Community Center Advisory Commission

Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, June 12, 2017 Andover City Hall In Attendance: Tony Howard, Frank Kellogg, Don Schmeichel, Erick Sutherland and Tony Peterson Guest: Mayor Julie Trude Absent: Allison Boes, Val Holtus and Ted Butler Frank Kellogg called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm Agenda Approval Agenda approved as written. Approval of Minutes Tabled due to lack of quorum City Council Workshop Presentation Recap Mayor Trude commended the commission and staff on the recent city council workshop presentation. Mayor Trude enjoyed hearing from the various individuals who utilize the facility. The Mayor reminded the commission that Andover is a destination city and that growth is imminent. Prioritization Guidelines Tony Peterson, AHYHA, would like to see additional verbiage added to the prioritization guidelines that indicates a set number of guaranteed ice hours at the Andover Community Center Ice Arena for AHYHA. Discussion occurred amongst the commission. Erick will work with Tony Peterson in making revisions. Mayor Trude recommended some of the wording be changed on the current prioritization guidelines as well. Suggested changes are change Andover Youth Hockey to Andover Huskies Youth Hockey Association and High School Sports be changed to District #11 High School Sports. AHYHA Update AHYHA is donating $18,000 towards a new scoreboard for the Andover Community Center Ice Arena. It will be located where the existing board is hanging and the existing board will be moved to the South Wall. AHYHA has received their first draft of hours from the Super Rink. Tryouts are scheduled to begin September 25th. A new summer development skills program has started which includes 80 minute sessions of which players can pick and choose the sessions to attend. AHYHA is subsidizing this program. The commission thought it would be a good idea to try and bring local athletes together to promote our community to showcase local athletic achievements by both youth and adults. How can we Celebrate Our Community? Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Minutes June 12, 2017 YMCA Update No update provided ACC Update Staff reviewed the monthly report. Commission Input Mr. Kellogg again reminded the commission that they are strongly encouraged to attend all commission meetings. Don Schmeichel suggested that if we continue to have too many conflicts among commission members and not able to make quorum, that we should look at sending out a list of potential meeting dates to commission members and select a date where most members have availability. Cindy distributed a schedule of future commission meeting dates and locations through May 2018. The next advisory commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 10 at 6:00 pm at Andover City Hall. The agenda will include proposed budget and facility rental rates, original white board potential and current customers and prioritization summary. Frank will contact City Administrator, Jim Dickinson, to see if he can attend this meeting. Meeting Adjourned at 8:20 pm Submitted by, Cindy Ramseier