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in the city as well. The program, in short, is a way to help with the communications with our Hispanic community. In 1980, 4t" of our residents were Hispanic. In 2016 that number has increase to 18%. Mr. Johnson, along with the EAST Lab at Batesville High School, developed several "Flashcards" with common words and phrases in both English and Spanish. The cards speed up the translation, especially in an emergency situation. Also he said there is a great APP called ticktocksoft.com to help with translation. And the best part of all is it is all free. The Mayor and Council commended Mr. Johnson on his program and agreed that several, if not all departments could benefit from the program. E) MR. JEFF OWENS, PARKS DIRECTOR WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT Parks Director Mr. Jeff Owens addressed the council with an update on the new Community Center and Aquatics Parks. Mr. Owens said in the 70 days that the facility has been open, we have sold 2,548 memberships which includes 5,375 people. He said they have so far exceeded their goal in memberships. Also impressive is the number of people who have used the facility. 70,123 people who are either members or who have paid the daily rate have used the facility. That is a little over 1,000 people per day and does not include any special events. Those numbers, he said, would be well above 85,000. He said the facility has brought in approximately $509,403.78 in revenues. He has not seen all the invoices for operations but again said the revenues have exceeded their projections. Mr. Owens said they are working through the growing pains and he has already been thinking about how to solve the handicapped parking issue.