HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 45 - Establishing a Public Recreation and Park Commission - 04/14/1964 i
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VILU..GE OF IMEN P2�I aIE
M-,-,NIEPIN COUNTY, '_.fIINESOTA
ORDIN!1NCE NO.
AN OP-PIK4A:CE ESTABLISHI'.G A 117BLIC REMMIATIONT AND
PARK Ct}hihiISSIO?v' FOR THE VILLAC;F OF M)FN MAMIE,
MINNESOTA,
BE IT ORDAINED by the council of the Village of Eden Prairie:
Section 1. Subdivision 1. There is hereby created a Recreation and Park
commission for the Village of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, consisting of five (5) members
to be appointed as follows: One member from the Board of Education of Independent
School District Mo. 2- 7 2 to be appointed by that Board for a term of three (3) years;
One member from the Village Council to be appointed by the Council for a term of three
(3) years ; Three members at large, two (2) for terms of two (2) years and one (1) for
a term of one (1 ) year, at least one of which shall be a woman, to be appointed by the ,
mayor with the approval of the Village Council
Subsequent appointments shall be
made for three (3) year terms or until successors are appointed and qualified.
Subdivision 2. ?Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation
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and their respective terms of office shall expire at the end of the time for which they
are appointed, not to exceed their term of office for which they have been elected to
the respective governing bodies.
Subdivision 3. Immediately following appointment of, and acceptance of such
appointment by, all members of the original Commission, it shall meet and organize by
electing such officers as may be necessary, and adept such rules, by—laws and regulations
for the conduct of its work as it deems necessary and Advisable. The commission shall
meet at least once each month. Three members present at a regular or special meeting
of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
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Section 2. The Commission shall advise in conducting a public recreation
program for the Village of Eden Prairie and its immediate vicinity and to that end r
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shall advise in the providing, conducting and supervising of recreation areas,
facilities, services and programs for public recreation in its broadest sense,
including playgrounds, parl.s, playflelds, swimming pools, beaches, camps, indoor s
recreation centers and any and all other recreation facilities and activities either
within or without the corporate limits of the Village upon property under the custody
and mina-caient of the Village or on other public or private property with the consent
of the owners of such property. The Commission shall be charged with the controb,
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development, management, operation, and maintenance of a system of parks and
recreational areas now in existence or that may hereafter be acquired and shall be
charged with the supervision and maintenance of playgrounds, playfields, bathing beaches,
swimming pools, recreation centers and other recreation and park activities, areas and
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facilities. The Commission shall advise the Village in the operation of barks and
recreation areas and facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by the Village, and
may advise the Village to enter into agreements of a cooperative nature with other
public and private agencies, organizations or individuals when, in the judgment of the
commission, such procedure would prove advantageous,
Section 3. Subdivision 1 . The Commission shall have the power to recommend
to the Village Council the employment of a trained and qualified superintendent of
recreation and such other expert assistants, supervisors, directors, play leaders and
teachers, inspectors, engineers, caretakers and other employees as may be necessary in
its judgment, for the efficient administration, conduct and development of the public
recreation pystem of Eden Prairie and its immnediate environs.
Subdivision 2. The superintendent of recreation may, with the approval of
the Villa;re Council, serve as the executive officer of the Commission and may act as
( its secretary, in a relation similar to that of the superintendent of Schools to the
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Board of Education. It shall I)e the duty of the Recreation Commission to make
�i recommnendations to the Village Council concerning the property acquisitions needed
to cozaplete a cola ;rehet29ive recreation system.
Section 4. The Commission sliall , on or before each September first render
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a full report to the Village Council covering; its operation for the preceding 12 moi.ths,
to—lether with its recoimmeiadations and an estimate of the funds required for its work
for the ensuing year. It shall also render such other regular or special reports ,
advisory recommendations or zinke such investigations as it deems advisable, or as may
be requested by the Village Council or the school boards.
Section 5. A recreation fund shall be established in the Village budget
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into which all taxes levied and collected for recreation purposes and all gifts, bequests
or endowments of money as donations or grants from persons, firms or corl)orations
including government agencies and all fees and charges for recreational servides or
facilities shall be deposited. The Com=ission by actiov taken in regular or special
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meetings of the commission may advise the Village Council as to disbursements from
said fund.
ADOPTED by the Village Council of the Vill.aoe of Eden Prairie this 14�� day
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of ', 1964.
Donald Rogers, May
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a.m s C. Brown, Clerk
Published in the Hennepin County lieview one Z 3 , 1964„
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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State of Minnesota
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JOHN E. TILTON, being duly sworn, on oath says: that he now is and during all the time herein-
stated has been JOHN E. TILTON, the publisher. and printer of the newspaper known +"
as The Hennepin County Review. and has full knowledge of the feats herein stated. i
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hereto attached, said newspaper was printed and published in the English language from its
known office of publication within the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, an Thursday of
each week in column and sheet form equivalent in space to 450 running inches of single column
two inenes wide; has been issued from a known office established in said place of publication
equipped with skilled workmen and the necessary material for preparing and printing the same:
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY REVIEW has had in its makeup not lees than twenty-five percent
of its news columns devoted to local news of interest to said community it purports to serve, the
press work of which has been done in its said known place of publication; has contained general
news, comments and miscellany; has not duplicated any other publication• has not been entire•
ly made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated at and near its said
place of publication to the extent of 240 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers; has been
entered as second class mail matter in local post office of its said place of publication; that there t
has been on file in the office of the County Auditor of said county the affidavit of a person hav-
ing first hand knowledge of the facts constituting its qualifications as a newspaper for publication
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for proofs of its said qualification. A copy of each issue has been filed with the State Historical .
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