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Memo to Mayor & City Council-June P&R Update June 18, 2001 Page Public Facility Use Policy Staff has revised the public facility use application and established a new working policy for public use of facilities such as parks, park shelters, and public streets. In 2000, Community Recreation began reserving and scheduling the city's park shelters. In 2001, the City Council established a shelter reservation fee and a fee for the use of Woodland Trails Park. In May, the Lions Fun Run organized and requested assistance from the Police Department. This fun run uses a portion of Woodland Trails Park for its event. They did not reserve the park or pay the reservation fee until billed. At that time, it was recommended that perhaps all use of public facilities such as shelters, parks, and streets should be processed through the Community Recreation Department. They would be responsible for receiving applications, scheduling events and routing requests when needed to the appropriate department such as Police Department for Reserves, and Public Works for items such as barricades for streets, etc. The Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the attached application as well as staff's recommendation for implementing a new policy for the use of public facilities. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend the following to the City Council: Community Recreation will receive and process park shelter and park facility use applications from residents desiring to use shelters, Woodland Trails Park or city streets. Re-establish the deposit requirements for all city facilities and streets as was established for Woodland Trails Park. The fee schedule indicates that deposits are only required for Woodland Trails Park at this time, however, it is important to have deposits for all shelters, especially Lions Park, in order to obtain keys and ensure that the facilities are left in good condition. Staff recommends that the City Council concur with the Park and Recreation Commission's recommendation. Park Construction Update Construction has begun on Riverplace Park. Clean up of trash and construction debris left by the builders in the subdivision has occurred, as well as preliminary grading for the site. Site preparation has begun for construction of the playground. We anticipate that the playground materials will be delivered in late June with construction in early July. The basketball court has been completed in Country Crossing 3ra and benches have been placed in strategic locations in a variety of parks. The public works staff has been designing alternative park identification signs for the Commission to review and it is hoped that at the July meeting, a decision can be made and construction can soon begin on park identification signs for each of the City's parks. The park identification signs will include the park name, as well as the address. S:\PLANNING\MICHMC\CCREPRTS\P&Rupdate-June.doc