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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 02-02-11 The YMCA proposes eliminating Centerville Park Play Days at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park and consolidating into Heritage Camp. In 2010 there were 22 children in session 1 and only 4 in session 2 of Park Play Days (15 from Centerville). The YMCA offers a Personal Pricing Plan for families in need with $300,000 in scholarships given last year. Of that amount $58,500 was expended for the Heritage Camp program. Scholarships are on a sliding scale based on income and the number of people in the family and can pay for up to 50% of program cost. This program is non-profit, so balance comes from other programs or memberships. It was suggested vouchers specific for Centerville residents are possible and adding a bus stop in Centerville would benefit residents. How to use a Centerville donation would need to be discussed further, but it was suggested if a family qualifies, then they would get a YMCA Scholarship and the Centerville donation could be over and above the YMCA scholarship. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES January 5, 2011 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes nd Committee Member Haiden requested changing the word ‘conception’ to ‘inception’ on page 4, 2 nd paragraph, 2 sentence, under Music in the Parks. ndst Committee Member Haiden requesting adding the word ‘yards’ on page 6, 2 paragraph, 1 sentence yards "...would want to have an area about 400 x 400 (insert: ) weed free". Motion was made by Committee Member Haiden, seconded by Vice-Chairperson Grahekto approve the January 5, 2010 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes with the above corrections. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. V. COMMITTEE BUSINESS YMCA Park Programs Committee Member Peterson stated that it appeared to be a good program; however, Centerville does have a very tight budget and he would prefer to see an amount smaller than $1500 allocated for the YMCA Heritage Camp and a time limit after which unspent money would no longer be available for this program. Committee Member Seeley also stated that Wargo Nature Center has more affordable programming. Committee Member Haiden pointed out that the YMCA Scholarship Program was available for Centerville residents. Chairperson Branch’s recommendation is that Parks & Recreation should not fund the YMCA programs either in our parks or at the Heritage Lab as we could make better use of the $1500 and the committee should ask City Council to re-allocate those funds to other park activities. Motion was made by Committee Member Amundsen, seconded by Committee Member Selander, to recommend to City Council that the $1500 budgeted for Centerville Park Play Days not be allocated to YMCA programs and to instead be made available for other City of Centerville Parks & Recreation uses. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Centennial Little League Request to Use Ball Fields & Facilities at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park April through August 2011 Included in the packet was a letter received from Centennial Lakes Little League requesting use of the 2 of 6