A community services department is hereby established for the
city.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
The function of the community services department of the city
is to provide and oversee wholesome year-round public recreational
services and facilities, older adult programs, library services programs,
public art programs, to provide coordinative functions for other community
organizations and agencies as assigned by the city council and to
ensure that such services and facilities are available for each age
group of the city, and that such services and facilities are suitable
for a wide variety of recreational purposes. The department also assists
in the planning of all city-operated parks and recreational facilities.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
There is hereby established a community services fund and a
community services trust fund.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
(a)
The
community services fund shall provide for annual expenditures for
recreational services, park development and maintenance, older adult
affairs programs, annual operating costs, and also for such long-term
capital outlays as may be necessary for an orderly and coordinated
community services development program.
(b)
The
community services trust fund shall accept money appropriated by any
public or quasi-public body and accept gifts, donations, legacies
or bequests, of either real or personal property, from any source
for all or any of its purposes and functions. All money so obtained
shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city in a special community
services trust fund, to be used exclusively for the purposes and functions
of community services. The community services commission shall recommend
and the city council shall determine how such money shall be spent.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
(a)
All
property, except that property previously designated for other purposes,
belonging to the city, located west of Broadway and east of a straight
line drawn at a point 500 feet west of the centerline of Broadway,
extending from Woodward Avenue to Valley Parkway, shall be permanently
and exclusively designated for community services purposes unless
subsequently designated for a different use or uses by a majority
vote of the electors of the city.
(b)
That
section of property belonging to the city known as Grape Day Park,
extending from Escondido Boulevard to Broadway, and within the area
between Ohio Street and Woodward Avenue, shall be permanently designated
as a city recreational area.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "community services"
shall mean those functions of the City of Escondido involved with:
parks acquisition and development; recreational programs and the maintenance
thereof; provision for the enhancement of the public arts in the community;
provision for social services and recreational programs for older
adults; administration of library services; coordination of city involvement
with community-based services; coordination of city involvement with
community-based organizations such as youth-serving organizations,
civic societies, city-funded arts organizations, clinics and similar
organizations.
(Ord. No. 2000-32, § 1, 10-18-00)
