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Elk' REQUEST FOR ACTION River To Item Number Ci Council ~„~, Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration August 15, 2011 Ross Pomeroy, GreenCorps Member & Environmental Intern Item Description Reviewed by Consider cleanER Program Rebecca Hau ,Environmental Admin. Reviewed by Robert Thistle, Interim City Administrator Action Requested Council motion to approve the cleanER program. Background/Discussion The cleanER program would be an umbrella program that contains the following programs: ^ Adopt a Park ^ Adopt a Storm Pond ^ Adopt a Wetland ^ Adopt a Neighborhood cleanER would follow the same guidelines as the Adopt a Park program currently run under the Parks and Recreation Department (see attached brochure). Differences/Additions/Work for cleanER program ^ New marketing materials would be created in house and dispersed through current communication tools such as the newsletter, social media, website, volunteer resources, etc. ^ Parks and Recreation will continue to coordinate and track volunteer activities for Adopt a Park. ^ Environmental Division will begin to coordinate and track volunteer activities for storm pond and wetland adoptions. Parks and Recreation will be notified about participants in the storm pond and wetland program because they will provide all of the benefits of the recognition certificates, signage at the site, and acknowledgement on the website. One item to note is that cleanER will be marketed as one program but will be coordinated by two different divisions. If the city gets a volunteer coordinator, it would be recommended to have this person handle the coordination of the cleanER program. Parks staff and the Parks and Recreation Chair assisted with the concept for this new program. It will be brought to the Parks and Recreation Commission as information at a future date. Visioning Consideration