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GFI'ICE OF' `I'T-~E CITY ATTORI~'EY <br />OPINION NO. 73-16 <br />FF,BRUARY 15, 1973 <br />SUBJ~?,CT: Restricted Use of City Owned Recreational <br />Facilities <br />REQUESTED BS': Gene Laumeister, Superintendent of Recreation <br />OPINION RY: Daniel A. Salceda, Law Clerk <br />QUESTION l: May the Director of Parks and Recreation establish <br />a priority policy regulating the use of City <br />owned recreation facilities that limit the parti- <br />cipation of non-city residents. <br />ANS[tiTR: Yes . <br />Charter Section 706 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code expressly <br />provides the power and duties of the Director of Recreation arZd <br />Parks. <br />(a) Have charge of the promotion, development and adminis- <br />tration. of the recreation program and park affairs of- <br />~-. the City under the direction of the City M~inager. <br />(b) Develop, manage, maintain recreation area, parks, park- <br />ways, playg.r.ounds, gardens, and other areas o~•med, <br />leased or used for recreational purposes, and facilities <br />in connection therewith. <br />(c) S~e.rvise recreational activities not conducted by tl-~.c <br />City but conducted in pai:ks and other: .recr.cati_on anc] <br />park pros;rams of the City.... <br />(d) Solicit to the fullest extent practicable, the coopera- <br />tion of: the :school authorities and other publ_ir. and <br />private agenr_i.cs concerned with the rc'creatiori and park <br />programs of tllc City. <br />Thus, the cha.r_ter is e.cpl.icit in providing the Depar.tmc-ant o:E <br />Parks and Recreation hroaci involvment: in a1.1 activities or_cur-~ <br />ing on City c:~wned, l.ea;.~d, usc:~d, o.r. connected recrc~:tti.onal areas <br />so pis to p7"i)ITiOt: r. `lt"1Cl i_zisure that: tl~c~ goals of the Ca_ty rerrea- <br />tion,-~].. progr_.~n~s ~a~:e al:l ~~incd. <br />UlJ1?;`L''I'ON 2: 7~~ t'];4.a-t:,c.~~- :~cct:ic~n ;U(i ul3corl~,l.:i_t~aL-ior~taa on its f:~~cc? <br />7~1~1;;1~~~,12: Nc~. <br /> <br />31 <br />