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6 <br /> Parks and Recreation (continued) <br /> present after-school program is a good one . Mr. <br /> Murray urged that the program be retained. <br /> Citizen, 553 Douglas, stated that the present <br /> after-school program is excellent and it would <br /> be ridiculous to eliminate it. <br /> Lou Byrne (see above) stated that the present <br /> after school program is Food, and suggested that <br /> some reduction in cost might be made by teaching <br /> the participants to do some of the layout work <br /> needed for their sports. <br /> William Harlow (see above) suggested Little League <br /> activities may be psychologically undesirable for <br /> some students, noting he is opposed to taxpayer <br /> support of Little League . <br /> Joe Murray (see above) advised that Little League <br /> has an instruction program for all and has other <br /> programs also which are not designed solely for <br /> members of the Little League teams. <br /> A citizen commented concerning the desirability of <br /> maintaining playing fields in good condition as a <br /> safety factor. <br /> The motion died for lack of a second. <br /> (The Council recessed from 9:15 to 9:25 a.m. ) <br /> Services to Youth Baseball <br /> City Manager Fales referred to the subject section <br /> of the report of the Director of Parks and Recrea- <br /> tion, observing that the services involved are for <br /> four Little League teams and an American Legion <br /> team altogether serving some 1,200 boys. Mr. Fales <br /> advised that if services are to be reduced, then <br /> increased participant fees would be necessary and <br /> field preparation and maintenance would become <br /> league responsibility. <br /> The consensus of Council was to make no change . <br /> Department Program Information Service <br /> City Manager Fales summarized the recreation pro- <br /> grams, observing that the recreation schedules <br /> generate about 9,000 registrations per year, with <br /> the cost of publication and mailing being 11. 8¢ <br /> per copy, or a total of $5,280. <br /> It was suggested that the City attempt to qualify <br /> for the non-profit organization postal rate which <br /> is lower than the present bulk rate for mailing. <br /> Mr. Fales advised that it is unusual for a munici- <br /> pality to qualify for the rate , but he will inves- <br /> tigate in order to lower costs of mailing, if <br /> possible . <br /> -6- <br /> Budget <br /> Study <br /> 6/7/75 <br />