For the purposes of this division, “the board” shall
mean the park and recreation board of the City of Lubbock, Texas.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-1; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 2-257; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the park and recreation board of the City of Lubbock, Texas, in compliance with chapter 1, article II, section 22, of the charter of the city.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-1; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 2-258; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
The board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed
by the city council. The city manager, director of parks and recreation,
director of community facilities, director of planning and director
of water utilities shall be ex-officio members without a vote.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-2; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; Ordinance 6030, sec. 1, adopted 2/11/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 2-260; Ordinance 8706, sec. 2, adopted 2/14/1985; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
In order that the board have technical assistance in the planning
and operation of its various programs, projects and activities, five
(5) members of the board shall be appointed from technical fields,
one (1) for each of the following groups, if possible:
(1)
Civil
engineering.
(2)
Design
and applied arts.
(3)
Park
and recreation management, horticulture, landscape architecture, or
a related field.
(4)
Any
technical field appropriate to the Canyon Lakes Project or other park
operations.
(5)
A
person who has a knowledge, understanding or interest in the operation
of a cemetery.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-3; Ordinance 6030, sec. 2, adopted 2/11/1971; Ordinance 7020, sec. 1, adopted 1/23/1975; 1983 Code, sec. 2-262; Ordinance 8706, sec. 4, adopted 2/14/1985; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
The members of the board shall be appointed by the city council
and shall serve for terms of three (3) years.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-3; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; Ordinance 6030, sec. 3, adopted 2/11/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 2-263; Ordinance 9321, sec. 4, adopted 12/14/1989; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
The board by majority vote shall annually elect from among its
members a chairman who shall preside over the meetings of the board
and a vice-chairman who shall act for the chairman during his absence.
The chairman shall not be eligible to succeed himself more than one
term. An election of officers of the board shall be held at the first
regular meeting at which all members shall be present and thereafter
as herein provided. The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of
its meetings which shall provide for not less than one meeting each
month. No action shall be taken by the board except by the affirmative
vote of at least five (5) members, which shall constitute a quorum.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-3; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; Ordinance 6030, sec. 5, adopted 2/11/1971; Ordinance 7020, sec. 1, adopted 1/23/1975; 1983 Code, sec. 2-265; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
No provision of this division shall be construed as delegating
any authority to the board over any personnel or personnel policies
and regulations, but the same shall and remain the sole responsibility
of the city manager.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-4; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 2-266; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
(a)
The
park and recreation board shall be an advisory board to the city council
and shall make recommendations to the city council in all matters
pertaining to cemeteries, and in the areas of expansion and operational
policies as well as all other matters in its opinion necessary, convenient
or desirable in order to operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, preserve
and promote an orderly, economic, businesslike development of park
and recreation facilities and programs and related art items for the
city, except the naming of park and recreational areas which shall
remain the responsibility of the city council after receipt of the
recommendation of the board.
(b)
The
park and recreation board may recommend to the city council such fees
as may be needed in the opinion of the board for certain park and
recreational facilities when it is determined by the city council
that a part or all of the costs for a particular facility or activity
should be paid by the user thereof. In addition, the board may recommend
to the city council contracts for the operation of concessions located
on parkland or within recreational facilities as deemed appropriate
by the city council. The board shall be further responsible for formulating
such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the government
of their actions, proceedings, and time and place of meetings; however,
such rules and regulations shall not be in contradiction of any laws
of the state, and provision of this code or other ordinance of the
city or of any city council regulation or policy.
(c)
The park and recreation board shall have, in addition to the above responsibilities, the duty to hear appeals from orders of the director of parks and recreation with regard to diseased trees under article 14.06 of chapter 14 of this code, and to render decisions in such appeals, which decisions shall be further appealable to the city council.
(d)
The
park and recreation board shall study, investigate, counsel and advise
the parks and recreation manager in developing and/or updating a written
plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, removal or disposition
of trees and shrubs in parks, along streets and in other public areas.
Such plan will be presented to the city council and upon their acceptance
and approval shall constitute the official comprehensive city tree
plan for the City of Lubbock, Texas. The board, when requested by
the city council, shall consider, investigate, make findings, report
and recommend upon any special matter of question coming within the
scope of its work.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-2; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 2-259; Ordinance 8706, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/1985; Ordinance 8989, sec. 2, adopted 12/11/1986; Ordinance 9320, sec. 3, adopted 12/14/1989; Ordinance 9566, sec. 2, adopted 12/17/1992; Ordinance 9782, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/1995; Ordinance 9965, sec. 1, adopted 1/23/1997; Ordinance 10130, sec. 3, adopted 1/14/1999; Ordinance 2006-O0102, sec. 1,
adopted 10/13/2006; Ordinance
2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
The provisions of this division shall be cumulative of all other
ordinances of the city on the same or similar subject matter.
(1959 Code, sec. 19B-5; Ordinance 5171, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/1967; 1983 Code, sec. 2-267; Ordinance 2019-O0035, sec. 8, adopted 3/26/2019)
