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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 1110/45 ITEM N0:5.c Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: �� Item Description: Acceptance of Plaque from National Commission on Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies for Roseville Parks and Recreation Re-Accreditation BACKGROUND In 1994, the City of Roseville Parks and Recreation Department was accredited by the National Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies. The program requires re-accreditation every five years of which Roseville was in 1999 and now again in 2004. Every recreation and park agency, whatever its focus or its field of operation, is rightFully concerned with the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. �th 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"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 156 standards which were developed for the national program of Accreditation for Local Public Park and Recreation Agencies. Roseville met all 156 standards, 100 %. The standards in the documentwere 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. 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. A standard is a statement of desirable practice as set forth by experienced and recognized professionals. Standards are an indirect measurement of effectiveness, using the cause and effect approach, or perhaps more appropriately stated "I F... THEN," IF one acts in a certain way, THEN it is expected that there will be a certain result. So, if a desirable standard is practiced, then a good outcome should be forthcoming; if an agency engages in those standards which are recommended, then there should be a quality operation. Standards enable evaluation by comparison; comparing what is within an agency operation with what is accepted by professionals as