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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023.11.09 PRAB PowerpointParks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Pa g e 8 o f 2 5 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. Pa g e 9 o f 2 5 Recreation Report 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 Pa g e 1 0 o f 2 5 Recreation Report 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 Pa g e 1 1 o f 2 5 Recreation Report 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 Pa g e 1 2 o f 2 5 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 g e 1 3 o f 2 5 Parks Report 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 Pa g e 1 4 o f 2 5 Parks Report Irrigation Blowouts Pa g e 1 5 o f 2 5 Park Report Park Rules and Trails Signs Pa g e 1 6 o f 2 5 Parks Report Volunteer Park Tree Planting Pa g e 1 7 o f 2 5 Parks Report Big Cross gravel project Pa g e 1 8 o f 2 5 Parks Report Rd 100 Tree Removal Trees planted in narrow landscape strip. Root system is beginning to damage walls. Pa g e 1 9 o f 2 5 Parks Report Burden Tree uplifting Pa g e 2 0 o f 2 5 Parks Report St Vincent Corner Planter Pa g e 2 1 o f 2 5 Parks Report East Chiawana Bathroom Painting Pa g e 2 2 o f 2 5 Director Update •Winterfest 2023 •Transition of Administrative & Community Services Pa g e 2 3 o f 2 5 November 9, 2023 7. New Business ◦Winterfest 2023 ◦Transition of Administrative & Community Services Department 8. Miscellaneous Discussion Next Meeting: January 11th, 2024 9. Adjournment Pa g e 2 4 o f 2 5 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Pa g e 2 5 o f 2 5