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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 1/25/99 ITEM NO: F--5 Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: Reports Item Description: Authorization for Parks And Recreation Re Accreditation iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillilillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillilillim BACKGROUND In 1994, the City of Roseville Parks and Recreation Department nt was accredited by the National Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies. The program requires re-accreditation every five years. Every recreation and park agency, whatever its focus or its field of operation, is rightfully concerned with the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. With the importance of recreation experiences to the quality of life, every agency has an essential responsibility in the lives of individuals. The appraisal of just how well an agency is doing operationally is indeed a difficult task. For this reason, when evaluating an agency, the recreation and park profession and the supporting citizenry have turned to 'experience-wisdom'l of the profession. when this experience wisdom is formalized, it results in standards against which one evaluates an agency's operation. The Accreditation program consists of 152 standards which were developed for the national program of Accreditation for Local Public Park and Recreation Agencies. The standards in the document were initially determined by leading professionals in the Great Lakes District of the then National Recreation Association and field tested in a statewide study in Pennsylvania encompassing 30 municipal park and recreation departments employing full-time directors. The document was updated and revised in 1972 and after 20 years was replaced by the current revised and updated standards. These standards were developed by a special committee initiated by the American Academy for mark and Recreation Administration and joined in by the National Recreation and Park Association. Input from a wide scope of practitioners was sought through meetings at conferences, working with various state and organization hoards and councils, and general distribution of information. To be accredited, an Agency must comply with all "fundamental" standards. These are considered fundamental to a quality operation. As for the other standards, 85% of the Standards must be met.