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September 10, 2013
Meeting Minutes
Attendance: William Murphy, George McGonigal, Eric Nichols, Augusta Christiansen
Caitlin Moss, Shannon Terry and Nagiane Lacka
Excused: Talyse LaDora Hampton and Dipayan Gosh
Absent: Mark Darling, Steve Smith,
Staff: Liz Vance, Jody Hallett-Harris and Mike Blakely-Armitage
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Meeting called to order at 6:06 p.m. by Liz Vance
Review and approval of Minutes:
The Minutes from July 23, 2013 were tabled for next month’s meeting.
Announcements:
Lizzy Rayle was introduced to the Board; she is an 8th grader at LACS and is interested in
becoming an at-large member. Shannon Terry was able to attend and advised that she will
continue her mayoral appointment through December, her appointment is through 12/2015.
There is a possibility that Shannon will apply to be an at large member at the end of her
appointment if schedule and time allow.
Nomination of temporary Chair and Vice-Chair:
Chris Milner has formally resigned from the Board as Vice-Chair and his resignation was
forwarded to the Mayor. There was a discussion about a temporary chair and vice-chair
assignments. Both George and Shannon offered to help in those roles through the end of
December 2013.
A motion was made by Bill Murphy that George McGonigal be appointed as temporary Vice
Chair until the end of the year and Shannon Terry continue as Chair, and Eric Nichols 2nd the
motion and all were in favor.
Mike Blakely-Armitage gave a detailed overview of the Recreation Program, including a
breakdown of the different programs that run and Liz Vance explained the Recreation
Partnership. A copy of the I-Playbook was passed out to each member and the differences in
fees were also explained, Recreation Partnership/City Discount/Non-Member. Mike talked
about Cass Park Day Camp and well as Stewart Park Day Camp, he advised that both camps hire
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high school students and also partners with the Youth Employment Service for hiring of staff for
both camps. They have also established a relationship with TCAT for bus passes. He ran
through some of the many programs that is offered including: Swim lessons, golf, tennis,
sailing, roller skating, Tae Kwon Do as well as a music program, a pre-competitive swim clinic
and many different expressive arts programs. A new program offered this year was Art Bots, in
which kids made their own toys and sold them. Mike spoke about the Counselor in Training
Program (CIT Program) at Stewart Park Day Camp and how these kids learn to become camp
counselors as well as are certified in CPR/First Aid. Liz also talked about the scholarships that
are offered for the programs and also spoke about the grant money that DSS offers to eligible
families for summer camps. Mike also reviewed all the Fall Programs that are now being offered
and advised regarding the process in which volunteers/coaches are hired/trained for the
programs. He stated that new this year is the new social media for the Recreation Program, as
they are now on Twitter and FaceBook. Mike talked about the current evaluation system and
they are reviewing the current system to find a better way of getting feedback from
participants/families.
LACS Programming Discussion
George McGonigal spoke regarding the need for programming for young people on West Hill
and the use of LACS. There was a lengthy discussion regarding this and Liz advised that Karen
Friedeborn has been working with Jemilla from CCE to support the start up of the 4H program at
LACS. She has been looking to Mimi to help run some after school activities at the 4H program.
In addition parents/residents at West Village have expressed interest in having parenting classes.
Eloise Barrett is will work with families on this. Liz will check in with Karen next week to get
more information regarding the 4-H Program and let the Board know.
Staff Reports/Updates:
Liz advised that the City Administration approved the addition of a Recreation Program
Specialist to the IYB roster. The Civil Service Committee will meet on 9/12 to review and
hopefully approve the new position. The next step will be a Vacancy Review Committee
meeting where they will look at the need the need to fill the position. If they approve we will be
able to work with HR to post and begin the recruiting/hiring process.
Liz stated that she, Eloise, Nagiane and Mustafa (Coordinator for RIBS) met and spoke about
applying for a grant for Gears for Change. The program uses bicycling as a tool to to teach about
health and wellness, sustainability and community. 4 – 8 young women will be targeted and
South Side and PSMP (YB) will coordinate together.
On Monday a panel discussion was held at the Youth Bureau called Using Data to Solve Social
Issues. There was a great turn out and Michelle Thompson and Kirby Edmonds spoke and there
was much discussion regarding where needs are, building bridges in the community, the poverty
within this community and collective impact; using whole community to address a single issue.
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Next meeting October 8, 2013
7:37 p.m. ADJOURNMENT