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VIII.Comments by Maintenance Superintendent 1. Mr. Mike Dyszkiewicz informed the Board that the grant will fund eleven employees that are badly needed due to the budget cuts this year. 2. The Street Department is working with us to pave several lots. These include the Charles Black Center, Erskine clubhouse lot, and the service roads at the Zoo. 3. Recycling bins are being placed in various locations and Centers. These will be for public as well as employee use. 4. Park clean up has started. There has been lots of graffiti found on structures and it is being removed. IX.Comments by the Zoo Director 1. Mr. Derosa reported that last Saturday was the final Winter Day at the Zoo. 185 patrons toured the zoo. 2. Wal-Mart has donated $1,000 to the Zoo Society. This also included volunteer work. 3. The Zoo has joined a program through the AZA to receive discounts from Pfizer Drug Company for veterinary drugs. 4. The Zoo will open April 3. They are training employees and the train has been inspected and is read to go. 5. The Zoo is partnering with Prevent Child Abuse of St. Joseph County. A flower bed will have pin wheels in it through April. April 23 will be their event day. 6. The Road Crew has retiled the floor of the gift shop. X.Comments by the Recreation Director 1. Ms. O’Connor thanked Mr. Moyers for doing the work for the grant application. Recreation will receive 14 employees from the grant for the centers and playgrounds. 2. River City Basketball League ends this week and tournament play starts this weekend. 3. An AAU Super Regional tournament for 10, 11, and 12 year old girls will be hosted by the Park Department this weekend. 4. The Indiana Parks and Recreation Association will hold its Northern District meeting will be held here on Wednesday. Ms. Pembrooke will be the main speaker. 5. The Daddy-Daughter Dance was held last month and had 968 participants. 6. The Mom-Son Dance will be held March 23 at the Palais Royale. 7. The Camp Fair was held at Century Center this year. Sixty-five vendors and over a thousand attendees were there. She thanked Century Center for donating the space for the fair. 8. Camp Awareness registration was held last week and five of the nine weeks were filled. 9. Kid’s World registration has registered 38 of 78 spaces. She felt parents are waiting later to register. 10. A group of volunteers from the University of Wisconsin will be stopping on their way to Washington, DC to work at Rum Village on March 27. - - 4 - -