HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023.11.09 PRAB PowerpointParks & Recreation
Advisory Board Meeting
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Recreation Report
LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
•PR Runners Youth Cross Country -Fall
•76 participants –3 meets
•Adult Flag Football
•19 Teams –Regular Season Complete, tournament play ends next week
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
•Afterschool Summer Program
•Busing with Pasco School District from schools surrounding City Hall has begun and is going well. Daily average program attendance is approximately double that of last year.
•Struggling with staffing . Trying to establish partnership with CBC early childhood education.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS cont.
•Volleyball Clinic
•Program Full of 50 participants
AQUATICS HIGHLIGHTS
•Pasco School District
•Able to Support Kennewick and Richland Teams during the
maintenance closures of their respective pools.
•Hosted first High School Dive Competitions at Memorial Pool
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
•Fall Festival -Held October 14
•Estimated 1500 people in attendance
•Featured -25 community booths,Kiwanis Train,Inflatable Obstacle Course
•National "Park"ing Day
•Converted 4th Ave into outdoor dining with entertainment and activities
•Farmers Market (Dia de Los Muertos)
•Beyond the Booths –Trick or Treating, Kids Activities, Bands, Dia de Los
Muertos Run, Dancing
•Hosted Events
•7 Softball Tournaments at the Pasco Sporting Complex
◦USSSA Hispanic/Latino Worlds Facebook
•4 Cross Country Meets at Big Cross
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UPCOMING EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
•Winterfest –Week of December 4
•Candycane Scavenger Hunt –Dec 4-7
•Free Holiday Movies –Dec 6 & 9
•Tree Lighting Event –Dec 9 from 3-7pm
•Lampson Cable Bridge Run –December 16
•Currently about 600 registered, expecting about 1800.
•First time T-Shirt design contest
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RECREATION REPORT
UPCOMING EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
•NRPA Conference
•Sports Equity Round Table with NRPA, Youth Sports Industry and
Community Leaders
•Education Session –1 of 3 panelists
•Park Maintenance Grant -$100,000 (14 out of 157)Pa
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Parks Update
◦Irrigation Blowouts *
◦Seasonal staff
◦Leaf clean up city wide
◦Winterfest planning
◦State cross country support
◦New Park rules signs *
◦Tree planting event Nov. 1st @ Volunteer Park *
◦Softball complex down to last couple weeks of use (Flag Football)
◦Big Cross course –Gravel spreading *
◦Tree Removal on Rd 100 and Burden Tree Uplifting *
◦St Vincent Corner Landscape *
◦Chiawana Bathroom Painting *
◦Dock clean up
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Irrigation Blowouts
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Park Rules and Trails Signs
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Volunteer Park Tree Planting
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Big Cross gravel project
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Rd 100 Tree Removal
Trees planted in narrow landscape
strip.
Root system is beginning to damage
walls.
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Burden Tree uplifting
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St Vincent Corner Planter
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East Chiawana Bathroom Painting
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Director Update
•Winterfest 2023
•Transition of Administrative & Community Services
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November 9, 2023
7. New Business
◦Winterfest 2023
◦Transition of Administrative & Community Services Department
8. Miscellaneous Discussion
Next Meeting: January 11th, 2024
9. Adjournment
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