Subject:
Title
Summer Camp 2020
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Fiscal Impact:
Minimum of $133,357 loss due to COVID-19 pandemic increase in costs
Dept/Office:
Parks and Recreation
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested the Board provide direction regarding Summer Camp 2020
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Summary Explanation and Background:
At the May 19, 2020 Board meeting, Commissioners requested Parks and Recreation staff present options regarding Summer Camp 2020.
Potential Options for the Board's consideration regarding general summer camp are:
Option 1 Offer summer camp in two community centers per Area. The North Area would offer camp at Walter Butler and Sandrift Community Centers. The Central Area would offer camp at Cocoa West and Woody Simpson Community Centers and the South Area would offer summer camp at Viera and South Mainland Community Centers.
Option 2 If AUE, the County's temporary staffing agency, can provide the necessary staff, once camps, as presented in Option 1, are at 100% enrollment, another camp in the Area, if available, would be opened.
Option 3 Open all fourteen summer camp locations excluding Max K. Rodes Community Center summer camp. Max K. Rodes Community Center may be a considered location for summer camp pending the re-location of the current gymnasium tenant.
Option 4 No summer camps be offered Summer 2020.
Appendix A indicates the summer camp patron capacity for each location identified in Option 2 and the associated revenue/expense projections.
Staff have reviewed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Interim Guidance for Schools and Day Camps, the Centers for Disease Control Youth Programs and Camps During the COVID-19 Pandemic and numerous Camp Association information regarding Summer Camp. In an effort to conform with various recommendations, Summer Camp would be as follows:
* Camp would be offered Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm.
* Camp would be limited to children 6 - 11 years of age.
* There would be a ratio of 2 counselors to 8 ...
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