Inglewood Municipal Code § 2-164 Recreation, Parks and Community Services Department. Functions

The Recreation, Parks and Community Services Department is hereby created and established to perform the following functions:

(a) Plan, plant, care for, beautify, mow, water and maintain all City parks, playgrounds, ball fields, parkways, plantings or trees in street rights-of-way, public grounds, planted medians, and other assigned City-owned grounds requiring maintenance and care.

(b) Trim, remove and plant shrubs and trees in public rights-of-way and on public property.

(c) Organize, schedule, coordinate, promote, and supervise recreational and community service functions and activities for all age and interest groups within the City.

(d) Mark, prepare, and maintain tennis courts, playing fields, other playing surfaces and facilities over which the City has jurisdiction in accordance with accepted technical standards.

(e) Where funding allows, to provide a transit system for seniors and handicapped persons for community services sponsored by the City.

(f) To provide special programs, such as the Shoppers Shuttle, Senior Bus Passes, and community events including the Annual Hispanic Festival, 4th of July Celebration, Health Fair and Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.

(g) Act as liaison to and assist the Inglewood Philharmonic, Sister Cities Commission, and other community/ cultural activities which have a relationship to the City.

(h) To provide and maintain excellent grounds, fields, and green areas for the recreational use of the general public.

(i) To provide full service programs when funding is available for seniors, including a congregate meals site, transportation services, and other social services.

(j) Perform such other duties as the City Council or the Administrative Officer may from time to time impose.

(Ord. 99-1 1-26-99)

The Recreation, Parks and Community Services Director shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To act as the administrative head of the Recreation, Parks and Community Services Department.

(b) To be responsible for and perform all duties and responsibilities assigned and legally delegated to such position by the Charter, the Code, or the City Council.

(c) To have full jurisdiction and control of the designation of kind and type, planting, setting out, location and placement of all trees and shrubs in the public streets and parkways of the City, and shall likewise have supervision, direction and control of their removal, relocation and replacement thereof; provided, however, in making such determinations and exercising such control he shall be limited to the trees and shrubs designated on the then current official trees and shrubs planting list prepared, transmitted and filed as in this Article provided.

(d) To have complete jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the types and scope of community services provided to people of all ages and interest groups by the City.

(e) To prepare an annual operating budget for the department and authorize appropriate expenditures supporting the overall goals of the organization.

(Ord. 99-1 1-26-99)