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Parks staff pilots card payments, gains gym access and reports East Basketball Club growth
Summary
The Parks & Recreation director said the department is piloting a Square card-payment system at middle-school basketball games, secured permission to use Woodcliff gym space to expand programs, and reported the new East Basketball Club has about 120 athletes across 12 teams.
In the director’s report Speaker 2 told commissioners the department is piloting a mobile card-payment system at a middle-school basketball game to reduce cash handling and make admissions easier.
"The city now has a Square account, where we have a mobile handheld device, that individuals can pay for their admission with a card," Speaker 2 said, noting partnership with schools to use on-site Wi‑Fi.
Speaker 2 also said staff obtained permission to use the Woodcliff gym, which will provide additional indoor space for youth programs when schedules allow. He described the recently formed East Basketball Club—a collaboration between Parks staff and the high school varsity coaches—that currently fields about 12 teams and roughly 120 athletes.
Commissioners raised a related question about student admission fees at middle-school games. Speaker 2 said the current scale is $2 for students, $3 for adults and $8 for a family and that he will research whether students can be admitted free or whether alternative options (for example, a low-cost student season T-shirt as a season pass) could increase attendance.
