SUBJECTS PARKS AND RECREATION
Parks and Recreation - Finance
Updated 07/06
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
- Related MRSC Pages
Finance Administration and Planning
- King County Parks and Recreation Business Plan
- Vancouver Office of Innovative Funding and Marketing
- 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, Ch. 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 Ch. 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)
- 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
- Sumner - Eastside Park Catalog of Donation Items
- 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
- Manhattan Beach, California - Commemorative Bench and Tree Donation Program, Staff Report (
219 KB)
- Monrovia, California - Park Memorial and Old Town Bench Program
- San Luis Obispo (CA) - Donation Gift Catalog - Lists goals and mission, list of needs, and applications
- Vancouver, B.C. Board of Parks and Recreation - Gifts for the Park Program
- 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)
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- 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 (Tennant Lake)
- 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 Special Interest Programs - Adopt-A-Park, Adopt-A-Trail
- 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
- Blacksburg, Virginia - Adopt-a-Park Program Rules and Regulations, and Brochure
- 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)
- 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 (
474 KB)
- Scholarship Donation Form (
472 KB)
- Vancouver Tennis Center - Arlene Clark "Friends of Kids" Junior Scholarship Fund (Nonprofit)
- Scholarship Application (
- Woodinville Resolution No 217 (
91 KB)- Establishing a recreation scholarship fund, amended by Resolution No. 257 (
79 KB)
Bonds and Levies
- 3D Approach to Successful Ballot Measures
- Guidelines for Local Government Agencies in Election Campaigns, Public Closure Commission Interpretation No. 04-02, revised May 31, 2006
- Winning Local Ballot Measures: Building a Strategic Campaign Plan, Association of Washington Cities, 2004 (pdf)
- Winning Local Ballot Measures: Building a Strategic Campaign Plan, Association of Washington Cities, 2004 (powerpoint)
- New Ballot Title Legislation, 2000 WSAMA Fall Conference
- It's All About Community, Opportunity, Possibility: The New Football/Soccer Stadium and Exhibition Center
- Cross Tabulated Voter Analysis
- Cross Tabulated Voter Counts, Woodland, WA
- Guidelines for Elected and Appointed Officials' Ballot Proposition Activity, Association of Washington Cities,
- PDC News, Volume 8, No. 1, Public Disclosure Commission, January 24, 2008
- Public Disclosure Commission Information
- Public Disclosure Commission Guidelines - Injunction
- What Works: Management Applications of Performance Measurement in Local Government, ICMA
- Statutory Limits on the Use of Public Funds, Facilities to Assist or Oppose Campaigns, Particularly Campaigns Involving Ballot Measures or Initiatives, AGO Memorandum, September 13, 2001
- 2007 Park Levy (Proposition 1) Percent Yes Vote by Precinct (
3
MB)
August 2007 King County levies for parks and open space
- 2007 Park Levy (Proposition 2) Percent Yes Vote by Precinct (
3 MB)
August 2007 King County levies for parks and open space - 2007 Park Levy (Proposition 2) Percent Yes Vote by Precinct (

