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Parks & Recreation Department All-AM8s CRY
South Miami Community Center
305- 668 -7232
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December 9, 2009
Honorable Mayor & Members of City Commission
Roger M. Carlton, Acting City Manager
Cesar Garcia, Parks & Recreation Director" AP
On -line Registration for Parks & Recreation Programming
As an effort to increase efficiency and to effectively handle the greater demand on our
department, we have moved towards providing on -line registration in our Parks & Recreation
Department. We have begun this form of registration with our inaugural T -Ball Program and
will continue in the upcoming calendar year with the addition of our Track and Soccer Programs.
Our goal is to eventually have all of our City -run programs available on our website through on-
line registration.
We are working with our MIS Department to provide a kiosk in the lobby of our Gibson - Bethel
Community Center so that visiting parents can both register on -line and use it as a parent portal
to be able to access their kids' grades on a regular basis. To further accommodate some patrons
who do not have access to a computer, the Computer Lab at the Gibson - Bethel Community
Center will have its hours expanded to allow the community ample time to register on -line or use
the computer as needed. Here to, staff will be available to assist patrons with their on -line
registration and to help those without an e -mail address sign up for a free one.
With the limited funds available for additional staff, this is one of our efforts to increase
efficiency throughout our department as our programs grow and we continue to increase the
number of programs that we run ourselves instead of through outsourcing.
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