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File #: RES 13-83    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 1/23/2013
Title: Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to pay for costs associated with the national Commission for the Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies program.
Sponsors: Kathy Lantry
Attachments: 1. Res 13-83 Parks and Recreation CAPRA Re-Accreditation
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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to pay for costs associated with the national Commission for the Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies program.
 
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WHEREAS, the national Commission for the Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) offers an accreditation program consisting of 144 minimal standards pertaining to the efficiency and effectiveness of a parks and recreation organization; and
 
WHEREAS, CAPRA program standards provide a quantitative measure of operational practices which are desirable to provide adequate parks and recreation programs and services; and
 
WHEREAS, conducting an agency's operations in accordance with standards can prevent many problems and lead to high quality services and programs; and
 
WHEREAS, agencies are evaluated every 5 years to ensure standards are being met to maintain CAPRA accredited status; and
 
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation was first accredited in 2003, and was re-accredited through a similar process in 2008; and
 
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the national CAPRA accredited status, the Department must be re-evaluated using a similar process in 2013; and
 
WHEREAS, over the last 10 years, these standards have been a dynamic force for positive change in Saint Paul by stimulating our parks and recreation professionals and the corporate policy body toward better and safer services, programs and innovations; and
 
WHEREAS, the cost of the CAPRA re-accreditation program is estimated to be $6,000, which will be expended out of approved Department revenues on program registration and a site visitation including transportation, housing, and meals for the CAPRA site visitation team; and
 
WHEREAS,  the City Council finds that the expenditure of funds for transportation, meals, and lodging serves a public purpose by facilitating the evaluation and accreditation process; now, therefore, be it
          
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to participate in the Commission for the Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies program and to expend funds for the costs of the site visitation.
 
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