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Session 1105, l~inutes June 16, 1975 Page 10 said that he has seen the Daniel Boone program grow and there are areas that will need to be evaluated, and he is sure they can come up with a good program this year. He reviewed a study which was made of (1) the total number of activities, (2) the number of paid activity directors, and the number of volunteers plus the number of hours for the program year, and (3) as well as the number of informational flyers, total of flyers distributed, Newsletters and number distributed and other communications. l~s. Abbey ti. Cobbs, chairman of the U. Forest Commtn%ity School Council ex- pressed appreciation for the City Council's past support of Community School activities. She urged the Council to fund the program. She said the students participating would like to have the gym open for more preteen and teenage activities. Councilman Weissenburger, addressing himself to l~s. Cobbs, asked whether he is correct in his understanding that they are basing their budget request on $4519 from the City, $3052 from the federal governraent and only $25 from the School District. I~s. Cobbs explained that is correct - the $25 would cover General Publicity. Discussing this, Councilman Lieberman pointed out that is not the only contribution from the School District, and he called upon I~. Sutton to explain the breakdo~,ra. ~,irs. Penny Bradshaw said the Senior Citizens have been the most active group at Pershing and the Community School Office has helped coordinate services for them and Community volunteers have made many activities possible. She discussed a Pershing pre-application for social services through Federal grants (to HEW) to follow up on the Community Development Funds that they have already received. She said in the new Center they would like to initi- ate an even fuller program to serve the community. Dr. i;~ynard Engebretson, speaking for the Pershing Community School, said he would like to make clear the reason why their budget is larger titan the past year. l.iost of the budget has to do with the salaries of the Activit~y Direct- or and the BuildinE Coordinator. He said because the facility will be open year round, including weekends, they plan more hours per program; he said re- quests have been coming in from residents for new programs and the Pershing Community Council has recommended some new programs. Also, I~. Engebretson continued, it has been found that there are a nu~oer of residents in the Pershing area who do not have children in school and are not involved in community activities thio are not aware of the services of the Pershing Com- munity School. Once they are made aware of it, they begin to participate and it is felt that there should be some extensive publicity. He said it will be noted in the budget that it is lower than they would need for the number of programs, and this is due to the fact that they are projecting an income by chargimg fees for some of the programs. For next year, he went on. they are projecting 500 volunteer hours. He said they also plan some fund-raising programs for special equipment. In response to a question by Councilman Weissenburger, lk. Engebretson discussed the status of their construction project. Councilman ~rner asked whether any presentation has been made to the School District for additional funds for '75-'76 and Ilr. Engebretson answered nega- tively, explaining that the School District, as part of the arrangement, have agreed to pay for maintenance and cleaning of that area and the ~aintenance Department has agreed to do a number of things, free of charge, such as in- staliing additional capacity of the electrical box; and it will also be nec- essary to do some renovation of lavatory facilities.