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City of Moorpark
AGENDA REPORT
The Honorable City Council
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Christine Adams, Director of Community Sery
September 22, 1994 (Meeting of October 5, 1994)
At the September 21, 1994 meeting, Councilmember Wozniak requested
that staff provide information regarding the development of a
policy and mechanism whereby residents could purchase and dedicate
something such as a tree or park bench in honor or memorial of a
loved one.
Staff has been considering the development of a City Gifts
Catalogue, whereby needed and identified items or recreational
activities for the City's Parks and Recreation programs would be
listed for the public to review. Interested persons could then
select an item or activity and donate a specified amount for that
item or activity, as listed in the catalogue, in honor of whomever
they chose. This type of program has been done in other
communities, and the success cf the program varies between
communities. In the City of Buena Park, for example, a Gifts
Catalogue was published in the mid 1980's. Within the first year
of publication, a local hospital donated $10,000 toward a fitness
course at a local park, as well as several individuals donated
tables and chairs to the senior center, and two service clubs
donated funds to support recreational special events. In later
years, the interest faded and the rogram was abandoned. In other
communities, a gifting program is still made available.
Staff has worked with the Parks and Recreation Commission on the
"Adopt a Park" program, which focuses on community support for on-
going maintenance of a park of area. The suggestion for
individual donations of capital items for parks and facilities
could be included as a part of the "Adopt a Park" concept.
The City has a good number of well established trees at the City
parks and along City streetscapes. Staff has been working on a
Citywide tree inventory which wil. assist City staff in tracking
the health and age of these trees. The City is also being
considered as a recipient of a Tres- U.S.A. designation, because of
the proliferation of trees in Moorpark. The City also has a long
standing relationship with Boething Treeland Nursery, %%hich has
enabled the City to add and replace trees as the nee(T arises.
What is needed is additional fundi .-ig for the on -going maintenance
of existing trees. A "Tree Adc.ption" in honor of someone,
whereby the annual cost for mai.nt,!ining a tree is donated to the
City, may be an option to con:;id. r . The Director. of Community
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Services maintains a map of City trees at each site and can
provide residents information about maintenance costs for specific
trees as requested.
Also to be considered would be any tax deduction credit for making
these types of donations. This would need to be reviewed by the
City Attorney.
The Goals and Objectives for the Department of Community Services,
as set by the City Council, reflect two goals which are germane to
this report.
Under Community Services Administration, Goal # 9, which reads
"Implement "Adopt a Park" Program, and Goal # 16, which reads
"Develop a Gifts Catalogue for donations to City's parks and
facilities and recreation programs." Both items are highlighted
with a single asterisk, which signifies that these items were not
deemed to be of the highest priority with the City Council for
this fiscal year.
Direct Staff as Deemed Appropriate
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