Community Center Advisory Commission

Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, July 9, 2018 In Attendance: Tony Peterson, Don Schmeichel, Tony Howard, Val Holthus, Erick Sutherland, Allison Boes and Frank Kellogg. Absent: Ted Butler Frank Kellogg called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm Agenda Approval Approved as written. Approval of Minutes Motion by Don Schmeichel seconded by Tony Peterson to approve May 14, 2018 meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously. Discussion Items Expansion Update – Erick Sutherland and Val Holthus provided an update to the commission regarding the June 26 Andover City Council Workshop meeting where 292 Design Group presented information to the city council. The council decided to move forward with design/development plans for review. Val mentioned that a city council member posted information about the city council workshop on facebook and that the post has raised a lot of questions from residents. Val suggested that a fact sheet be made available to residents at the city council booth during Fun Fest to help residents understand timeline as it pertains to the expansion discussion. Val will contact Jim Dickinson to see if a fact sheet could be made in time for Fun Fest this weekend. ACC staff will provide copies of the Andover Community Center and YMCA partnership brochure for the council booth to hand out as needed. Frank suggested that we put together a document with current facility users and numbers that go along with those groups to help show residents who’s using the facility. Staff will continue to update the current facility users document that was started a while back and update it with 2017 numbers and figure out the number of visits that go along with those users. Facility Rental Rates 2018-2019 – Erick distributed a revised Andover Community Center Fee Schedule. Correction was made to read $4 Youth and Adult Andover Resident and $6 Adult Non-Andover Resident Open Gym Fees. Erick also handed out a document named Andover Community Center Fee Increases which showed potential revenue increase if rates were increased for 2018-2019. A final document was then handed out of the Community Center Capital Plan 2019 – 2023. Frank Kellogg asked Tony Peterson what the financial impact to AHYHA would be if ice rental was to increase by $10/hr.Tony P. indicated about $8,000. Discussion amongst commission members were to consider skate sharpening increase from $4 to $5 and if a $10 increase in prime ice rental was implemented to also increase the non-prime ice rate $10 too. Val Holthus felt that we could lose customers if the building is not maintained. The advisory commission tabled voting on rates until the August meeting when the proposed budget for 2018-2019 will be available. Andover YMCA Community Center Advisory Commission Minutes July 9, 2018 AHYHA Update – Registration opens August 1st. The association is expecting 2 more teams than last year. They are looking at possibly adding a Jr Gold team. They expect 30 boys to try out for the high school team, with approximately only 12 making the team. Tony Peterson also shared that the Andover Boys High School Hockey team has been selected to play Minnetonka during Hockey Day Minnesota on January 19, 2019 on Lake Bemidji. To help offset the costs of participating in the event, the Andover Huskies Youth Hockey Association has partnered with the Andover High School Boys Hockey team in organizing a fundraising golf tournament to help offset the costs of participating in the event. The golf tournament will be held on August 26, 2018 at Majestic Oaks Golf Club. YMCA Update – Currently in the 6th week of Summer programs the Andover YMCA sees approximately 1,400 youth per day through their summer programs, Camp Guy Robinson and the Kids Stuff (childcare area). June member visits were 48,000, up 3,000 visits compared to last year. The YMCA has partnered with the City of Andover Parks and now offer fitness classes in a few of the parks throughout the city. In 2017, $329,000.00 was given through scholarships. And for a second year in a row, 250 FREE Summer memberships for teens entering grades 9-12 were available at the Andover YMCA and sold out in 4 hours. These free memberships were made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. ACC Update - Erick reviewed the status report with the commission. Cindy talked about the new summer family fun skate nights scheduled for June and July. The fun skate nights will be offered in place of the summer ice skating lessons. Erick will send an email out to the commission as to when the next 292 Design meeting will be held. Next commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 13, 2018 at 6 pm at Andover City Hall. Meeting Adjourned at 7:45 pm Submitted by, Cindy Ramseier