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ASPEN RECREATION CENTER
ARC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
July 06, 2010
2:30-4:30 PM
In Attendance:
Board Members: Scott Writer, Debbie Ware, Barb Owen, Sue Smedstad, Carol
Sams and Gordon Gerson.
Staff Member(s): Tim Anderson, Jon Larson, and JoJo Smith
Guests: Peggy Behr, Bob Langely, Toni ICronberg showed up half way through the
meeting.
I. Call to Order -Scott Writer called the meeting to order.
Committee member comments and announcements: Gordon wanted to mention
the benefit to the city of having a year round swim team.
Public Comments: Peggy and Bob were here for the ice scheduling portion of
the meeting. Toni stated the Aspen Aerial Connection alternative for the entrance
to Aspen will be added to the November ballot. Also, the Crown Mountain
recreation area in the mid-valley session is in the planning stages of what is
needed and could be supported in a recreation center there.
Staff Comments: No comments.
Approval of Past Minutes: Sue Smedstad mentioned her name was misspelled.
The minutes From 06-01-10 were approved with the notation of Sue's name
correction.
II. Discussion Items:
ARC Expansion Update: There will be a question and answer meeting
about the fitness expansion on August 3`d from 4-6 PM in Room 209 after the
regularly scheduled shortened Advisory Committee meeting. Snacks will be
provided. The meeting is a good way to find out what questions, concerns
people may have and what impact it may have on them. This will be an
information seeking and sharing session. Hopefully any concerns will be
brought up at this meeting. Such things as the construction traffic and noise
need to be addressed. Also, the subsidy needs to be looked at as one for the
whole recreation department, not just the ARC. There are shared employees as
well as programming throughout the entire department.
There has been a survey setup in the lobby for patrons to fill out. Tim can
provide the results of the survey at the meeting. Tim will also be meeting with
private club owners. He will also continue to get more mountain community
recovery percentages such as Snowmass Village and Avon for comparison.
2. Cost Analysis: Jeff Alden was not available. Tim stated the numbers are
being finalized. There will be time setup to meet with user groups about how
the cost analysis was formulated and also any pricing update will be
discussed.
3. Monthly Financial Report Revenues are down. There are still savings in
two unfilled positions. Some of the staff labor will also be shifted to AMP
Projects. All supervisors have been asked to take a look at their expenses and
identify where there may be additional savings for this year.
4. Expiring Terms: Barb Owen and Debbie Ware are both SPARC
representatives. Email any possible candidates names to Scott Writer.
III. Updates and Progress Reports:
1. Ice Scheduling: Peggy Behr and Bob Langely were present representing the
Revolutions Skating Club. Jon had several meetings with the user groups
about the contested ice times. The Wednesday Learn to Skate programming
and public ice sessions will be adjusted to make things work. Also, Carol has
been able to adjust the high school hockey games to a later time therefore
opening up Friday afternoon after the public skate session.
2. AACP.• Tim provided a schedule of the Planning and Zoning meetings
through August 24`h. He will be attending the meetings.
The committee discussed the AACP Follow-up on Aspirations and Action
Items document drafted back in November of 2009. The group went through
each item to make sure it listed everything they previously discussed. Sue
stated the document needs to be clear and precise with no room for
misrepresentation. There are several changes made in the document. Tim will
provide the corrected document at the Planning and Zoning meeting.
IV. Action Items:
V. Other Business:
Meeting Adjourned at 4:05 PM
Next regular meeting date and time: August 03, 2010