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<br />POLICY FOR ACCEPTING PARK DONATIONS, MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, AND <br />OTHER IMPROVEMENTS <br /> <br />Purpose: <br /> <br />The purpose of this policy is to provide 'gwdelines for accepting donations for park facilities and <br />granting donor recognition within the City Parks and Recreation system. <br /> <br />Scope: <br /> <br />This policy applies within all Existing Developed City Parks and Planned City Parks identified in <br />the City Capital Improvements Plan, the City Park and Trails Map, or the City Parks Plan. <br /> <br />Policy: <br /> <br />1. The City encourages donations of land, facilities, equipment, park improvements and money <br />to support the Parks and Recreation system. <br /> <br />2. All donations must respond to a recognized need within the Parks and Recreation System. <br /> <br />3. No donations may detract from the primary recreational objectives of the receiving park. <br /> <br />4. Administrative approval may be granted for the following types of donations: <br /> <br />a. [$200] [plus the cost of installation, maintenance, and purchase] for a Park Bench <br />with a commemorative plaque, <br />b. [$200] [plus the cost of installation, maintenance, and purchase] for a Park Tree with <br />a commemorative plaque, <br />c. Any monetary donation toward a need identified in the City Parks Plan. <br /> <br />5. Park benches and trees must be installed by the City and purchased from the City. Benches <br />and trees will be maintained in a reasonable state by the City for an agreed upon time-frame. <br /> <br />6. Commemorative plaques may honor a special person, organization, or event, but honor to <br />persons should be worded in a way that does not imply a loss oftife. For example (In honor <br />of...) or (Celebrating.,_.) are more acceptable messages than (In memory of...) or (In <br />remembrance of. . .). <br /> <br />7. Donations not eligible for administrative approval may be accepted only through the vote of <br />the City COWlcil. All such donations must cover the cost of administrative review, and must <br />first be considered by the Parks and Recreation Commission. <br /> <br />8. Donations of any kind become the property of the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br />