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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting: February 23, 2015
AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO.
7 c.
ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: ��
RECOMMENDED ACTION: None, discussion only.
Park Improvement Fund Balance as of January 31, 2015: $258,742.67
Inflows to the Park Improvement Fund last month wexe as follows:
Dedication fees—$6,253.58
Gxants/Other- $0
Interest- $0
Donations - $0
Expenditures - $0
Boot Hockey-Jaycee Park served as the host faciliry for the SBI Adult Boot Hockey Tournament on
February 7, 2015. This is the third year that Rosemount has hosted this event for SBI. It was formerly
held at Central Park.
Resilient Communities Project—Staff will have a Nature Based Play video to show at the meeting.
Star Wars Event-T`he Second Annual Star Wars Extravaganza was held at the Community Center on
Satuxday,January 17, 2015. Once again, this event was a huge success. The extravaganza was previously
held at the Steeple CenteY,but due to the construction at that site the event was moved to the Rosemount
Community Center this year. AppYoximately 1,100 people parricipated in the acrivities which took place in
the Auditoxium, Gymnasium and Meeting Rooms at the Community Center. These activities included
meeting Star War characters,building a ciroid, drawings by caricature artists, saber battles and building with
Lego blocks. This event was a joint effort of the Rosemount Area Axts Council, Friends of the Libxary,
and the City of Rosemount. No admission fee was charged but those who attended were encouraged to
bring donations for the food shel£ The generosity of those attending resulted in enough donations to fill
11 very well packed boxes for the local food shelf, along with some monetary donations.
Daddy/Daughter Dance at the Rosemount Community Center-The Rosemount
Parks and Recreation Department, along with the S.O.R.R. (South of the Rivex
Recreators) group which consists of the Parks and Recreation Departments of Eagan,
Farmington,Lakeville,Apple Valley and Savage,hosted the annual daddy/daughter
dance this past weekend. Two dances were held, and 252 litde girls along with their
;. dads, uncles or grandfathexs (464 parricipants total) traveled across the globe to Paris
and experienced a magical evening! Participants enjoyed dancing, music, snacks, a
professional photo, fun activities, crafts and much moxe. Rosemount Parks and
# Recreation hosted the first event on Friday night, and Eagan Paxks and Recrearion
hosted the second dance on Sunday afternoon. This is a great example of ouY successful
collaboration with neighboring cities!
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Curtain for the Steeple Center—The Rosemount Area Arts Council (RAAC) recently applied fox and
xeceived a gxant to purchase and install a curtain on the stage at the Steeple Center. The curtain will be a
draw-string model and will be used duYing theatrical performances and also as a back drop for groups
using the front of the stage area.