Discussion and Review of Various Recreation Center topics for the opening of the Facility — Item Packet

300 Railroad Street, PO Box 259 Tiffin, IA 52340 P. 319-545-2572 F. 319-545-4147 www.tiffin-iowa.org To: Mayor and City Council From: Grant Weber, Parks and Recreation Director Date: 8/5/2026 Subject: Parks and Recreation Director’s Report to Council Parks Ball field rentals have slowed down but will pick back up in September for several fall tournaments. The next focus will be on preparing soccer and flag football fields for fall sports. Programs Flag football, volleyball, and a variety of other youth programs for pre-k and kindergarten age groups are starting in August/September. Registration will be closing in the coming weeks. Sand volleyball continues to be successful. The first session wrapped up in mid-July, and our second session started on 7/22. We had another 8 teams sign up, so another session with a full league. Slow Pitch Softball registration is currently open. Events Tiffin Summer Social – Parties in the Park events have been successful. The Movie Night on July 18 had approximately 300 people come through the park based on how many ice cream sandwiches and freeze pops were handed out. The Polka in the Park event was also successful on 7/24. We’ve heard from a lot of residents that they’ve been enjoying the events. It’s been a City-wide team effort, and I’m really excited to see these events grow. REC Fest will have the 5k Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run on Friday evening, August 7. As of 7/29 we have 47 early registrations between the 5k and 1 mile fun run. Last year we had 22 early registrations total prior to the day of the event. The bags tournament has only 1 team currently registered, but that looks to be the same as last year where most teams sign up the day of the event. 1