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9 • Agenda uate nequ Requested By: St Report Exhibits: 1. REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM partment: Parks & Recreation Resolution "X Ordinance Ordinance 95- Establishing Hours of Operation for City of LaPorte Parks, Park -Related Facilities, and Rental Facilities SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION The Parks & Recreation Department has a large number of parks, park -related facilities, and rental facilities under its control. These parks and related facilities have many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of buildings, and other improvements which are vulnerable to after-hours vandalism and other forms of mischief. This proposed Ordinance provides a mechanism to protect those parks and facilities from these types of incidences. If this Ordinance is approved, a person found in a park, park -related facility, or rental facility, after operating hours, could be arrested and fined up to $500.00 if that person does not have specific written permission to be present for a special event in the facility. This Ordinance, if approved, will allow our Police officers to know in advance, when the parks are closed and to act accordingly. Under the proposed Ordinance, the Parks and Recreation Department would be required to post and maintain the hours of operation at each park site. Proposed Park Operating Hours are based on the type of park; Neighborhood parks (no ballfields or lighted facilities) would cease operations at 9:30 p.m. or around dusk during the summertime; Community Parks (with lighted ballfields or facilities) would cease operations at 10:00 p.m.; and Regional Parks (lighted ballfields and/or other facilities which offer regional/City-wide attraction) would cease operations at 11:00 p.m. Park -related and Rental Facilities would cease operations at their normally designated times, unless a special event was scheduled; in which case the facility operation would cease at a specific time, designated in writing, for that day only. Occasional time over -runs by sporting associations would be allowed under the proposed Ordinance, through permission granted in advance to cover such contingencies. Staff recommends the approval of Ordinance 95- which establishes hours of operation for City of La Porte Parks, Park -Related Facilities, and Rental Facilities. Action Required by Council: Consider approval of Ordinance 95- which establishes hours of operation for City of La Porte Parks, Park -related Facilities, and Rental Facilities. Availability of Funds: General Fund Capital Improvement Other Account Number: Approved for City Council Agenda: Water/Wastewater General Revenue Sharing Funds Available: N/A YES —NO G2 r R�r 5.1'1- &ts Robert T. Herrera, Date City Manager