The Board shall be responsible for but not limited to the following:
(A) Assist city staff by:
(1) Studying, investigating, planning, advising, and recommending action the Board determines to be necessary or advisable for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of trees and shrubs and other landscaping in public parks, on public land and along public ways;
(2) Ongoing parks and recreation planning for both individual parks and periodic master planning and developing and implementing policies and plans to protect, restore and enhance these resources;
(3) Maintaining current information about park and natural resource conditions and recreation activities and programs; and
(4) Undertaking an ongoing program of public outreach and education to promote public understanding of the city’s urban forest and public adherence to the standards and procedures established under this subchapter.
(B) Advise the City Council on:
(1) Use and management of the city’s parks and playing fields for the sporting, cultural, and social enjoyment of the citizens of the city;
(2) Future development plans for city parks;
(3) Create new events for city parks and work with staff to identify and secure funding for park events; and
(4) Park funding, use, planning, acquisition, development and maintenance.
(Ord. 2013-08-01, passed 8-13-2013; Am. Ord. 2022-12-01, passed 1-10-2023)