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- 3 - Park Plannin Council No. 2- This would include Hillview, Greenfield ,�� an O� wo Parka w t t�e boundaries being the city's border on the � north and eaet side, Greenwood Drive on the west and County Road I on the south. Park Plannin Council No. 3- This would include City Hall Park, P newo Elementary Sehool and Lambert Park with the boundaries being the city boundariea on the east, County Road I on the north, Long Lake Road on the west and 13i9hway 10 on the south. Park Plannin Council No. 4- This would include Silver View Park an Lakeei e Park with the border on the northeast side being Highway 10, County Road H2 on the south and the city boundary on the weat. Park Plannin Council No. 5- would include Edgewood Park, Woodcrest Park, Ran om Park an Rnollwood Park with boundaries of County Aoad H2 on the north, Highway 10 on the east, County Road H on the south and the city boundary on the west. Hefore 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 fitst with basic rights and responsibilities relating to their specific work projects. To chat end, volunteers not only should, but must have the opportunity to say no or request changes in the system. It is imperative from staff's perspective that if we do qet 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. Traininq and Supervision. 5. Record keeping 6. Recognition 7. Program evaluation. Pre aration and lannin Pr_or to our initiating any further wor on t e ne g or ood park councils, we as a Park Commiasion, need to thoraughly outline the program objectivas of our neigh- borhood park councils. Staff would envision the following objectives to be accomplished by neighborhood park councils: �` . A. Develop and canpile a comprehensive leisure time assessment `�� needa for each of the individual neighborhoods to include the following iteme: