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STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: September 19, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Jennifer Lourenzo, Conference Center Manager
THROUGH: Merritt Perry, City Manager
SUBJECT: River Lodge Conference Center and Fortuna Monday Club Monthly Report for July and August 2022
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive report as an informational item.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The River Lodge and Monday Club held a total of 35 events in the months of July and August.
Events included eight monthly meetings, one Baby Shower, five Weddings, one Anniversary Party, three memorials and one Baptism Party. American Ag Credit held a three-day conference at River Lodge, and we continue to cater lunches for Rotary on Thursdays.
We began implementing the new fee schedule on the 1st of July. Honoring prices that were agreed upon in the new budget.
In August, a new Conference Center Coordinator was hired. Her name is Kaylyn Stainbrook, and she has quickly become a great asset to the River Lodge and Monday Club. She has updated forms online and in the office. Kaylyn also went right to work on promoting River Lodge on Social Media.
On two separate occasions, Sandy Dale from Fortuna Union High School, rented River Lodge for professional development. The first was a Grow Agriculture Education Conference for Agriculture teachers. The group was here until 9 p.m. on the first three days, and on their last day here, the group stayed until 10 p.m. enjoying s’mores, refreshments, and comradery around a bonfire.
The second event was a professional development day for the Fortuna High School Staff.
While July was the month for weekend weddings, August was the month for Class Reunions on the weekends.
COVID testing through DHHS took place on five days during July and August. The attendance for testing is down, but we will continue our MOU with them on a month to month basis, as long as there is a need.
CalFire Finance was in the Coho room for eight days. This group is responsible for incident debriefing and taking care of finances after the Six Rivers Lightning Complex Fire.
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Together with Wendt Construction and Hops in Humboldt, River Lodge helped host the August Chamber mixer. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Kaylyn and I have attended the online Tyler Technology trainings in preparation for launching the new software this winter.
Parks and Recreation workers removed cobwebs from River Lodge, and a local youth group did some weed removal on the River Lodge grounds as a community service project.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
Receive River Lodge & Monday Club Monthly Report. Consent Agenda vote.
River Lodge
Monday Club
July
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1-Jul 2-Jul
Rotary Kitchen Use Wedding
3-Jul 4-Jul 5-Jul 6-Jul 7-Jul 8-Jul 9-Jul
Covid Rotary Wedding
Celebration of Life Memorial
10-Jul 11-Jul 12-Jul 13-Jul 14-Jul 15-Jul 16-Jul
ERV Civics Rotary
60th Anniversary
17-Jul 18-Jul 19-Jul 20-Jul 21-Jul 22-Jul 23-Jul
Covid Wedding
Chamber Rotary
24-Jul 25-Jul 26-Jul 27-Jul 28-Jul 29-Jul 30-Jul
31-Jul
American Ag Credit American Ag Credit American Ag Credit Celebration of Life Chamber/ERV Downtown Merch Babtism Party
River Lodge
Monday Club
August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1-Aug 2-Aug 3-Aug 4-Aug 5-Aug 6-Aug
FUHS Grow Ag FUHS Grow Ag FUHS Grow Ag FUHS Grow Ag Class Reunion Rotary Baby Shower Birthday Party
7-Aug 8-Aug 9-Aug 10-Aug 11-Aug 12-Aug 13-Aug
FUHS Prof. Development Civics Covid Rotary Class Reunion Fortuna Garden Club
14-Aug 15-Aug 16-Aug 17-Aug 18-Aug 19-Aug 20-Aug
Baby Shower ERV FMS Prof. Development Rotary EHS Reunion 21-Aug 22-Aug 23-Aug 24-Aug 25-Aug 26-Aug 27-Aug
Covid Rotary Family Reunion
Downtown Merch
28-Aug 29-Aug 30-Aug 31-Aug
Covid