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Roseville's Parks & Recreation (P &R) leadership recognizes the need to rethink the current strategy and operation of the Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC. HANC operates with an annual deficit and has shown an increasing deficit trend in recent years'. c) P&R. leadership looks to review and address, issues involving the HANC operating deficit at a time when there are no critical financial pressures forcing drastic cutbacks or operational changes. 01 HANC Volunteer leadership is motivated to imake dramatic improvements, such as the boardwalk replacement/rebuild, amounting to $500,000 in outlays that are not in the P&R budget, (-J1 P&R. staff sought a proposal 2 from professionals who would create a comprehensive "Master Plan" addressing challenges HANC faced. At the time, the Master Plan was considered premature. On January 29, 2007, the Roseville City Council approved the formation of the Harriet Alexander Nature Center Planning Committee (Referred to as the "Committee" in this report). 3 The Committee, made of volunteers, is to provide a, series of recommendations to address HANCs direction and priorities and to strengthen its finances. Planning Committee Final Report Presentation of the Report to the Roseville Parks & Recreation Commission Presentation of the Report to the Roseville City Council HANC Financilal ChallkwW • Though HANC is a highly valued asset in Roseville, for two reasons it is scrutinized when the City of Roseville experiences budgeting challenges: 1. Its annual operating deficit (- $50,000/yr) 4 with ino capitalization 2. Its level of usage factored into the deficit (-13,0100 visits/yr -$4/visit )5 o visits refer to entrances into the building. number of people who attended programs and events, �nu�mber of wally -in visitors and number using the facility outside of programs and events. of visits do not include number of times people experienced the Nature Center but did not enter the building. • City and Parks & Recreation staff have continued to support HANC at a barebone's level, In tough economic times, staff imust look for places to reduce, or eliminate deficit operations. Mi Expense and usage criteria are considered when reviewing assets and items with insufficient fees or revenues to offset direct costs. 1 Attachment'l (page 16) 2 Attaichiment 2 (page 20) Attachment 3 (page 24) Attachment 4 (page 28) Attachment 5 (page 29) Historical Revenue and Cost figures Borestroo Rosene Andedilk & Associates, Master Plan proposal, November 8, 2006 Request for City Couincil Action 1/29107 2006 Budget Summary 2006 Cost Per Recreation Occasion �2/28/2008 PAGE 4