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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10172007 - RES-288 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS V CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of Adopting General Policies - Contra Costa County Park and RESOLUTION NO. 288 Recreation Commission, The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, State of California, does resolve as follows: THAT the following is adapted as the General Policies - Park and Recreation Commission: GENERAL POLICIES CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PARD AND RECREATION COMMISSION I. Definition of Role: Contra Costa County government, as a supplier of park and recreational facilities and services, should limit it- self to those which serve the residents of the county as a whole or of a major section of the county. Local communities, incorporated or unincorporated, have the primary responsibility to provide recreational areas, facilities, and program at the neighborhood and community level. State and federal government can best provide major recreational land areas and services which attract resi- dents in significant numbers from throughout the state, From several states or from throughout the nation. II. Assistance to Local Communities. Limited assistance should be provided by the county to local communities in their efforts to establish or to better existing recreation services . Financial assistance for the acquisition, development, or operation of facilities, and program which are designed ,primarily to meet local needs should not be assumed by the county. Upon request from a local jurisdiction or a community group, the Park Division should be authorized to provide the following services: 1. Provide limited advisory and consultative services relative to general and specific planning for re- creation programs and services. RESOLUTION NO. 288 2. Provide extended governmental services to unin-- corporated communities of the county as permitted under the provision of the "County Service Area Act ." (Chapter 22, Part 2 Div. 2, Title 3, California Government Codel . In the absence of local government with the authority, willingness, or ability to accept offers of gifts of land or facilities deemed ,suitable for neighborhood or community recreation such offers should be accepted by the county. Gifts of this nature should be held in trust for future development and operation by the local community and not by the county. III. Land and Facilities: For the present, emphasis should be placed upon acqui- sition of land and facilities which have the potential, general or special, for the future development of a perk and recreation program consistent with the definition of the countycs rale as described under Section I. Lands should be acquired by fee title, by long term lease or by gift. Park sites and other types of recreational facilities should be selected on the basis of: adequacy of natural potential to meet the functional needs of contemplated use; location in relation to centers of population, existing and projected. IV. Develo went of sand and Facilities: The development of lands for outdoor recreation (such as camping, nature study, hiking, picniking, riding, etc . ) should emphasize the retention of naturalness as much as possible. V. 2peration and Maintenance; 1. Leadership should be limited to a staff necessary to maintain properties adequately, to protect and supervises users and to educate the public in the effective use of the facilities . Leadership neces- sary to plan and direct programs of activities shall be the responsibility of the participants . 2. Funds to meet the cost of operation, in the main, shall be provided from public sources . However, some income should be derived from the operations of concessions and from charges and fees assessed against the users of facilities and services of a special nature. 8 8 vi. inter-Governmental Cbb eration - Agreements : 1. Should it be established that park-recreational facilities or services operated within the county by other jurisdictions (Pederal, state, or local governmentsare used predominately by residents of the count' as a Whole, the county may consider the sharing of responsibility (planning, financial or other) with the managing authority. ,. Agreements should be entered into between the County and P1ood Control, Conservation, and Domestic Water Supply Districts for the recre- ational use of land and/or water areas under their control should studies show that such use is desirable and feasible . PASSED AND ADOPTED this firth day of September, 1961, by the following vote of the Board: AYES- Supervisors James P. Kenny, Mel F. Nielsen, Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid, Joseph S. Silva, NOES: None. ABSENT: None.