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- 5 - D. The neighborhood park planning council would take on annual community park projects such as supervisinq the winter warming houses, maintaining or assisting in the maintenance of a neighborhood park site, helping to construct new equipment or establish one fund raiser to help their respective neighborhood park. E. The neighborhood park planning council would review any park developnent plans within their respective park planning area prior to approval by the Park Commission and/ox City Council. II. Recruitmen and Placement Staff would envision that recruitment will be the most difficult �,hasc in establishing the neighbor- hood park planning councils. We would envision that the Park Caamission would play an active role in recruitment and placement of residents from their respective neiqhborhoods. Possible methods that staff could provide assistance in recruitment might be through neighborhood block party, surveys, local volunteer coaches, community meetings, or any related recreational or social activity that could be conducted at their respective neighborhood park. Once a list of names have been compiled, we would need to select one person who could spearhead the effort and become the coordinator for their respective park neighborhood council. The staff also feels that the residents from the Groveland Park Foundation could be of great assistance in the area of recruitment and placement as they have already been through this initial planning process. Additional recruitment methods would include; newspaper articles, Public Service Announcements, speaking engagements, direct mailings to groups or individuals, placement offices at volunteer fair, etc. III. Orientation One must remember that each volunteer will in fact be a representative of the Park and Recreation Department and the Park and Recreation Commission. Orientation of the park planning councilmembers would be the responsibility of our department and would include the following: l. In£ormation about our department and how it functions. 2. InEormaiion on our general purpose, objective and philoaophy of our department. 3. A clear explanation of the volunteers and park glanning's obligation to the department; the role, the zelationship, etc. 4. Information as to how the particular neighborhood park council fits into the overall function of the agency. 5. A detailed listing of what would be available as far as the support services from staff including but not limited to supplies, phones, clerical work, etc.