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Mrs. 11111 Check ~ Chairman J, Itilani ti
14r, Clyda 11. Wright Vice-Chairman Ov, F'vrws !4, Cnthern ~
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Jim Burns 1111chael t..indlpy
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Toe City Managarp Honorable Mayor. and City COU"Ci'l
F'romt The Perks and Recreation Department
Subjeots 1972-73 Annual Report
the Perks and Recreation Department would like to
present to you the 1972.73 annual report. As you
now the Department changed bapartmnt (leads during
the fiscal year, and it was my desire to make sure
that the department stayed within the budget that
had been aoved,< 1,10 accon lished eur ybal by
using on1Yppr% of our total budget for the whole
depart, t. T ltsa bdsetamount was spent in parks,
using a
This report is a brief sumnary of the year 1972-731
and by no mans does it ggo into ally long explanatlon. 1
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1972-73 Annual Report: $
Parks D..ipartmant
As done in the past, the Parks Department has developed this
annual report so those c,oncetned might more easily understand the
work done by the Parks Department in the fiscal year 1972-1973.
This report is taken from the anr+ual worksheet and will be in the
same outlined order as the annual worksheet. The areas to be coy-
orrld are the following; Construction, Building Maintenance, Fay
cilities Maintenance, Qround9 Maintenance, Mlscc'Ilanoous, and Leave,
The work done in these areas will bn brokoo doiai into hours worked
and/or the number of acres maintained,
In the area of Construction, the Parks Np+artment his devoted
1774 hours during the fiscal year 197243, 2Y% of these hours were
spent installing pleygrouid equipment in the various parks, Approx-
Irately 18% of theca hours were used building the new office at the
Sorvice Center. 'rho building of the fence around the tree nursery
i in Woodrow Park used approximately 12% of these hours. Both flower
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bed construction and sprinkler system construction used apprMmatoly
12% of the total hours, grid the remainder of the hours ware used in
f other areas of construction. Construction accounted for approximate-
ly 4% of the total number of hours worked in the fiscal period,
Building iibintertaaca, like Construetion, used about 4% to 5%
rtf the total hours for the year. Approxinatoly 2.6% of the year's
building maintaparow wRs used taArinit out I loothers at FY*d Maarv
40 for tho lure than was acquired. This ludd,ar rya! aced 113 ninny
of the building projonts tha larku Dopartownt had during the year.
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Care of inside plants accounted for about 209 of the Building Main-
tenance for the year, and cleaning the shop and office used approxi-
mately Mo as did covering greenhouses w1th poly, The cleaning of
park restrooms also accounted for approximately 16% of the total
Building Maintenance hours, and pointing the restrooms used another
2%, The remainder of the Building Maintanarnco hours were used in
the follmno; cleaning greenhouse, repairing press Maxes> moving
equipment, painting shop eablnats, and painting miscellaneous things
in the shop.
The area of Facilities Maintonanee used somewhat less hours than
did Building MainUrtance. In this area about 33% of the hours were
used repairing the playing surface of the Platte Shultz park's tennis
courts. Painting playground equipment accounted for another M. d
Painting trash cans used another 15%, rind the remainder of the hours
v*m used in the following areas roving bleachers, painting bleach- ~
ers, repairing and painting tables and benchan, paintings tennis
courts, setting up signs, cleaning and cuttlnii telephone poles,
Facilities Maintenanco accounted for about, 4'i of the totnl hours -for i
the year. ,
Ths largest area. in terms of t?ovru spent and acres wiotafied,
wam arouods ftinmiance, which aowmtt+d for about 60% of the year's
total hours, Ofti as of thtao this am will bA bmken dorm with
its various parts, 'Me largest part of Grounds Maintenam is awowirrg
sod edging, Mowing in thh parks wus dnr,e with a E--real gag w*r,
04" rototry mowers, posh mer,rhr and riding mwers, The park moving
used about 10% of the wring uxd edging hoursl shoe's '3000 !!k;m were
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mowed. Mowing traffic islands using hush mowers and riding rA wn
used about 5% of the stowing and edging Flours; about 260 acres oar*
mod. The mWny of csratttrrles uta4 about 609 of the nrmwing and
edging hours, The cmaterlos ware mowed with pesh and riding onwers,
and about 7W acres were mowed. In the tonateriers, edging ar ad
plots and headstones was Ciom-c:4asrfming. Howino roadsides used about
10% of the mewing and edging hours. Roadsides %irb =red with 84"
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rotary mowers, over 1000 acres wogs mowed, F'owinq at FNckory
Creek with N" rotary wo.gors used about 2% of the ovminq and edging
hours; over $00 acres were in"ed. bowing around the Service Center
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and othor miscellaneous areas used about 2% of the total hours for
mowing and edging. Also in the Grounds Maintenance area, trash pick-
up used about 16% of the hours. aallfield mnintenanco accounted for
about 10%. Weed whipping and hoeing used about ,8% of the hours,
Watering for the past year usod about 6% of the total. The rwain-
j der of the hours w1are spread through the various Grounds Maintenance
subjects, The moot important part of Orormds Faintenance was the
mowing and edoinq. Around 6000 acres were mowed in the fiscal year
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hampered by equipment break-down, This situation was compounded by
a shortage of'hand3 in thn Garage Department.
The area of plant Production during the 1972.73 fiscal period
used about 59; of the total hours, This fiqurn is small, but almost `
all the plants that the parks Department sets out in the City and
in the city buildings are propagated in the grf;enhou%es at the Ser-
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Flower Bed Maintenance in 'the past year accounted for about 14z
of the total hours worked, About 70% of these hours warn spent weed-
ing the flower beds. Trirmiing and pruning used about 8% of these
hours, and the remaining hours were divided asnng watoring, titling,
planting, and fertilizing.
Vehicle Maintenance was the smallest of the areas, usini only
187 hours - a very small percentage of the total. Most of these
hours were used in routine inspection and sore minor repairs,
Miscellaneous Jobs used about 10% of the year's total hours,
Approximately 33% of these hours were hours worked in the shod and
office. 16% of these hours were used in planning and drafting,
About 10% of the miscellanenus hours were used for invontory, as
was about, 10% used for training, Uo remainder of these hours ~
were spread among various other jobs.
Approximately 3% of the year's total hours wore used in Leave.
Injury leave took about 40% of the leave, while holidays accounted
for about 26% of the leave hours, Sick loav9 used about 20% of the ~I
hours, and the remainder was spread between vacation leave and
emergency leave.
this report is riot want to W in 4ny way axact7y emytct in
the figures on hours worked during the pat year; it is only mnnt
to old tip reader in into 4%-*tiny tho fipum sh,A on Ow yearly
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THE CtJMil~NI7Y puIWA
The Round House, the civic Center, the Mini-dons, the
Recreation Center, (ho hanquet and Party Hollo--Mthix building
has been reforred to by many names, both proper and not-so-proper,
Regardless of the name one uses for it, Denton's Community
Building remains at the center of civic, social, and recreational
activities for the atty.
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bustling with activity and remains busy tmtil evoning and
sometimes on into tho next morning'. The towunity Building
houses the city-sponsored recreation program, bangerats and
lunchoons, meetings, dancos, parties, receptions, reunions, M
and other special comrmasity events, There Are a wider varioty i
of activities held in the building than there are names for it;
I Yet, the diversity of activity is prr4f that thle Vuly is a
casrnunltiy building available to all of the eltizens of Dwiton.
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LEAS 1972-73 fiscal "Or
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4C'f08~R~ 1972 469.A8
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t10V13R197 230.40
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D~CF?t8'~R~ 1972 978,6U
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VEBRUA.RY, 1913 507,64
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jA WCN 1;173 237.60
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APRILo 1973 2y0,04 ;
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MAY, 1973 117.50
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JUI»Y 1973
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The city racreation department offers a full year of
activities for people of all ages.
( The Children's Program begins at age four with pre-cahool
instruction. Individual sports, team sports, and instr,ohion
' in the arts are offorad. The sumr prograot has the areatast
number of participants causing a need for additional rrcreation
J personnel at that time.
The Adult progrtra also has both individual ani team
activities and inst►uctim in the arts# May of Chase programs
have a nucleus of people who We participotod f,r "veral M
seasons. This strong baso is expanded with ASW participants
each session.
F T w Senior Citizen's Program consists of social activities
as well as participation in ,ioggingo sliirrcastiks, and the
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The summers in Denton are the high point of the entire
year's activity program. Beside* the regular classes offered
there arse marry nerve and special activities. All of the city
parks as well as the Community Building are facilitated through.
out the entiro swmer.
S mar special activities begin with the opening of the
city pool on splash day, Sow of the other special events f
rare the Bicycle Rodeo} the Pet Shows a Fishing Festival, a
Miniature Rolf Tournament, the Trash Can Derby, Playground M
blyup)ias, the City Tennis Tournament, and Hickory Creak crlmpouts, ~
As yop can see there art a lap" variety of activities: J
offered in the summf+r which are designed to reach all needs
f and abilities of children. It also helps irntroduce Oem to
many new experiences.
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ATTENDANCE IN RECREATION AC?'IY17tFS
1972-73 Fiscal Year
p~w~Schoal 69 33 61 163
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Or+woa~cics 10 lY ~l 21
Ciyff+testics MI 713 204
i>ar►ce 71 48 76 195
Gui tar 1,m"$ y 8 16 i
Arts a Crafts 11 40 51
Model ing CherM 6
Baton
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Mule Art 9 =7
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Volleyball 12 12
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Bridge 24 10 34
Jagging 12 14 14 40
Cans Ity Cmms 33 26 36 93
~ ,tor C1~iYen;,~ n ran
Comn i ty Cho rue 33 26 36 93
Merican Association of Retired People
Luncheon 26 2$ 26 76
am Hight 20 90 20 60
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Participants
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Frad liaare 0ymasiw Program
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civic Center Pleareat/on Program
Hickory Creak Camps 21
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The Dentcols. !Athletics I':o~rurti is diptidnd into three dofinite
areas: Men's. WOM"I%$ and i'ee Wen AtOotics.
sports oFfej.al to meerr in i:lrc: City OF 4sntart err, winter ,
volleyball, wintcrr- end spring basketball, and spring and
stnmrer softball.
Wn<ran's sth7e icl offers tho fullowing sports'. minter
volleyball and spring rnd s,ummdr softbai1, t ~
1hp. Pie Wee prvgrLu~ i:9 the most extenspive in city othletics.
It involved over 2,000 bt~ya per year. This prow ran Ofers
football in the fall, W;Atball in the f,01 and spring, oo"Vr
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in the spring, And buobal' in the spring and %urmn !r,
' This phdsr of thc~ ivcr:-atinn procjrarn is the most widely
p participaired In and hay the mo!; t divers.., participants.
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Men's olumh Loaqut r3 137
Men's Opon Leaqu? 46
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SafitbalI
Sisr,vplf,ch faltireh 11~ 166
StOwl) 1t,Ch fipen f0 ft;:t
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Se1111- Fat, t 6 96
Tdarmwants (Softball
Slew Pitch 1 266
I FAs t t't l.c+i I6 264
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1972.73 Fiscal Ynar
E00}~ 1972-73
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$1144.UU
Amount paid for officials
and scorekeepers
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Amount paid for officials $2D2D.DD
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g"eball 7243-
'l30 840.00 $1152.00
Pea wee league
Umpires and scorokae►xsrs
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Little League
scorekeepers
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frnshmen Teams 162 $ 890,00 $1080.00
Umpires and scorrnkaeUerc
faenagcr 80 $ 360,()D $ 432.00
ftires and scorekeepers
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Another facility within th,: marks and Recreation system
is the City Pool. Many consider swiming as being one of
the most healthful sports because it stimulates the heart,
as well as working all body muscles.
The pool is open during the months of May through labor i
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pay weekend in September. The pool not only accomodates
the casual swinmer, but it is also a facility for swim-
ming lessons, playground groups, handicapped childrens Boy
Scouts, Girl Scoutst and ccgn etitivn swimmers,
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The pool is also the hove of the Denton Aqua Games► an
1 annual invitational meet ft- teams throughout the South-
west, Another highlight at the pool each stunner is the s ~
Bend Concert performed by tho Denton High School Hand.
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1972»73 Fiscal Year
Nui+ber of Tickets, sold 7eta,~1 scion
Chi 1dr n St*Lt„ AA t. 7ota1
MAY 1363 660 9ft MIS ~ sM175
June 4610 1816 776 7202 21761.10
July 4364 1559 867 6769 2069.80
August 3497 '1161 60' 6223 1653:10
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September w.. 903 .62 24 09,45
14,137 5157 M4 210618 $6501.20
Receipts from Swimming Lessons:
480 Participants at $3,00 per beak 1440,00
Receipts from candy Sales 173,7
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i Receipts from Cake Sales
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