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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 ...
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