CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Week ending December 30, 2011

Parks and Recreation Teamwork awards presented at annual holiday luncheon

The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department held its annual Holiday Luncheon and Teamwork Recognition on Friday, December 16.  During the luncheon, the Tom Wilkerson Teamwork Awards were presented to various individuals and groups inside and outside the department (see attached report and program for more information):

• Lynn Applegate, facility maintenance supervisor; Steve Jacob, park and facility maintenance II; Bill Rogers, park and facility maintenance II and John Shrum, park and facility maintenance II, for their assistance of moving staff  from South Park Recreation Center to the Community Building.  Rogers also received an individual award for rearranging the fitness equipment storage room.
• Jessie Kwatamdia, Douglas County Senior Services, for coordinating senior programming with parks and recreation staff.
• The City of Lawrence Public Works Department for resurfacing the parking lot at Broken Arrow Park and developing a turn lane exiting the park to assist with traffic flow.
• Micah Seybold, GIS coordinator, for his work on developing the GIS maps for the cemeteries’ plots that are searchable on the City’s website.
• Johnson and Nancy Shockley, for volunteering for Special Populations programming.
• Black & Veatch, Westar Energy, Kissick Construction, Electrical Corporation of America, Hammel  Scale of Kansas City, Inc., Wolf Construction, Midwest Concrete Materials and Atlas surveyors for donating the playground along Burroughs Creek Trail at 15th  St. and their assistance with the construction of the playground.
• Walt Ward, city surveyor, for assisting horticulture staff when forestry duties were combined with the division, helping them understand issues pertaining to property rules like easements and right-of-way areas.

Parks and Recreation holiday activities

Santa Claus made numerous visits to Parks and Recreation activities in December, including the Breakfast with Santa event and the Special Populations Coffehouse program. Parks and Recreation staff members Bill Rogers and Rod Hoffer both filled in for Santa. Please see the attached report for more information and photos.