Lets start with the new Pool Boiler verses the Solar System ...... I would absolutly think that we should do solar system considering the cost difference and that we all should be using a little more solar to cut everyones expences a bit.

Summer Recreation Program;
I don't see where it's fair to the parents or the kids to raise the cost of the recreation program and yet take away 3 weeks of their summer activities. If you raise the cost per child you will have less children participating in the rec. program and more children out on the street or sitting at home with nothing to do with more chances of problems being caused or created. Families are having a difficult time as it is trying to support their chilren in any activity and yet maintain a household for them. I believe you will end up with less children participating in the rec. program with this cost change which will give you a loss and not a gain for the direction that you are trying to accomplish.

Pool Days;
I sort of agree with cutting the pool days, but I don't agree on losing 1 hr for pool activity. The pool area has very inconsistant pool hrs, as I remember one weekend that I wanted to take my own family to the pool at 1pm on a Saturday and it was already closed. Everyone makes comments that our kids don't have enough to do as it is, as we all need to keep trying to keep them active. Studys show that we have a very low active group of kids and a high rate of obease children and that we need to get or keep our kids more active and limit their time on computor games, video games etc.So I believe that already losing 3 days of activity for the children and we need to find another activity for them to do is bad enough, but I wouldn't take away another hour as well. I would look into more programs that involve the pool to increase the pool activity and possible pool income to support the cost of the pool upkeep.

In closing, I have been in Bay City now for 7 yrs. and enjoy this city and community alot.I have seen some good changes in our community, but yet alot of bad changes or descisions made by the county and the city. We need all the programs for the kids and adults that we can get. We need to stop taking away from the community and keep this community growing. We have one city near us that is losing everyday and yet another that is growing everyday ........ lets not be the city that is going down the losing path.

Thank You,

Ken P Kaufman