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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCreation of Parks Commission - 1990 11 !!' y`t Vi 3Llj9 ter/ i loge �a�. �: CITY OF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF TELEPHONE: 272-1713 MAYOR CODE 607 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 1990 Mayor Benjamin Nichols today announced the appointment of the members of the Interim Parks Commission which was approved by Common Council at its meeting of January 3, 1990. The Interim Parks commission is a brand new board for the City of Ithaca. The need for such a commission was clearly established during the Stewart Park Plan hearings of 1987, from which objectives emerged called The Stewart Park Preservation Goals and Guidelines. The Chair of the Commission is Victoria Romanoff (273-5796) . As was evident from the numerous applications received by the City, many citizens care deeply about their parks, open spaces, waterways, bike paths and other natural and scenic settings. Among the appointed members are ecologists, preservationists, a limnologist, representatives from the Green Party, recreation specialists, people who use parks in wheelchairs, liaisons from D.P.W. and B.P.W. and also the public at large, including parents. The Interim Commission has been asked to devise a permanent review body which will address itself to the needs of existing parks as well as help plan new parks and open spaces, which are critically needed in an ever growing city! In the meantime the Interim Parks Commission will advise the Board of Public Works on issues affecting the City parks. An Equal Opportunay Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" January 3, 1990 (as amended) * 16.2 Interim Parks Task Force By Alderperson Cummings: Seconded by Alderperson Peterson WHEREAS, the Stewart Park 1987 Preservation Goals and Guidelines calls for the establishment of a city-wide Parks Commission, and WHEREAS, the board of Public Works and Department of Public Works have made recommendations regarding the establishment of a Parks Commission; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint an Interim Parks Commission for a term to expire on January 1 , 1991 , which is to be composed of ten ( 10) members of whom at least six (6) shall reside in the City of Ithaca. At least four (4) shall be experts in such areas as landscape architecture, limnology, horticulture, historic preservation, hydrological engineering, ornithology, and ecology; four (4) shall be at-large representatives; and one ( 1 ) shall be a Department of Public Works staff member; and one ( 1 ) shall be a member of the Board of Public Works, and be it further RESOLVED, The the Interim Parks Commission shall be charged with the following: 1 ) To advise the Department of Public Works: a) in carrying out items specified on pages 17 and 18 of the Stewart Park Preservation Goals and Guidelines, b) in evaluating the appropriateness of implementing other proposals described in the Stewart Park Preservation Goals and Guidelines as such proposals conform to the goals for Stewart Park adopted by Common Council on February 3, 1988, and c) in considering any other appropriate areas related to the function of city parks. 2) To made recommendations to the Board of Public Works and the Planning and Development Committee of Common Council by October 1 , 1990 on a permanent Parks Commission for the City of Ithaca—the recommendations to include parks and other green spaces for which they shall assume responsibility, membership, terms of office, relationship to existing Boards and departments, powers, tasks, appointment procedures, and any other areas as they see fit.