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- 3 Park Planning Council No. 2 - This would include Hillview, Greenfield and Oakwood Parks with the boundaries being the city' s border on the • north and east side, Greenwood Drive on the west and County Road I on the south. Park Planning Council No. 3 - This would include City Hall Park, Pinewood Elementary School and Lambert Park with the boundaries being the city boundaries on the east, County Road I on the north, Long Lake Road on the west and Highway 10 on the south. Park Planning Council No. 4 - This would include Silver View Park and Lakeside Park with the border on the northeast side being Highway 10 , County Road H2 on the south and the city boundary on the west. Park Planning Council No. 5 - would include Edgewood Park, Woodcrest Park, Random Park and Knollwood Park with boundaries of County Road H2 on the north, Highway 10 on the east, County Road H on the south and the city boundary on the west. Before we consider the specific elements of a volunteer program, staff feels that some time should be spent considering organization and use of such planning councils . Probably the most improtant item that needs to be kept in mind is that all volunteers are people first with basic rights and responsibilities relating to their specific work projects . To that end, volunteers not only should, but must have the opportunity to say no or request changes 1111 in the system. It is imperative from staff ' s perspective that if we do get into a full volunteer program such as expanding the volunteer park councils , that the Park Commission, staff and City Council be willing to respect their opinions and positions on issues . There are seven basic elements that are required in organizing a volunteer program: 1. Preparation and planning . 2 . Recruitment and placement. 3 . Orientation. 4 . Training and Supervision. 5 . Record keeping 6 . Recognition 7 . Program evaluation. I . Preparation and planning Prior to our initiating any further work on the neighborhood park councils , we as a Park Commission, need to thoroughly outline the program objectives of our neigh- borhood park councils . Staff would envision the following objectives to be accomplished by neighborhood park councils : 410 A. Develop and compile a comprehensive leisure time assessment needs for each of the individual neighborhoods to include the following items :