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Updated 10/08
Parks & Recreation - Finance
Contents
- Finance Administration and Planning
- Donations and Gift Catalogs
- 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
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.
- Puyallup Policy and Procedure No. 4.3.5 (
- 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 - 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)
- Port Angeles Memorial & Donation Policy (
- 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
- 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
- Bellingham Park Donations and Memorials within the Park System (
Park Foundations
- Northwest Parks Foundation - (Formerly Friends of King County Parks, Supports park and recreation facilities in King County and the Pacific Northwest)
- King County - Press Release Friends of King County Parks, 10-7-02
- Seattle Parks Foundation
- Seattle - Friends of Seattle's Omsted Parks
- Spokane Parks and Recreation Foundation
- Tacoma - Metro Parks Foundation
- Whatcom Parks & Recreation Foundation
- Vancouver-Clark County - Parks & Recreation Foundation of Vancouver & Clark County
- Out of State
- San Diego, California - Friends of Parks and Recreation Foundation
- Loveland , Colorado - Parks and Recreation Foundation
- Boulder, Colorado - Parks and Recreation Foundation
- Tallahassee Friends of Our Parks Foundation (Created to acquire properties and accept gifts for city park system)
- Austin, Texas - Parks Foundation
Park Impact Fees
Volunteer Programs
- Creating Volunteer Opportunities - MRSC
- Adopt-a-Park Programs - Washington
- Burien Adopt-a-Park
- Everett Adopt-A-Trail
- Kent Adopt-A-Park
- Pierce County Park & Recreation - Adopt-A-Park, Adopt-A-Trail Maintenance Program
- Pierce County Code, Ch. 14.24 – Adopt-a-Trail Program (177 KB)
- Pierce County Code, Ch. 14.28 – Adopt-a-Park Program (177 KB)
- Pierce County Code, Ch. 14.24 – Adopt-a-Trail Program (
- Port of Olympia - Adopt-A-Garden
- Seattle, Volunteering Adopt-a-Park
- University Place Adopt-A-Street (Park) Policy & Procedures (112 KB) includes Exhibit A: Adopt-a-Street (Park) Volunteer Release and Hold Harmless, and Exhibit B: Adopt-a-Street (Park) Agreement
- Adopt-a-Park Program Information from Other States
- Fort Collins, Colorado - Adopt-a-Park Program
- Lee County, Florida - Administrative Code AC-14-6, Adopt-A-Park Program (204 KB), 8-01, includes waiver, worker’s compensation and parental permission forms
Scholarship Programs
- Auburn Municipal Code Ch. 3.68 - City Parks and Recreation Fees (Includes Scholarships and fees for low income persons) (145 KB)
- Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department Scholarship Application (104 KB)
- Newcastle Municipal Code Ch. 12.60 - Recreation Fee and Rental Policy (Includes scholarships and fees for low income)
- Olympia - "Fun Fund" Financial Assistance Program Brochure ( 246 KB)
- Renton Community Services Scholarship Program
- Shoreline Connie King Scholarship Fund (Donations)
- Vancouver Clark Park & Recreation Scholarship Application ( 35 KB)
- Vancouver Tennis Center - Arlene Clark "Friends of Kids" Junior Scholarship Fund (Nonprofit)
- Woodinville Resolution No. 353 ( 84 KB) - Recreation scholarship fund amendment, passed 1-08
Bonds and Levies for Park and Recreation
- 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)
- Election Campaigns - MRSC
- Local Governments
- Bellevue
- Parks & Natural Areas Levy November 4, 2008 Voter Initiative ( 1 MB)
- News Release - Council moves forward with parks levy ( 92 KB) 7-9-08
- News Release - Council approves parks levy ( 61 KB), 7-22-08
- Ordinance No. 5828 ( 439 KB) - Provides for election November 4, 2008, passed 7-08
- Parks & Natural Areas Levy November 4, 2008 Voter Initiative (
- 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
- Park Bond , Park Levy Fact Sheet
- Voters to decide on additional parks funding (
- General
Related Resources