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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-02-13 Park Board PacketCITY OF EDINA 7801 WEST 50TH STREET, EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424 612-927-8861 EDINA PARK BOARD 7:30 pm February 13, 1990 MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM A G E N D A 1. Approval of the January 16, 1990 Minutes 2. Overview and Update of Centennial Lakes Project - Arijs Pakalns, BRW 3. Adaptive Recreation - Beth Timm 4. Other TO: Edina Garden Council 1990 Executive Board BRW - The landscape architectural firm doing the Centennial Lakes Park Building area and gardens. This might be of interest to you to see an overview of the gardens that will be installed in Centennial Park. January 1990 -Accomplishments Adaptive Recreation Supervisor -Beth Timm 1. Vacation January 2 -10th. 2. Winter Sessions started for all programs. 3. I taught the Swimnastics class for two weeks because instructor was ill, I also trained in a substitute instructor for the class in the case our regular instructor is ill or on vacation. 4. End of the Year Reports were completed for 1989. 5. Goals were completed for 1990 and deadlines set to help keep me on track! 6. We have started planning for the 1990 Disability Awareness Week activities in our communities April 22 - 28th. 7. I attended a session on "Creating a Welcoming Environment" in our communities. The Speaker was the Director of the International Institute on Disabilities. 8. We held a summer Job Fair on January 13th. Betty and I have received 9 applications for summer jobs, well worth the time. 9. The South Suburban Adaptive Recreation Programs were highlighted on Paragon Cable, a show that does 2 minute spots on community/city programs and events. 10. I facilitated D.A.S.H.E.R.,Good Company and R.A.P.D. this month. 11. We held a one night Weight Training Orientation at the E.P. Community Center. It went very well and we were able to have the regular Community Center Fitness Instructor teach the class. 12. Summer programs are decided, now we just have to complete the brochure copy. I YEAR END REPORT 1989 AL ZIVE RECREATION DIVISION Adaptive Recreation Supervisor: Beth Timm Memo to: Edina Parks and Recreation Board From: Beth G. Timm, Adaptive Recreation Supervisor Date: February 13, 1990 The City of Edina has for the last 18 months had adaptive recreation programming as part of the services provided by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources. Edina is part of a four city cooperative including the cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie and Richfield. Through this four city cooperative adaptive recreation programming is provided in the form of: 1) Integrative opportunities; mainstreaming persons with disabilities into the current recreation programs provided by these communities. 2) Segregated programming: those programs designed specifically for individuals with disabilities i.e., adapted swim lessons. I.HIGHLIGHT NEW PROGRAMS/SPECIAL EVENTS IN 1989 Youth and Adult E -Z Sports; focus is on introduction of and skill building in a variety of sport areas. z.) Adult Stretch N' Flex exercise class 3.) Weight Training Orientation 4.) Adaptive Swim Lessons at Edinborough & the outdoor pool. 5.) Summer Dance with Live Band 6.) Very Special Arts International Festival 7.) "Explorers" a youth social/recreation club. 8.) Art Center Class "Explore the Art in You 9.) Adult softball Leagues A,B & an integrated D league 10.) Integration into the existing park and recreation programs,in Edina persons with disabilties integrated into the following programs in 1989: a) Youth Soccer b) Gymnastic lessons c) Art Classes at the Center & the Art Camps d) T -Ball e) Jugball f) Girls softball g) Ice skating lessons h) swim lessons i) Day Camps in Bloomington j) playgrounds 4 . II. PROGRAM GROWTH: 1988 TO 1989 EDINA'S GROWTH- Segregated Programs 1988 Total = 89 1989 Total = 203 B. INTEGRATION winter 88' 14 winter 89' 56 EDINA'S GROWTH IN INTEGRATION 1988 No# Integrated = 23 1989 No# Integrated = 29 summer 88' fall 88' 26 49 summer 89' fall 89' 58 89 EDINA: TOTAL SERVED THROUGH SEGREGATED & INTEGRATED IN 1989 = 232 Total served through SSAR in 1989 = 1696 III. BENEFITS OF THE 4 CITY COOPERATIVE A major benefit which we have come to value from this joint effort is the hiring, sharing, and maintenance of part time staff. Especially evident in the summer programs, we can offer three or four positions the opportunity to work 35-40 hours a week. Assigned to adaptive programs located within the four city boundries, we are able to provide top notch staff that come with positive attitudes towards our participants and towards the enhancement of the entire recreation program and people we serve. Supervisory staff have also developed a marketing effort to recruit student interns for our program. It has been successful in providing us with three interns this last year. Coordination allows the non -duplication of program offerings resulting in the expansion of targeted programs in order to meet the needs of such a diversified population. Integration has been a major impact on us during our development. Integration guidelines have been developed in 1989 and we as staff have gained the experience required to provide a safe and successful integrative support process for ALL participants. Our 4 City Advisory committees have been invaluable during this process. It is truly the "word of mouth" which provides the credibility and recruitment of new residents into our programs. School staff as well as consumers, parents, and other related professionals provide the inroads for us to be able to identify children and to work with each successfully. The ARLE advisory committee was responsible for two reports this year. They are the integration guidelines and the transportation project. ransportation project is the responsibility of a subcommittee of ARLE. P_ _nts came to the ARLE Advisory Committee expressing the lack of transportation which prohibits individuals living independently from attending programs. As a result of much research a fund raising committee has been established to raise funds for a one year pilot transportation program. Completely independent from the City or School systems, this fund raising committee will be working during 1990. The integration guidelines were drafted by the ARLE members and staff. These guidelines document the process required to successfully integrate an individual. Each city and school district will be able to utilize these guidelines in their programs. IV. ADDITIONAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Communication and Marketing of the South Suburban Adaptive Recreation Programs and services available. 2. Addressing Accessibility Areas of programming and facilities 3. Development of the Four city cooperative 4. Staff Training; Interns, seasonal staff and supervisory as it pertains to adaptive and integrative programming. :ofessional Affiliations: I am on the Minnesota Parks and Recreation Board and the Therapeutic Recreation Steering committee. I also serve on the Muriel Humphrey Homes Board, they have three group home residences in Eden Prairie. V. DIRECTION/GOALS FOR 1990 A challenge which we will now be able to address is the documentation of program attendance. Computer software has been designed in 1989 to track registrations, place of residence, and will provide a non -duplicated number. We will be looking at staff training to enhance and continue integrative generic staff development. We will also be looking at balancing the offering of segregated programs, offering only new segregated programs which act as a stepping stone into more integrative opportunities. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED INTEGRATION IS HAPPENING! In our communities we are currently serving individuals with disabilities; all ages, all ability levels. WE CAN'T OPERATE IN A VACUUM Other agencies and programs (i.e. YMCA, churches, athletic associations.) in our communities need to be open to providing integrative opportunities. THE NEED FOR SUPPORT VARIES Support needed (i.e. an aide, adaptive equipment) depends on the individuals skill/ability level in a specific program and not necessarily on -the extent of their disability. ATTITUDE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE The key to success is support from all levels: Administration -> Supervisors -> Program Staff -> Participants PROVIDE ONLY AS MUCH SUPPORT AS NEEDED. We want people to grow and learn in a safe environment that provides as much independence as possible. BE AS UNOBTRUSIVE AS POSSIBLE It is the integration facilitators goal to promote participant interaction with their peers and the instructor/leader rather than themselves. NATURAL PROPORTIONS In our community as a whole, ten percent of the population has a disability. Therefore, our guidelines, when determining natural proportions, is one individual with a disability for every ten participants per program/class. LEM COOPERATION INCREASES OPTIONS l The variety and numbers of program options, for individuals who are disabled, increase because we have the ability to utilize program offerings in any of the four cities. PLANNING VS. DUMPING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE Pre -planning is important! Pre -planning prepares the instructor/Leader, and participants, allowing for a more successful experience for everyone. PEOPLE WANT CHOICES Individuals/participants want to decide for themselves what programs they participate in. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DO FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY Our integrative experiences, overall, have proven to be successful. t EVERYONE BENEFITS! We all have something to learn from each other and we all have abilities to share with one another. - � TO: Edina Park Board FROM: Larry Werner and John Primus SUBJECT: Rules governing use of socce' fields We are residents of Edina and lonq-time volunteers in the communitv's youtn soccer programs. John has served on the board of the Edina Soccer Association and as treasurer of ESA. Larry has coached two years in house league and three years of travVing team soccer. For the oast three years, we have worked together coachinq Edina boys morn in 1975, and '77. In addition, we have organized soccer teams in the fall and winter for Edina boys and girls who want more than one season of soccer. we worned with Todd Anderson, who operates the Edina Golf Dome, to orqanzze a voutn soccer program chat has generated thousands of dollars in revenue for the dome ano has orovzded younq soccer players with an 0000rtunitv to olav indoor soccer. Our or000sal todav is that the rules governing the use of soccer fields be changed to allow Edina fields to be used by teams that contain some non -Edina olayers. We are proposznq this because of the emergence of what's called "club soccer" as the dominant format in comoetitive youth soccer. Club teams are teams that recruit olayers without regard to municioa} boundaries. What we have realized in the past few years is that Edina, with a declining youth oopulation in the '75-'77 age groups, cannot be comoetitive with clu0s that recruit from throughout the metro area and bevond. West Side Soccer Club, based in south Minneapolis, is a yood example of what we're facing as we try to out together competitive teams from within our boundries. West Side used to be a dormat in the Northwest District that contains Edina. West Side then beqan to recruit and last year won the district easily and orobaolv would have won the stats chamoionshio but skipped the state tournament to spend several weeks in the Soviet Union. For this summer. West Side will not only have players from throughout the Twin Cities but. we're told, three players from Swelden and one from the Soviet Union. Other communities have responded to the growth of club soccer by ooeninq their borders. New Hope/Plvmoutn, another perennially weax team in our oistrict. strengthened itself dramatically last year bv merging with Northwest Soccer Club, which recruits players f,om ion on/v the northwest suburbs but from all over the Twin Cities. Also in our district, is the Kickers cluo, which is nased in Brooklvn Park but recruits from all over. And we are faced with finding a competitive soccer team in a communitv whose 000ulation is aping faster than virtually any other suburb. What we propose is a relaxation of the rule that says Edina fielas can be used only bv teams maoe up of Edina Wavers. rhat would allow an excellent soccer club. known as Banqu" to field a team in the Northwest District that is made up /arqe|v -- but not exclusively -- of Edina players. Banqu was startes several vears aqo bv Douq Nissan, who was born and raised in Edina, playeO soccer for Edina High School. and has been the junior varsity coach at the high schoo). Douq started Banqu to provide a nigher level of competition for the serious soccer olayer. Because o+ the restrictions on use of Edina fields, Doug's Banqu teams have p}a;ed in the South Districn and have distinguished themselves in the Unoer 14 -Under 19 classifications. Last vear, Douq's Under -14 finishes second in the state at Under -14. bea2in9 Edina easilv, even though we fielded a jigger, stronger, faster team. The difference was a commitment to soccer by the Banqu players and a commitment to those players oy Douq and his coaches, who are college soccer players -- also Edina residents. Our sons, who are serious soccer players, have decided they want to play for Bangu, and some of the other top Under -14 players from Edina have made the same decision. Rather than lose all these top olavers from the Edina program. hurtig9 Edina soccer. we propose that one Banqu team be headouarteped in Edina and be given use of Edina fields in return for orovidinq the oPoortunity for our top soccer olavers to be comoetitive with the other club teams. Our Bangu team wou,d be competitive because Doug's teaching metnocs -- using vounq soccer plavers rather than Dads who never olaveO -- nas been extremely effective at turning good Wavers into a qreat team. Last vear's Under -14 Banqu ream, for example, finishes second in the state despite a|most half the team beinp first-year Under -14s. If Banqu could use Edina fields -- at a reasonble rent. if necessary -- Doug would assure that half or more of the players would be Edina kids. The alternative to this plan is for the two Banqu teams to be based in the south, having games and practices at Fort Snellinq, were Banqu has rented fields. This would be zmconve7ient for the serious Edina soccer plavers who would �z\e competitive soccer in their own community. But it would be a minor problem compared to the problems our soccer program will encounter if we cannot field competitive teams. We've had a taste of lopsided defeats at the hands of more skilled club teams~ and, believe me^ nothing discourages an athlete faster than playing out of his 7eague. Club soccer is here. It's the standard form of soccer orqanization throughout the country and has established itself in Minnesota. We can't stop that but we can aoaot to that realitv. K effect, we're recommending if we can't lick club soccer, we join it, giving a home to a terrific A EDINA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 6754 VALLEY VIEW ROAD EDINA, MINNESOTA 55435 612-944-2110 January 31, 1990 Scott Johnson 7115 Tupa Drive Edina, MN 55435 Dear Scott, After much discussion with the School District, Park Board and resurfacing company personnel, I come to you with a proposal concerning the future of the Edina School District tennis courts. As you may or may not know the present state of the Edina School District tennis courts is deplorable. We have been patching and re -painting them periodically, but the age of these courts now requires a more extensive type of resurfacing. The cost of repairing our present tennis courts at the Edina Community Center and at Edina High School will be approximately $5,500.00 per court. The Edina School District uses and maintains seven courts at the Edina High School and seven courts at the Edina Community Center. As a result of the recent District Capital Outlay discussion, the School District has allocated $50,000 dollars for tennis court resurfacing. This amount will resurface approximately nine of the fourteen courts. We would need an additional $27,500 to resurface the remaining five courts. I would like to request that you represent the Edina School District in a presentation to the Edina City Council for financial assistance. The Edina Park and Recreation Department runs summer tennis programs, lessons, and tournaments for the community on Edina School District tennis courts. The Edina community uses these same courts throughout the year. Up until now, the Edina School District has maintained these courts totally including the nets and wind screens. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER It would seem reasonable to me that the City of Edina should assume some financial ownership in these tennis facilities. The dollar figure that would seem appropriate for the city to dedicate would be half the projected amount necessary to resurface the Edina Community Center Courts. Seven courts equals $38,500. Half of this amount is $19,250. Let me know what you think of this proposal. Sincere , Bud Bjerken Athletic Director