Parks and recreational facilities are an important element of any community and should be considered as a priority. Every effort should be made to make parks and recreation facilities safe places for all citizens. Realizing local governmental budget pressures, we favor the exploration and utilization of alternate methods of funding, including but not limited to LIDs, bond issues and user fees for both developed and undeveloped recreational sites.

Recreational facilities should be balanced to serve diverse recreational interests to include both developed and undeveloped areas. Where a need is demonstrated, we support bond issues for the construction of swimming pools and other highly developed recreational facilities. We strongly recommend that Parks Departments and the school districts combine efforts for recreation facilities for the use of the total community, including park acquisitions and swimming pools.
(Amended 1990)