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t 4 � /'� � � T0: Parks & Recreation Commission FROM: Community & Commission Relations Committee DATE: November 29, 1978 SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT - JOINT PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION A�JD CIVIC CULTURAL COMMISSION C0�'IMITTEE The joint committee of the Parks & Recreation Commission and the Civic Cultural Commission met November 29, 1978. Those Commissioners present were Commissioners Knecht, Hayes and Weintraub (Weintraub was sitting in for Schlesinger) and Commissioners Mears, Kennedy and Swope. The joint committee �net to initiate their discussions relevant to the possibility of combining the Parks & Recreation Commission and the Civic Cultural Commission into one body. The staff reviewed the backgrounds of both comnissions ,�nd pointed out the various responsibilities which the City Council had vested in both comnissions. There was some dis- cussion relative to �the origin of the commissions and the various dif- ferences in operatioiaal responsibilities of each. It was the consensus of the Committee tha�t they should attemot to thoroughly review the obli- gations which both Commissions have to the community and attempt to arrive at their best recommendation with respect to how these responsi- bilities can best be met. Some pros and cons were discussed which helped to delineate the advan- tages and disadvantages which would be more thoroughly reviewed in future meetings. The Corr�nittee decided to invite representatives from two or three other cities that are currently operating on a com- bined basis in order to receive first hand information from this type of operation. It was agreed that several meetings would be held in order that the subject might be thoroughly reviewed and that the next meeting would be after the first of the year. The staff will arrange for the representatives from the other cities to be present at this meetinq or at successive meetings, which ever is mutually convenient. The Committee representatives from both commissions urged the comnis- sions to submit as much input as possible to the joint committee so that all considerations will be discussed. -7-