Community Center Advisory Commission

Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, May 8, 2017 Andover YMCA Community Center In Attendance: Tony Howard, Allison Boes, Frank Kellogg, Don Schmeichel, Erick Sutherland and Val Holthus Absent: Tony Peterson and Ted Butler Frank Kellogg called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm Agenda Approval Agenda approved as written. Approval of Minutes Tabled due to lack of quorum City Council Workshop Presentation The 2016 year in review presentation agenda will include 1) Serving our Community 2) Financial Review and 3) Our Future. To open the presentation, Allison Boes has invited two guest speakers to the workshop. They will represent the Andover YMCA’s Forever Well (Senior) and Youth Center Programs. In addition, Erick is working with Tony Peterson to identify an individual from the Andover Huskies Youth Hockey Association to attend. These guest speakers will share how programs offered through the Andover YMCA Community Center have served them as well as others throughout our community. Mr. Howard would like to know how many other YMCA’s have dedicated youth and senior spaces; and what their membership numbers are compared to the Andover YMCA. If a dedicated space cannot be offered at the Andover YMCA, Mr. Howard wonders if members will start going elsewhere. He asked how the YMCA and Community Center can continue to support their current customers, knowing that new families and additional senior communities are continuing to be built throughout the City of Andover. Mr. Kellogg suggested we form a partnership with the senior housing facilities within the city. Allison stated that the YMCA established partnerships with the senior facilities throughout Andover a number of years ago. Allison explained that residents of these facilities participate in programs here at the facility as well as Y staff hosting events right at these senior communities. The new senior apartments that are being built north of Oak View Middle School are affiliated with Arbor Oaks, when that building becomes occupied, the Y will continue to partner with those individuals as well. Val Holthus mentioned that the City of Maple Grove has a nice teen center. The commission had toured the Maple Grove facility a few years back and agreed with Ms. Holthus that not only did they have a separate teen center area but also a separate area for seniors which included technology pieces/computers. Val feels that finding a place for students at Oak View Middle School to hang out is a huge priority. Tony Howard asked if the City of Andover would rather invest in our youth rather than pay more money towards law enforcement services. If the city were to invest in the youth, he’d hope there would be less vandalism and juvenile crime within Andover. Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Minutes May 8, 2017 Mr. Kellogg wonders if there are any statistics available that identify youth crime rates within communities that have designated teen centers/hangout areas vs communities who do not. Frank suggested that Val check with the school, Allison with the YMCA and Erick with the Sheriff’s office as surrounding communities to see if they have conducted any research or have data on such topic. Val mentioned that the city survey results were released to the Andover City Council and that a lot of Andover residents didn’t know that they could receive 4 free passes per household, per year. Cindy will work with Allison and provide a facebook post to help educate the residents. Don Schmeichel recommended that bullet points be added to the revenue slides showing percentage of usage and possibly lost revenue due to space limitation. After further discussion, the commission recommended that a new slide be inserted into the presentation after the Budget Review slide to identify the top 3 or 4 community center customers who contributed to the 1.4 million dollar revenue in 2016. Prioritization Guidelines This item was tabled and will be discussed at the next advisory commission meeting. AHYHA Update None Given – Tony Peterson absent YMCA Update Y staff is preparing for summer programs! ACC Update Staff is working with the Andover Park and Recreation Commission on establishing a pickleball net check- out system for pickleball nets that can be utilized outdoors at Andover City Parks. The park commission is in the process of identifying which parks will have striped courts. Erick also shared that several NAHL hockey teams will be utilizing the community center ice arena throughout the summer for their team tryouts. Mr. Kellogg reminded the commission that this is a great opportunity to stop by the community center and watch some good hockey. Commission Input Mr. Kellogg reminded the commission that they are strongly encouraged to attend all commission meetings and stay for the entire meeting. He knows everyone is busy with family and activities however, as a commitment to this commission he asks commission members to set-aside 2 hours per month for the Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Meetings. The next advisory commission meeting will be held on Monday, June 12th at 6:00 pm at the Andover City Hall. Meeting Adjourned at 7:20 pm Submitted by, Cindy Ramseier