Louisiana SR 233: LOCAL AGENCIES:  Requests evaluation of the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge to ensure the board members are meeting required responsibilities.

Bill Text

2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 233
BY SENATOR BARROW
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to evaluate the
Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge to ensure the
board members are meeting required responsibilities.
WHEREAS, it is well recognized that the Recreation and Park Commission of the
parish of East Baton Rouge, as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, is a major
source to a healthier, more vibrant community by providing exceptional parks, open spaces,
and recreation experiences for all of East Baton Rouge Parish; and
WHEREAS, it is the commission's vision to provide an extraordinary system of
parks, open spaces, and facilities that engages the parish's unique natural and cultural
landscape to enrich parish life by providing diverse and memorable recreation experiences;
and
WHEREAS, the commission has more than one hundred eighty parks including a
state of the art observatory, a swamp nature center and conservation areas, a performing arts
theater, an equestrian park, an art gallery, an arboretum, a zoo, seven golf courses, and an
extreme sports park with a thirty thousand foot concrete skate park, rock climbing wall,
BMX track, and velodrome; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Park Commission is governed by a nine-member
board of commissioners, six of whom are appointed by the Metro Council and three of
whom are ex officio members, the Mayor-President, a member of the East Baton Rouge
Parish School Board, and a member of the City-Parish Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, many of the properties that are managed by the commission are
considered specialty properties which require a certain knowledge, special training, and
experience; and
WHEREAS, an in-depth evaluation of the commission is deemed advisable to make
sure the members of the board of commissioners possess the skills to fulfill the purpose of
developing, maintaining, and operating public park and recreational properties and facilities
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SR NO. 233 ENROLLED
in East Baton Rouge Parish because of the concern for the maintenance of integrity of the
parks, particularly the specialty properties.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to
evaluate the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge to ensure
the board members are meeting required responsibilities.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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