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ASPEN RECREATION CENTER
ARC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
November 2, 2010
2:30 -4:30 PM
In Attendance:
Board Members: Scott Writer, Gordon Gerson, Karen Pillsbury and Art Daily.
Staff Member(s): Tim Anderson, Jeffrey Alden, Jon Larson and JoJo Smith
Guests: Griff Smith
Call to Order — Scott Writer called the meeting to order.
Committee member comments and announcements: Scott welcomed the new
members to the Advisory Committee. He will send packets of information about
the committee to the new members to give them an idea of past meetings and
some of the topics discussed.
Public Comments: As part of the Sister Cities program, Griff Smith wanted to
have flags from all of the Sister Cities hanging in the Lewis Ice Arena. He passed
out information on sizes and cost for these flags. Scott mentioned that SPARC is
working on this as part of the history walls currently being worked on. Gordon
wondered if this could be done now rather than waiting for the entire SPARC
project to be done. Scott stated he would provide the information Griff brought to
the SPARC board and would get back to Griff after that.
Staff Comments: Tim stated the installation of the new water features would
begin on Monday, November 15. There will be a little children's slide, a water
canon, a dump bucket and a trout over one of the geysers'.
The pool pumps have not been functioning properly since the energy efficient
measures were added. The chlorine levels have been off.
The Winter Wonderland will be returning soon with the ponds being enlarged
from last year. Work was done on the field this past fall to help with getting a
level surface area.
Approval of Past Minutes: The minutes from 10 -05 -10 were approved.
IL Discussion Items:
1. 2010 Fees: A fee comparison was done with other mountain towns. Most of
the fees were comparable. The hourly ice cost here is underpriced compared
to the other rinks. Tim and staff met with the user groups to go over fee
changes and also discuss additional revenue generating ideas. One of the
changes is the hourly cost of ice will increase by $10.
The dry floor rental customers are looking for more amenities such as internet
access and a power source enhancement for concert capabilities. Tim and staff
are looking into these ideas as well as others to attract more floor rental
venues.
2. Monthly Financial Report: September and October have been strong. Tim
stated the department will continue looking at a reduction in expenditures as
well as revenue generation ideas.
III. Updates and Progress Reports:
1. AACP: City Council will be meeting about the AACP in a work session on
Tuesday, November 9 at 4 PM. Scott and Karen both stated they would
attend the meeting. Scott would like to see as many options for recreation as
possible. The committee would also like to see a time frame on the business
plan being updated.
Tim stated that council would like to re -visit the fitness expansion again in
May. Jeff and Tim will bring all of the information for the fitness expansion to
the December meeting.
IV. Action Items:
V. Other Business:
Meeting Adjourned at 3:50 PM
Next regular meeting date and time: December 07, 2010
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