Fiscal Year 2004 Proposed Budget

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES
SUPPLEMENTAL FEES PROGRAM

PROGRAM MISSION: To provide high quality, fee supported recreation and leisure opportunities.

The Supplemental Fees Program is fully fee supported. It functions like an enterprise fund and supports entrepreneurial types of programs for residents as long as they fully recover costs. The Supplemental Fees Programs consists of components in the following functional areas:

• The Recreation component consists of recreational classes and workshops and personal training sessions. The goal of the Recreation component is to provide an opportunity for participants to explore both the creative and physical aspects of recreation. The program is designed to challenge and engage the participants at various levels in a variety of activities. Classes for youth and adults are offered on a quarterly basis in a wide variety of subject areas including fitness and wellness, dance, creative movement, music, and arts and crafts.

• The Sports component provides progressive skill training to youth and adults in swimming, diving, gymnastics and specialty sports camps and judo. The instructional swimming program includes learn-to-swim sessions, stroke development and refinement, diving, water aerobics and water exercise for individuals with arthritis. Gymnastics classes include progressive instructional opportunities in the traditional disciplines for preschool through adults as well as holiday and weeklong camps, birthday parties, clinics, and special weekend events. The competitive components of the Gymnastics program include the Arlington Aerials, the Dynamites, the Trainers and pre-developmental boys and girls' teams. Approximately 23 one-week specialty sports camps are offered in the summer months and during winter and spring school vacations. These contracted camps provide specific skill development in one or more sports offerings.

• The Cultural Affairs component provides an open studio program in pottery, print-making, tile works and approximately 25 "Master Classes" in varied visual arts media designed for the advanced artist. It also operates the Ellipse Craft Shop, an artist cooperative retail craft sales program. A number of special events, including films, lectures, open houses, and exhibitions are also offered at the Lee Arts Center.

• The Parks and Natural Resources component provides programs from the Conservation and Interpretation Section, including Gulf Branch and Long Branch nature centers, Fort C.F. Smith Park and Historic Site and the Park Ranger Unit. The goal of this component is to educate participants about the natural and historical resources of Arlington. Educational programs are offered on a quarterly basis for youth, adult, and family audiences in a variety of subject areas. Also included is the rental facility for Fort C.F. Smith for receptions and meetings.

• A central registration function supports these areas. Fees charged for classes and camps incorporate recovery of its costs, which include staff, computer resources, and mailing and publication costs.

SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• Increase in personnel expenditures is due to normal step increases and chargeback for user fee for Langston-Brown Recreation Center ($7,425).

• Increase in non-personnel expenditures is mainly due to increase in bulk mailing of brochures ($7,000) and funding for Fort C.F. Smith ($30,000).

• Increase in revenue is primarily due to Fort C.F. Smith new facility rental fee, chargeback for monitor for Langston-Brown Recreation Center, and general increases in program fees. Revenue for the rental of picnic pavilions ($25,000) is transferred to the Park Management Program.

Objective: To accurately, effectively and efficiently register participants for Recreation and Leisure class and summer camp offerings.

• All program specific measures are included within Recreation, Sports, Cultural Affairs, and Parks and Natural Resources.