HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 04.bPARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
ARTS CENTER Tom Barnard
OCTOBER, 2010
• The Wine Academy featured a craft beer tasting event on Wednesday, October 6.
• The Minnesota Photography Club held its monthly meeting at the LAAC on Thursday,
October 7.
• Applause Community Theatre closed it production of Our Town on Sunday, October 10.
• The Apple Valley and Lakeville Police Departments rented the LAAC classroom for a
parenting class for five Sunday evenings ending October 17.
• Giant Step Children's Theatre opened its show, Pinocchio, on Thursday, October 21.
There were a total of 10 performances and the show closed on October 31.
• Expressions Community Theater continued to rehearse Mind Over Mattthrough October.
The production will play the second and third weekend of November.
• The Glenn Quist art exhibit opened in the lobby gallery on Thursday, October 7.
• Patchouli performed on Saturday, October 16.
• The Minnesota Valley Photography Club held a special class /meeting on Thursday,
October 21.
• The Wine Academy Series started with the Rob Mondavi Birthday Bash on Wednesday,
October 27.
• The Lakeville employee charities drive kickoff was held in the theater on Wednesday,
October 27.
UPCOMING
• Mind Over Matt by Expressions Community Theatre opens on November 12.
• A Holiday Mixed Bag by Sisters Productions is offering two holiday show times on
December 3.
• The Holiday Art Sale and Empty Bowls Fundraiser is being held at the Arts Center on
December 10 and 11.
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2010
LAAC
2010
Rental
2009
LAAC
2009
Rental
October Attendance
4,595
450
4,332
443
Combined October Attendance
5,045
4,775
All 2010 Previous Months
24,390
8,529
16,588
20,920
12,906
13,349
Total 2010 Attendance to Date
28,985
8,979
Combined 2010 Attendance to Date
37,964
34,269
PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
ARTS CENTER Tom Barnard
OCTOBER, 2010
• The Wine Academy featured a craft beer tasting event on Wednesday, October 6.
• The Minnesota Photography Club held its monthly meeting at the LAAC on Thursday,
October 7.
• Applause Community Theatre closed it production of Our Town on Sunday, October 10.
• The Apple Valley and Lakeville Police Departments rented the LAAC classroom for a
parenting class for five Sunday evenings ending October 17.
• Giant Step Children's Theatre opened its show, Pinocchio, on Thursday, October 21.
There were a total of 10 performances and the show closed on October 31.
• Expressions Community Theater continued to rehearse Mind Over Mattthrough October.
The production will play the second and third weekend of November.
• The Glenn Quist art exhibit opened in the lobby gallery on Thursday, October 7.
• Patchouli performed on Saturday, October 16.
• The Minnesota Valley Photography Club held a special class /meeting on Thursday,
October 21.
• The Wine Academy Series started with the Rob Mondavi Birthday Bash on Wednesday,
October 27.
• The Lakeville employee charities drive kickoff was held in the theater on Wednesday,
October 27.
UPCOMING
• Mind Over Matt by Expressions Community Theatre opens on November 12.
• A Holiday Mixed Bag by Sisters Productions is offering two holiday show times on
December 3.
• The Holiday Art Sale and Empty Bowls Fundraiser is being held at the Arts Center on
December 10 and 11.
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PARK MAINTENANCE
OCTOBER, 2010
Administration
• Interviewed and hired vacant Park Maintenance II position
• Assisted in coordination of Miracle Field construction
• Administered /coordinated installation of irrigation system at King Park Fields #7 &8
Maintenance of Buildings, Park Facilities & General Grounds
• Pulled in fishing piers at Casperson and Antlers Parks
• Repaired Greenway Boardwalk
• Winterized irrigation systems throughout system
• Installed donated bench at Veterans Memorial site
• Completed quarterly building inspections
• Installed concrete pads for waste /recycling containers at Aronson Fields #1 -4 and LOA
• Re- graded and seeded boulevard section on 205 Street along Spyglass Park
• Patched roof at Foxborough Park
• Assisted school district with renovation of Lakeview Elementary School ballfield
• Removed graffiti from Dodd Tunnel
• Completed snow removal equipment training
Turf - Related Maintenance
• Sprayed broadleaf herbicide throughout park system
• Commenced fall fertilization and aeration of turf
Athletic Fields
• Scalped and striped as needed
Landscaping/ Forestry
• Replaced dead trees in system
• Watered trees at Fieldstone Park and additional trees planted in system
Trails
• Inspected plowed trails for manhole and water stop issues
John Hennen
Monthly Precipitation Total: 1.75"
Rink Maintenance
• Painted asphalt rinks white in preparation for skating season
Special Events
• Set up /tear down for Pedal the Parks event at Casperson Park and Haunted Forest at
North Park
STS
• Excavated for waste /recycling receptacle pads at Aronson #1 -4 and LOA / removed
vegetation from Cherryview and Greenridge hockey rinks / stained exterior of hockey
rinks at Meadows and Prairie Lake / spread fibar in playgrounds / raked leaves at
Orchard Lake Park / removed buckthorn at East Park
UPCOMING
• Ice rink and warming house preparation for skating season
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DATE
PROGRAM
# OF
PARTICIPANTS
Fall Session
Discount Tickets — Nickelodeon Universe
69
Sept 7 - Oct 14
Water Aerobics
4
Sept 24 - Oct 22
Adult Dance at Century Middle School
7 couples
Sept 25 - Oct 16
Flag Football
8
Sept 27 - Nov 29
Cheer America
27
Oct
Little Dippers
7
Oct 1
Shrine Circus tickets
18
Oct 3
Bird Banding
3
Oct. 19 - Dec 2
Water Aerobics
2
Oct.23
Haunted Forest
2,400
Oct 23 - Nov 13
Lynch Basketball Camp
9
Oct 23 - Dec 18
Learn to Skate
234
Oct 24
Disney Live tickets
22
LEAGUES
Sept - Nov
Basketball
10 teams
Sept - Nov
Dodgeball
9 teams
Sept - Nov
Softball
24 teams
Sept - Nov
Volleyball
35 teams
RECREATION
Patty Dexter / Dan Brettschneider
OCTOBER, 2010
• Staff finalized the winter /spring 2010 -2011 brochure and sent it to the printer
• Conducted warming house attendant interviews
• Facilitated the annual Haunted Forest
Programs
UPCOMING
• Staff will be updating warming house manual
• Start the process for 2011 athletic tournaments
• Manage the winter sport league season
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SENIOR CENTER
OCTOBER, 2010
• 630 people were served at the annual Belgian Waffle Breakfast; $2,200 was raised.
• Wings Over Persia presentation by Lou Martin, 22 -year Air Force pilot and author of
three non - fiction books: Wings Over Persia, Close Encounters With the Pilot's Grim
Reaper, and My Life in Ladysmith, Wisconsin 1928 -1948.
• Minnesota Visiting Nurses administered 75 flu shots at the annual flu shot clinic,
compared to 125 vaccinations in 2009 (participation has been down at all senior centers
due to flu shots at drugstores, grocery stores, etc.)
• Horizon Day Care brought their clients' children for a Halloween party. Everyone was in
costume and the Red Hat chorus performed Halloween songs.
• T -Shirts to Diapers — sewing circle members met with two members of Grace Lutheran
Church to learn how to make diapers out of t -shirts for babies overseas. This will be the
new sewing project, starting in November.
• Eight seniors attended the Lakeville "Heart Restart" CPR program. This was the second
session offered at the Senior Center.
• Continuing programs are going well. The 500 card group and the pinochle group have
each gained two more players.
• Duplicate bridge continues to grow; there were eight tables of players last week.
• Chair massages are going well. They are starting to catch on now; in the past they had
been hard to sell.
• Members are having a great time playing dime bingo on Wednesday afternoons.
• Our exercise equipment is starting to get quite a bit of use, especially the treadmill.
• 18 new members during this time period. Total membership is 1,030.
Linda Walter
UPCOMING
• November 4 — Kids `n Kinship presentation to introduce members to the program and to
recruit mentors for children ages 5 -16 for one to four hours per week.
• November 12 — Veterans Day Presentation, Sallie Lieber will talk about her 1970 -1974
Air Force experience in Vietnam. She was a model, singer, dancer and stewardess, and
has traveled to save the children and help build schools all over the world.
• November 19 — Author Gordon Fredrickson will speak about his newest book, A Farm
Country Thanksgiving.
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