City of Gonzales
PARKS & RECREATIONDEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor Rios and City Council
DATE: October 17, 2022
FROM: Patrick Dobbins, Acting City Manager
THROUGH: Carmen Gil, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: Recreation Department Activity Report
Current Activities
1. City of Gonzales Youth soccer league is a success. We finalized the teams and have a total of 161 participants. We have six referees which includes a junior referee in training. Practices started for the older age division, age 6-12 on September 1st and the kinder soccer ages 2 ½ to 5 started on September 14th. Our season will end on Saturday, October 22nd.
2. City of Gonzales Adult co-ed volleyball league registration is up and running. Registration started on September 20
th. Registration will end on October 24th. As of today, we have three teams registered.
The league will start on November 1st and will run for 6 weeks.
3. Our Open Gym for youth and adults started September 6th and 7th. Youth open gym is Mondays and Wednesday, and Adult open gym is Tuesday and Thursday. The season for open gym will end on October 26th and October 27th. Adult open gym is successful. We have an average of 20-25 participants each night. Our youth open is not as successful. We only have four participants so far.
4. The Recreation Department participated in the Community Resource Fair that was held on Thursday September 15th from 5:30pm - 7:45pm. We passed out flyer pertaining Kid Power and the various camps held throughout the year.
5. Kid Power had a total of 42 students registered for the month of September.
Activities in Planning Phase
1. The City of Gonzales Recreation Department is working on putting together a free Halloween Movie Night for Saturday, October 29th. We will be showing Nightmare Before Christmas followed by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. We are also collaborating with Gonzales Little League as they will be selling snacks to attendees. We will also be hosting a costume contest during the same event.
AGENDA
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9 2. Kid Power will be working on having a Halloween Door Decoration Contest, they will be collaborating with staff from the Fire Department and from City Hall, so they are able to help with the voting.