(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)