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Item 3C3C -1 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TEXAS PARKS BOARD REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL December 2010 RECREATION PROGRAMS /EVENTS UPDATE: Home for the Holidays Home for the Holidays Tree Lighting event took place on November 20. The weather was great as over 7,000 watched Santa light the tree and the square to kick off the beginning of the holiday season. It takes over 200,000 LED lights to light up the Town Hall building and over 200 trees throughout Rustin and Frank Cornish Park. Those who attended the event also enjoyed activities such as photos with Santa, carriage rides, arts and crafts and holiday performances from the CISD choirs and other local performers. It was a great event and the Community Services Department would like to thank the other City Departments who assisted in making the event a success. Santa's Workshop — Santa's Workshop is a pre - school event for ages 3 -5 and will take place on December 4 at Durham Intermediate /Elementary Cafeteria. Event activities include holiday themed arts and crafts, special treats and lots of fun activities. This event is Sold Out. Breakfast with Santa —The event will take place on December 11 at Town Hall. The little ones will get the opportunity to eat breakfast and take photos with Santa. This event is Sold Out. Youth Basketball season will begin the first weekend in December. The ages are 6 -14 years old. Games will be played December through the end of February. Look for the Winter /Spring 2011 Southlake Scene. It will hit mailboxes in early December. FY 2010 Proaram and Event Numbers City Managed Athletics 3,307 City Managed Recreation Programs 5,026 Contract Programs 6,064 Special Events 40,200 Total Participants 54,597 The Community Services Department and Park and Recreation Board hope you and your families have enjoyed the holiday events at Town Square during November and invite the Council and our residents to come out and enjoy the fun, family events that will continue through December and the following months. 3C -2 Upcoming Programs and Events: • Programs • November 21- December 24: Santa's Village at Rustin Pavilion • November 21- December 19: Carriage Rides at Town Square • December 11: Holiday Event for Little Ones: "Breakfast with Santa" — Sold Out • February 5: Southlake Tailgate at Southlake Town Square — Cornish Park • February 12: Sweetheart Dance at Town Hall COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE: • On Saturday, October 30, the S.W.A.T. (Southlake Working As A Team) community initiative, hosted their 3 rd community work day, planting flowers at the Department of Public Safety West building and painting and landscaping at Bicentennial Park as just a couple of the six projects volunteers completed that day. Volunteers were asked to joint S.W.A.T. to trim trees and bushes, grind stumps, and weed and mulch flower beds. Thank you to the S.W.A.T. volunteers for the landscaping improvements! PARK PROJECTS UPDATE: • Bicentennial Park Phase 1 (most components are about 80% complete — tennis courts, ticket booths, and fencing is nearly complete, work progressing on bridge, baseball fields and streets) • North Park (design underway) — SPDC and City Council approved Dean Electric as Construction Manager at Risk for North Park at their November 2 meetings. As always, we appreciate the City Council for their support of Parks and Recreation. Respectfully submitted by the Southlake Parks and Recreation Board: Elaine Cox Julie Landesberg John Slocum Randy Williamson Sherry Berman Margaret Adams Gregg Formella Tina Wasserman Kevin Smith Any questions for staff, please contact Chris Tribble (x8021)