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e m o City ®f Meridian
City Clerk office
To: Mayor /City Council /Planning & Zoning
Cc: Jaycee Holman
From: Parks & Recreation Commission
Parks & Recreation Director Steve Siddoway
Date: April 7, 2008
Re: Boys & Girls Club building recommendation
The Parks & Recreation Commission passed the following
Recommendation at the March 12, 2008 meeting:
City facility at 2nd and Idaho. The Meridlian Parks & Recreation
Commission recommends that when the Boys & Girls Club has vacated
the City building it currently occupies at 2nd and Idaho, such facility
should be made immediately available to the Meridian Parks &
Recreation Department for scheduling recreational and classroom
activities. Among other benefits, assigning this new purpose to the
building would: (1) centralize and fortify existing programming offered
by the Parks & Recreation Department; (2) fill a need that is currently
being met by borrowing scattered facilities from other organizations
and entities, and (3) allow the Parks & Recreation Department to
diversify and increase recreation opportunities for the Meridian
community. The buildinng's location adjacent to Centennial Park
enhances its suitability for such purpose..