Parks & Recreation - Finance

Contents

• Finance Administration and Planning
• Donations and Gift Catalogs
  • Policies on Memorials
• Park Foundations
• Park Policies on Corporate Sponsorship and Naming Rights
• Park Impact Fees
• Volunteer Programs
• Scholarship Programs
• Bonds and Levies for Parks and Recreation
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Creating Volunteer Opportunities
  • Grant Resources for Parks and Recreation
  • Parks Administration

Finance Administration and Planning

• King County Parks and Recreation Business Plan
• Vancouver Clark County Parks and Recreation Business Plan
• No Walk in the Park, American City and County, April 2003
• More Ways to Play: A Review of Funding Alternatives for Local Park and Recreation Districts ( 70 KB), by Richard P. Burke, Cascade Policy Institute  (Portland, Oregon), 1998.
• Public/Private Partnerships -  Project for Public Spaces (includes general information on roles of nonprofits)
• It All Starts with Citizens - Citizen Involvement in Public Parks Crucial for Their Existence, Parks & Recreation, July, 1998, by Ted Flickinger (addresses “friends” groups and foundations)

Donations and Gift Catalogs

• General Gift Policies
  • Auburn Municipal Code Sec. 3.04.270 - 3.04.280 - Landscaping and Community Beautification and Gift Cumulative Reserve Fund
  • Bellevue Ordinance No. 4177 - Special Purpose Fund for Donations
  • Kirkland - Sharing in Parks and Community Services
  • Olympia Municipal Code Chapter 3.56 - Donations
  • Port Townsend Municipal Code Chapter 3.42 - Acceptance of Donations to the City
  • Puyallup Municipal Code Chapter 3.64 - Donations to Puyallup Fund 
    • Puyallup Policy and Procedure No. 4.3.5 ( 53 KB)- Acceptance of Donations, 10-02.
  • Sequim Municipal Code Chapter 3.74 (146 KB)  - Donations, Devises or Bequests
  • SeaTac Municipal Code Chapter 2.85 - Acceptance of Donations Made to the City

• Park Policies and Gifting Opportunities Including Memorials 
  • Bellingham Park Donations and Memorials within the Park System ( 57 KB) City of Bellingham Policy PAR 03.00.02, 5-05
  • Kitsap County Parks & Recreation Gift Catalog -  "Help Make a Dream a Reality!"
  • Mercer Island - Park Improvement, Gift Acceptance and Donor Recognition Policy, 2004 (154 KB)
  • Newcastle Resolution No. 308 ( 231 KB) - Parks Donation and Memorial Policy, 7-05
  • Oak Harbor Park Gifts and Memorials Catalog ( 1000 KB) - Includes policy on accepting gifts
  • Pierce County Park & Recreation Donations
  • Port Angeles Gift Catalog and Memorials (Scroll down page for description)
    • Port Angeles Memorial & Donation Policy  ( 66 KB) and Memorial & Donation Application Form ( 41 KB) 
  • Seattle Parks and Recreation Acceptance of Gifts and Donor Recognition ( 36 KB) -  Department Policy and Procedure Number 060-P 2.13.1, May 2002
  • Sequim Donations and Gifting
  • University Place Tin Cup Program
    • Donations List
  • Vancouver, Washington  Municipal Code, Section 3.12.220 and Section 3.23.330 - Memorial Fund and Use
  • Out of State Examples
    • Boulder, Colorado - Memorial Donation Policy 
    • Fort Collins, Colorado - A living tribute – tree program ( 219 KB)
    • City of Longmont, Colorado - Parks, Recreation & Golf Division, Community Gift Catalog
    • Loveland, Colorado -  Donation Policy and Plaques
    • San Luis Obispo (CA) - Donation Gift Catalog - Lists goals and mission, list of needs, and applications
    • Vancouver, B.C. Board of Parks and Recreation - Donations

• General Resources
  • Bond Users Clearinghouse - Community, Trade and Economic Development - provides information on local government bond issuances and outstanding general obligation debt
  • Conservation Campaign - Trust for Public Land - Provides leadership, expertise, and resources to mobilize public support to win ballot measures and legislation that create more public funds to protect land and water resources (includes parks and open space)
  • Land Vote - Trust for Public Land - Databases on conservation finance measures placed on ballot (includes parks and open space)
  • Levy Lid Lift- MRSC
• Bonds and Leview Campaigns
• General
  
• 3D Approach to Successful Ballot Measures - Power Point Presentation Source Unknown
• Winning Local Ballot Measures: Building a Strategic Campaign Plan ( 156 KB)  - Association of Washington Cities, 2004 (pdf)
• Elections -  MRSC
  
• Local Governments
  
• Bellevue
• City of Bellevue Parks & Natural Areas Levy November 4, 2008 Voter Initiative (  1 MB)
• Bellevue News Release Council moves forward with parks levy (  92 KB) 7-9-08
• Bellevue News Release Council approves parks levy ( 61 KB), 7-22-08
• Bellevue Ordinance No. 5828 ( 439 KB) - Provies for election November 4, 2008, passed 7-08
• Mercer Island Proposed Council Action AB4334 re Park Bond Levies ( 322 KB),  8-4-08
• Sammamish - Voters to decide on additional parks funding ( 311 KB), Sammamish City Newsletter, August 2008