City of Gonzales
PARKS & RECREATIONDEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor Rios and City Council
DATE: April 17, 2023
FROM: Carmen Gil, Community Engagement & Strat. Partnerships Dir.
THROUGH: Trevin W. Barber, City Manager
SUBJECT: Recreation Activity Report
Current Activities
1. In the month of March Kid Power had 41 students enrolled. Overall, it was a busy month as we had a week of half day due to the kids having parent teacher conferences.
2. Some of the activities the Kid power Team worked on included having the kids put their creativity to action by creating their own games to play indoors because of the rainy weather we were having. When they were able to go outside, they had some play time at the park which included relay races and tug-of-war.
3. We also did some fun St. Patrick's Day arts and crafts and made a snack that's called “mud pudding” which is just some Oreo cookies, crumpled up and add some chocolate pudding and a few gummy worms. The kids had a blast making it. The rain made March a bit challenging, but we made it work with all the creative opportunities.
AGENDA
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12 4. We are wrapping up our Youth Basketball League. This season was the highest it has been in the last few years. We had a total of 180 participants. Our league had five divisions. Divisions were PreK-TK, Kinder-1
st, 2nd
-3
rd 4th
-5
th and all boys team grades 6th
-8
th. We had 4 teams in each
division from PreK to 5th. We had one all boys team for the 6th-8 th grade division. 15 Head
coaches, 9 assistant coaches and 5 referees. Our 4th-5
th grade division was the most popular this
year with 4 teams of 13. Our PreK-TK also had a larger turnout then we’ve had in years. We had 4 teams compared to only 2 teams in the past. Our all-boys team competed against Soledad this year. It was a lot of fun. Our Gonzales boys got second place.
5. This season for Youth Basketball we had an end of season coaches and referee friendly game of basketball. It was a big hit. We had 20 participants that played in the game. It was a lot of fun.
We will do it again next season.
6. Adult Open Gym will continue from March to May. We offer basketball and volleyball. Our participation number run from 15-30 participants each night.
7. Our South County Girls Softball League has begun. This season we were able to get enough girls to have one team in two divisions. We have the 8U ages 5-7 and the 10U ages 8-10. Each team has fifteen girls. Between the two teams we have a total of eight coaches. The season officially started on March 25th with the team’s first home games. It was also our Open Ceremonies night as well. We all had a great night. We had an announcer who announced the teams and the girls for the ceremonies as well as throughout the game. In between innings he played music. It was definitely one evening we will all remember.
8. Mini T ball is also up and running. The first games were Saturday, March 25th. This season we have a total of 41 kids participating. We have 5 teams of 7 players and one team with 6 players.
We have six coaches, four assistant coaches and one team parent.
Activities in the Planning Phase
1. Kids Spring Camp is being held April 10
th
-14th for Grades TK-5
th Grade. Registrations opened
earlier this month and were full within the first week. Spring Camp allows kids to participate in craft making, outdoor games STEM activities and much more!
2. The Recreation Department is planning to start advertising for the Summer Aquatics team in April with hopes to begin interviews and recruitment by the end of the month.