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Page 1 of 3 AGENDA ITEM – 1C MEMORANDUM DATE: February 16, 2021 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Recreation Programming Discussion Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A For Council Consideration The Council may consider making adjustments to recreation programming. Discussion Under a separate discussion item, the City Council will be reviewing upcoming recreation programming and whether or not it would like to offer the full complement of spring/summer programming, a modified version, or no programming at all. The previous year’s spring and summer programming was cancelled due to COVID-19 as a measure to protect residents, staff, and program instructors during the pandemic. Following that discussion, the City Council will also want to consider how it wants to proceed with Recreation Programming on a longer-term basis. Council had previously directed Staff to work with the City’s Financial, Planning and Analysis Committee (FPAC) on a review of the recreation programming and how it affected the City’s budget. The Committee noted that programming decisions are policy decisions the Council needs to make regarding the level and quality of programming offered by the City, but from a budgetary perspective it would recommend that the programming bring in revenue that equals between 95 percent and 105 percent of direct expenses. It did not offer an opinion on related indirect expenses, the largest category being the two full-time staff members that oversee the recreation function. Following a Council discussion of FPAC’s recommendation, the Council directed staff to bring a discussion on Recreation Programming to a future work session. The driving question regarding Recreation Programming is the level and breadth of programming the City should be offering. Answering this question will drive other options for