FY2022

RECREATION The Recreation Division manages the operation of the City’s recreation facilities, programs and special events. The City offers programming that includes neighborhood events, large scale community events, sports, aquatics, social/arts/STEAM environmental educational and enrichment programs for all ages and abilities. The Division is dedicated to providing outreach to the community to ensure they have the ability to participate regularly in recreation pursuits. The Division’s budget is the sum of nine areas: Recreation Administration, Recreation Center Operations, Social/Cultural/Environmental Activities, Aquatics, Underserved Populations, Youth Sports, Adult Sports, and Communications and Special Events. Recreation Administration Administrative personnel include the Recreation Superintendent. Administration provides oversight and support for the other nine areas within the division. The Recreation Superintendent directly supervises the customer service attendants at both Recreation Centers. The Iowa City Recreation Division staffs two customer service counters during open hours of operation at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center and the Mercer Park Aquatic Center/Scanlon Gym. Customer Service staff provides information and assistance to the public. Duties include but are not limited to, answering phones, directing calls, registering patrons for activities, selling passes, and taking meeting room and park shelter reservations. Customer Service Attendants perform some general maintenance tasks such as cleaning and sanitization, hand out sports equipment, and instruct and supervise patrons in the recreation centers. Recreation Center Facilities The Iowa City Recreation Division provides two recreational facilities. The Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center houses a variety of activity spaces including: a gymnasium, fitness room, swimming pool, arts and crafts room, social hall, and potter’s studio. A kitchen and meeting rooms are also available for public use. Open gym includes basketball, volleyball, pickleball, and table tennis. Aside from scheduled programs, the fitness room and gymnasium are available to the public at no cost. Roller-skating is offered at no fee on Saturday evenings during the school year. The Scanlon Gymnasium at the Mercer Park Aquatic Center provides a gymnasium, a game room and multipurpose rooms. Scanlon Gymnasium offers rentals including gym rentals and birthday party packages. With two full courts, the Scanlon Gym hosts many tournaments (soccer, volleyball, basketball) that bring in many participants to Iowa City from across the state and the Midwest. The Mercer/Scanlon facility also hosts elementary school nights, family fun nights, tot time and other special events. The Grant Wood Gym is located at Grant Wood elementary school. This gymnasium helps facilitate youth and adult sports as well as underserved programming. There will be an enhanced focus on providing themed drop-in opportunities throughout the school year that will develop a set of recreational skills centered around that particular theme.

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