15enforcement because we've seen when the

50:17water parks were not attended by um a

50:21recreation leader or wade you have dogs

50:24turning around the water parks you have

50:25kids riding bikes in the water parks

50:27have brass battles in the water parks

50:28you have people throwing balls in the

50:30water parks and not everybody

50:31Everybody's Tom Brady, so they don't hit

50:33their target, you know. So sometimes

50:35parents will get you have you have

50:37infants in the water pots that sometimes

50:39will fall on the ground and try to drink

50:42out of the spout when the parent isn't

50:45paying attention. Sometimes the spout is

50:47off and all of a sudden someone hits the

50:49activator, the spout comes on and if

50:51there's an infant right there in front

50:53of that spout, it's not the best

50:55situation to get a shot of water really

50:59quickly. So there's a lot of there's a

51:00lot of business why at least you know in

51:03the standalone water pots we always have

51:04one pool attendant I'm sorry the um pool

51:08attendants that are one pool attendant

51:11are the water park pots that are

51:13attached to the place because there are

51:14other staff available standalone water

51:17parks should always be two attendants

51:18for various reasons if they need some

51:20help if someone has to go to the

51:21bathroom they call can't fall down for

51:23an emergency there should be two on a

51:25standalone where there's no other

51:27facility attached to it bare minimum

51:29I just really quickly I just did a quick

51:31math for you, Tony. Uh any given day at

51:34a pool, um you would have $800 worth of

51:37attendance, $450 worth of lifeguards,

51:41$1250 a day per pool times five pools to

51:44run all five city pools for one day

51:46would be $6,250.

51:49>> And we're reminding you again, we're

51:51open Monday through Friday or Saturday.

51:53>> Monday through Saturday.

51:55>> Monday through Saturday.

51:56>> Right. So any given day,

51:57>> six days would cost us $30,000

52:00>> over 36,000

52:02close to 40,000

52:05>> and that's just the 12 to 5. That

52:07doesn't include extended hours when it

52:09hits 90 heatwave. So that's another two

52:12hours of, you know, we're open later. So

52:16that's just a quick quick math that I

52:18just did depending on.

52:18>> Yeah. No, it's good to know.

52:22>> Are you guys good with that? Oh, yeah.

52:23Okay. And then um sports camp, wanted to

52:26at least give a a breakdown of where

52:28we're at capacity wise with sports camp.

52:31Um so again, just looking at numbers

52:34here from our various offerings with

52:36bike, volleyball, sailing,

52:40track and field, cheerleading, flag

52:42football. So really want to give our

52:44kudos to Shannon Perry for kind of

52:47manning the post and and running a

52:49really good program over there at Hope

52:50High School this year. Um, again, that's

52:52not always the easiest thing to kind of

52:54manage, but she does a great job. Does a

52:56really, really great job with with the

52:58instructor she brings in to be able to

53:00facilitate some of these programs. The

53:02kids really respond well over there. Um,

53:04so really really want to give her kudos

53:06for that. And I think when we last met,

53:08we talked about the possibility that we

53:12were not going to have a PCTA u yeah as

53:17as a

53:19as a facility for the sports camp and

53:23the detriment that that would do to the

53:25program. I think you can see the numbers

53:27that that their influence be true where

53:30we did not have that facility. Uh

53:33Shannon did a hell of a job in pivoting

53:36and making the best of um the resources

53:39she had, but certainly a lot more could

53:42be done with a larger facility.

53:52Sorry, just

53:54let me

54:10the really bad

54:16football

54:17track

54:19>> and those again turn those are those are

54:21the the ones that really take up a lot

54:23of space when you look when you talk

54:24about cheerleading black football uh

54:28basketball at PCTA there's three courts

54:30in that in that gym. So, think about

54:32what you can do with that. Volleyball,

54:33you pull three nets up, that's there's a

54:35lot more space to be able to do that.

54:37Track and field, again, that's an indoor

54:39facility with AC. Um, with us on track

54:41and field at Hope High School, you're

54:43you're those summer days, like you guys

54:45mentioned, are very hot days. So, just

54:46trying to kind of a lot just trying to

54:48keep parents happy with their kids and

54:50they're camping in an environment that

54:52that is really safe for them. But again,

54:54PCTA would really be a a really viable

54:57option for us in next summer. Um, I'm

55:00seeing some of these numbers increase

55:02um, because of just that space and what

55:04that space allows for us to do. I don't

55:06know if there's any other space in the

55:07city that really has that capacity

55:09at least at that cost anyway.

55:13>> Um, just quick question. So, have we

55:16like started talking to BPSD for next

55:18summer already or like is that is that

55:21space confirmed?

55:23>> Well, it's as confirmed as can be. um

55:28they ended up doing some renovation or

55:30something like that to their facility

55:32and it just so happened that that

55:34overlap with the same time period as the

55:36summer camp. So they had to

55:39do what they needed to do as far as uh

55:41their renovations.

55:45As of now we're good. Yeah. But I think

55:47we were in I think you guys were

55:49probably in the same situation

55:51a year ago where it looked good but then

55:55they got So, so I thought all of us

55:56around the table want to make sure we

55:57stay good.

56:00>> Yes. Right.

56:10>> All right. So, that takes us to our

56:13>> Yeah. Yeah. Awesome.

56:15>> Um, anybody have any questions or

56:17thoughts before we provide that?

56:25>> Lauren.

56:29>> So, um, preparations for our fall and

56:32winter programming. Um, we have our

56:34traditional bowling at Langs, which is

56:36co-ed. We also have our co-ed youth

56:40developmental basketball uh which is

56:42housed at West End. We also have our

56:45youth basketball team practices uh

56:48representing each one of our recreation

56:50centers. We also have Halloween field

56:52trips, the mayor's Halloween party. We

56:56also have the PBD recy giveaway. We also

56:59have the holiday free throw contest in

57:01collaboration with the Providence Police

57:03Department. uh that would be in uh

57:06between November and December. We also

57:09have our learn to swim PVD program which

57:12is being held at Badestini pool. We also

57:15have our P3 alternative programs and

57:18field trips uh to be announced and also

57:21meals on wheels cafe and diabetes

57:24awareness program that will be full for

57:26the fall. in our winter programs. Um, as

57:30as you all know and everyone has

57:32participated in, we do have our Province

57:34Recreation Basketball League that's been

57:36in existence since 1950. We also have

57:40our Angel Tree. We have learn to swim

57:43DVD program.

57:45Um, also in in in with our learn to swim

57:48DVD program, that's when we train our

57:49lifeguards um in February, March, and

57:52April. Um, we also have additional P3

57:56alternative programs and field trips.

57:58Uh, that's brings us through the winter

58:01to springtime. I do want to highlight

58:04the meals on wheels program which will

58:07be uh we will start out at Elwood

58:09Community Center. That's a senior

58:11program. Um but we are looking to do a

58:15lot more with uh mills of whales in

58:18particular but a lot of uh senior

58:20programming increasing that uh capacity.

58:26Is there anything different than last

58:28year or is it pretty much

58:33>> that one in particular is different but

58:35what else is definitely

58:39>> um so one thing I did notice on the

58:42summer camp so I know that we had a

58:44volleyball camp pretty well attended

58:47right

58:52Y

58:55>> so we talked about expansion of

58:57programming you start to potential

58:59volleyball as well and it seems like at

59:02least from that that kids who are

59:04interested in city um

59:08I'm not sure if volleyball winter or

59:11spring sport

59:13>> the next slide

59:17[laughter]

59:21>> I'll hold my

59:22[laughter]

59:24I was getting ready to tell you to stay

59:25tuned.

59:26>> Where's that dazzle? Oh, there.

59:28[laughter]

59:30So, the plan some of the some of the

59:31plans for program expansion um boys

59:34volleyball, girls volleyball, um swim

59:37programming, which is going to be each

59:40rec center is going to be able to take

59:42um participants from their rec center to

59:45Badestini on the Saturday to utilize the

59:48pool on Saturday. So, and we all have

59:51vans and everyone's going to take um

59:53certain amount and they'll have

59:54lifeguards on duty as well. But um

59:57that's a great resource. As you know,

59:58it's our only indoor pool. So, that's

1:00:00going to be an expanded program uh

1:00:02coming up um for the uh for the spring.

1:00:06Um soccer league. We're also going to

1:00:09make the attempt to have an actual

1:00:11league with um teams coming from rec

1:00:14centers, etc. and not only just skills

1:00:16and drills but to um expound upon the

1:00:20skills and drills portion of it but to

1:00:22actually have a structured program where

1:00:24um there will actually be a league elite

1:00:26standings etc. Trying to emulate the

1:00:28basketball league to get that off the

1:00:30ground. It should be you know the same

1:00:32template as that um with the age groups

1:00:35depending on the participation in those

1:00:37divisions. Um also educational after

1:00:40school support through our local

1:00:42colleges and universities. I know

1:00:44there's been some talk about, you know,

1:00:46our basketball leagues when we we hold

1:00:48um high standards for grades, etc., and

1:00:51there's been conversations before. If a

1:00:54child needs some help, where did they

1:00:55go? So, that's going to be another

1:00:57aspect of helping them out in addition

1:01:00to the school department so that we can

1:01:03actually um help them get back on track

1:01:06if need be. Um, and then other

1:01:08programming, senior programming. I

1:01:10introduce it to Sean. This is one of the

1:01:13talk about the senior programming. Um,

1:01:16but these are all new programs that have

1:01:18been in the works, have been talked

1:01:19about, and hopefully they're going to be

1:01:22able to come to fruition with the proper

1:01:24advertisement and the um the interest

1:01:28for everyone. But I know boys and girls

1:01:30volleyball has been expanding. You know,

1:01:33I mean, classical has a really good uh

1:01:35volleyball team. I'm familiar with a

1:01:37couple of their players actually on on

1:01:39our staff, direct department staff. One

1:01:42made first team all state, then made

1:01:44second team. They could serve as good

1:01:47coaches to start up, you know, and

1:01:49they're willing to conver

1:01:58>> No, that's going to be uh

1:02:00>> citywide. Right. Right.

1:02:03What's that? Yeah, I was I was getting

1:02:04ready to answer your your earlier

1:02:06question, Tony. So, um, one of the

1:02:08things we talk about when it comes to

1:02:10the volleyball program, right,

1:02:11especially if we're doing something

1:02:12introductory and again, similar model to

1:02:16our our programs that we initiate is

1:02:18more instructional to begin and we get

1:02:20to a place where we have a lead form.

1:02:22Fall is when high school has their

1:02:24volleyball season. Winter is when AA

1:02:27starts. So the perfect time and again I

1:02:29think their AU program runs all the way

1:02:31through March when it comes to

1:02:32volleyball. Um and so a perfect time for

1:02:36us to kind of look at is to kind of look

1:02:37at the time frame that they're doing

1:02:39soccer and marry some some volleyball

1:02:41program during that during that spring

1:02:43as we head into. Um I think that will

1:02:46really be something that could be

1:02:47helpful for us. Um and we'll be able to

1:02:49get the most amount of kids and keep the

1:02:51girls playing specifically the girls

1:02:53playing volleyball year round. Well,

1:02:59we wouldn't have

1:03:02I mean high school

1:03:05volleyball.

1:03:06So any competition there,

1:03:10>> right?

1:03:11>> We don't have high school. No, I mean we

1:03:13don't have high school kids on our

1:03:14website. That's not focus anyway. So I

1:03:18guess my point is we want to follow

1:03:21>> Well, when you think about having some

1:03:23volunteer coaches, um like Jack, you

1:03:25mentioned a lot.

1:03:26Yeah, we have we have a decent amount of

1:03:28staffers that are on the staff that play

1:03:30that play volleyball um for the high

1:03:32schoolers around here that volleyball is

1:03:34is a decent interest in New York. So, uh

1:03:36we have a decent amount of girls that do

1:03:38play volleyball for their high school.

1:03:40So, I think that would be the best time

1:03:41for us to get that support to get a

1:03:43facilitator. That's good.

1:03:48I'm presenting

1:03:52location.

1:03:56>> I think Sean mentioned

1:03:57>> primarily it's going to be at at Elwood

1:04:00Community Center

1:04:03>> to start out with. We're talking with a

1:04:05handful of partners to do some different

1:04:08programming. Um probably by the time we

1:04:11have the next meeting, we can share more

1:04:13with you on that. But

1:04:15Elmo will be the focal point of where

1:04:18the senior programming will be. Uh

1:04:20because Elmo will be open during the

1:04:22daytime and the evening time. Our senior

1:04:25services programming makes full sense

1:04:28during the daytime as opposed to the

1:04:30evening which the other rec center

1:04:32centers open during the evening.

1:04:37in my area that I say all the time for

1:04:42me

1:04:47to receive

1:04:49us over there because

1:04:53I was the same program. So that's not my

1:04:56surprise. My surprise was to get that

1:05:00program doing

1:05:21>> I mean that works

1:05:25very hard.

1:05:28get more

1:05:35and more.

1:05:40>> Yeah, I always feel like the senior

1:05:42program

1:05:44really just find

1:05:57out.

1:06:08But this is great. I mean, this is

1:06:10awesome. Well done, guys. Well done.

1:06:15jobs here,

1:06:16>> you know. Uh I got to give a hat

1:06:25that helps. It's a huge help. So

1:06:30well done. So

1:06:32>> I wasn't supportive.

1:06:34[laughter]

1:06:41>> So well done everybody. Ke this looks

1:06:43great. And this, you know, this is all

1:06:45the stuff that we've been talking about

1:06:46with all our work. So, thanks for taking

1:06:55>> All right. So, is that the last slide

1:06:57program?

1:06:59>> Uh, syllabus. Actually, we have

1:07:03>> we can just run through real quick the C

1:07:06uh CPF programming which um

1:07:10it's obviously a critical component to

1:07:12the uh the renovations of those

1:07:15facilities, Joselyn, Baby Lopes, Elwood.

1:07:18Um so the bids went out to uh some

1:07:22partners that we are potentially

1:07:24reviewing uh to see some partnership

1:07:27come in to run some of these programs uh

1:07:30these in the program areas once again

1:07:32are health education and workforce

1:07:34development. I'm sorry upstairs for

1:07:38capital

1:07:44state obviously was that

1:07:47>> yeah the state funding behind

1:07:51>> money

1:07:55>> right this is state program

1:07:57yeah state funding went into all three

1:07:59of these programs join Lopes and Elmo

1:08:05library going into one of the

1:08:08>> Jo.

1:08:12Yeah, Josh. Jo. Yeah. Will there be a

1:08:14resiliency hub too as well? Um,

1:08:17>> is that permanent or is that temporary?

1:08:20>> The library, I believe, is going to be

1:08:22uh temporary. I don't think that's

1:08:24>> the library is going to be a new

1:08:29library, right?

1:08:32for the time being it's going to be

1:08:33running at we do we do have an with them

1:08:37kind of looking at access you know

1:08:40building maintenance and and how we'll

1:08:42operate in a shared space um so that has

1:08:45been a view but again I think that I

1:08:47think Johnson specifically would be a

1:08:49really really great campus so doing a

1:08:52great job with her after school

1:08:53programming and mending that

1:08:54relationship or not recommending but you

1:08:57know continuing to enhance the

1:08:58relationship with the principal at

1:08:59debate Um they do have the board after

1:09:02school program there. So having both

1:09:04school rec center of course you guys

1:09:07seen the back of that area with outdoor

1:09:09playground this flash pad that just got

1:09:10put in there a basketball court um

1:09:13sustainability

1:09:15um the river riverside council does some

1:09:18programs during the morning put some of

1:09:19the community folks there and then

1:09:22having a library there accessibility

1:09:23cyber spaces for some tele health

1:09:26conversations if you need to speak with

1:09:27your doctor that that space is going to

1:09:29be a real help. Um, I'm really excited

1:09:31about that.

1:09:33>> Any other questions we get?

1:09:37>> Along those lines, we we updates on the

1:09:39facilities that we

1:09:44the HVAC systems

1:09:46been absolutely phenomenal.

1:09:48>> I'm sure the kids were appreciative of

1:09:50that.

1:09:50>> Yeah.

1:09:52But also, so we're going to have a a

1:09:54punch list walk through on on Wednesday

1:09:58uh with the engineer.

1:10:01Then we will be needing heat coming

1:10:04pretty soon. So we are going to be

1:10:05testing the facilities, make sure the

1:10:07heat is running properly and we can see

1:10:10the different updates on the equipment

1:10:12being put in Elwood Joel and Baby Loops.

1:10:17>> Oh, so baby Loops is in tax. Are we done

1:10:20yet? to the roof is being done at baby

1:10:25>> are they they're open

1:10:27>> right but it's not I don't think that's

1:10:29done it's not

1:10:31>> they're still doing some construction

1:10:33work there but it's open to the point

1:10:35it's finished to the point where they

1:10:36can operate out there

1:10:40>> yeah

1:10:42I haven't gotten back maybe the next

1:10:46lecture

1:10:52And the laptops are again only

1:10:57laptop systems.

1:11:00>> All of these facilities will have

1:11:01upgrades to their technology, laptops

1:11:04and all of that.

1:11:05>> Yeah.

1:11:06>> Those type of resources.

1:11:09So much better than the stationary

1:11:18question.

1:11:19>> Uh well Kennedy's not up there obviously

1:11:23that's the new school you guys provide

1:11:25an update on and we knew we were going

1:11:28to ask about talked about that

1:11:30beforehand. We don't have any

1:11:31>> so I see the construction happening. I

1:11:33got to be totally honest with you. I

1:11:34haven't seen any plans for the layout.

1:11:37>> For the next for the next meeting, we'll

1:11:39have an update on Kennedy. We don't have

1:11:40a whole lot to report out on Kennedy

1:11:42right now. And I will say that from the

1:11:44renderings I've seen and the meetings

1:11:46that I've been a part of for Kennedy. Um

1:11:49the thing that I'm most pleased with is

1:11:52the fact that Kennedy Recreation Center

1:11:54will have um its own identity, so to

1:11:58speak, which it's never really had in

1:12:00years past. And Mike can attest to that

1:12:02coming from there. Um, it's going to be

1:12:05a game changer as far as that requisity

1:12:08>> and the space is being designed in a way

1:12:11where

1:12:13you'll have space that they know it's a

1:12:16tight it's a tight lot

1:12:20>> right that size

1:12:23>> but it's also

1:12:24>> but they definitely took it this

1:12:26opportunity

1:12:28>> the right community space there kind of

1:12:30need to make that so successful

1:12:34But we stress the needle.

1:12:40>> I would imagine it's public. Yeah.

1:12:43>> I I'll see what I can

1:12:45pull together for you know, but it

1:12:48definitely took into consideration our

1:12:49interest in making sure that Kennedy had

1:12:52its own workable space that it um

1:12:55obviously it's a shared space with the

1:12:57school there, but they will have a lot

1:13:00to call.

1:13:02Great.

1:13:09>> Are there other ones in the future? Like

1:13:11are there additional things you don't

1:13:13have to go about

1:13:14>> such as getting AC and broaders or I

1:13:17wonder like

1:13:18>> hopefully we would love that.

1:13:20Absolutely.

1:13:21>> No, we definitely need all of our

1:13:23facilities to be continually upgraded.

1:13:26Um but as to whether there's anything in

1:13:28the works right now, no.

1:13:32Quick question. Um, at Joslyn William

1:13:34debate, they use a gym.

1:13:38>> Does the school use the gym?

1:13:39>> The rec center gym.

1:13:41>> Yep.

1:13:42>> So, like who's in charge of like

1:13:43maintenance and stuff? Is it the rec

1:13:45center or is it the school when they use

1:13:47it?

1:13:49>> Well, that's

1:13:51so yeah, ABM ABM is contracting all of

1:13:55their facilities and maintenance. So any

1:13:57structural concerns, any uh building

1:14:00maintenance needs are typically handed

1:14:03through um ABM and so we'll go through

1:14:05the district to kind of let them know

1:14:07about things like that. But there

1:14:08>> are you more concerned about where it's

1:14:10tear or anything if they

1:14:12>> Yeah. I'm just saying like I guess like

1:14:14once like the new gym is done like who

1:14:16who's going to be in charge of like just

1:14:17making sure it's clean in the rec

1:14:18center?

1:14:19>> Well, yeah. I mean there's there's a

1:14:20portion of it that we kind of take on

1:14:22some responsibility can be oper. It's

1:14:24like a daily cleanup that we do at every

1:14:26any other normal recreation center. This

1:14:28still happen. Um but on the schools in

1:14:30there there is some sort of

1:14:31responsibility on their end too when it

1:14:34comes to to meet

1:14:42>> and um and again principal Kerman does a

1:14:45great job too with with communicating

1:14:47with his gym teachers about our needs of

1:14:49his concerns with how you know things

1:14:51are being maintained or anything that we

1:14:53need to kind of touch base and game plan

1:14:55on. He's a big big teammate of ours. So,

1:14:58you know, he he's he's I'm great I'm

1:14:59grateful to have him. I no problem. I'm

1:15:01grateful to have him over there. So, no.

1:15:05>> My understanding is that no construction

1:15:07going on still.

1:15:13the gym though.

1:15:15>> The gym the gym is still um we're still

1:15:17receiving

1:15:24um updates on wall pads and and rims to

1:15:29be installed. Grims need to be

1:15:30installed.

1:15:33>> But we can utilize the space for after

1:15:35school activity which we are

1:15:37>> padding

1:15:40too.

1:15:41>> What's that? the wall padded.

1:16:06the shark.

1:16:09>> That was again council. That was again,

1:16:12right? That was well with with the

1:16:14friends that helped to to get Yeah.

1:16:16Shout out to you again, man. [laughter]

1:16:20I've been doing a lot of basketball,

1:16:21though. The wrestling me is like, "Okay,

1:16:23you know,

1:16:25>> just know there's there's plans for the

1:16:27rest of our city, too."

1:16:29>> Okay.

1:16:30We got to get you a recreation center

1:16:32and your board so we can really

1:16:35>> I love every

1:16:36>> I know you do. I know you. That's what

1:16:38I'm saying.

1:16:39>> Imaginary.

1:16:40>> That's what I'm saying. It's It's

1:16:41amazing. And in in all seriousness, I

1:16:44appreciate you being a champion to other

1:16:46races.

1:16:49You like the new logos and the color

1:16:54>> electric

1:16:56doing a good job um rebranding.

1:16:59>> Yeah,

1:17:00>> we may ask you to pick your shoes up

1:17:01before you go in. [laughter]

1:17:05>> We see the 10 of us that's

1:17:09>> had a conversation.

1:17:13Uh any public like to make any

1:17:18questions, suggestions, anything?

1:17:22>> Sure.

1:17:26>> We just took care of your heat. We're

1:17:27working on that.

1:17:30>> Just a housekeeping thing. So obviously

1:17:33start on the road. I love these meetings

1:17:35so much more about

1:17:38I know

1:17:40>> Carissa likes it too.

1:17:42>> [laughter]

1:17:44>> Guys, I do want to go

1:17:52see

1:18:01office and guys are awesome. As always,

1:18:03we'll

1:18:07have a motion to move.

1:18:11>> All in favor?